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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
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Stallone: Frank, That Is
The Skywalker Legacy
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Quincy
The Lego Batman Movie
Dirty Dancing
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
I Am Not Your Negro
The Man in 3B
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
The Lego Movie
The Robot Chicken: Bitch Pudding Special
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Barry Munday
3 Ways to Get a Husband
Fanboys
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
Diary of a Single Mom
iMurders
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Constellation