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.
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
Half & Half
White Collar
The Boondocks
Scrubs
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Lost
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
NCIS
Martin
Mission: Impossible
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Private Practice
North and South
The Conversation
Quincy
The Lego Movie
And Just Like That...
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Jeffersons
Brian's Song
The Lego Batman Movie
Batman
A Different World
Comic Book Men
Glee
Courage
The Out of Towners
The Hughleys
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales
Wiseguy
Dynasty
The Final Comedown
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Nighthawks
The Glass House
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Scott Joplin
Is That Black Enough for You?!?