Billy Dee Williams

Acting · 2.3 popularity

Age

Movies

106

Born: April 6, 1937
From: New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, artist, and singer. 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. He made his film debut in 1959 in The Last Angry Man starring Paul Muni, in which he portrayed a juvenile delinquent. His first big break was in the acclaimed television movie, Brian's Song in which he played Gale Sayers. In 1972 he played Billie Holliday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown paired the two of them again three years later in Mahogany. His work has earned him numerous awards and honors including three NAACP Image Awards, and the NAACP Lifetime Achievement award. He was inducted into the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame in 1984, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.

Works

106 films

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

20196.3

The Empire Strikes Back

19808.4

Return of the Jedi

19837.9

The Lego Movie

20147.4

Batman

19897.2

The Lego Batman Movie

20177.3

The Conversation

19747.5

Fanboys

20096.1

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

20206.6

Nighthawks

19816.4

Undercover Brother

20025.9

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

20226.3

The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

20087.6

The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

20107.5

Driving Me Crazy

19913.8

Dirty Dancing

20175.5

Barry Munday

20105.7

I Am Not Your Negro

20177.7

Fear City

19845.4

The Ladies Man

20005.4

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

20047.6

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

19978.0

Courage

19866.8

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

20064.8

The Skywalker Legacy

20207.8

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

20226.2

Dangerous Passion

19905.0

Brian's Song

19717.3

Quincy

20187.3

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

20115.5

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

The Out-of-Towners

19706.8

Lady Sings the Blues

19726.9

Stallone: Frank, That Is

20215.9

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

19867.2

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

20157.9

Batman Is Just Not That Into You

20175.8

When Star Wars Ruled the World

20048.8

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

19838.7

It's Black Entertainment

20028.7

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

19808.3

Mahogany

19755.9

Oceans of Fire

19864.9

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

19838.9

Woo

19984.4

Number One with a Bullet

19874.8

The Glass House

19726.4

The Visit

20017.9

The Right of the People

19865.7

Hit!

19735.8

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

20196.1

Hard Time

19985.9

iMurders

20083.4

The Contract

19994.6

The Robot Chicken: Bitch Pudding Special

2014

Voices That Care

19917.0

The Hostage Tower

19804.8

The Fourth King

19976.3

The Return of Desperado

19887.7

STZ

202510.0

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

19766.1

Lost Flight

19704.3

Constellation

20075.6

Secret Agent 00 Soul

19905.5

Diary of a Single Mom

20094.0

Christmas Lilies of the Field

19796.0

Marked for Murder

19935.7

Deadly Illusion

19875.5

Carter's Army

19754.4

The Last Angry Man

19596.9

Time Bomb

19846.3

The Last Place on Earth

20025.7

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

20055.5

Moving Target

19964.7

Children of Divorce

19807.5

Mask of Death

19963.8

The Final Comedown

19726.5

Percy & Thunder

19938.0

Falling For You

19955.0

The Maintenance Man

2004

Good Neighbor

20014.7

Alien Intruder

19933.5

Dark Empire

2026

Steel Sharks

19975.3

Message from Nam

19935.3

Fear Runs Silent

20004.8

The Take

19746.8

Giraffes Can't Dance

2006

Scott Joplin

19776.6

Epoch: Evolution

20035.5

Triplecross

19954.8

Giant Steps

19928.0

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?

20174.4

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

2008

The Impostor

19844.7

Shooting Stars

19835.0

Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues

1987

The Man in 3B

20156.1

Afro Promo

19978.0

The Prince

19967.5

3 Ways to Get a Husband

20105.0

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

2023

Marvin & Tige

19855.1

Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

2009

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

2003

Brown Sugar

2026