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.
as Host - Narrator
as Lando Calrissian
as Lando Calrissian (voice)(1 ep)
as Broadcaster (voice)
as Landolorian (voice)(2 eps)
as Landolorian (voice)(1 ep)
as Self(6 eps)
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
as Self
as Lawrence Todd(1 ep)
as Self
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
as Self
as Lando Calrissian
as Self(1 ep)
as Billy Dee Williams (voice)(1 ep)
as Self
as Two-Face (voice)
as Two-Face (voice)
as Tito
as Two-Face (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Lando Calrissian (voice)(2 eps)
as Lando Calrissian (voice)(1 ep)
as Cain
as Lando Calrissian (voice)(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
as Lando Calrissian (voice)(1 ep)
as Lando (voice)
as Coach Paysinger(1 ep)
as Lindo Calrissian (voice)(2 eps)
as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Billy Dee Williams(1 ep)
as Ace Millstone
as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
as Lonnie Green
as William
as Ford / Bradford Toman(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Adm. Bitchface (voice)(5 eps)
as Himself(1 ep)
as Andy Collins(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Judge Reinhold
as Uncle Bo
as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
as Robert Delgado
as Henry(1 ep)
as Helms Boxer
as Pastor Charlie
as Self
as Himself (voice)(1 ep)
as Self - Contestant(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)(1 ep)
as Self(3 eps)
as Billy Dee Williams(1 ep)
as Melven
as Ferguson
as Leroy Jethro Moore(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - National Unfriend Day Spokesperson(1 ep)
as Self - Commemorative Plate Spokesperson(1 ep)
as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright(1 ep)
as Charles White(2 eps)
as Gen. Warren Boutwell
as Self
as Dr. Davis
as Billy Dee Williams(1 ep)
as Henry
as Sgt. Paul Davidson
as Lester
as Sheriff Hammond
as Burton Hardesty(44 eps)
as Senator Harmon
as Leo Barker
as Jerry Rose(2 eps)
as Pastor Dan(1 ep)
as Himself
as Gasparre
as Adm. Jim Perry
as Self(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as Detective Don Racine
as Agent Jeffries
as Agent Oscar Pierce
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
as Felix
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Ralph Tate
as Commander Skyler
as Capt. Jack Reilly
as Berry Gordy(2 eps)
as Slate Thompson
as Billy Dee Williams(1 ep)
as Max
as Self - Choir Member
as Lou
as Secret Agent Zero
as Harvey Dent
as Daniel Lancaster
as Hamberger
as Langston Paige(1 ep)
as Det. Hazeltine
as Bobby Jay
as Jim McKinley
as Mike Trainor
as Francis Cardozo(3 eps)
as Billy Diamond(7 eps)
as Self
as Richard Davis
as Matthew Raines
as Al Wheeler
as Jake Calahan
as Narrator (voice) / Self
as Tyler Watts(3 eps)
as Douglas Hawk
as Lando Calrissian
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Matthew Fox
as Brady Lloyd(29 eps)
as Walter Williams
as Lando Calrissian (archive footage)
as Clarence Whitlock
as Lando Calrissian
as Homer Smith
as Scott Joplin
as Brian
as Pvt. Lewis
as Self(2 eps)
as Sneed
as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
as Nick Allen
as Self(1 ep)
as Louis McKay
as Johnny Johnson
as Lennox
as Gale Sayers
as Merle Barnaby
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
as The Second Technician(1 ep)
as Hank Benton(1 ep)
as Edward Tobin(1 ep)
as Nate Phelps(1 ep)
as James Borden(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Private Austin George(1 ep)
as Josh Quincy
as Self - Performer(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)