Billy Dee Williams
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.
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Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
In Search of Tomorrow
Stallone: Frank, That Is
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
The Skywalker Legacy
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Quincy
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
Dirty Dancing
The Lego Batman Movie
I Am Not Your Negro
The Man in 3B
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
The Lego Movie
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
3 Ways to Get a Husband
Barry Munday
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
Fanboys
Diary of a Single Mom
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
iMurders
Constellation
Giraffes Can't Dance
Hood of Horror
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
When Star Wars Ruled the World
The Maintenance Man
Epoch: Evolution
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
Undercover Brother
It's Black Entertainment
The Last Place on Earth
Good Neighbor
The Ladies Man
Fear Runs Silent
The Contract
Hard Time
Woo
The Fourth King
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Afro Promo
Steel Sharks
The Prince
Moving Target
Mask of Death
Triplecross
Falling For You
Message from Nam
Percy & Thunder
Alien Intruder
Marked for Murder
Giant Steps
Driving Me Crazy
Voices That Care
Dangerous Passion
Secret Agent 00 Soul
Batman
The Return of Desperado- DIDiana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues
Number One with a Bullet
Deadly Illusion
Courage
Oceans of Fire
Brown Sugar
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
The Right of the People
Night of 100 Stars II
Marvin & Tige
The Impostor
Fear City
Time Bomb
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Shooting Stars
Return of the Jedi
Nighthawks
Children of Divorce
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
The Hostage Tower
The Empire Strikes Back
Christmas Lilies of the Field
Scott Joplin
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Mahogany
Carter's Army
The Take
The Conversation
Hit!
Lady Sings the Blues
The Final Comedown
The Glass House
Brian's Song
Lost Flight
The Out-of-Towners
The Last Angry Man
Dark Empire