Billy Dee Williams
Acting·April 6, 1937 — 89 years old·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.
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—Brown SugarHost - Narrator—Dark EmpireLando Calrissian—Star Wars DetoursTVLando Calrissian (voice)2025STZBroadcaster (voice)2025LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the PastTVLandolorian (voice)2024LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the GalaxyTVLandolorian (voice)2024Icons Unearthed: BatmanTVSelf2023Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at ParamountHimself2022Is That Black Enough for You?!?Self2022LEGO Star Wars Summer VacationLando Calrissian (voice)2021And Just Like That…TVLawrence Todd2021Stallone: Frank, That IsSelf2020LEGO Star Wars Holiday SpecialLando Calrissian (voice)2020The Skywalker LegacySelf2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerLando Calrissian2019Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure AwaitsSelf2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowTVSelf2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?TVBilly Dee Williams (voice)2018QuincySelf2017Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?Two-Face (voice)2017Batman Is Just Not That Into YouTwo-Face (voice)2017Dirty DancingTito2017The Lego Batman MovieTwo-Face (voice)2017I Am Not Your NegroSelf2016LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker AdventuresTVLando Calrissian (voice)2016LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance RisesTVLando Calrissian (voice)2015The Man in 3BCain2015LEGO Star Wars: Droid TalesTVLando Calrissian (voice)2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf2015Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of LothalLando Calrissian (voice)2014Star Wars RebelsTVLando Calrissian (voice)2014The Lego MovieLando (voice)2014The RebelsTVCoach Paysinger2013LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda ChroniclesTVLindo Calrissian (voice)2012The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying OrangeTVSensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)2012Comic Book MenTVSelf2012Key & PeeleTVBilly Dee Williams2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollAce Millstone2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIILando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)2010Barry MundayLonnie Green20103 Ways to Get a HusbandWilliam2009White CollarTVFord / Bradford Toman2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesTVSelf2009Titan MaximumTVAdm. Bitchface (voice)2009Modern FamilyTVHimself2009GleeTVAndy Collins2009Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying TimeNarrator2009FanboysJudge Reinhold2009Diary of a Single MomUncle Bo2008Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IILando Calrissian / Man (voice)2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightSelf2008iMurdersRobert Delgado2007Private PracticeTVHenry2007General Hospital: Night ShiftTV2007ConstellationHelms Boxer2006Snoop Dogg's Hood of HorrorPastor Charlie2006Giraffes Can't Dance2005Merry F#%$in' ChristmasSelf2005The BoondocksTVHimself (voice)2005Mind of MenciaTV2005Dancing with the StarsTVSelf - Contestant2005Bring Back...TVSelf2005Robot ChickenTVBilly Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)2005Black in the 80sTV2004LostTVBilly Dee Williams2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogySelf2004When Star Wars Ruled the WorldSelf2004The Maintenance ManMelven2003Epoch: EvolutionFerguson2003NCISTVLeroy Jethro Moore2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TVSelf - Guest · Self - National Unfriend Day Spokesperson2003Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal VirtuosaNarrator2002Half & HalfTVOtis 'Omar Funk' Wright2002Street TimeTVCharles White2002Undercover BrotherGen. Warren Boutwell2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf2002The Last Place on EarthDr. Davis2001ScrubsTVBilly Dee Williams2001The VisitHenry2001Good NeighborSgt. Paul Davidson2000The Ladies ManLester2000Fear Runs SilentSheriff Hammond200018 Wheels of JusticeTVBurton Hardesty1999The ContractSenator Harmon1998Hard TimeLeo Barker1998The HughleysTVJerry Rose1998That '70s ShowTVPastor Dan1998WooHimself1997The Fourth KingGasparre1997Steel SharksAdm. Jim Perry1997The ViewTVSelf1997Star Wars: The Magic & the MysterySelf1997Afro PromoSelf (archive footage)1996The Prince1996Moving TargetDetective Don Racine1996Mask of DeathAgent Jeffries1995TriplecrossAgent Oscar Pierce1995Falling For YouLieutenant Frank Lazaro1994Lonesome Dove: The SeriesTV1993Message from NamFelix1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTVSelf - Guest1993Percy & ThunderRalph Tate1993Alien IntruderCommander Skyler1993Marked for MurderCapt. Jack Reilly1992The Jacksons: An American DreamTVBerry Gordy1992Giant StepsSlate Thompson1992MartinTVBilly Dee Williams1991Driving Me CrazyMax1991Voices That CareSelf - Choir Member1990In Living ColorTV1990Dangerous PassionLou1990Secret Agent 00 SoulSecret Agent Zero1989BatmanHarvey Dent1988The Return of DesperadoDaniel Lancaster1987Deadly IllusionHamberger1987A Different WorldTVLangston Paige1987WiseguyTV1987Number One with a BulletDet. Hazeltine1986CourageBobby Jay1986Oceans of FireJim McKinley1986Looney Tunes 50th AnniversarySelf1986The Right of the PeopleMike Trainor1985North and SouthTVFrancis Cardozo1985Double DareTVBilly Diamond1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf1985Marvin & TigeRichard Davis1984The ImpostorMatthew Raines1984Fear CityAl Wheeler1984Time BombJake Calahan1983Classic Creatures: Return of the JediNarrator (voice) / Self1983ChiefsTVTyler Watts1983Shooting StarsDouglas Hawk1983Return of the JediLando Calrissian1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, ForeverSelf1982Late Night with David LettermanTVSelf - Guest1981NighthawksMatthew Fox1981DynastyTVBrady Lloyd1980Children of DivorceWalter Williams1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackLando Calrissian (archive footage)1980The Hostage TowerClarence Whitlock1980The Empire Strikes BackLando Calrissian1979Christmas Lilies of the FieldHomer Smith1977Scott JoplinScott Joplin1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor KingsBingo1975MahoganyBrian1975Carter's ArmyPvt. Lewis1975The JeffersonsTV1974Dinah!TVSelf1974The TakeSneed1974The ConversationMan in Yellow Hat (uncredited)1973Hit!Nick Allen1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...TVSelf1972Lady Sings the BluesLouis McKay1972The Final ComedownJohnny Johnson1972The Glass HouseLennox1971Brian's SongGale Sayers1970Lost FlightMerle Barnaby1970The Out-of-TownersClifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk1969The New PeopleTV1968The Mod SquadTV1967Coronet BlueTVThe Second Technician1966Mission: ImpossibleTVHank Benton1965The F.B.I.TVEdward Tobin · Nate Phelps · James Borden1961The Mike Douglas ShowTVSelf1961The DefendersTVPrivate Austin George1959The Last Angry ManJosh Quincy1956Tony AwardsTVSelf - Performer1953The OscarsTVSelf