Billy Dee Williams

Career timeline

1. 1937 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1961 · Screen debut

   The Defenders (TV)

3. 1980 · Breakthrough

   The Empire Strikes Back (Movie)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past (TV)

Career in numbers

6 1960s

10 1970s

14 1980s

13 1990s

19 2000s

18 2010s

5 2020s

• Comedy40
• Drama35
• Animation18
• Action17
• Crime14
• Action & Adventure13

Highest-rated title The Empire Strikes Back 1980 8.4 Most popular title The Empire Strikes Back 1980 8.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Billy Dee Williams in our catalogue.

Anthony Daniels

9 titles together

James Earl Jones

5 titles together

Mark Hamill

4 titles together

Carrie Fisher

4 titles together

Peter Mayhew

3 titles together

Richard Pryor

3 titles together

Ian McDiarmid

3 titles together

Kenny Baker

3 titles together

Harrison Ford

3 titles together

Seth Green

3 titles together

1. — Star Wars Detours Upcoming as Lando Calrissian (voice) TV
2. 2025 LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past as Landolorian (voice) TV
3. 2024 LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy as Landolorian (voice) 7.0 TV
4. 2022 LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation as Lando Calrissian (voice) 6.3 Movie
5. 2021 And Just Like That… as Lawrence Todd 7.2 TV
6. 2020 LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special as Lando Calrissian (voice) 6.6 Movie
7. 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Lando Calrissian 6.2 Movie
8. 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Billy Dee Williams (voice) 8.0 TV
9. 2017 Dirty Dancing as Tito 5.5 Movie
10. 2017 The Lego Batman Movie as Two-Face (voice) 7.3 Movie
11. 2016 LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures as Lando Calrissian (voice) 6.9 TV
12. 2016 LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises as Lando Calrissian (voice) 6.1 TV
13. 2015 LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales as Lando Calrissian (voice) 6.6 TV
14. 2015 Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Lando Calrissian (voice) 7.9 Movie
15. 2014 Star Wars Rebels as Lando Calrissian (voice) 7.7 TV
16. 2014 The Rebels as Coach Paysinger TV
17. 2014 The Lego Movie as Lando (voice) 7.4 Movie
18. 2013 LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles as Lindo Calrissian (voice) 6.3 TV
19. 2012 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice) 6.0 TV
20. 2012 Comic Book Men as Self 6.9 TV
21. 2012 Key & Peele as Billy Dee Williams 7.7 TV
22. 2011 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Ace Millstone Movie
23. 2010 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice) 7.5 Movie
24. 2010 Barry Munday as Lonnie Green 5.7 Movie
25. 2009 Titan Maximum as Adm. Bitchface (voice) TV
26. 2009 Glee as Andy Collins 6.8 TV
27. 2009 Fanboys as Judge Reinhold 6.2 Movie
28. 2008 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice) 7.5 Movie
29. 2007 Private Practice as Henry 7.5 TV
30. 2007 General Hospital: Night Shift TV
31. 2006 Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Pastor Charlie 4.7 Movie
32. 2005 Mind of Mencia TV
33. 2005 Robot Chicken as Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice) 7.6 TV
34. 2004 Lost as Billy Dee Williams 8.0 TV
35. 2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self 7.7 Movie
36. 2003 Epoch: Evolution as Ferguson Movie
37. 2003 NCIS as Leroy Jethro Moore 7.6 TV
38. 2002 Half & Half as Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright 8.3 TV
39. 2002 Street Time as Charles White TV
40. 2002 Undercover Brother as Gen. Warren Boutwell 5.9 Movie
41. 2001 Scrubs as Billy Dee Williams 8.2 TV
42. 2000 The Ladies Man as Lester 5.3 Movie
43. 2000 18 Wheels of Justice as Burton Hardesty TV
44. 1998 Hard Time as Leo Barker Movie
45. 1998 The Hughleys as Jerry Rose TV
46. 1998 That '70s Show as Pastor Dan 7.9 TV
47. 1998 Woo as Himself 4.4 Movie
48. 1996 Moving Target as Detective Don Racine Movie
49. 1994 Lonesome Dove: The Series TV
50. 1993 Message from Nam as Felix Movie
51. 1993 Percy & Thunder as Ralph Tate Movie
52. 1992 The Jacksons: An American Dream as Berry Gordy 6.9 TV
53. 1992 Martin as Billy Dee Williams 7.6 TV
54. 1991 Driving Me Crazy as Max 3.9 Movie
55. 1990 In Living Color 7.7 TV
56. 1990 Secret Agent 00 Soul as Secret Agent Zero Movie
57. 1989 Batman as Harvey Dent 7.2 Movie
58. 1987 A Different World as Langston Paige 7.2 TV
59. 1987 Wiseguy 6.6 TV
60. 1987 Number One with a Bullet as Det. Hazeltine Movie
61. 1986 Courage as Bobby Jay Movie
62. 1985 North and South as Francis Cardozo 7.5 TV
63. 1985 Double Dare as Billy Diamond TV
64. 1984 Fear City as Al Wheeler 5.4 Movie
65. 1983 Chiefs as Tyler Watts 7.9 TV
66. 1983 Return of the Jedi as Lando Calrissian 7.9 Movie
67. 1981 Nighthawks as Matthew Fox 6.4 Movie
68. 1981 Dynasty as Brady Lloyd 6.5 TV
69. 1980 SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Lando Calrissian (archive footage) Movie
70. 1980 The Empire Strikes Back as Lando Calrissian 8.4 Movie
71. 1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Bingo 6.1 Movie
72. 1975 Mahogany as Brian 5.9 Movie
73. 1975 Carter's Army as Pvt. Lewis Movie
74. 1975 The Jeffersons 7.3 TV
75. 1974 The Conversation as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited) 7.5 Movie
76. 1973 Hit! as Nick Allen 5.8 Movie
77. 1972 Lady Sings the Blues as Louis McKay 6.9 Movie
78. 1971 Brian's Song as Gale Sayers 7.3 Movie
79. 1970 Lost Flight as Merle Barnaby Movie
80. 1970 The Out-of-Towners as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk 6.8 Movie
81. 1969 The New People TV
82. 1968 The Mod Squad 6.1 TV
83. 1967 Coronet Blue as The Second Technician TV
84. 1966 Mission: Impossible as Hank Benton 7.6 TV
85. 1965 The F.B.I. as Edward Tobin 5.6 TV
86. 1961 The Defenders as Private Austin George TV

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