Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

1937-04-06 New York City, New York, USA 100 Credits

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William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, and artist. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Dee Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribut...

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STZ

STZ

2025

as Broadcaster (voice)

Acting

When a trio of scientists inadvertently launch a bio-attack on a busful of gorgeous women, sex-crazed zombies are created, wreaking havoc on a small t...

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

2023

as Himself

Acting

Canadian-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie made his name with British hits like The Young Ones (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), and The Ipcress File (196...

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

7.4
Acting

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

2022

as Lando Calrissian (voice)

6.3
Acting

Looking for a much-needed break, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the luxuriou...

Stallone: Frank, That Is

Stallone: Frank, That Is

2021

as Self

5.9
Acting

An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

2020

as Lando Calrissian (voice)

6.6
Acting

As her friends prep for a Life Day holiday celebration, Rey journeys with BB-8 on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force at a mysterious Jedi...

The Skywalker Legacy

The Skywalker Legacy

2020

as Self

7.7
Acting

The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Lando Calrissian

6.3
Acting

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of gener...

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

2019

as Self

6.1
Acting

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the new lands at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in Southern California.

Quincy

Quincy

2018

as Self

7.4
Acting

An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultur...

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?

2017

as Two-Face (voice)

4.4
Acting

An audition for the sound effects of a laser gun for the Lego Batman Movie. Will Bane, Poison Ivy, The Riddler or Catwoman be good enough? An animated...

Batman Is Just Not That Into You

Batman Is Just Not That Into You

2017

as Two-Face (voice)

5.6
Acting

On the Dr. Quinn Show The Joker is breaking up with his longtime enemy, Batman. An animated short on the home entertainment release of The Lego Batman...

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

2017

as Tito

5.5
Acting

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and ...

The Lego Batman Movie

The Lego Batman Movie

2017

as Two-Face (voice)

7.2
Acting

A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted ...

The Man in 3B

The Man in 3B

2015

as Cain

6.1
Acting

Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can't stop talki...

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

2015

as Lando Calrissian (voice)

7.9
Acting

The Inquisitor is dead. The Ghost crew has connected with other rebel cells. And a new ally named Ahsoka Tano has emerged. Despite these successes and...

The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie

2014

as Lando (voice)

7.4
Acting

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from ...

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

2011

as Ace Millstone

5.4
Acting

In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compel...

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

2010

as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)

7.4
Acting

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III, directed by Chris McKay, combines the satirical sensibilities of Green and Matthew Senreich's Robot Chicken with...

Barry Munday

Barry Munday

2010

as Lonnie Green

5.8
Acting

Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital aft...

3 Ways to Get a Husband

3 Ways to Get a Husband

2010

as William

Acting

Chastity Moore believes there are three ways a woman can get a husband....love him, live with him, or leave him. She tried loving her man but he chose...

Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time

2009

as Narrator

Acting

Celebrate the life of baseball’s most enduring legend; Satchel Paige was the single most important player in the old Negro Baseball Leagues

Fanboys

Fanboys

2009

as Judge Reinhold

6.1
Acting

In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace...

Diary of a Single Mom

Diary of a Single Mom

2009

as Uncle Bo

4.0
Acting

Ocean a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the probl...

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

2008

as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)

7.5
Acting

Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up more hilarious Star Wars-inspired satire in this second compilation of sketches featuring the zany stop-motio...

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

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

2008

as Self

Acting

A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.

iMurders

iMurders

2008

as Robert Delgado

3.5
Acting

A mysterious love triangle leads to a tragic shooting. Months later, eight members of a MySpace-esque chat room are being gruesomely murdered in the p...

Constellation

Constellation

2007

as Helms Boxer

4.8
Acting

Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous pas...

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

2006

as Pastor Charlie

4.7
Acting

A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighbor...

Giraffes Can't Dance

Giraffes Can't Dance

2006

Acting

Gerald, the giraffe, wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe to dance than the other animals. Ge...

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

2005

as Self

6.2
Acting

Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music and skits, this is a great spin on the usual holiday...

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004

as Self

7.7
Acting

From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

When Star Wars Ruled the World

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004

as Self

8.8
Acting

A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

Epoch Evolution

Epoch Evolution

2003

as Ferguson

5.2
Acting

10 years since the the first Alien object called Torus arose, two more have risen. The first torus changed the worlds view dramatically not just polit...

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

2003

as Narrator

Acting

Told in the voice of a cool cat named Scat, this dramatic story tells how Ella got her sound on the way to a most remarkable and inspiring career.

Undercover Brother

Undercover Brother

2002

as Gen. Warren Boutwell

5.9
Acting

An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the bl...

It's Black Entertainment

It's Black Entertainment

2002

as Self

8.0
Acting

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...

The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth

2002

as Dr. Davis

5.0
Acting

Rob Baskin, a businessman who travels to Lake Tahoe in order to spread the ashes of his late mother, meets Ann Field, a woman who'll change his life f...

The Visit

2001

as Henry

7.6
Acting

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

Good Neighbor

Good Neighbor

2001

as Sgt. Paul Davidson

2.5
Acting

A young woman suspects the new neighbor is a serial killer.

The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

2000

as Lester

5.4
Acting

Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chi...

Fear Runs Silent

Fear Runs Silent

2000

as Sheriff Hammond

4.4
Acting

When high school science teacher, Mr.Hill, convinces his student, Kerry Johnson, and a group of her friends to go on an overnight field trip, they fin...

The Contract

The Contract

1999

as Senator Harmon

3.8
Acting

Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is u...

Hard Time

Hard Time

1998

as Leo Barker

5.3
Acting

Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murde...

Woo

Woo

1998

as Himself

4.2
Acting

Woo is a woman in control of her world. She is smart, self-confident, sophisticated and snarky. And she doesn't have any trouble attracting members of...

The Fourth King

The Fourth King

1997

as Gasparre

6.3
Acting

Alazar, a simple farmer who is also a beekeeper, meets the Three Wise Men Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, who have set off to celebrate the arrival on...

Steel Sharks

Steel Sharks

1997

as Adm. Jim Perry

5.2
Acting

In this undersea thriller, a United States submarine is seized by terrorists. But a rescue attempt by an elite group of Navy Seals goes wrong when the...

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

1997

as Self

Acting

Host Howie Long takes viewers on a tour of the "Star Wars" universe, as Fox TV celebrates the re-release of the original three legendary films in this...

Afro Promo

Afro Promo

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Co-curated by Jenni Olson and the late Black gay activist Karl Knapper, this entertaining showcase of vintage movie trailers traces the evolution of A...

The Prince

1996

6.0
Acting

African-American drama about a toymaker

Moving Target

Moving Target

1996

as Detective Don Racine

4.5
Acting

A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.

Mask of Death

Mask of Death

1996

as Agent Jeffries

3.5
Acting

While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the pr...

Triplecross

Triplecross

1995

as Agent Oscar Pierce

4.8
Acting

T.C. Cooper is sprung from prison by Oscar Pierce, an F.B.I. agent, and given a task: take down master thief Jimmy Ray Danker. He accepts, but neither...

Falling For You

Falling For You

1995

as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro

4.2
Acting

When Meg gets thrown out of her apartment window by a serial killer, she's determined to make him pay. But finding this criminal might be difficult co...

Message from Nam

Message from Nam

1993

as Felix

5.1
Acting

Journalism Major Paxton Andrews loses the man she loves in the Vietnam War. Always having followed the beat of a different drum, she decides to work o...

Percy & Thunder

Percy & Thunder

1993

as Ralph Tate

Acting

A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Alien Intruder

Alien Intruder

1993

as Commander Skyler

3.4
Acting

Set in the year 2022, a group of convicts sentenced to life in prison are led on a mission into uncharted deep space by Commander Skyler (Williams) to...

Marked for Murder

Marked for Murder

1993

as Capt. Jack Reilly

4.0
Acting

Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing...

Giant Steps

Giant Steps

1992

as Slate Thompson

Acting

A boy with an alcoholic father befriends a jazz musician.

Driving Me Crazy

Driving Me Crazy

1991

as Max

3.7
Acting

An eccentric East German inventor and defector travels to Los Angeles, California to sell a prototype revolutionary new car that runs on vegetables an...

Voices That Care

Voices That Care

1991

as Self - Choir Member

8.0
Acting

Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

Dangerous Passion

Dangerous Passion

1990

as Lou

4.9
Acting

A security man goes to work for a sadistic gangster with an alluring wife.

Secret Agent 00 Soul

Secret Agent 00 Soul

1990

as Secret Agent Zero

5.3
Acting

James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul, is an elite international operative who finally tells off the government and fulfills his longtim...

Batman

Batman

1989

as Harvey Dent

7.2
Acting

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

The Return of Desperado

The Return of Desperado

1988

as Daniel Lancaster

6.5
Acting

Duell McCall is in New Mexico running afoul of local land baron. McCall pauses long enough in his escape flight to come to the aid of black homestead...

Deadly Illusion

Deadly Illusion

1987

as Hamberger

5.6
Acting

A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.

Number One with a Bullet

Number One with a Bullet

1987

as Det. Hazeltine

4.6
Acting

Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...

Courage

Courage

1986

as Bobby Jay

5.7
Acting

A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug ...

Oceans of Fire

Oceans of Fire

1986

as Jim McKinley

4.4
Acting

Ben, a former Navy officer now works on a rig as the guy in charge, but since a lot of crew keeps dying whilst diving and planting the rig in the sea ...

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

1986

as Self

6.7
Acting

Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.

The Right of the People

The Right of the People

1986

as Mike Trainor

4.0
Acting

The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He la...

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0
Acting

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

Marvin & Tige

Marvin & Tige

1985

as Richard Davis

5.4
Acting

Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friend...

The Impostor

The Impostor

1984

as Matthew Raines

2.8
Acting

After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get h...

Fear City

Fear City

1984

as Al Wheeler

5.4
Acting

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired b...

Time Bomb

Time Bomb

1984

as Jake Calahan

4.0
Acting

A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

1983

as Narrator (voice) / Self

8.5
Acting

Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this ...

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

1983

as Douglas Hawk

3.5
Acting

Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to...

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Lando Calrissian

7.9
Acting

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion onc...

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

1983

as Self

8.5
Acting

Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on NB...

Nighthawks

Nighthawks

1981

as Matthew Fox

6.4
Acting

When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.

Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce

1980

as Walter Williams

6.0
Acting

The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.

The Hostage Tower

The Hostage Tower

1980

as Clarence Whitlock

4.8
Acting

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, th...

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Lando Calrissian

8.4
Acting

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Dar...

Christmas Lilies of the Field

Christmas Lilies of the Field

1979

as Homer Smith

5.0
Acting

In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build ...

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

1977

as Scott Joplin

6.1
Acting

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976

as Bingo

6.1
Acting

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Car...

Mahogany

Mahogany

1975

as Brian

5.8
Acting

An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambi...

Carter's Army

Carter's Army

1975

as Pvt. Lewis

4.0
Acting

A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany. Their...

The Take

The Take

1974

as Sneed

6.3
Acting

A policeman in New Mexico takes payoff money but still manages to go after a racketeer.

The Conversation

The Conversation

1974

as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Hit!

Hit!

1973

as Nick Allen

5.8
Acting

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose li...

Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

1972

as Louis McKay

6.9
Acting

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a s...

The Final Comedown

The Final Comedown

1972

as Johnny Johnson

6.2
Acting

Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.

The Glass House

The Glass House

1972

as Lennox

6.5
Acting

Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becom...

Brian's Song

Brian's Song

1971

as Gale Sayers

7.2
Acting

Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.

Lost Flight

Lost Flight

1970

as Merle Barnaby

3.7
Acting

The captain of a downed airliner must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult ver...

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1970

as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk

6.7
Acting

George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.

The Last Angry Man

The Last Angry Man

1959

as Josh Quincy

6.9
Acting

Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journali...

Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

N/A

as Host - Narrator

Acting

This 1985 documentary based on Film Historian Donald Bogles’ book “Brown Sugar”. Billy Dee Williams hosts with many rare film clips, photographs, reco...