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Billy Dee Williams

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. is an American actor and novelist. He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s for The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, and thirty-six 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.

Aliases
  • William December Williams Jr.
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Filmography

The Empire Strikes Back

1980
as Lando Calrissian

Return of the Jedi

1983
as Lando Calrissian

Batman

1989
as Harvey Dent

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019
as Lando Calrissian

The Lego Batman Movie

2017
as Two-Face / Harvey Dent (voice)

The Lego Movie

2014
as Lando (voice)

Dirty Dancing

2017
as Tito

The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

2020
as Lando Calrissian

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

1986
as Himself

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004
as Himself

Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles - The Phantom Clone

2013
as Lando Calrissian / Lando's Father (voice)

Deadly Illusion

1987
as Hamberger

Mask of Death

1996
as Agent Jeffries

Driving Me Crazy

1991
as Max

Hood of Horror

2006
as Pastor Charlie

The Last Angry Man

1959
as Josh Quincy

Secret Agent OO Soul

1990
as Secret Agent Zero

Epoch: Evolution

2003
as Ferguson

Good Neighbor

2001
as Sgt. Paul Davidson

The Final Comedown

1972
as Johnny Johnson

The Man in 3B

2015
as Cain

Christmas Lilies of the Field

1979
as Homer Smith

The Contract

1999
as Senator Harmon

Lost Flight

1970
as Merle Barnaby

Beyond Batman: Visualizing Gotham - The Production Design of Batman

2005
as Billy Dee Williams

Steel Sharks

1996
as Adm. Jim Perry

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022
as Billy Dee Williams

The Last Place on Earth

2002
as Dr. Davis

Barry Munday

2010
as Lonnie Green

Batman Is Just Not That Into You

2017
as Two-Face

Right of the People

1986
as Mike Trainor

Brian's Song

1971
as Gale Sayers

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

2005
as Himself

Woo

1998
as Himself

Mahogany

1975
as Brian

Scott Joplin

1977
as Scott Joplin

Triplecross

1995
as Agent Oscar Pierce

Constellation

2007
as Helms Boxer

Marked for Murder

1993
as Capt. Jack Reilly

Dangerous Passion

1990
as Lou

3 Ways to Get a Husband

2010
as William

Fear Runs Silent

2000
as Sheriff Hammond

Undercover Brother

2002
as Gen. Warren Boutwell

Stallone: Frank, That Is

2021
as Billy Dee Williams

Afro Promo

1997
as Billy Dee Williams

The Maintenance Man

2004
as Melven

Fanboys

2009
as Judge Reinhold

Nighthawks

1981
as Det. Sgt. Matthew Fox

The Hostage Tower

1980
as Clarence Whitlock

Lady Sings the Blues

1972
as Louis McKay

Carter's Army

1970
as Lewis

Marvin & Tige

1983
as Richard Davis

Hard Time

1998
as Leo Barker

Courage

1986
as Bobby Jay

Falling For You

1995
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro

Hit!

1973
as Nick Allen

Message from Nam

1993
as Felix

Fear City

1984
as Al Wheeler

The Return of Desperado

1988
as Daniel Lancaster

Number One with a Bullet

1987
as Det. Hazeltine

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy

2004
as Himself

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

2005
as Billy Dee Williams

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976
as Bingo Long

Oceans of Fire

1986
as Jim McKinley

The Glass House

1972
as Lennox

iMurders

2008
as Robert Delgado

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

2010
as Lando Calrissian (voice)

Moving Target

1996
as Detective Don Racine

LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation

2022
as Lando Calrissian

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

1983
as Narrator/Himself

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight: The Gathering Storm

2005
as Billy Dee Williams

The Ladies Man

2000
as Lester

The Out of Towners

1970
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

1983

Alien Intruder

1993
as Commander Skyler