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William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in ...
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 ...
Loosely based upon William Brashler's 1973 novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Directed by John Badham, [1] the movie was produced by Berry Gordy for Motown Productions and Rob Cohen for Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on July 16, 1976.
Billy Dee Williams believes actors should be able to perform in blackface. In a new episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the “Star Wars” actor recalled watching Laurence ...
'Star Wars' actor Billy Dee Williams cited Laurence Olivier's performance in 'Othello,' in which he wore dark makeup to portray Shakespeare's Moor of Venice.
Actor Billy Dee Williams has said there is nothing wrong with performers wearing blackface, because “if you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do.”. Speaking to Bill Maher on ...
Billy Dee Williams returned to the role in the Star Wars Rebels episodes "Idiot's Array" and "The Siege of Lothal". [27] In "Idiot's Array", Lando wins Chopper (voiced by Dave Filoni), the repair droid of the crew of the Ghost, in a game of sabacc, forcing the crew to assist him with a dangerous smuggling run to get their droid back.
Billy Dee Williams appeared on Entertainment Weekly’s “Dagobah Dispatch” podcast and discussed the backlash he’s faced throughout the years due to the “Star Wars” franchise. Williams ...