Billy Dee Williams
Department: Acting
Biography
William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, and artist. He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s, and nearly forty years later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between onscreen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.
Known For
Batman
1989
Return of the Jedi
1983
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Mahogany
1975
Nighthawks
1981
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
Carter's Army
1975
Steel Sharks
1997
Driving Me Crazy
1991
Epoch: Evolution
2003
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
Fanboys
2009
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Fear Runs Silent
2000
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2005
Alien Intruder
1993
Voices That Care
1991
Constellation
2007
The Ladies Man
2000
Brian's Song
1971
Fear City
1984
Triplecross
1995
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
The Final Comedown
1972
Hit!
1973
The Contract
1999
Scott Joplin
1977
Deadly Illusion
1987
Marked for Murder
1993
Mask of Death
1996
Falling For You
1995
Courage
1986
Hard Time
1998
Moving Target
1996
Number One with a Bullet
1987
Time Bomb
1984
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990
Oceans of Fire
1986
Marvin & Tige
1985
The Glass House
1972
Lost Flight
1970
Giraffes Can't Dance
2006
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
2022
Message from Nam
1993
The Hostage Tower
1980
STZ
2025
The Last Angry Man
1959
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
2009
The Lego Movie
2014
Percy & Thunder
1993
Shooting Stars
1983
Good Neighbor
2001
The Take
1974
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Conversation
1974
The Man in 3B
2015
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
The Return of Desperado
1988
The Out-of-Towners
1970
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
The Prince
1996
Brown Sugar
—
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
Afro Promo
1997
Dirty Dancing
2017
Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979
Barry Munday
2010
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983
Children of Divorce
1980
Woo
1998
Undercover Brother
2002
iMurders
2008
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
The Right of the People
1986
Dangerous Passion
1990
3 Ways to Get a Husband
2010
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
2003
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017
Quincy
2018
The Visit
2001
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
Giant Steps
1992
Diary of a Single Mom
2009
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
2008
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
2020
The Impostor
1984
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
2017
The Last Place on Earth
2002
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
The Fourth King
1997
The Maintenance Man
2004
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
Dark Empire
—
That '70s Show
1998
Martin
1992
Half & Half
2002
The View
1997
The F.B.I.
1965
The Jeffersons
1975
Comic Book Men
2012
Mind of Mencia
2005
Dynasty
1981
General Hospital: Night Shift
2007
The Mod Squad
1968
Private Practice
2007
Lost
2004
In Living Color
1990
Bring Back...
2005
The Hughleys
1998
Wiseguy
1987
The New People
1969
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Street Time
2002
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994
18 Wheels of Justice
2000
The Defenders
1961
The Oscars
1953
Black in the 80s
2005
North and South
1985
NCIS
2003
White Collar
2009
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
And Just Like That…
2021
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Rebels
2014
Double Dare
1985
Chiefs
1983
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Dinah!
1974
A Different World
1987
Star Wars Rebels
2014
LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
2013
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
2015
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises
2016
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
2016
Titan Maximum
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Glee
2009
Modern Family
2009
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
Star Wars Detours
—
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
Key & Peele
2012
Icons Unearthed: Batman
2024
Robot Chicken
2005
The Boondocks
2005
Coronet Blue
1967
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Scrubs
2001
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Tony Awards
1956