[14], Williams first appeared on Broadway in 1945 in The Firebrand of Florence. I wasn't doing it to get high. But that did not scare him. William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor and novelist. [6], In a 2001 interview he said, "Either I want to drop dead with a paint brush in my hand or I want to drop dead doing a soliloquy on the stage, I love acting. [7][4][8] In March 1945, he made his Broadway debut at age seven portraying a page in The Firebrand of Florence, Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin’s operetta starring Lotte Lenya. [a][9][10][1] His mom, who worked at the theatre, volunteered him for the part which he found boring. [14] He first viewed his acting as a way to pay for his art supplies, by the early 1960s though he began to "devote all of his energy to performance. It wasn't just that people of color were seeing themselves represented; they were seeing themselves represented in a rich, wonderful, intriguing way. '"[4] Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown paired the two of them again three years later in the successful follow-up project Mahogany. On January 9, 2013, Williams made a cameo appearance as himself on Modern Family, season 4, episode 11 "New Year's Eve". In Hodge (2000, 11–36). Star Wars Fan Posters Imagine a Lando Trilogy with Jean-Claude Van Damme as Darth Maul. As for Carl Weathers and Greef Carga, this is their first appearance in the saga, but it’s not Weathers’ first sci-fi role. [6][39][40] Williams painted a series of impressionistic portraits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the "African-American pilots whose real-life exploits changed the course of American military history. Carnicke, Sharon M. 2000. "[43], He got permission from Star Wars creator George Lucas to sell lithographs of a montage of Williams' iconic character from the franchise, Lando Calrissian. [1][12] The school would later be the subject for Fame (1980), and its derivative television series. In 1993, Williams made a guest appearance on the spin-off to The Cosby Show, A Different World, as Langston Paige, a grumpy landlord, in a backdoor pilot for his own series. [6] He has a twin sister, Loretta, and they were raised by their maternal grandmother while their parents worked several jobs. "[14] In succession, he got an actor agent through a friend, started getting major Off-Broadway roles, then work on Broadway. [24], Williams co-starred in 1989's Batman as district attorney Harvey Dent, a role that was planned to develop into Dent's alter-ego, the villain Two-Face, in sequels. A one-stop shop for all things video games. [15][14] It was run by blacklisted actor Paul Mann who embraced actors of all races; Williams also studied there under Sidney Poitier. However, Star Wars fans will reunite with him later this year. 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