Billy Dee Williams
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
STZ as Broadcaster (voice)
2024LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy as Landolorian (voice)
2024Icons Unearthed: Batman as Self
2023Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount as Himself
2022Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self
2022LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2021And Just Like That… as Lawrence Todd
2021Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
2020LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2020The Skywalker Legacy as Self
2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Lando Calrissian
2019Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Billy Dee Williams (voice)
2018Quincy as Self
2017Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? as Two-Face (voice)
2017Batman Is Just Not That Into You as Two-Face (voice)
2017Dirty Dancing as Tito
2017The Lego Batman Movie as Two-Face (voice)
2017I Am Not Your Negro as Self
2016LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2016LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2015The Man in 3B as Cain
2015LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2015Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2014Star Wars Rebels as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2014The Lego Movie as Lando (voice)
2014The Rebels as Coach Paysinger
2013LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles as Lindo Calrissian (voice)
2012The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
2012Comic Book Men as Self
2012Key & Peele as Billy Dee Williams
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Ace Millstone
2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
2010Barry Munday as Lonnie Green
20103 Ways to Get a Husband as William
2009White Collar as Ford / Bradford Toman
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009Titan Maximum as Adm. Bitchface (voice)
2009Modern Family as Himself
2009Glee as Andy Collins
2009Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time as Narrator
2009Fanboys as Judge Reinhold
2009Diary of a Single Mom as Uncle Bo
2008Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
2008iMurders as Robert Delgado
2007Private Practice as Henry
2007General Hospital: Night Shift
2007Constellation as Helms Boxer
2006Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Pastor Charlie
2006Giraffes Can't Dance
2005Merry F#%$in' Christmas as Self
2005The Boondocks as Himself (voice)
2005Mind of Mencia
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005Bring Back... as Self
2005Robot Chicken as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
2005Black in the 80s
2004Lost as Self
2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
2004When Star Wars Ruled the World as Self
2004The Maintenance Man as Melven
2003Epoch: Evolution as Ferguson
2003NCIS as Leroy Jethro Moore
2003Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa as Narrator
2002Half & Half as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
2002Street Time as Charles White
2002Undercover Brother as Gen. Warren Boutwell
2002It's Black Entertainment as Self
2002The Last Place on Earth as Dr. Davis
2001Scrubs as Billy Dee Williams
2001The Visit as Henry
2001Good Neighbor as Sgt. Paul Davidson
2000The Ladies Man as Lester
2000Fear Runs Silent as Sheriff Hammond
200018 Wheels of Justice as Burton Hardesty
1999The Contract as Senator Harmon
1998Hard Time as Leo Barker
1998The Hughleys as Jerry Rose
1998That '70s Show as Pastor Dan
1998Woo as Himself
1997The Fourth King as Gasparre
1997Steel Sharks as Adm. Jim Perry
1997The View as Self
1997Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
1997Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)
1996The Prince
1996Moving Target as Detective Don Racine
1996Mask of Death as Agent Jeffries
1995Triplecross as Agent Oscar Pierce
1995Falling For You as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
1994Lonesome Dove: The Series
1993Message from Nam as Felix
1993Percy & Thunder as Ralph Tate
1993Alien Intruder as Commander Skyler
1993Marked for Murder as Capt. Jack Reilly
1992The Jacksons: An American Dream as Berry Gordy
1992Giant Steps as Slate Thompson
1992Martin as Billy Dee Williams
1991Driving Me Crazy as Max
1991Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990In Living Color
1990Dangerous Passion as Lou
1990Secret Agent 00 Soul as Secret Agent Zero
1989Batman as Harvey Dent
1988The Return of Desperado as Daniel Lancaster
1987Deadly Illusion as Hamberger
1987A Different World as Langston Paige
1987Wiseguy
1987Number One with a Bullet as Det. Hazeltine
1986Courage as Bobby Jay
1986Oceans of Fire as Jim McKinley
1986Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
1986The Right of the People as Mike Trainor
1985North and South as Francis Cardozo
1985Double Dare as Billy Diamond
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985Marvin & Tige as Richard Davis
1984The Impostor as Matthew Raines
1984Fear City as Al Wheeler
1984Time Bomb as Jake Calahan
1983Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi as Narrator (voice) / Self
1983Chiefs as Tyler Watts
1983Shooting Stars as Douglas Hawk
1983Return of the Jedi as Lando Calrissian
1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever as Self
1981Nighthawks as Matthew Fox
1981Dynasty as Brady Lloyd
1980Children of Divorce as Walter Williams
1980The Hostage Tower as Clarence Whitlock
1980The Empire Strikes Back as Lando Calrissian
1979Christmas Lilies of the Field as Homer Smith
1977Scott Joplin as Scott Joplin
1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Bingo
1975Mahogany as Brian
1975Carter's Army as Pvt. Lewis
1975The Jeffersons
1974Dinah! as Self
1974The Take as Sneed
1974The Conversation as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
1973Hit! as Nick Allen
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972Lady Sings the Blues as Louis McKay
1972The Final Comedown as Johnny Johnson
1972The Glass House as Lennox
1971Brian's Song as Gale Sayers
1970Lost Flight as Merle Barnaby
1970The Out-of-Towners as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
1969The New People
1968The Mod Squad
1967Coronet Blue as The Second Technician
1966Mission: Impossible
1965The F.B.I. as Edward Tobin
1965The F.B.I. as Nate Phelps
1965The F.B.I. as James Borden
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Defenders as Private Austin George
1959The Last Angry Man as Josh Quincy
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1953The Oscars as Self
—Brown Sugar as Host - Narrator
—Star Wars Detours as Lando Calrissian (voice)