Billy Dee Williams

About Billy Dee Williams

In Star Wars Episodes V and VI, he portrayed Lando Calrissian. During his career, he has appeared in a number of films, including Nighthawks, Undercover Brother, Batman, and The Prince.

William December Williams Jr. is an American actor. He appeared as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and thirty-six years later in The Rise of Skywalker, marking one of the longest intervals between onscreen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history. Williams was born in New York City, and raised with his twin sister Loretta in Harlem. In 1945, he made his Broadway theatre debut at age seven in The Firebrand of Florence. He later graduated from The High School of Music & Art, then won a painting scholarship to the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design, where he won a Hallgarten Prize for painting in the mid-1950s. To fund his art supplies he returned to acting, including stage, films, and television. He continued painting; his work has since been shown in galleries and collections worldwide.

Occupation	Actor, novelist
Born	William December Williams Jr, April 6, 1937, New York City, U.S.
Education	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, National Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Harlem Actors Workshop
Years active	1943–present
Known for	Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, Gale Sayers in Brian's Song
Children	3

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Trivia

He starred as a football player Gale Sayers in Brian's Song before being cast in Star Wars.

Billy Dee Williams before fame

Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art was his alma mater. In 1959, he made his cinematic debut in The Last Angry Man, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Achievement of Billy Dee Williams

Before being cast in Star Wars, he played as football player Gale Sayers in Brian's Song.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$9 Million

Billy Dee Williams family life

He was reared by his grandma and has a twin sister named Loretta. He married Teruko Nakagami after divorcing his second wife. He has a daughter named Hanako and a son named Corey.

Associations of Billy Dee Williams

Diahann Carroll, an actress, was a high school classmate of his.

Billy Dee Williams Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	183 cm
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