Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born April 6, 1937
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.
MovieSTZ
2025
as Broadcaster (voice)
TVLEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025
as Landolorian (voice)
TVLEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
as Landolorian (voice)
TVIcons Unearthed: Batman
2024
as Self
MovieClear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
as Himself
MovieIs That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
MovieLEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
2022
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TVAnd Just Like That…
2021
as Lawrence Todd
MovieStallone: Frank, That Is
2021
as Self
MovieLEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
2020
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MovieThe Skywalker Legacy
2020
as Self
MovieStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Lando Calrissian
MovieStar Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019
as Self
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVScooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Billy Dee Williams (voice)
MovieQuincy
2018
as Self
MovieMovie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
MovieBatman Is Just Not That Into You
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
MovieDirty Dancing
2017
as Tito
MovieThe Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
MovieI Am Not Your Negro
2017
as Self
TVLEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
2016
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TVLEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises
2016
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MovieThe Man in 3B
2015
as Cain
TVLEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
2015
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieStar Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
TVStar Wars Rebels
2014
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
MovieThe Lego Movie
2014
as Lando (voice)
TVThe Rebels
2014
as Coach Paysinger
TVLEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
2013
as Lindo Calrissian (voice)
TVThe High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
2012
as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
TVComic Book Men
2012
as Self
TVKey & Peele
2012
as Billy Dee Williams
MovieThe Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as Ace Millstone
MovieRobot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
MovieBarry Munday
2010
as Lonnie Green
Movie3 Ways to Get a Husband
2010
as William
TVWhite Collar
2009
as Ford / Bradford Toman
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVTitan Maximum
2009
as Adm. Bitchface (voice)
TVModern Family
2009
as Himself
TVGlee
2009
as Andy Collins
MoviePitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
2009
as Narrator
MovieFanboys
2009
as Judge Reinhold
MovieDiary of a Single Mom
2009
as Uncle Bo
MovieRobot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
2008
as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
MovieShadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self
MovieiMurders
2008
as Robert Delgado
TVPrivate Practice
2007
as Henry
TVGeneral Hospital: Night Shift
2007
MovieConstellation
2007
as Helms Boxer
MovieSnoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Pastor Charlie
MovieGiraffes Can't Dance
2006
MovieMerry F#%$in' Christmas
2005
as Self
TVThe Boondocks
2005
as Himself (voice)
TVMind of Mencia
2005
TVDancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
TVBring Back...
2005
as Self
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
TVBlack in the 80s
2005
TVLost
2004
as Billy Dee Williams
MovieEmpire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
MovieWhen Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Self
MovieThe Maintenance Man
2004
as Melven
MovieEpoch: Evolution
2003
as Ferguson
TVNCIS
2003
as Leroy Jethro Moore
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieElla Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
2003
as Narrator
TVHalf & Half
2002
as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
TVStreet Time
2002
as Charles White
MovieUndercover Brother
2002
as Gen. Warren Boutwell
MovieIt's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self
MovieThe Last Place on Earth
2002
as Dr. Davis
TVScrubs
2001
as Billy Dee Williams
MovieThe Visit
2001
as Henry
MovieGood Neighbor
2001
as Sgt. Paul Davidson
MovieThe Ladies Man
2000
as Lester
MovieFear Runs Silent
2000
as Sheriff Hammond
TV18 Wheels of Justice
2000
as Burton Hardesty
MovieThe Contract
1999
as Senator Harmon
MovieHard Time
1998
as Leo Barker
TVThe Hughleys
1998
as Jerry Rose
TVThat '70s Show
1998
as Pastor Dan
MovieWoo
1998
as Himself
MovieThe Fourth King
1997
as Gasparre
MovieSteel Sharks
1997
as Adm. Jim Perry
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieStar Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
MovieAfro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Prince
1996
MovieMoving Target
1996
as Detective Don Racine
MovieMask of Death
1996
as Agent Jeffries
MovieTriplecross
1995
as Agent Oscar Pierce
MovieFalling For You
1995
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
TVLonesome Dove: The Series
1994
MovieMessage from Nam
1993
as Felix
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MoviePercy & Thunder
1993
as Ralph Tate
MovieAlien Intruder
1993
as Commander Skyler
MovieMarked for Murder
1993
as Capt. Jack Reilly
TVThe Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
as Berry Gordy
MovieGiant Steps
1992
as Slate Thompson
TVMartin
1992
as Billy Dee Williams
MovieDriving Me Crazy
1991
as Max
MovieVoices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
TVIn Living Color
1990
MovieDangerous Passion
1990
as Lou
MovieSecret Agent 00 Soul
1990
as Secret Agent Zero
MovieBatman
1989
as Harvey Dent
MovieThe Return of Desperado
1988
as Daniel Lancaster
MovieDeadly Illusion
1987
as Hamberger
TVA Different World
1987
as Langston Paige
TVWiseguy
1987
MovieNumber One with a Bullet
1987
as Det. Hazeltine
MovieCourage
1986
as Bobby Jay
MovieOceans of Fire
1986
as Jim McKinley
MovieLooney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
MovieThe Right of the People
1986
as Mike Trainor
TVNorth and South
1985
as Francis Cardozo
TVDouble Dare
1985
as Billy Diamond
MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MovieMarvin & Tige
1985
as Richard Davis
MovieThe Impostor
1984
as Matthew Raines
MovieFear City
1984
as Al Wheeler
MovieTime Bomb
1984
as Jake Calahan
MovieClassic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
as Narrator (voice) / Self
TVChiefs
1983
as Tyler Watts
MovieShooting Stars
1983
as Douglas Hawk
MovieReturn of the Jedi
1983
as Lando Calrissian
MovieMotown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983
as Self
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
MovieNighthawks
1981
as Matthew Fox
TVDynasty
1981
as Brady Lloyd
MovieChildren of Divorce
1980
as Walter Williams
MovieSP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Lando Calrissian (archive footage)
MovieThe Hostage Tower
1980
as Clarence Whitlock
MovieThe Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Lando Calrissian
MovieChristmas Lilies of the Field
1979
as Homer Smith
MovieScott Joplin
1977
as Scott Joplin
MovieThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Bingo
MovieMahogany
1975
as Brian
MovieCarter's Army
1975
as Pvt. Lewis
TVThe Jeffersons
1975
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieThe Take
1974
as Sneed
MovieThe Conversation
1974
as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
MovieHit!
1973
as Nick Allen
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieLady Sings the Blues
1972
as Louis McKay
MovieThe Final Comedown
1972
as Johnny Johnson
MovieThe Glass House
1972
as Lennox
MovieBrian's Song
1971
as Gale Sayers
MovieLost Flight
1970
as Merle Barnaby
MovieThe Out-of-Towners
1970
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
TVThe New People
1969
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVCoronet Blue
1967
as The Second Technician
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Hank Benton
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Edward Tobin
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Private Austin George
MovieThe Last Angry Man
1959
as Josh Quincy
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieBrown Sugar
as Host - Narrator
MovieDark Empire
as Lando Calrissian
TVStar Wars Detours
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
