Billy Dee Williams

Known for: Acting

Born: 1937-04-06 (age 89)

From: 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.

Filmography (168)

MOVIE★ 10.0
STZ
2025
as Broadcaster (voice)
TV★ 6.4
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025
as Landolorian (voice)
TV★ 6.8
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
as Landolorian (voice)
TV★ 9.0
Icons Unearthed: Batman
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.2
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
2022
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TV★ 7.2
And Just Like That…
2021
as Lawrence Todd
MOVIE★ 5.9
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
2020
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Lando Calrissian
MOVIE★ 6.1
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019
as Self
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Billy Dee Williams (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Quincy
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.4
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Dirty Dancing
2017
as Tito
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
as Self
TV★ 6.9
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
2016
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TV★ 6.1
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises
2016
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Man in 3B
2015
as Cain
TV★ 6.6
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
2015
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TV★ 7.7
Star Wars Rebels
2014
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Lego Movie
2014
as Lando (voice)
TV★ 5.5
The Rebels
2014
as Coach Paysinger
TV★ 6.2
LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
2013
as Lindo Calrissian (voice)
TV★ 6.1
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
2012
as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Comic Book Men
2012
as Self
TV★ 7.7
Key & Peele
2012
as Billy Dee Williams
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as Ace Millstone
MOVIE★ 7.5
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Barry Munday
2010
as Lonnie Green
MOVIE★ 5.0
3 Ways to Get a Husband
2010
as William
TV★ 8.2
White Collar
2009
as Ford / Bradford Toman
TV★ 7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Titan Maximum
2009
as Adm. Bitchface (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Modern Family
2009
as Himself
TV★ 6.8
Glee
2009
as Andy Collins
MOVIE
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
2009
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
Fanboys
2009
as Judge Reinhold
MOVIE★ 4.0
Diary of a Single Mom
2009
as Uncle Bo
MOVIE★ 7.5
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
2008
as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
MOVIE
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.4
iMurders
2008
as Robert Delgado
TV★ 7.5
Private Practice
2007
as Henry
TV★ 7.3
General Hospital: Night Shift
2007
MOVIE★ 5.6
Constellation
2007
as Helms Boxer
MOVIE★ 4.8
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Pastor Charlie
MOVIE
Giraffes Can't Dance
2006
MOVIE★ 5.5
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2005
as Self
TV★ 8.3
The Boondocks
2005
as Himself (voice)
TV★ 3.2
Mind of Mencia
2005
TV★ 6.2
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
TV★ 6.0
Bring Back...
2005
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Robot Chicken
2005
as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
TV
Black in the 80s
2005
TV★ 8.0
Lost
2004
as Billy Dee Williams
MOVIE★ 7.6
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Self
MOVIE
The Maintenance Man
2004
as Melven
MOVIE★ 5.5
Epoch: Evolution
2003
as Ferguson
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Leroy Jethro Moore
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
2003
as Narrator
TV★ 8.3
Half & Half
2002
as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
TV★ 2.5
Street Time
2002
as Charles White
MOVIE★ 5.9
Undercover Brother
2002
as Gen. Warren Boutwell
MOVIE★ 8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Last Place on Earth
2002
as Dr. Davis
TV★ 8.1
Scrubs
2001
as Billy Dee Williams
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Visit
2001
as Henry
MOVIE★ 4.7
Good Neighbor
2001
as Sgt. Paul Davidson
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Ladies Man
2000
as Lester
MOVIE★ 4.8
Fear Runs Silent
2000
as Sheriff Hammond
TV★ 5.3
18 Wheels of Justice
2000
as Burton Hardesty
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Contract
1999
as Senator Harmon
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hard Time
1998
as Leo Barker
TV★ 6.8
The Hughleys
1998
as Jerry Rose
TV★ 7.9
That '70s Show
1998
as Pastor Dan
MOVIE★ 4.4
Woo
1998
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Fourth King
1997
as Gasparre
MOVIE★ 5.3
Steel Sharks
1997
as Adm. Jim Perry
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Prince
1996
MOVIE★ 4.7
Moving Target
1996
as Detective Don Racine
MOVIE★ 3.7
Mask of Death
1996
as Agent Jeffries
MOVIE★ 4.8
Triplecross
1995
as Agent Oscar Pierce
MOVIE★ 5.0
Falling For You
1995
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
TV★ 7.1
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994
MOVIE★ 5.3
Message from Nam
1993
as Felix
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 8.0
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Ralph Tate
MOVIE★ 3.5
Alien Intruder
1993
as Commander Skyler
MOVIE★ 5.7
Marked for Murder
1993
as Capt. Jack Reilly
TV★ 6.8
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
as Berry Gordy
MOVIE★ 8.0
Giant Steps
1992
as Slate Thompson
TV★ 7.5
Martin
1992
as Billy Dee Williams
MOVIE★ 3.8
Driving Me Crazy
1991
as Max
MOVIE★ 7.0
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
TV★ 7.6
In Living Color
1990
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dangerous Passion
1990
as Lou
MOVIE★ 5.6
Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990
as Secret Agent Zero
MOVIE★ 7.2
Batman
1989
as Harvey Dent
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Return of Desperado
1988
as Daniel Lancaster
MOVIE★ 5.5
Deadly Illusion
1987
as Hamberger
TV★ 7.1
A Different World
1987
as Langston Paige
TV★ 6.6
Wiseguy
1987
MOVIE★ 4.8
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Det. Hazeltine
MOVIE★ 6.8
Courage
1986
as Bobby Jay
MOVIE★ 4.9
Oceans of Fire
1986
as Jim McKinley
MOVIE★ 7.2
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Right of the People
1986
as Mike Trainor
TV★ 7.5
North and South
1985
as Francis Cardozo
TV★ 8.0
Double Dare
1985
as Billy Diamond
MOVIE★ 6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
Marvin & Tige
1985
as Richard Davis
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Impostor
1984
as Matthew Raines
MOVIE★ 5.4
Fear City
1984
as Al Wheeler
MOVIE★ 6.3
Time Bomb
1984
as Jake Calahan
MOVIE★ 8.9
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
as Narrator (voice) / Self
TV★ 7.9
Chiefs
1983
as Tyler Watts
MOVIE★ 5.0
Shooting Stars
1983
as Douglas Hawk
MOVIE★ 7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Lando Calrissian
MOVIE★ 8.7
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983
as Self
TV★ 6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.4
Nighthawks
1981
as Matthew Fox
TV★ 6.5
Dynasty
1981
as Brady Lloyd
MOVIE★ 7.5
Children of Divorce
1980
as Walter Williams
MOVIE★ 8.3
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Lando Calrissian (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Hostage Tower
1980
as Clarence Whitlock
MOVIE★ 8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Lando Calrissian
MOVIE★ 6.0
Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979
as Homer Smith
MOVIE★ 6.3
Scott Joplin
1977
as Scott Joplin
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Bingo
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mahogany
1975
as Brian
MOVIE★ 4.4
Carter's Army
1975
as Pvt. Lewis
TV★ 7.3
The Jeffersons
1975
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Take
1974
as Sneed
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Conversation
1974
as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hit!
1973
as Nick Allen
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
as Louis McKay
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Final Comedown
1972
as Johnny Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Glass House
1972
as Lennox
MOVIE★ 7.3
Brian's Song
1971
as Gale Sayers
MOVIE★ 4.3
Lost Flight
1970
as Merle Barnaby
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Out-of-Towners
1970
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
TV★ 6.2
The New People
1969
TV★ 6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
TV★ 6.7
Coronet Blue
1967
as The Second Technician
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Hank Benton
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Edward Tobin
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Private Austin George
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Josh Quincy
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE
Dark Empire
—
as Lando Calrissian
TV★ 8.0
Star Wars Detours
—
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MOVIE
Brown Sugar
—
as Host - Narrator