Billy Dee Williams

Acting · 2.5 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

Undercover Brother

20025.9

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

20206.6

The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

20087.6

Nighthawks

19816.4

The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

20107.5

Dirty Dancing

20175.5

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

20226.3

I Am Not Your Negro

20177.7

Driving Me Crazy

19913.8

Barry Munday

20105.7

The Ladies Man

20005.4

Fear City

19845.4

Dangerous Passion

19905.0

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

20047.6

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

19978.0

The Skywalker Legacy

20207.8

Courage

19866.8

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

20064.8

Quincy

20187.3

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

20226.2

The Out-of-Towners

19706.8

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Brian's Song

19717.3

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

19867.2

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

20157.9

Lady Sings the Blues

19726.9

When Star Wars Ruled the World

20048.8

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

20115.5

Batman Is Just Not That Into You

20175.8

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

19838.9

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

19766.1

The Glass House

19726.4

iMurders

20083.4

Mahogany

19755.9

Stallone: Frank, That Is

20215.9

Hit!

19735.8

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

19838.7

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

19808.3

The Contract

19994.6

Voices That Care

19917.0

Woo

19984.4

Number One with a Bullet

19874.8

The Robot Chicken: Bitch Pudding Special

2014

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

20196.1

It's Black Entertainment

20028.7

The Maintenance Man

2004

The Visit

20017.9

Time Bomb

19846.3

Carter's Army

19754.4

STZ

202510.0

The Right of the People

19865.7

Constellation

20075.6

Mask of Death

19963.8

Hard Time

19985.9

Moving Target

19964.7

Lost Flight

19704.3

The Hostage Tower

19804.8

Oceans of Fire

19864.9

Message from Nam

19935.3

The Fourth King

19976.3

The Return of Desperado

19887.7

Diary of a Single Mom

20094.0

The Last Angry Man

19596.9

Marked for Murder

19935.7

Dark Empire

2026

Children of Divorce

19807.5

Steel Sharks

19975.3

The Final Comedown

19726.5

Scott Joplin

19776.6

Alien Intruder

19933.5

Deadly Illusion

19875.5

Falling For You

19955.0

The Last Place on Earth

20025.7

Good Neighbor

20014.7

Secret Agent 00 Soul

19905.5

Fear Runs Silent

20004.8

The Take

19746.8

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

2008

Epoch: Evolution

20035.5

Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues

1987

Afro Promo

19978.0

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

20055.5

Shooting Stars

19835.0

The Impostor

19844.7

The Man in 3B

20156.1

Triplecross

19954.8

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?

20174.4

Giraffes Can't Dance

2006

Percy & Thunder

19938.0

Giant Steps

19928.0

Christmas Lilies of the Field

19796.0

The Prince

19967.5

Marvin & Tige

19855.1

Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

2009

3 Ways to Get a Husband

20105.0

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

2023

Brown Sugar

2026

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

2003