Michael Kenneth Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-11-22 (55 years old)

Deathday

2021-09-06

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Michael Kenneth Williams

Biography

Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008 and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire from 2010 to 2014. Williams was raised in the Vanderveer Projects in East Flatbush, Brooklyn and attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School. Later, Williams enrolled at the National Black Theatre in New York City.

Acting

2008

The Incredible Hulk

as Harlem Bystander

2007

2009

A Day in the Life

as Killer Mike

2009

The Road

as The Thief

2005

2004

Doing Hard Time

as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit

2009

Tell-Tale

as Acherton

2006

2009

1999

2013

2013

They Die by Dawn

as Nat Love

2013

Snitch

as Malik

2014

2007

2014

RoboCop

as Jack Lewis

2014

Inherent Vice

as Tariq Khalil

2016

Anesthesia

as Jeffrey

2014

Kill the Messenger

as Ricky Ross

2014

The Gambler

as Neville Baraka

2014

Rand University

as Narrator

2011

The Cookout 2

as Cable Guy Mike

2015

Bessie

as Jack Gee

2015

Captive

as Detective John Chestnut

1996

Bullet

as High Top

2016

2016

Ghostbusters

as Agent Hawkins

1999

Bringing Out the Dead

as Drug Dealer

2016

The Land

as Pops

2013

2012

The Wire: The Musical

as Omar Little

2016

Triple 9

as Sweet Pea

2016

When the Bough Breaks

as Roland White

2008

2019

The Public

as Jackson

2006

2019

2019

Motherless Brooklyn

as Trumpet Man

2018

SuperFly

as Scatter

2020

Arkansas

as Almond

2021

2019

Rematch

as Failure

2020

Critical Thinking

as Mr. Roundtree

2013

2014

That Awkward Moment

as Omar Little

2013

LUV

as Detective Holloway

2023

Surrounded

as Will Clay

2014

2000

Broke Even

as Kenny

2021

2022

Breaking

as Eli Bernard

2024

The Brown Dog

as Nobody

1996

MugShot

as Rumor

2006

The Bondage

as Willie

Production

2014

Bro

as Executive Producer

2017

Shelter

as Executive Producer

2011

Snow on tha Bluff

as Executive Producer

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