Billy Dee Williams was born in New York, the son of Loretta Anne (1915-2016), a West Indian-born elevator operator from Montserrat, and William December Williams, Sr. (1910-2007), an African-American caretaker from Texas. He has a twin sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from The High School of Music & Art (later merged with the High School of Performing Arts to become the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art) in Manhattan, where he was a classmate of Diahann Carroll, who would later play the wife of his character Brady Lloyd on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty.
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Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Lando Calrissian | 2019-12-18 |
Movie | The Lego Batman Movie | Two-Face / Harvey Dent (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | Dirty Dancing | Tito | 2017-05-24 |
Movie | Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal | Lando Calrissian (voice) | 2015-04-18 |
Movie | The Man in 3B | Cain | 2015-11-06 |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lando (voice) | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles - The Phantom Clone | Lando Calrissian / Lando's Father (voice) | 2013-05-04 |
Movie | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Ace Millstone | 2011-08-05 |
Movie | Barry Munday | Lonnie Green | 2010-03-13 |
Movie | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III | Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice) | 2010-12-19 |
Movie | Fanboys | Judge Reinhold | 2009-02-06 |
Movie | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | Lando Calrissian / Man (voice) | 2008-11-16 |
Movie | iMurders | Robert Delgado | 2008-08-09 |
Movie | Constellation | Helms Boxer | 2007-02-01 |
Movie | Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight | Himself | 2005-10-18 |
Movie | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self | 2004-09-12 |
Movie | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Self | 2004-09-18 |
Movie | Epoch Evolution | Ferguson | 2003-11-29 |
Movie | It's Black Entertainment | Self | 2002-02-08 |
Movie | Good Neighbor | Sgt. Paul Davidson | 2001-01-01 |
Series | 18 Wheels of Justice | Burton Hardesty | 2000-01-12 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lester | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Fear Runs Silent | Sheriff Hammond | 2000-03-10 |
Movie | The Contract | Senator Harmon | 1999-05-29 |
Movie | Woo | Himself | 1998-05-08 |
Movie | Hard Time | Leo Barker | 1998-12-12 |
Movie | The Fourth King | Gasparre | 1997-12-27 |
Movie | Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-31 |
Movie | Steel Sharks | Adm. Jim Perry | 1997-10-10 |
Movie | Mask of Death | Agent Jeffries | 1996-05-25 |
Movie | Moving Target | Detective Don Racine | 1996-11-26 |
Movie | Triplecross | Agent Oscar Pierce | 1995-05-28 |
Movie | Falling For You | Lieutenant Frank Lazaro | 1995-02-21 |
Movie | Marked for Murder | Capt. Jack Reilly | 1993-01-17 |
Movie | Alien Intruder | Commander Skyler | 1993-02-24 |
Movie | Message from Nam | Felix | 1993-10-17 |
Movie | Secret Agent 00 Soul | Secret Agent Zero | 1990-02-01 |
Movie | Dangerous Passion | Lou | 1990-02-28 |
Movie | Batman | Harvey Dent | 1989-06-21 |
Movie | The Return of Desperado | Daniel Lancaster | 1988-02-15 |
Movie | Number One with a Bullet | Det. Hazeltine | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | Deadly Illusion | Hamberger | 1987-10-16 |
Movie | The Right of the People | Mike Trainor | 1986-01-13 |
Movie | Courage | Bobby Jay | 1986-09-24 |
Movie | Oceans of Fire | Jim McKinley | 1986-09-16 |
Movie | Marvin & Tige | Richard Davis | 1985-03-08 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | Time Bomb | Jake Calahan | 1984-03-25 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Matthew Fox (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Fear City | Wheeler | 1984-07-18 |
Series | Chiefs | Tyler Watts | 1983-11-13 |
Movie | Shooting Stars | Douglas Hawk | 1983-07-28 |
Movie | Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi | Narrator (voice) / Self | 1983-11-21 |
Series | Dynasty | 1981-01-12 | |
Movie | Nighthawks | Matthew Fox | 1981-03-17 |
Movie | The Empire Strikes Back | Lando Calrissian | 1980-05-20 |
Movie | Children of Divorce | Walter Williams | 1980-11-24 |
Movie | Christmas Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | 1979-12-16 |
Movie | Scott Joplin | Scott Joplin | 1977-02-11 |
Movie | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Bingo | 1976-07-16 |
Movie | The Conversation | Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited) | 1974-04-07 |
Movie | The Take | Sneed | 1974-05-01 |
Movie | Hit! | Nick Allen | 1973-09-18 |
Movie | The Final Comedown | Johnny Johnson | 1972-05-31 |
Movie | The Glass House | Lennox | 1972-02-04 |
Movie | Lady Sings the Blues | Louis McKay | 1972-10-12 |
Movie | Brian's Song | Gale Sayers | 1971-11-30 |
Movie | Carter's Army | Pvt. Lewis | 1970-01-27 |
Movie | Lost Flight | Merle Barnaby | 1970-08-13 |
Movie | The Out-of-Towners | Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk | 1970-05-28 |
Movie | The Last Angry Man | Josh Quincy | 1959-10-22 |
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