Billy Dee Williams
Acting
Born April 6, 1937 · New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
2022 · Lando Calrissian (voice)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Self
The Skywalker Legacy
2020 · Self
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
2020 · Lando Calrissian (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Lando Calrissian
Quincy
2018 · Self
The Lego Batman Movie
2017 · Two-Face (voice)
Dirty Dancing
2017 · Tito
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017 · Two-Face (voice)
I Am Not Your Negro
2017 · Self
The Man in 3B
2015 · Cain
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015 · Lando Calrissian (voice)
The Lego Movie
2014 · Lando (voice)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010 · Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
Barry Munday
2010 · Lonnie Green
Fanboys
2009 · Judge Reinhold
iMurders
2008 · Robert Delgado
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
2008 · Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 · Pastor Charlie
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Self
Epoch: Evolution
2003 · Ferguson
Undercover Brother
2002 · Gen. Warren Boutwell
Fear Runs Silent
2000 · Sheriff Hammond
The Ladies Man
2000 · Lester
Hard Time
1998 · Leo Barker
Woo
1998 · Himself
Steel Sharks
1997 · Adm. Jim Perry
The Fourth King
1997 · Gasparre
Mask of Death
1996 · Agent Jeffries
Moving Target
1996 · Detective Don Racine
Alien Intruder
1993 · Commander Skyler
Message from Nam
1993 · Felix
Driving Me Crazy
1991 · Max
Dangerous Passion
1990 · Lou
Batman
1989 · Harvey Dent
Number One with a Bullet
1987 · Det. Hazeltine
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986 · Self
Fear City
1984 · Al Wheeler
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Lando Calrissian
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983 · Narrator (voice) / Self
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983 · Self
Nighthawks
1981 · Matthew Fox
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Lando Calrissian
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Lando Calrissian (archive footage)
Scott Joplin
1977 · Scott Joplin
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · Bingo
Mahogany
1975 · Brian
Carter's Army
1975 · Pvt. Lewis
The Conversation
1974 · Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
Hit!
1973 · Nick Allen
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Louis McKay
The Final Comedown
1972 · Johnny Johnson
The Glass House
1972 · Lennox
Brian's Song
1971 · Gale Sayers
The Out-of-Towners
1970 · Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
The Last Angry Man
1959 · Josh Quincy