BILLY DEE WILLIAMS | 84

Billy Dee Williams is famously known today by the young and the young at heart as Lando Calrissian from the movie franchise Star Wars. But, this is not the only pop-culture movie he appeared in. He also played the role of an attorney, Harvey Dent, in the 1981 film Batman. Williams’s film debut was in the 1959 film The Last Angry Man, but he came to national prominence in the 1971 TV movie Brian¡¯s Song, which earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. In over six decades, Williams has appeared in at least 70 films.

At 84 years old, Billy seems to have no plans to retire yet. He recently appeared in the latest installment of the third Star Wars trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker, reprising Lando’s role after some decades. His IMDb page also noted that he was part of the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II and an upcoming TV series, Star Wars: Detours.

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