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Billy Dee Williams

Born
Apr 6, 1937 · Age 89
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
107
TV credits
68
Also known as (4)
  • 比利·迪·威廉斯
  • بیلی دی ویلیامز
  • William December Williams Jr.
  • William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr

Biography

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…