Biography
William December Williams Jr., known as Billy Dee Williams, is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Last Angry Man (1959), Carter's Army (1969), The Out-of-Towners (1970), The Final Comedown and Lady Sings the Blues, Hit! (1973), Fear City and Terror in the Aisles, Alien Intruder (1993) and The Visit (2000).
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Awards & recognition
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1984
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
Icons Unearthed: Batman
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
The Boondocks
Half & Half
White Collar
Scrubs
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Lost
Double Dare
Modern Family
That '70s Show
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
I Am Not Your Negro
Star Wars Rebels
Key and Peele
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Robot Chicken
NCIS
Mission: Impossible
Private Practice
Martin
North and South
The Conversation
Quincy
The Lego Movie
And Just Like That...
The Lego Batman Movie
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Jeffersons
Brian's Song
Batman
A Different World
Comic Book Men
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Glee
The Hughleys
Courage
The Out of Towners
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales
Wiseguy
Dynasty
The Final Comedown
Nighthawks
The Glass House
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker