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Billy Dee Williams

1937 - Today

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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 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! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 39 in 2024). Billy Dee Williams is the 1,549th most popular actor (down from 1,132nd in 2024), the 2,872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,947th in 2019) and the 761st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Billy Dee Williams ranks 1,549 out of 13,578. Before him are Tony Burton, Gino Cervi, Sela Ward, Cassandra Harris, Lotte Lenya, and Jennifer Lawrence. After him are Momoko Kōchi, Marisa Mell, Pedro Infante, Ben Cross, Gordon Scott, and Hibari Misora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Billy Dee Williams ranks 137. Before him are Emerich Jenei, Lajos Portisch, Naji al-Ali, Baden Powell, Lawrence Roberts, and Tony Burton. After him are Audrys Bačkis, Steve Russell, Hibari Misora, Mintimer Shaimiev, Andrés Gimeno, and André Glucksmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Dee Williams ranks 2,872 out of 20,380. Before him are Prescott Bush (1895), Sela Ward (1956), Perry Como (1912), Joey DeMaio (1954), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), and Lloyd Austin (1953). After him are Ray Harryhausen (1920), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), William A. Wheeler (1819), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and Gene Vincent (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Billy Dee Williams ranks 761. Before him are Jeremy Strong (1978), Josh Duhamel (1972), Don S. Davis (1942), Tony Burton (1937), Sela Ward (1956), and Jennifer Lawrence (1990). After him are Gordon Scott (1926), Brad Davis (1949), Adam Goldberg (1970), Barbara Bain (1931), Ross Bagdasarian (1919), and Farley Granger (1925).

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