Billy Dee Williams filmography

Williams in 2016

This is the filmography for American actor Billy Dee Williams. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is most known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Last Angry Man (1959), Carter's Army, The Out-of-Towners (1969), The Final Comedown and Lady Sings the Blues (both 1972), Hit! (1973), Fear City and Terror in the Aisles (both 1984), Alien Intruder (1993) and The Visit (2000).

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1959 The Last Angry Man Josh Quincy
1969 Lost Flight Merle Barnaby TV pilot with later theatrical release
1970 The Out-of-Towners Clifford Robinson
1972 The Final Comedown Johnny Johnson
Lady Sings the Blues Louis McKay
1973 Hit! Nick Allen
1974 The Conversation Man in Yellow Hat Uncredited
The Take Sneed
1975 Mahogany Brian Walker
1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings Bingo Long
1980 The Empire Strikes Back Lando Calrissian
1981 Nighthawks Sergeant Matthew Fox
1983 Marvin & Tige Richard Davis
Return of the Jedi Lando Calrissian
1984 Fear City Al Wheeler
Terror in the Aisles Sergeant Matthew Fox
1987 Number One with a Bullet Detective Hazeltine
Deadly Illusion Hamberger
1989 Batman Harvey Dent
1990 Secret Agent OO Soul Secret Agent Zero
1991 Trabbi Goes to Hollywood Max
1992 Giant Steps Slate Thompson
1993 Alien Intruder Commander Skyler Video
1996 The Prince Jamie Hicks
Mask of Death Agent Jeffries
1997 Steel Sharks Admiral Jim Perry
Moving Target Detective Don Racine
1998 The Contract Senator Harmon
Woo Himself
1999 Fear Runs Silent Sheriff Hammond Video
2000 The Visit Henry
The Ladies Man Lester
2001 Good Neighbor Sergeant Paul Davidson
2002 The Last Place on Earth Dr. Davis
Undercover Brother General Warren Boutwell
2004 The Maintenance Man Melven Video
2005 Constellation Helms Boxer
2006 Hood of Horror Pastor Charlie
2008 iMurders Robert Delgado
2009 Fanboys Judge Reinhold
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Ace Millstone
2010 Barry Munday Lonnie Green
2012 This Bitter Earth Joe Watkins
2013 Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story Rev. C.L. Franklin
2014 Bloodlines Judge Devi
The Lego Movie Lando Calrissian Voice
2015 The Man in 3B Cain
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Harvey Dent/Two-Face Voice
2019 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – Adventure Awaits Narrator Documentary special
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Lando Calrissian
2022 In Search of Tomorrow Himself Documentary

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Guiding Light Dr. Jim Frazier
1969 The F.B.I. Nate Phelps Epidode "The Sanctuary"
1970 Carter's Army Pvt. Lewis TV movie
1970 The F.B.I. Jimmy Episode "The Architect"
1971 Mission Impossible Hank Benton Episode: "The Miracle"
Brian's Song Gale Sayers TV movie
1972 The Glass House Lennox TV movie
1977 Scott Joplin Scott Joplin TV movie with later theatrical release
1978 The Jeffersons Himself Episode: "Me and Billy Dee"
1979 Christmas Lilies of the Field Homer Smith TV movie
1980 The Hostage Tower Clarence Whitlock TV movie
Children of Divorce Walter Williams TV movie
1983 Sesame Street Himself 3 episodes
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Shooting Stars Douglas Hawk TV movie
Chiefs Tyler Watts (aka Joshua Cole) TV miniseries
3 episodes
1984 Time Bomb Wes Tanner TV movie
The Imposter Matthew Raines TV movie
1984–85 Dynasty Brady Lloyd 5 episodes
1985 Double Dare Billy Diamond
1986 Blood, Sweat and Tears Unsold pilot
The Right of the People Mike Trainor TV movie
Oceans of Fire Jim McKinley TV movie
Courage Bobby Jay TV movie
1987 Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Himself
1988 The Return of Desperado Daniel Lancaster TV movie
1990 Dangerous Passion Lou TV movie
Wiseguy Jesse Hains Episode: "Changing Houses"
1992 In Living Color Himself
The Jacksons: An American Dream Berry Gordy TV movie
1993 Marked for Murder Captain Jack Reilly TV movie
A Different World Langston Paige Episode: "College Kid"
Martin Himself
Percy & Thunder Ralph Tate TV movie
Message from Nam Felix TV movie
1994 Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III Francis Cardozo TV miniseries
3 episodes
Lonesome Dove: The Series Aaron Grayson 3 episodes
1995 Triplecross Oscar TV movie
Falling for You Lieutenant Frank TV movie
1997 The Fourth King Gasparre TV movie
1998 Hard Time Leo Barker TV movie
18 Wheels of Justice Burton Hardesty
1999–2001 The Hughleys Jerry Rose 2 episodes: "Roots: Part 2" & "Forty Acres and a Fool"
2000–2001 Epoch: Evolution Ferguson
2004 That 70s Show Pastor Dan Episode: "Baby Don't You Do It"
Half & Half Otis 'Omar Funk' Wright Episode: "The Big Fetish What You Started Episode"
2006 Scrubs Himself Episode: "Her Story II"
2007 General Hospital: Night Shift Toussaint DuBois 27 episodes
Lost Himself Episode: "Exposé"
2007–2014 Robot Chicken Lando Calrissian and various other voices 3 episodes
2008 Mind of Mencia
Private Practice Henry Episode: "Serving Two Masters"
Bring Back... Star Wars Himself
2009 General Hospital Toussaint DuBois 5 episodes
Titan Maximum Admiral Bitchface 5 episodes
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night Himself
The Boondocks Himself (voice) Episode 10
2011 White Collar Ford / Bradford Toman
The Cleveland Show Lando Calrissian (voice)
2012 The Life & Times of Tim Himself (voice) 1 episode
Mad Lando Calrissian (voice) Episode: "Potions 11/Moves Like Jabba"
2012–2014 NCIS Leroy Jethro Moore 2 episodes
2012 Key & Peele Himself 1 episode
2013 Modern Family Episode: "New Year's Eve"
2013 Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles Lando Calrissian (voice) 2 episodes
2014 Dancing with the Stars Himself Season 18
Glee Andy Collins Episode: "Old Dog, New Tricks"
2015 Star Wars Rebels Lando Calrissian (voice) 2 episodes
2015 Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales
2016 Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises 1 episode
2016–2017 Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures 3 episodes
2017 Dirty Dancing Tito ABC TV movie
2020 Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Lando Calrissian (voice) TV special
2021 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Himself (voice) Episode: "Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School!"
2022 Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation Lando Calrissian (voice) TV special

Short films

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Very Heavy Love
2004 Oedipus voice role
2017 Batman Is Just Not That Into You Harvey Dent/Two-Face voice role; released with The Lego Batman Movie's home video releases.
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? Harvey Dent/Two-Face voice role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Lando Calrissian [1]
2004 Star Wars: Battlefront Archive footage
2007 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars GDI Director Redmond Boyle Full-motion video (live-action) cutscenes
2009 Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Lando Calrissian Possibly archive footage
2016 Star Wars Battlefront Cloud City DLC
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Archive footage
Let It Die Colonel Jackson [2]
2017 Star Wars Battlefront II Lando Calrissian
2022 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga [3]

Others

Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Empire Strikes Back Lando Calrissian Audio drama
1994 Star Wars: Dark Empire
2019 Star Tours: The Adventures Continue Simulator ride theme park attraction

References

  1. ^ "Star Wars: Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast". Allgame. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  2. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (November 3, 2016). "Let it Die is like a reunion for the original Star Wars trilogy cast". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  3. ^ ""LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga" Gets a New Sizzle Trailer". December 20, 2019.