Billy Dee Williams filmography

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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).

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Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959 The Last Angry Man Josh Quincy
1969 Lost Flight Merle BarnabyTV 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 HatUncredited
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
1990Secret Agent OO SoulSecret Agent Zero
1991 Trabbi Goes to Hollywood Max
1992Giant StepsSlate Thompson
1993 Alien Intruder Commander SkylerVideo
1996The PrinceJamie Hicks
Mask of DeathAgent Jeffries
1997 Steel Sharks Admiral Jim Perry
Moving TargetDetective Don Racine
1998The ContractSenator Harmon
Woo Himself
1999Fear Runs SilentSheriff HammondVideo
2000 The Visit Henry
The Ladies Man Lester
2001 Good Neighbor Sergeant Paul Davidson
2002The Last Place on EarthDr. Davis
Undercover Brother General Warren Boutwell
2004The Maintenance ManMelvenVideo
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
2012This Bitter EarthJoe Watkins
2013Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story Rev. C.L. Franklin
2014BloodlinesJudge 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 AwaitsNarratorDocumentary special
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Lando Calrissian
2022 In Search of Tomorrow HimselfDocumentary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966 Guiding Light Dr. Jim Frazier
1969 The F.B.I. Nate PhelpsEpidode "The Sanctuary"
1970 Carter's Army Pvt. LewisTV movie
1970 The F.B.I. JimmyEpisode "The Architect"
1971 Mission Impossible Hank BentonEpisode: "The Miracle"
Brian's Song Gale Sayers TV movie
1972 The Glass House LennoxTV movie
1977 Scott Joplin Scott Joplin TV movie with later theatrical release
1978 The Jeffersons HimselfEpisode: "Me and Billy Dee"
1979 Christmas Lilies of the Field Homer SmithTV movie
1980 The Hostage Tower Clarence WhitlockTV movie
Children of DivorceWalter WilliamsTV movie
1983 Sesame Street Himself3 episodes
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Shooting Stars Douglas HawkTV movie
Chiefs Tyler Watts (aka Joshua Cole)TV miniseries
3 episodes
1984 Time Bomb Wes TannerTV movie
The ImposterMatthew RainesTV movie
1984–85 Dynasty Brady Lloyd 5 episodes
1985 Double Dare Billy Diamond
1986Blood, Sweat and TearsUnsold pilot
The Right of the People Mike TrainorTV movie
Oceans of Fire Jim McKinleyTV movie
CourageBobby JayTV movie
1987 Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Himself
1988 The Return of Desperado Daniel LancasterTV movie
1990 Dangerous Passion LouTV movie
Wiseguy Jesse HainsEpisode: "Changing Houses"
1992 In Living Color Himself
The Jacksons: An American Dream Berry Gordy TV movie
1993Marked for MurderCaptain Jack ReillyTV movie
A Different World Langston PaigeEpisode: "College Kid"
Martin Himself
Percy & Thunder Ralph TateTV movie
Message from Nam FelixTV movie
1994 Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III Francis CardozoTV miniseries
3 episodes
Lonesome Dove: The Series Aaron Grayson3 episodes
1995TriplecrossOscarTV movie
Falling for YouLieutenant FrankTV movie
1997The Fourth KingGasparreTV movie
1998 Hard Time Leo BarkerTV movie
18 Wheels of Justice Burton Hardesty
1999–2001 The Hughleys Jerry Rose2 episodes: "Roots: Part 2" & "Forty Acres and a Fool"
2000–2001 Epoch: Evolution Ferguson
2004 That 70s Show Pastor DanEpisode: "Baby Don't You Do It"
Half & Half Otis 'Omar Funk' WrightEpisode: "The Big Fetish What You Started Episode"
2006 Scrubs HimselfEpisode: "Her Story II"
2007 General Hospital: Night Shift Toussaint DuBois27 episodes
Lost HimselfEpisode: "Exposé"
2007–2014 Robot Chicken Lando Calrissian and various other voices3 episodes
2008 Mind of Mencia
Private Practice HenryEpisode: "Serving Two Masters"
Bring Back... Star WarsHimself
2009 General Hospital Toussaint DuBois5 episodes
Titan Maximum Admiral Bitchface5 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 Moore2 episodes
2012 Key & Peele Himself1 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 HimselfSeason 18
Glee Andy CollinsEpisode: "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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Very Heavy Love
2004Oedipusvoice role
2017Batman Is Just Not That Into YouHarvey Dent/Two-Facevoice role; released with The Lego Batman Movie's home video releases.
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?Harvey Dent/Two-Facevoice role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 CalrissianPossibly 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
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

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