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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Billy Dee Williams Biography / Wiki
| Name | Billy Dee Williams |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | April 06, 1937 |
| Age(as in 2023) | 86 |
| Deathday |
Billy Dee Williams Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Bingo Long | 1976-07-16 | Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team’s owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormer… |
| The Final Comedown | Johnny Johnson | 1972-05-31 | Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs…. |
| Hit! | Nick Allen | 1973-09-18 | A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose li… |
| Scott Joplin | Scott Joplin | 1977-12-30 | The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time…. |
| Deadly Illusion | Hamberger | 1987-10-16 | A private eye hired to kill a man’s wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors…. |
| Secret Agent 00 Soul | Secret Agent Zero | 1990-01-01 | James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul, is a suave secret agent hired to catch an elusive criminal mastermind…. |
| Good Neighbor | Sgt. Paul Davidson | 2001-01-01 | A young woman suspects the new neighbor is a serial killer…. |
| The Take | Sneed | 1974-05-01 | A policeman in New Mexico takes payoff money but still manages to go after a racketeer…. |
| Christmas Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | 1979-12-16 | In this belated sequel to ‘Lilies of the Field’ (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build … |
| 3 Ways to Get a Husband | William | 2010-01-05 | Chastity Moore believes there are three ways a woman can get a husband….love him, live with him, or leave him. She tried loving her man but he chose… |
| Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa | Narrator | 2003-01-05 | Told in the voice of a cool cat named Scat, this dramatic story tells how Ella got her sound on the way to a most remarkable and inspiring career…. |
| Giant Steps | Slate Thompson | 1992-09-12 | A boy with an alcoholic father befriends a jazz musician…. |
| Giraffes Can’t Dance | 2006-01-01 | Gerald, the giraffe, wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it’s harder for a giraffe to dance than the other animals. Ge… | |
| Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time | Narrator | 2009-04-29 | Celebrate the life of baseball’s most enduring legend; Satchel Paige was the single most important player in the old Negro Baseball Leagues… |
| Mahogany | Brian | 1975-10-08 | Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world’s top designers. H… |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Louis McKay | 1972-10-12 | Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addi… |
| Driving Me Crazy | Max | 1991-05-16 | US-American comedy from the year 1991 with Thomas Gottschalk in the lead role. The German TV host plays an East German who can get his Trabi reach spe… |
| Steel Sharks | Adm. Jim Perry | 1996-01-01 | In this undersea thriller, a United States submarine is seized by terrorists. But a rescue attempt by an elite group of Navy Seals goes wrong when the… |
| Fear Runs Silent | Sheriff Hammond | 2000-03-10 | When high school science teacher, Mr.Hill, convinces his student, Kerry Johnson, and a group of her friends to go on an overnight field trip, they fin… |
| Constellation | Helms Boxer | 2007-02-01 | Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous pas… |
| Brian’s Song | Gale Sayers | 1971-11-30 | Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying…. |
| Fear City | Al Wheeler | 1984-07-18 | Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired b… |
| Triplecross | Agent Oscar Pierce | 1995-05-28 | T.C. Cooper is sprung from prison by Oscar Pierce, an F.B.I. agent, and given a task: take down master thief Jimmy Ray Danker. He accepts, but neither… |
| Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi | Narrator/Himself | 1983-11-21 | Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in t… |
| The Contract | Senator Harmon | 1999-05-29 | Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is u… |
| Falling For You | Lieutenant Frank Lazaro | 1995-02-21 | When Meg gets thrown out of her apartment window by a serial killer, she’s determined to make him pay. But finding this criminal might be difficult co… |
| Courage | Bobby Jay | 1986-09-24 | A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug … |
| Number One with a Bullet | Det. Hazeltine | 1987-02-27 | Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a… |
| Time Bomb | Jake Calahan | 1984-03-25 | A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium…. |
| Marvin & Tige | Richard Davis | 1985-03-08 | Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friend… |
| Shooting Stars | Douglas Hawk | 1983-07-28 | Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show’s star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to… |
| Oceans of Fire | Jim McKinley | 1986-09-16 | Ben, a former Navy officer now works on a rig as the guy in charge, but since a lot of crew keeps dying whilst diving and planting the rig in the sea … |
| Dangerous Passion | Lou | 1990-02-28 | A security man goes to work for a sadistic gangster with an alluring wife…. |
| Nighthawks | Det. Sgt. Matthew Fox | 1981-03-17 | An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it’s up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down…. |
| Epoch Evolution | Ferguson | 2003-11-29 | 10 years since the the first Alien object called Torus arose, two more have risen. The first torus changed the worlds view dramatically not just polit… |
| Alien Intruder | Commander Skyler | 1993-02-24 | Set in the year 2022, a group of convicts sentenced to life in prison are led on a mission into uncharted deep space by Commander Skyler (Williams) to… |
| The Ladies Man | Lester | 2000-10-13 | Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chi… |
| Mask of Death | Agent Jeffries | 1996-05-25 | While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna’s wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the pr… |
| The Hostage Tower | Clarence Whitlock | 1980-09-19 | A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, th… |
| The Return of Desperado | Daniel Lancaster | 1988-02-15 | Duell McCall is in New Mexico running afoul of local land baron. McCall pauses long enough in his escape flight to come to the aid of black homestead… |
| Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-31 | A series of thirty-two trailers put together to illustrate the film industry’s attitude to and packaging of African-American screen imagery…. |
| The Right of the People | Mike Trainor | 1986-01-13 | The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He la… |
| Diary of a Single Mom | Uncle Bo | 2009-01-27 | Ocean (Monica Calhoun), a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the resid… |
| Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? | Two-Face | 2017-06-14 | An audition for the sound effects of a laser gun for the Lego Batman Movie. Will Bane, Poison Ivy, The Riddler or Catwoman be good enough? An animated… |
| The Empire Strikes Back | Lando Calrissian | 1980-05-20 | The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Dar… |
| Return of the Jedi | Lando Calrissian | 1983-05-25 | Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion onc… |
| Moving Target | Detective Don Racine | 1996-11-26 | A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters…. |
| The Glass House | Lennox | 1972-02-04 | Adapted from a story by Truman Capote (“In Cold Blood”), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becom… |
| The Fourth King | Gasparre | 1997-12-27 | Alazar, a simple farmer who is also a beekeeper, meets the Three Wise Men Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, who have set off to celebrate the arrival on… |
| Batman Is Just Not That Into You | Two-Face | 2017-06-14 | On the Dr. Quinn Show The Joker is breaking up with his longtime enemy, Batman. An animated short on the home entertainment release of The Lego Batman… |
| Hard Time | Leo Barker | 1998-12-12 | Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murde… |
| The Impostor | Matthew Raines | 1984-11-08 | After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get h… |
| Percy & Thunder | Ralph Tate | 1993-09-07 | A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé…. |
| iMurders | Robert Delgado | 2008-08-09 | A mysterious love triangle leads to a tragic shooting. Months later, eight members of a MySpace-esque chat room are being gruesomely murdered in the p… |
| Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Adventure Awaits | Himself | 2019-09-29 | An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the new lands at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in Southern California…. |
| LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special | Lando Calrissian (voice) | 2020-11-17 | As her friends prep for a Life Day holiday celebration, Rey journeys with BB-8 on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force at a mysterious Jedi… |
| LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation | Lando Calrissian (voice) | 2022-08-05 | Looking for a much-needed break, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the luxuriou… |
| Batman | Harvey Dent | 1989-06-23 | Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself “The Joker” seizes control of Gotham’s criminal underworld…. |
| Carter’s Army | Pvt. Lewis | 1970-01-27 | A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany. Their… |
| Lost Flight | Merle Barnaby | 1970-08-13 | The captain of a downed airliner must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle – an adult ver… |
| The Man in 3B | Cain | 2015-11-06 | Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can’t stop talki… |
| Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal | Lando Calrissian (voice) | 2015-04-18 | The Ghost crew and their allies face Darth Vader for the first time and Ahsoka Tano discovers the true identity of Darth Vader…. |
| Dirty Dancing | Tito | 2017-05-24 | Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and … |
| Barry Munday | Lonnie Green | 2010-03-13 | Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital aft… |
| Marked for Murder | Capt. Jack Reilly | 1993-01-17 | Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn’t used to playing… |
| The Last Angry Man | Josh Quincy | 1959-10-22 | Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journali… |
| The Lego Batman Movie | Two-Face / Harvey Dent (voice) | 2017-02-08 | A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted … |
| Undercover Brother | Gen. Warren Boutwell | 2002-05-31 | An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization “The Man” defending the values of the bl… |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III | Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice) | 2010-12-19 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III, directed by Chris McKay, combines the satirical sensibilities of Green and Matthew Senreich’s Robot Chicken with… |
| Message from Nam | Felix | 1993-10-17 | Journalism Major Paxton Andrews loses the man she loves in the Vietnam War. Always having followed the beat of a different drum, she decides to work o… |
| Woo | Himself | 1998-05-08 | Woo is a woman in control of her world. She is smart, self-confident, sophisticated and snarky. And she doesn’t have any trouble attracting members of… |
| Merry F#%$in’ Christmas | Self | 2005-11-27 | Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music and skits, this is a great spin on the usual holiday… |
| The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll | Ace Millstone | 2011-08-05 | In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compel… |
| Children of Divorce | Walter Williams | 1980-11-24 | The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama…. |
| Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery | Self | 1997-02-06 | Host Howie Long takes viewers on a tour of the “Star Wars” universe, as Fox TV celebrates the re-release of the original three legendary films in this… |
| The Lego Movie | Lando (voice) | 2014-02-06 | An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from … |
| The Visit | Henry | 2001-04-20 | A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together…. |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Lando Calrissian | 2019-12-18 | The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of gener… |
| Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror | Pastor Charlie | 2006-06-27 | A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighbor… |
| The Skywalker Legacy | Self | 2020-03-18 | The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker…. |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | Lando Calrissian / Man (voice) | 2008-11-16 | Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up more hilarious Star Wars-inspired satire in this second compilation of sketches featuring the zany stop-motio… |
| Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 | A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs…. |
| When Star Wars Ruled the World | Self | 2004-09-18 | A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon…. |
| Fanboys | Judge Reinhold | 2009-02-06 | In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace… |
| The Out-of-Towners | Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk | 1970-05-28 | George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell…. |
| Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary | Self | 1986-01-14 | Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes…. |
| Quincy | Self | 2018-09-21 | An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultur… |
| Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self | 2004-09-12 | From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy…. |
| Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | Self | 1983-05-16 | Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on NB… |
| It’s Black Entertainment | Self | 2002-02-08 | A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That’s Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi… |
| Voices That Care | Self – Choir Member | 1990-02-28 | Behind the scenes making of the charity single “Voices That Care”…. |
| Terror in the Aisles | Matthew Fox (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 | A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time…. |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 | This special is the second “Night of 100 Stars” to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t… |
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