Mykelti Williamson
Born: 1957-03-04 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Michael T. 'Mykelti' Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for season 8 of the hit TV series 24.
Filmography
2026
- Is God Is as Chuck Hall
- They Fight
2025
- Government Cheese as Gus
- The Last Rodeo as Charlie Williamson
2024
- Fallout as Honcho
- Unstoppable as Eddie
2023
- Spring Breakthrough ... (Director)
2022
- Clean as Travis
- Butter as Professor Dunn
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- North of the 10 as Cole Pruit
- Sons 2 the Grave ... (Director)
- The Holiday Stocking as Robert
2021
- Law & Order: Organized Crime as Preston Webb
2020
- Sweet Magnolias ... (Director)
- Emperor as Truesdale
- The 24th as Sgt. Hayes
2019
- Don't Let Go as Bobby Owens
- Canal Street as Jackie Styles
- Run the Race as Coach Hailey
2018
- FBI ... (Director)
- Saint Judy as Dikembe Mustafa
- Thriller as Detective Raymond Johnson
2017
- Rebel as Rene Knight
- Convergence as Captain Saul Miller
2016
- Lethal Weapon as Tom Barnes
- Designated Survivor as Admiral Chernow
- Insecure as Preacher
- The Purge: Election Year as Joe Dixon
- Fences as Gabriel Maxson
2015
- Chicago Med ... (Director)
2014
- Chicago P.D. as Denny Woods
- Scorpion as General Walker
- Hollows Grove as F.B.I. Agent Jones
2013
- Twist of Faith as Uncle Moe
2011
- Have a Little Faith as Donnie
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Clay Maxwell
- Rizzoli & Isles as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
- Justified as Ellstin Limehouse
- High School as Paranoid
2009
- The Good Wife as Matthew Wade
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- The Final Destination as George
- Black Dynamite as Chicago Wind
- Spinning Into Butter as Aaron Carmichael
2008
- Vice as Sampson
2007
- August Rush as Reverend James
- Raines as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2006
2005
- Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
2004
- CSI: NY as Brigham Sinclair
- After the Sunset as Agent Stafford
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Harold Mann
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
2002
- Monk as Walter Cage
- Boomtown as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
- Our America as Graham Ellis
2000
- The Fugitive as Lt. Philip Gerard
- Holiday Heart as Silas
1999
- Third Watch as Detective Rice
- Three Kings as Colonel Horn
- The Hoop Life
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Papa Delany
1998
- Species II as Dennis Gamble
- Primary Colors as Dewayne Smith
- Gideon as Coleman Walker
1997
- Con Air as "Baby-O" O'Dell
- 12 Angry Men as Juror 10
- Double Tap as Agent Hamilton
- Buffalo Soldiers as Cpl. William Christy
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Marcus
1996
- Soul of the Game as Josh Gibson
1995
- Heat as Drucker
- The Outer Limits as Dr. Michael Alders
- Waiting to Exhale as Troy
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Dwight Mercer
- How to Make an American Quilt as Winston
1994
- Forrest Gump as Bubba Blue
- Touched by an Angel as Tevis Lockwood
- Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Free Willy as Dwight Mercer
- Other Women's Children as Leonard
1991
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati as Donovan Aderhold
1990
- The First Power as Det. Oliver Franklin
- A Killer Among Us as Greg Hopkins
1989
- Miracle Mile as Wilson
1988
- China Beach
- Midnight Caller as Deacon Bridges
- Police Story as Officer Don Luntner
- Police Story: Monster Manor as Officer Don Luntner
1987
- J.J. Starbuck
- The Bronx Zoo
- Number One with a Bullet as Casey
- You Talkin' to Me? as Thatcher Marks
1986
- The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
- Wildcats as Levander 'Bird' Williams
1984
- Miami Vice as Leon Jefferson
- Cover Up
- Streets of Fire as The Sorels - B.J.
- Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Leon Jefferson
1983
- Bay City Blues as Deejay Cunningham
1982
- Desperate Lives as Jack
1981
1979
- Sunnyside as Hot Dog
1978
- The White Shadow as Fred