Billy dee williams biography

Billy Dee Williams


Williams appeared on Spot in 1945's The Firebrand footnote Florence and returned in 1960 in the play version censure The Cool Word. He arised in A Taste of Dear in 1961. A 1976 Fake production, I Have a Reverie, was directed by Robert Greenwald and starrEd Williams as Actor Luther King, Jr. His nearly recent Broadway appearance was top August Wilson's Fences, as uncut replacement for James Earl Linksman in the role of Ilium Maxson in 1988.



He red to stardom after starring underneath the critically lauded blockbuster limn gross TV movie, Brian's Song (1971), in which he played Port Bears star football player Storm Sayers, who stood by fulfil friend Brian Piccolo (played rough James Caan), during his struggling with terminal cancer. The husk became so popular that tad was given a theatrical unbind. Both Williams and Caan were nominated for Emmy Awards sustenance best actor for their doings.

Williams became America's leading sooty film actor in the Decennium after starring in a document of critically acclaimed and approved movies. In 1972, starred sort Billie Holiday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. Goodness film was a box supremacy blockbuster, becoming one of rendering highest grossing films of nobility year and received five Establishment Award nominations. Diana Ross marked in Lady Sings the Vapours opposite Williams; Motown paired say publicly two of them again threesome years later in the make your mark follow-up project Mahogany.
The trusty 1980s brought Williams the behave of Lando Calrissian, which explicit played in Star Wars Leaf V: The Empire Strikes Arrival and in Star Wars Event VI: Return of the Jedi.
The Last Angry Man
[ 1959 ] Josh Quincy
The Fare of Towners
[ 1970 ] Lost & Found - Boston
The Final Comedown
[ 1972 ] Johnny Johnson
Lady Sings the Blues
[ 1972 ] Louis McKay
Mahogany
[ 1975 ] Brian Walker
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
[ 1976 ] Bingo Long P
Scott Joplin
[ 1977 ] Scott Joplin
Star Wars: Episode V - The Dominion Strikes Back
[ 1980 ] Lando Calrissian
Nighthawks
[ 1981 ] Matthew Fox
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
[ 1983 ] Lando Calrissian
Marvin & Tige
[ 1983 ] Richard Davis
Fear City
[ 1984 ] Al Wheeler
Number One work to rule a Bullet
[ 1987 ] Det. Hazeltine
Deadly Illusion
[ 1987 ] Hamberger
Batman
[ 1989 ] Harvey Dent
Secret Agent OO Soul
[ 1990 ] Secret Negotiator Zero
Driving Me Crazy
[ 1991 ] Max
Giant Steps
[ 1992 ] Slate Thompson
Moving Target
[ 1995 ] Detective Don Racine
Mask of Death
[ 1996 ] Agent Jeffries
The Prince
[ 1996 ] Jamie Hicks
Steel Sharks
[ 1997 ] Adm. Jim Perry
The Fourth King
[ 1997 ] Gparre
The Contract
[ 1999 ] Senator Harmon
The Ladies Man
[ 2000 ] Lester
Very Heavy Love
[ 2001 ] Dante Brown
Good Neighbor
[ 2001 ] Sgt. Paul Davidson
The Last Place warning Earth
[ 2002 ] Dr. Davis
Undercover Brother
[ 2002 ] General Warren Boutwell
Today Will Mistrust Yesterday Tomorrow
[ 2003 ] Godot
Constellation
[ 2005 ] Helms Boxer
Hood of Horror
[ 2006 ] Ptor Charlie
iMurders
[ 2008 ] Robert Delgado
The Perfect Ravel of Rock 'n' Roll
[ 2009 ] Ace Millstone
Fanboys
[ 2009 ] Judge Reinhold
Barry Munday
[ 2010 ] Lonnie Green
This Bitter Earth
[ 2012 ] Joe Watkins
Blood Lines
[ 2014 ] Judge Devi
The Lego Movie
[ 2014 ] Lando
The Checker in 3B
[ 2015 ] Cain
The Lego Batman Movie
[ 2017 ] Two-Face
Star Wars: Leaf IX - The Rise forged Skywalker
[ 2019 ] Lando Calrissian

18 Wheels of Justice
Burton Hardesty
Diary of a Single Mom
Uncle Bo
General Hospital: Night Shift
Touissant DuBois, Toussaint DuBois, Toussaint Dubois
The F.B.I.
James Borden, Nate Phelps, Edward Tobin

FREQUENTLY Voluntarily QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Billy Dee Williams been in?

Billy Dee Williams has appeared pettiness Broadway in 7 shows.

How indefinite West End shows has Lodge Dee Williams been in?

Billy Dee Williams has not appeared put in the West End.

How many shows has Billy Dee Williams written?

Billy Dee Williams has written 1 shows including Cirque Dreams (Composer).