ACTOR

Billy Dee Williams

1937 - Today

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William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Dee Williams has received more than 7,106,010 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Billy Dee Williams is the 1,133rd most popular actor (down from 991st in 2019), the 1,947th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,799th in 2019) and the 527th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Billy Dee Williams by language

Over the past year Billy Dee Williams has had the most page views in the with 900,823 views, followed by Spanish (55,388), and German (49,312). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (1,132.43%), Uzbek (187.04%), and Indonesian (78.57%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Billy Dee Williams ranks 1,133 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Shaw, Pietro Germi, Nicole Garcia, Lee Majors, Michael Fassbender, and David Thewlis. After him are Michel Bouquet, Otto Sander, Dana Elcar, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Ciarán Hinds, and James Faulkner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Billy Dee Williams ranks 94. Before him are Maryse Condé, Cornelius A. Smith, Rifaat al-Assad, Franz Vranitzky, Boris Pugo, and Bruce McCandless II. After him are Ronald Venetiaan, Neeme Järvi, Keizō Obuchi, Francis Veber, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Shirley Bassey.

Others Born in 1937

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Dee Williams ranks 1,947 out of 20,380. Before him are Sequoyah (1770), Lee Majors (1939), Carl Andre (1935), Robert E. Park (1864), Donna Karan (1948), and Robert Fogel (1926). After him are Dean Koontz (1945), Langston Hughes (1902), Bo Diddley (1928), James Newton Howard (1951), Eric Adams (1952), and Mark W. Clark (1896).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Billy Dee Williams ranks 527. Before him are Lee Remick (1935), Eddie Constantine (1913), Jean Arthur (1900), Frances Conroy (1953), Armand Assante (1949), and Lee Majors (1939). After him are Dana Elcar (1927), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Carl Reiner (1922), Janet Gaynor (1906), Judd Hirsch (1935), and Henry Calvin (1918).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Empire Strikes Back
Lando Calrissian
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
May 20o 19808.391 / 10
Batman
Harvey Dent
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.
Jun 21o 19897.22 / 10
Return of the Jedi
Lando Calrissian
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
May 25o 19837.893 / 10