About
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...
Known for
NCISSeries • 2003
LostSeries • 2004
ScrubsSeries • 2001
GleeSeries • 2009
Robot ChickenSeries • 2005
White CollarSeries • 2009
That '70s ShowSeries • 1998
DynastySeries • 1981
Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966
Private PracticeSeries • 2007
Star Wars RebelsSeries • 2014
A Different WorldSeries • 1987
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
The DefendersSeries • 1961
MartinSeries • 1992
The JeffersonsSeries • 1975
Key & PeeleSeries • 2012
And Just Like That…Series • 2021
WiseguySeries • 1987
Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerMovie • 2019
The HughleysSeries • 1998
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Series • 2019
The Empire Strikes BackMovie • 1980
In Living ColorSeries • 1990