Biography
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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Complete Filmography

STZ
2025
as Broadcaster (voice)
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
2023
as Himself
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?!?
2022
as Self
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
2022
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
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
2021
as Self
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
2020
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
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
2020
as Self
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
2019
as Lando Calrissian
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
2019
as Self
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the new lands at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in Southern California.

Quincy
2018
as Self
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?
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
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
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
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
2017
as Tito
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
2017
as Two-Face (voice)
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
2015
as Cain
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
2015
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
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
2014
as Lando (voice)
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
2011
as Ace Millstone
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
2010
as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
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
2010
as Lonnie Green
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
2010
as William
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
2009
as Narrator
Celebrate the life of baseball’s most enduring legend; Satchel Paige was the single most important player in the old Negro Baseball Leagues

Fanboys
2009
as Judge Reinhold
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
2009
as Uncle Bo
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
2008
as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
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
2008
as Self
A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.

iMurders
2008
as Robert Delgado
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
2007
as Helms Boxer
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
2006
as Pastor Charlie
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
2006
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
2005
as Self
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
2004
as Self
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
2004
as Self
A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

Epoch Evolution
2003
as Ferguson
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
2003
as Narrator
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
2002
as Gen. Warren Boutwell
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
2002
as Self
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
2002
as Dr. Davis
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
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

Good Neighbor
2001
as Sgt. Paul Davidson
A young woman suspects the new neighbor is a serial killer.

The Ladies Man
2000
as Lester
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
2000
as Sheriff Hammond
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
1999
as Senator Harmon
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
1998
as Leo Barker
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
1998
as Himself
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
1997
as Gasparre
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
1997
as Adm. Jim Perry
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
1997
as Self
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
1997
as Self (archive footage)
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
African-American drama about a toymaker

Moving Target
1996
as Detective Don Racine
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
1996
as Agent Jeffries
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
1995
as Agent Oscar Pierce
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
1995
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
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
1993
as Felix
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
1993
as Ralph Tate
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Alien Intruder
1993
as Commander Skyler
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
1993
as Capt. Jack Reilly
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
1992
as Slate Thompson
A boy with an alcoholic father befriends a jazz musician.

Driving Me Crazy
1991
as Max
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
1991
as Self - Choir Member
Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

Dangerous Passion
1990
as Lou
A security man goes to work for a sadistic gangster with an alluring wife.

Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990
as Secret Agent Zero
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
1989
as Harvey Dent
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
1988
as Daniel Lancaster
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
1987
as Hamberger
A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.

Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Det. Hazeltine
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
1986
as Bobby Jay
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
1986
as Jim McKinley
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
1986
as Self
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
1986
as Mike Trainor
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
1985
as Self
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
1985
as Richard Davis
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
1984
as Matthew Raines
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
1984
as Al Wheeler
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
1984
as Jake Calahan
A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
as Narrator (voice) / Self
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
1983
as Douglas Hawk
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
1983
as Lando Calrissian
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
1983
as Self
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
1981
as Matthew Fox
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
1980
as Walter Williams
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
1980
as Clarence Whitlock
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
1980
as Lando Calrissian
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
1979
as Homer Smith
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
1977
as Scott Joplin
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
1976
as Bingo
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
1975
as Brian
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
1975
as Pvt. Lewis
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
1974
as Sneed
A policeman in New Mexico takes payoff money but still manages to go after a racketeer.

The Conversation
1974
as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Hit!
1973
as Nick Allen
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
1972
as Louis McKay
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
1972
as Johnny Johnson
Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.

The Glass House
1972
as Lennox
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
1971
as Gale Sayers
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
1970
as Merle Barnaby
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
1970
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
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
1959
as Josh Quincy
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
N/A
as Host - Narrator
This 1985 documentary based on Film Historian Donald Bogles’ book “Brown Sugar”. Billy Dee Williams hosts with many rare film clips, photographs, reco...