Billy Dee Williams
Born: 1937-04-06 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- STZ as Broadcaster (voice)
2024
- LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy as Landolorian (voice)
- Icons Unearthed: Batman as Self
2023
2022
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self
- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2021
- And Just Like That… as Lawrence Todd
- Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
2020
- LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- The Skywalker Legacy as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Lando Calrissian
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Billy Dee Williams (voice)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits as Self
2018
- Quincy as Self
2017
- The Lego Batman Movie as Two-Face (voice)
- Dirty Dancing as Tito
- Batman Is Just Not That Into You as Two-Face (voice)
- Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? as Two-Face (voice)
2016
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2015
- Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- The Man in 3B as Cain
2014
- Star Wars Rebels as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- The Lego Movie as Lando (voice)
- The Rebels as Coach Paysinger
2013
- LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles as Lindo Calrissian (voice)
2012
- Key & Peele as Billy Dee Williams
- Comic Book Men as Self
- The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
2011
- The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Ace Millstone
2010
- Barry Munday as Lonnie Green
- Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
- 3 Ways to Get a Husband as William
2009
- Modern Family as Himself
- White Collar as Ford / Bradford Toman
- Glee as Andy Collins
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- Fanboys as Judge Reinhold
- Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time as Narrator
- Titan Maximum as Adm. Bitchface (voice)
- Diary of a Single Mom as Uncle Bo
2008
- iMurders as Robert Delgado
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
- Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
2007
- Private Practice as Henry
- Constellation as Helms Boxer
- General Hospital: Night Shift
2006
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Pastor Charlie
- Giraffes Can't Dance
2005
- Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
- Robot Chicken as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
- The Boondocks as Himself (voice)
- Mind of Mencia
- Merry F#%$in' Christmas as Self
- Bring Back... as Self
- Black in the 80s
2004
- Lost as Self
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- When Star Wars Ruled the World as Self
- The Maintenance Man as Melven
2003
- NCIS as Leroy Jethro Moore
- Epoch: Evolution as Ferguson
- Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa as Narrator
2002
- Half & Half as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
- Street Time as Charles White
- Undercover Brother as Gen. Warren Boutwell
- The Last Place on Earth as Dr. Davis
- It's Black Entertainment as Self
2001
- Scrubs as Billy Dee Williams
- The Visit as Henry
- Good Neighbor as Sgt. Paul Davidson
2000
- 18 Wheels of Justice as Burton Hardesty
- The Ladies Man as Lester
- Fear Runs Silent as Sheriff Hammond
1999
- The Contract as Senator Harmon
1998
- That '70s Show as Pastor Dan
- Woo as Himself
- The Hughleys
- Hard Time as Leo Barker
1997
- The View as Self
- Steel Sharks as Adm. Jim Perry
- The Fourth King as Gasparre
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Moving Target as Detective Don Racine
- The Prince
- Mask of Death as Agent Jeffries
1995
- Falling For You as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
- Triplecross as Agent Oscar Pierce
1993
- Alien Intruder as Commander Skyler
- Percy & Thunder as Ralph Tate
- Message from Nam as Felix
- Marked for Murder as Capt. Jack Reilly
1992
- Martin as Billy Dee Williams
- Giant Steps as Slate Thompson
- The Jacksons: An American Dream as Berry Gordy
1991
- Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
- Driving Me Crazy as Max
1990
- In Living Color
- Dangerous Passion as Lou
- Secret Agent 00 Soul as Secret Agent Zero
1989
- Batman as Harvey Dent
1988
- The Return of Desperado as Daniel Lancaster
1987
- A Different World as Langston Paige
- Wiseguy
- Deadly Illusion as Hamberger
- Number One with a Bullet as Det. Hazeltine
1986
- Courage as Bobby Jay
- Oceans of Fire as Jim McKinley
- Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
- The Right of the People as Mike Trainor
1985
- North and South as Francis Cardozo
- Double Dare as Billy Diamond
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- Marvin & Tige as Richard Davis
1984
- Fear City as Al Wheeler
- The Impostor as Matthew Raines
- Time Bomb as Jake Calahan
1983
- Return of the Jedi as Lando Calrissian
- Shooting Stars as Douglas Hawk
- Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi as Narrator (voice) / Self
- Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever as Self
- Chiefs as Tyler Watts
1981
- Dynasty as Brady Lloyd
- Nighthawks as Matthew Fox
1980
- The Empire Strikes Back as Lando Calrissian
- The Hostage Tower as Clarence Whitlock
- Children of Divorce as Walter Williams
1979
- Christmas Lilies of the Field as Homer Smith
1977
- Scott Joplin as Scott Joplin
1976
1975
- The Jeffersons
- Mahogany as Brian
- Carter's Army as Pvt. Lewis
1974
- The Conversation as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
- Dinah! as Self
- The Take as Sneed
1973
- Hit! as Nick Allen
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972
- Lady Sings the Blues as Louis McKay
- The Glass House as Lennox
- The Final Comedown as Johnny Johnson
1971
- Brian's Song as Gale Sayers
1970
- Lost Flight as Merle Barnaby
- The Out-of-Towners as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
1969
1968
1967
- Coronet Blue as The Second Technician
1966
1965
- The F.B.I. as Edward Tobin
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Defenders as Private Austin George
1959
- The Last Angry Man as Josh Quincy
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1953
- The Oscars as Self