Actor
· Acting
Billy Dee Williams
Born 1937-04-06
📍 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
STZ
as Broadcaster (voice)
2025
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
as Landolorian (voice)
2024
Icons Unearthed: Batman
as Self
2024
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
as Himself
2023
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2022
And Just Like That…
as Lawrence Todd
2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is
as Self
2021
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2020
The Skywalker Legacy
as Self
2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Lando Calrissian
2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Billy Dee Williams (voice)
2019
Quincy
as Self
2018
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
as Two-Face (voice)
2017
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
as Two-Face (voice)
2017
Dirty Dancing
as Tito
2017
The Lego Batman Movie
as Two-Face (voice)
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
as Self
2017
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2016
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2016
The Man in 3B
as Cain
2015
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2015
Star Wars Rebels
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
2014
The Lego Movie
as Lando (voice)
2014
LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
as Lindo Calrissian (voice)
2013
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
2012
Comic Book Men
as Self
2012
Key & Peele
as Billy Dee Williams
2012
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Ace Millstone
2011
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
2010
Barry Munday
as Lonnie Green
2010
3 Ways to Get a Husband
as William
2010
White Collar
as Ford / Bradford Toman
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
Titan Maximum
as Adm. Bitchface (voice)
2009
Modern Family
as Himself
2009
Glee
as Andy Collins
2009
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
as Narrator
2009
Fanboys
as Judge Reinhold
2009
Diary of a Single Mom
as Uncle Bo
2009
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
2008
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
2008
iMurders
as Robert Delgado
2008
Private Practice
as Henry
2007
General Hospital: Night Shift
2007
Constellation
as Helms Boxer
2007
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Pastor Charlie
2006
Giraffes Can't Dance
2006
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
as Self
2005
The Boondocks
as Himself (voice)
2005
Mind of Mencia
2005
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
2005
Bring Back...
as Self
2005
Robot Chicken
as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
2005
Black in the 80s
2005
Lost
as Billy Dee Williams
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Self
2004
The Maintenance Man
as Melven
2004
Epoch: Evolution
as Ferguson
2003
NCIS
as Leroy Jethro Moore
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - National Unfriend Day Spokesperson
2003
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
as Narrator
2003
Half & Half
as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
2002
Street Time
as Charles White
2002
Undercover Brother
as Gen. Warren Boutwell
2002
It's Black Entertainment
as Self
2002
The Last Place on Earth
as Dr. Davis
2002
Scrubs
as Billy Dee Williams
2001
The Visit
as Henry
2001
Good Neighbor
as Sgt. Paul Davidson
2001
The Ladies Man
as Lester
2000
Fear Runs Silent
as Sheriff Hammond
2000
18 Wheels of Justice
as Burton Hardesty
2000
The Contract
as Senator Harmon
1999
Hard Time
as Leo Barker
1998
The Hughleys
as Jerry Rose
1998
That '70s Show
as Pastor Dan
1998
Woo
as Himself
1998
The Fourth King
as Gasparre
1997
Steel Sharks
as Adm. Jim Perry
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
1997
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Moving Target
as Detective Don Racine
1996
Mask of Death
as Agent Jeffries
1996
Triplecross
as Agent Oscar Pierce
1995
Falling For You
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994
Message from Nam
as Felix
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Percy & Thunder
as Ralph Tate
1993
Alien Intruder
as Commander Skyler
1993
Marked for Murder
as Capt. Jack Reilly
1993
The Jacksons: An American Dream
as Berry Gordy
1992
Giant Steps
as Slate Thompson
1992
Martin
as Billy Dee Williams
1992
Driving Me Crazy
as Max
1991
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
1991
In Living Color
1990
Dangerous Passion
as Lou
1990
Secret Agent 00 Soul
as Secret Agent Zero
1990
Batman
as Harvey Dent
1989
The Return of Desperado
as Daniel Lancaster
1988
Deadly Illusion
as Hamberger
1987
A Different World
as Langston Paige
1987
Wiseguy
1987
Number One with a Bullet
as Det. Hazeltine
1987
Courage
as Bobby Jay
1986
Oceans of Fire
as Jim McKinley
1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
1986
The Right of the People
as Mike Trainor
1986
North and South
as Francis Cardozo
1985
Double Dare
as Billy Diamond
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Marvin & Tige
as Richard Davis
1985
The Impostor
as Matthew Raines
1984
Fear City
as Al Wheeler
1984
Time Bomb
as Jake Calahan
1984
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
as Narrator (voice) / Self
1983
Chiefs
as Tyler Watts
1983
Shooting Stars
as Douglas Hawk
1983
Return of the Jedi
as Lando Calrissian
1983
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
as Self
1983
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1982
Nighthawks
as Matthew Fox
1981
Dynasty
as Brady Lloyd
1981
Children of Divorce
as Walter Williams
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Lando Calrissian (archive footage)
1980
The Hostage Tower
as Clarence Whitlock
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
as Lando Calrissian
1980
Christmas Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
1979
Scott Joplin
as Scott Joplin
1977
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Bingo
1976
Mahogany
as Brian
1975
Carter's Army
as Pvt. Lewis
1975
The Jeffersons
1975
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Take
as Sneed
1974
The Conversation
as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
1974
Hit!
as Nick Allen
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Lady Sings the Blues
as Louis McKay
1972
The Final Comedown
as Johnny Johnson
1972
The Glass House
as Lennox
1972
Brian's Song
as Gale Sayers
1971
Lost Flight
as Merle Barnaby
1970
The Out-of-Towners
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
1970
The New People
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
Coronet Blue
as The Second Technician
1967
Mission: Impossible
as Hank Benton
1966
The F.B.I.
as Edward Tobin
1965
The F.B.I.
as Nate Phelps
1965
The F.B.I.
as James Borden
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Defenders
as Private Austin George
1961
The Last Angry Man
as Josh Quincy
1959
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Brown Sugar
as Host - Narrator
Dark Empire
as Lando Calrissian
Star Wars Detours
as Lando Calrissian (voice)