Portrait of Billy Dee Williams

Acting

Billy Dee Williams

Career

Active from 1971 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
46
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Billy Dee Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    4.0, average 4.7
  • Uncanny
    1.9, average 2.5
  • Coming of Age
    2.4, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 8
  • Crime 4
  • Character Study 3
  • Action Thriller 3
  • 90s Action 3
  • Pop Culture References 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Neo-Noir 3
  • Inspirational Story 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Friendship 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Dark Empire
Dark Empire

as Lando Calrissian

Star Wars Detours
Star Wars Detours
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Lando Calrissian (voice)

2020s

6 titles · average score 70
STZ
STZ (2025)

as Broadcaster (voice)

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past (2025)

TV show · as Landolorian (voice)

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (2024)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Landolorian (voice)

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lando Calrissian (voice)

And Just Like That…
And Just Like That… (2021)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Lawrence Todd

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lando Calrissian (voice)

2010s

21 titles · average score 64
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lando Calrissian

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Billy Dee Williams (voice)

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? (2017)

as Two-Face (voice)

The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

as Two-Face (voice)

Batman Is Just Not That Into You
Batman Is Just Not That Into You (2017)
GoodWatch score 56

as Two-Face (voice)

LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lando Calrissian (voice)

Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Lando Calrissian (voice)

The Lego Movie
The Lego Movie (2014)
GoodWatch score 84

as Lando (voice)

LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Lindo Calrissian (voice)

Key & Peele
Key & Peele (2012)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Billy Dee Williams

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (2012)
GoodWatch score 41

TV show · as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)

3 Ways to Get a Husband
3 Ways to Get a Husband (2010)

as William

2000s

29 titles · average score 53
Diary of a Single Mom
Diary of a Single Mom (2009)

as Uncle Bo

Glee
Glee (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Andy Collins

Constellation
Constellation (2007)
GoodWatch score 27

as Helms Boxer

General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift (2007)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

Lost
Lost (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Billy Dee Williams

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Leroy Jethro Moore

Epoch: Evolution
Epoch: Evolution (2003)
GoodWatch score 42

as Ferguson

Good Neighbor
Good Neighbor (2001)
GoodWatch score 40

as Sgt. Paul Davidson

Scrubs
Scrubs (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Billy Dee Williams

18 Wheels of Justice
18 Wheels of Justice (2000)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Burton Hardesty

The Ladies Man
The Ladies Man (2000)
GoodWatch score 35

as Lester

Fear Runs Silent
Fear Runs Silent (2000)
GoodWatch score 28

as Sheriff Hammond

1990s

22 titles · average score 49
That '70s Show
That '70s Show (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Pastor Dan

Steel Sharks
Steel Sharks (1997)
GoodWatch score 43

as Adm. Jim Perry

Mask of Death
Mask of Death (1996)
GoodWatch score 38

as Agent Jeffries

Triplecross
Triplecross (1995)
GoodWatch score 49

as Agent Oscar Pierce

Falling For You
Falling For You (1995)
GoodWatch score 50

as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro

Alien Intruder
Alien Intruder (1993)
GoodWatch score 26

as Commander Skyler

The Jacksons: An American Dream
The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Berry Gordy

Giant Steps
Giant Steps (1992)

as Slate Thompson

Martin
Martin (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Billy Dee Williams

Driving Me Crazy
Driving Me Crazy (1991)
GoodWatch score 29

as Max

Dangerous Passion
Dangerous Passion (1990)
GoodWatch score 47

as Lou

Secret Agent 00 Soul
Secret Agent 00 Soul (1990)

as Secret Agent Zero

1980s

25 titles · average score 64
Batman
Batman (1989)
GoodWatch score 74

as Harvey Dent

The Return of Desperado
The Return of Desperado (1988)

as Daniel Lancaster

Number One with a Bullet
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
GoodWatch score 37

as Det. Hazeltine

Deadly Illusion
Deadly Illusion (1987)
GoodWatch score 40

as Hamberger

Courage
Courage (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

as Bobby Jay

Oceans of Fire
Oceans of Fire (1986)

as Jim McKinley

Fear City
Fear City (1984)
GoodWatch score 58

as Al Wheeler

Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

as Lando Calrissian

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as Narrator (voice) / Self

Nighthawks
Nighthawks (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

as Matthew Fox

The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
GoodWatch score 88

as Lando Calrissian

The Hostage Tower
The Hostage Tower (1980)
GoodWatch score 49

as Clarence Whitlock

1970s

15 titles · average score 65
Christmas Lilies of the Field
Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)

as Homer Smith

Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

as Scott Joplin

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
GoodWatch score 76

as Bingo

Mahogany
Mahogany (1975)
GoodWatch score 47

as Brian

The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

The Take
The Take (1974)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sneed

The Conversation
The Conversation (1974)
GoodWatch score 85

as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)

Hit!
Hit! (1973)
GoodWatch score 56

as Nick Allen

Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
GoodWatch score 73

as Louis McKay

The Final Comedown
The Final Comedown (1972)
GoodWatch score 53

as Johnny Johnson

The Glass House
The Glass House (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lennox

Brian's Song
Brian's Song (1971)
GoodWatch score 73

as Gale Sayers

1960s

6 titles · average score 66
The New People
The New People (1969)

TV show

The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad (1968)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

Coronet Blue
Coronet Blue (1967)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as The Second Technician

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Hank Benton

The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Edward Tobin / James Borden

The Defenders
The Defenders (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Private Austin George

1950s

1 title · average score 62
The Last Angry Man
The Last Angry Man (1959)
GoodWatch score 62

as Josh Quincy