Billy Dee Williams

Known for ActingBorn 1937-04-06 (age 89)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

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STZ

Icons Unearthed: Batman

When Star Wars Ruled the World

It's Black Entertainment

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

The Boondocks

Half & Half

White Collar

The Empire Strikes Back

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Scrubs

The Skywalker Legacy

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

Lost

Modern Family

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Afro Promo

Percy & Thunder

Giant Steps

I Am Not Your Negro

The Visit

That '70s Show

Star Wars Rebels

Double Dare

Key & Peele

Return of the Jedi

Chiefs

Robot Chicken

NCIS

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

Private Practice

The Return of Desperado

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

The Lego Movie

In Living Color

Martin

Quincy

The Prince

The Lego Batman Movie

And Just Like That…

Celebrity Ghost Stories

General Hospital: Night Shift

North and South

Children of Divorce

Mission: Impossible