Billy Dee Williams
Acting
Born: 1937-04-06 in New York City, New York, USA
Biography
William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, artist, and singer. 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. He made his film debut in 1959 in The Last Angry Man starring Paul Muni, in which he portrayed a juvenile delinquent. His first big break was in the acclaimed television movie, Brian's Song in which he played Gale Sayers. In 1972 he played Billie Holliday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown paired the two of them again three years later in Mahogany. His work has earned him numerous awards and honors including three NAACP Image Awards, and the NAACP Lifetime Achievement award. He was inducted into the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame in 1984, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
Known For
NCIS
Leroy Jethro Moore
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Modern Family
Himself
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Lost
Billy Dee Williams
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - National Unfriend Day Spokesperson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Commemorative Plate Spokesperson
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
Glee
Andy Collins
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
Robot Chicken
Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Dynasty
Brady Lloyd
Scrubs
Billy Dee Williams
White Collar
Ford / Bradford Toman
Mission: Impossible
Hank Benton
That '70s Show
Pastor Dan
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Private Practice
Henry
The Boondocks
Himself (voice)
A Different World
Langston Paige
Star Wars Rebels
Lando Calrissian (voice)
North and South
Francis Cardozo
Martin
Billy Dee Williams
In Living Color
The Defenders
Private Austin George
Wiseguy
Key & Peele
Billy Dee Williams
And Just Like That…
Lawrence Todd
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Lando Calrissian
The Hughleys
Jerry Rose
The F.B.I.
Edward Tobin
The F.B.I.
Nate Phelps
The F.B.I.
James Borden
The Empire Strikes Back
Lando Calrissian
Batman
Harvey Dent
The Lego Movie
Lando (voice)