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Billy Dee Williams


Very good looking African American actor born in New York City with broad smile and gregarious manner, Billy Dee has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 40+ years. He's easily best known to international film audiences as the roguish "Lando Calrissian" from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and the third episode of the initial Star Wars trilogy Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (113 titles)
2012/II This Bitter Earth (post-production)
Joe Watkins
 
2011 White Collar (TV series)
Bradford Toman / Ford / Redford Tullman
Countdown (2011) … Redford Tullman
Countermeasures (2011) … Ford / Bradford Toman
 
2011 The Cleveland Show (TV series)
Lando Calrissian
Back to Cool (2011) … Lando Calrissian (voice)
 
2009-2010 Diary of a Single Mom (TV series)
Uncle Bo
Paradox (2010) … Uncle Bo
Aplomb (2010) … Uncle Bo
Burnt Beans (2010) … Uncle Bo
Running on Empty (2010) … Uncle Bo
Struggling or Surviving (2010) … Uncle Bo
 
2010 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (TV movie)
Lando Calrissian (voice) / Teacher (voice)
 
2010 Barry Munday
Lonnie Green
 
2010 3 Ways to Get a Husband (video)
William
 
2009 Titan Maximum (TV series)
Admiral Bitchface / Admiral Chester Bitchface
Mercury Falling (2009) … Admiral Bitchface (voice)
Megamum Overdrive (2009) … Admiral Bitchface (voice)
To Eris, Human (2009) … Admiral Bitchface (voice)
Went to Party, Got Crabs (2009) … Admiral Bitchface (voice)
Busted (2009) … Admiral Chester Bitchface (voice)
 
2009 General Hospital (TV series)
Toussiant DuBois / Toussaint DuBois / Toussiant Du Bois / …
Episode #1.11841 (2009) … Toussiant Du Bois
Episode #1.11840 (2009) … Toussaint DuBois
Episode #1.11835 (2009) … Toussiant DuBois
Episode #1.11822 (2009) … Toussiant Dubois
Episode #1.11821 (2009) … Toussiant DuBois
 
2009 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Ace Millstone
 
2008 Private Practice (TV series)
Henry
Serving Two Masters (2008) … Henry
 
2008 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (TV movie)
Lando Calrissian (voice) / Man (voice)
 
2007-2008 General Hospital: Night Shift (TV series)
Touissant DuBois / Toussaint DuBois / Toussaint Dubois / …
Love/Hate (2008) … Touissant DuBois
 
2007 Robot Chicken (TV series)
Announcer / Lando Calrissian / Man
Moesha Poppins (2007) … Lando Calrissian (voice) / Announcer (voice) / Man (voice)
 
2006 Hood of Horror
Pastor Charlie
 
2005 Weekends at the DL (TV series)
God
Episode #1.16 (2005) … God
 
2005 Clubhouse (TV series)
Billy Beaumont
Old Timers Day (2005) … Billy Beaumont
 
2005 Constellation
Helms Boxer
 
2004 Half & Half (TV series)
Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
The Big Fetish What You Started Episode (2004) … Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright
 
2004 The Maintenance Man (video)
Melven
 
2004 That '70s Show (TV series)
Pastor Dan
 
2004 Oedipus (short)
Bartender (voice)
 
2003 Epoch: Evolution (TV movie)
Ferguson
 
2003 Street Time (TV series)
Charles White
Pack of Rats (2003) … Charles White
Born to Kill (2003) … Charles White
 
2002 Undercover Brother
Gen. Warren Boutwell
 
2002 The Last Place on Earth
Dr. Davis
 
2000-2001 18 Wheels of Justice (TV series)
Burton Hardesty
The Interrogation (2001) … Burton Hardesty
Slight of Mind (2001) … Burton Hardesty
Episode dated 29 March 2000 (2000) … Burton Hardesty
Ordeal (2000) … Burton Hardesty
 
2001 Gideon's Crossing (TV series)
Clark Boies
Filaments and Ligatures (2001) … Clark Boies
The Others (2001) … Clark Boies
Prodigal Dad (2001) … Clark Boies
 
1999-2001 The Hughleys (TV series)
Jerry Rose
Forty Acres and a Fool (2001) … Jerry Rose
Roots: Part 2 (1999) … Jerry Rose
 
2001 Very Heavy Love
Dante Brown
 
2001 Good Neighbor
Sgt. Paul Davidson
 
2000 The Ladies Man
Lester
 
2000 Code Name: Eternity (TV series)
Dr. Jim Graham
Never Go Home (2000) … Dr. Jim Graham
 
2000/I The Visit
Henry
 
2000 Fear Runs Silent (video)
Sheriff Hammond
 
1999 The Contract
Senator Harmon
 
1999 Promised Land (TV series)
Lennie Trebant
Darkness Visible (1999) … Lennie Trebant
 
1998 Hard Time (TV movie)
Leo Barker
 
1997 The Fourth King (TV movie)
Gasparre
 
1997 Steel Sharks
Adm. Jim Perry
 
1996 Moving Target
Detective Don Racine
 
1996 Mask of Death
Agent Jeffries
 
1996/I The Prince
Jamie Hicks
 
1995 Triplecross (TV movie)
Agent Oscar Pierce
 
1995 Falling for You (TV movie)
Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
 
1994 Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (TV mini-series)
Francis Cardozo
Episode #1.3 (1994) … Francis Cardozo
Episode #1.2 (1994) … Francis Cardozo
Episode #1.1 (1994) … Francis Cardozo
 
1994 Lonesome Dove: The Series (TV series)
Aaron Grayson
Down Come Rain: Part 2 (1994) … Aaron Grayson
O Western Wind: Part 1 (1994) … Aaron Grayson
 
1993 Message from Nam (TV movie)
Felix
 
1993 Percy & Thunder (TV movie)
Ralph Tate
 
1993 Alien Intruder (video)
Cmdr. Skyler
 
1993 Marked for Murder (TV movie)
Capt. Jack Reilly
 
1993 A Different World (TV series)
Langston Paige
College Kid (1993) … Langston Paige
 
1992 Giant Steps
Slate Thompson
 
1991/I Driving Me Crazy
Max
 
1990 Dangerous Passion (TV movie)
Lou
 
1990 Wiseguy (TV series)
Jesse Hains
Changing Houses (1990) … Jesse Hains
 
1989 227 (TV series)
Billy Dee Hasbro
Play It Again, Stan (1989) … Billy Dee Hasbro
 
1988 The Return of Desperado (TV movie)
Daniel Lancaster
 
1987 Deadly Illusion
Hamberger
 
1987 Number One with a Bullet
Det. Hazeltine
 
1986 Courage (TV movie)
Bobby Jay
 
1986 Oceans of Fire (TV movie)
Jim McKinley
 
1986 The Right of the People (TV movie)
Mike Trainor
 
1985 Double Dare (TV series)
Billy Diamond
 
1984-1985 Dynasty (TV series)
Brady Lloyd
Triangles (1985) … Brady Lloyd
The Avenger (1985) … Brady Lloyd
Amanda (1984) … Brady Lloyd
The Mortgage (1984) … Brady Lloyd
Disappearance (1984) … Brady Lloyd
 
1984 The Impostor (TV movie)
Matthew Raines
 
1984 Fear City
Al Wheeler
 
1984 Time Bomb (TV movie)
Wes Tanner
 
1984 ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)
Cougar! (1984)
 
1983 Chiefs (TV mini-series)
Tyler Watts (aka Joshua Cole)
Part 3 (1983) … Tyler Watts (aka Joshua Cole)
Part 2 (1983) … Tyler Watts (aka Joshua Cole) (credit only)
Part 1 (1983) … Tyler Watts (aka Joshua Cole) (credit only)
 
1983 Shooting Stars (TV movie)
Douglas Hawk
 
1983 Marvin & Tige
Richard Davis
 
1981 Nighthawks
Matthew Fox
 
1980 Children of Divorce (TV movie)
Walter Williams
 
1977 Scott Joplin (TV movie)
Scott Joplin
 
1975 Mahogany
Brian
 
1974 The Take
Sneed
 
1974 The Conversation
Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
 
1973 Hit!
Nick Allen
 
1972 Lady Sings the Blues
Louis McKay
 
1972 The Final Comedown
Johnny Johnson
 
1972 The Glass House (TV movie)
Lennox
 
1971 Brian's Song (TV movie)
Gale Sayers
 
1971 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Hank Benton
The Miracle (1971) … Hank Benton
 
1971 Mod Squad (TV series)
Dr. Goodson
The Medicine Men (1971) … Dr. Goodson
 
1971 Dan August (TV series)
Steve MacAdams
The Manufactured Man (1971) … Steve MacAdams
 
1970 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
Claude Miles
War Games (1970) … Claude Miles
 
1969-1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Edward Tobin / James J. Borden / Nate Phelps
The Architect (1970) … James J. Borden
The Sanctuary (1969) … Nate Phelps
Eye of the Storm (1969) … Edward Tobin
 
1970 Lost Flight (TV movie)
Merle Barnaby
 
1970 The Out of Towners
Lost & Found - Boston
 
1970 Carter's Army (TV movie)
Pvt. Lewis
 
1969 The New People (TV series)
Heath
The Prisoner of Bomano (1969) … Heath
 
1968 Premiere (TV series)
Dan Gardner / David Arnold
Higher and Higher (1968) … David Arnold
Crisis (1968) … Dan Gardner
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
The Second Technician
Six Months to Mars (1967) … The Second Technician
 
1966 Guiding Light (TV series)
Dr. Jim Frazier #1
 
1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Patrolman Cash
The Witnesses (1965) … Patrolman Cash
 
1964 Another World (TV series)
Assistant D.A. (1960s)
 
1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Private Austin George
Survival (1964) … Private Austin George
 
1959 The Last Angry Man
Josh Quincy
 
1959 Look Up and Live (TV series)
A Study in Death (1959)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1984 The Jeffersons (TV series)
Some Enchanted Evening (1984) (story)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember (the film-makers wish to extend their personal thanks: for their contribution to the making of this movie)
 
Show ShowSelf (79 titles)
2012 The Life & Times of Tim (TV series)
Himself
A Tale of Two Rodneys/Keith to the Rescue (2012) … Himself (voice)
 
2011 Man Up (TV series)
Himself
Fear (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Con (documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself / Black Santa / Himself - Commemorative Plate Spokesman / …
Episode #9.37 (2010) … Himself - National UnFriend Day Spokesman
Episode #8.181 (2010) … Himself - Commemorative Plate Spokesman
Game Night 2 (2010) … Himself
Episode #8.125 (2010) … Himself
Episode #4.370 (2006) … Black Santa
 
2010 The Boondocks (TV series)
Himself
The Story of Lando Freeman (2010) … Himself (voice)
 
2009 Robot Chicken (TV series)
Fudge Turnover / Himself
PS: Yes, in That Way (2009) … Himself/Fudge Turnover (voice)
 
2008 Bring Back... Star Wars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
Movies (2007) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2007 The View (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Star Wars at 30 (TV movie)
Himself - Lando Kalrisian
 
2007 Lost (TV series)
Himself
Exposé (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 31 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 In the Cutz (TV series)
Himself - Guest
 
2006 Legends Ball (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Scrubs (TV series)
Himself
Her Story II (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Merry F#%$in' Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Black in the 80s (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Behind the Blues: Lady Sings the Blues (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Batman Heroes: Harvey Dent (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 When Star Wars Ruled the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV documentary)
Himself - 'Lando Calrissian'
 
2002 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 4 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 3 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 2 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 1 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 L.A. Pool Party (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.10 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
Brian Piccolo (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The Big Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 September 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Hollywood Beat (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 24 July 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
 
2001 The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 The Stars of 'Star Wars': Interviews from the Cast (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Woo
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Liberian Girl")
 
1995 The 9th Annual Genesis Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 Martin (TV series)
Himself
The Break Up: Part 3 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 March 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Voices that Care (TV documentary)
Himself - Choir Member
 
1989-1991 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 January 1991 (1991) … Himself
Episode dated 21 March 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1990 In Living Color (TV series)
Himself
Laquita Meets Billy Dee (1990) … Himself
 
1989-1990 Live! with Kelly (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
Episode dated 20 July 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1990 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1988 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
Episode #20.9 (1988) … Himself
 
1987 Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (TV special)
Himself
 
1986 227 (TV series)
Himself
Washington Affair (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Brown Sugar (TV mini-series documentary)
Host - Narrator
 
1986 Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 September 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 America (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1983 Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Eubie Blake: A Century of Music (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1983 The 4th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1980-1982 Kids Are People, Too (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 November 1982 (1982) … Himself
Episode dated 30 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound Mixing
 
1981 The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Motion Picture
 
1980 The John Davidson Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 September 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1976-1980 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Actor
Episode dated 22 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 25 June 1976 (1976) … Himself - Actor
 
1978 The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 The Jeffersons (TV series)
Himself
Me and Billy Dee (1978) … Himself
 
1978 The 30th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Special Award for Steadicam development
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1976 New York, New York (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 December 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1974 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1974) … Himself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Short Film, Animated & Live Action
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Big Sur (1969)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2006 Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Video Game)
Lando Calrissian (voice) (uncredited)
 
2004 Star Wars: Battlefront (Video Game)
Lando
 
1980 SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (TV documentary)
Lando Calrissian
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1988) Appear on Broadway in August Wilson's play, "Fences". See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

There's always been a lot of misunderstanding about Lando's character. I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of betraying Han Solo. See more »

Trivia:

He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." See more »

Trademark:

Deep Smooth Voice See more »

Star Sign:

Aries