Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams is an American actor, artist, singer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise, as well as acting in the movies Brians Song, Nighthawks, The Last Angry Man, Carters Army, and for playing Harvey Dent in Tim Burtons Batman .

Williams was born in New York, the son of Loretta Anne , a West Indianborn elevator operator from Montserrat, and William December Williams, Sr. , an AfricanAmerican caretaker from Texas. He has a twin sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from The High School of Music amp Art in Manhattan, where he was a classmate of Diahann Carroll, who would later play the wife of his character Brady Lloyd on the 1980s primetime soap opera Dynasty.

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