Michael Kenneth Williams
November 22, 1966 (58 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Surrounded as Will Clay
- 2022 · Breaking as Eli Bernard
- 2021 · Dark Side of the 90's as Self
- 2021 · Body Brokers as Wood
- 2021 · Lines as
- 2020 · Critical Thinking as Mr. Roundtree
- 2020 · Lovecraft Country as Montrose Freeman
- 2020 · Arkansas as Almond
- 2020 · Beastie Boys Story as Self
- 2019 · Motherless Brooklyn as Trumpet Man
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Red Sea Diving Resort as Kabede Bimro
- 2019 · When They See Us as Bobby McCray
- 2019 · Rematch as Failure
- 2019 · The Public as Jackson
- 2018 · SuperFly as Scatter
- 2018 · La route de la soif as Self
- 2017 · Drop the Mic as Self
- 2017 · When We Rise as Ken Jones
- 2016 · Assassin's Creed as Moussa
- 2016 · When the Bough Breaks as Roland White
- 2016 · Black Market: Dispatches as Himself - Host
- 2016 · The Land as Pops
- 2016 · Ghostbusters as Agent Hawkins
- 2016 · The Night Of as Freddy Knight
- 2016 · Black Market as Self - Host
- 2016 · Hap and Leonard as Leonard Pine
- 2016 · Triple 9 as Sweet Pea
- 2016 · Anesthesia as Jeffrey
- 2015 · Captive as Detective John Chestnut
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Rock Banyon
- 2015 · Bessie as Jack Gee
- 2014 · The Gambler as Neville Baraka
- 2014 · Inherent Vice as Tariq Khalil
- 2014 · Rand University as Narrator
- 2014 · The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
- 2014 · Kill the Messenger as Ricky Ross
- 2014 · Time Out of Mind as Mike
- 2014 · The Purge: Anarchy as Carmelo
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler
- 2014 · RoboCop as Jack Lewis
- 2014 · That Awkward Moment as Omar Little
- 2013 · The Devil Goes Down as The Devil
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Robert
- 2013 · They Die by Dawn as Nat Love
- 2013 · Jim Norton: American Degenerate as Himself
- 2013 · Picasso Baby as Self
- 2013 · VICE as Self - Correspondent
- 2013 · Snitch as Malik
- 2013 · LUV as Detective Holloway
- 2012 · Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 as Sgt. James
- 2012 · You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You as Ad
- 2012 · The Wire: The Musical as Omar Little
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · The Cookout 2 as Cable Guy Mike
- 2011 · The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Sonnyboy
- 2010 · Detroit 1-8-7 as Clarence Warrenton
- 2010 · Boardwalk Empire as Albert "Chalky" White
- 2010 · Life During Wartime as Allen
- 2010 · Brooklyn's Finest as Red
- 2009 · The Road as The Thief
- 2009 · Community as Professor Marshall Kane
- 2009 · A Day in the Life as Killer Mike
- 2009 · The Philanthropist as
- 2009 · Tell-Tale as Acherton
- 2009 · Wonderful World as Ibu
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Tucker
- 2008 · Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club as Tone
- 2008 · The Incredible Hulk as Harlem Bystander
- 2007 · The Wire: The Last Word as
- 2007 · The Wire Odyssey as Self
- 2007 · Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 as James
- 2007 · Gone Baby Gone as Devin
- 2007 · Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 as Sgt. James
- 2007 · I Think I Love My Wife as Teddy
- 2006 · Six Degrees as Michael
- 2006 · Killa Season as Mike
- 2006 · Mercenary for Justice as Samuel Kay
- 2005 · Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 as James
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Jimmy
- 2004 · Doing Hard Time as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Randall Kirk
- 2004 · Barbershops Uncut: East Coast as Self
- 2002 · The Wire as Omar Little
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ronnie
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Laurent / Paul
- 2000 · Broke Even as Kenny
- 1999 · Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as (segment "Secret")
- 1999 · Bringing Out the Dead as Drug Dealer
- 1999 · Third Watch as Cop One
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Double-D Gamble
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as John Victor Bodine
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Ray Ray
- 1996 · Bullet as High Top
- 1990 · Law & Order as Charles Cole
- 1990 · Law & Order as Delmore Walton
- 1990 · Law & Order as Marcus Cole
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self (archive footage)