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In Memoriam · 1937 – 2025
Billy Williams

Person · Cinematographer

Billy Williams

Born
April 6, 1937
Died
May 20, 2025
From
New York City, New York, USA
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  • Actor
45
Credits on file
4
Decades active
3
Awards

In short · Shot for four decades — 45 credits, 1 Academy Award win.

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Biography

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, and artist. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first appearing in the early 1980s and later reprising the role in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between onscreen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.

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Actor

2 credits

Cinematographer

41 credits

Other crew

1 credit

Awards & Nominations

1 win · 2 nominations

Academy Awards

  • Won1982Oscar — Cinematography
  • Nom1981Oscar — Cinematography
  • Nom1970Oscar — Cinematography

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Non-headline appearances — talk-show, awards-show, panel, and archive-footage credits, kept separate from the main filmography.

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