Michael Kenneth Williams
Born: 1966-11-22 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2021-09-06
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Fame and Fentanyl as Self (archive footage)
2024
- The Brown Dog as Nobody
2023
- Surrounded as Will Clay
2022
- Breaking as Eli Bernard
2021
- Dark Side of the 90's as Self
- Body Brokers as Wood
- Lines
2020
- Lovecraft Country as Montrose Freeman
- Beastie Boys Story as Self
- Arkansas as Almond
- Critical Thinking as Mr. Roundtree
2019
- The Tamron Hall Show as Self - Guest
- When They See Us as Bobby McCray
- Motherless Brooklyn as Trumpet Man
- The Red Sea Diving Resort as Kabede Bimro
- The Public as Jackson
- Rematch as Failure
2018
- SuperFly as Scatter
- La route de la soif as Self
2017
- Drop the Mic as Self
- When We Rise as Ken Jones
- Shelter ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- The Night Of as Freddy Knight
- Ghostbusters as Agent Hawkins
- Triple 9 as Sweet Pea
- Assassin's Creed as Moussa
- When the Bough Breaks as Roland White
- Hap and Leonard as Leonard Pine
- Anesthesia as Jeffrey
- Black Market as Self - Host
- The Land as Pops
- Black Market: Dispatches as Himself - Host
2015
- The Spoils Before Dying as Rock Banyon
- Time Out of Mind as Mike
- Captive as Detective John Chestnut
- Bessie as Jack Gee
2014
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler
- The Purge: Anarchy as Carmelo
- Inherent Vice as Tariq Khalil
- RoboCop as Jack Lewis
- The Gambler as Neville Baraka
- Kill the Messenger as Ricky Ross
- That Awkward Moment as Omar Little
- Bro ... (Executive Producer)
- The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
- Rand University as Narrator
2013
- VICE as Self - Correspondent
- 12 Years a Slave as Robert
- Snitch as Malik
- Lucas Bros. Moving Co. as Satan
- They Die by Dawn as Nat Love
- LUV as Detective Holloway
- Jim Norton: American Degenerate as Himself
- Picasso Baby as Self
- The Devil Goes Down as The Devil
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You as Ad
- The Wire: The Musical as Omar Little
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33 as Sgt. James
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 as Sgt. James
- Snow on tha Bluff ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Sonnyboy
- The Cookout 2 as Cable Guy Mike
2010
- Boardwalk Empire as Albert 'Chalky' White
- Detroit 1-8-7 as Clarence Warrenton
- Brooklyn's Finest as Red
- Life During Wartime as Allen
2009
- Community as Professor Marshall Kane
- The Road as The Thief
- The Philanthropist
- Wonderful World as Ibu
- A Day in the Life as Killer Mike
- Tell-Tale as Acherton
2008
- The Incredible Hulk as Harlem Bystander
- Miracle at St. Anna as Tucker
- Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club as Tone
2007
- Gone Baby Gone as Devin
- I Think I Love My Wife as Teddy
- The Wire: The Last Word as Self
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 as James
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 as Sgt. James
- The Wire Odyssey as Self
2006
- Six Degrees as Michael
- Mercenary for Justice as Samuel Kay
- The Bondage as Willie
- Killa Season as Mike
2005
- Trapped in the Closet
- Lackawanna Blues as Jimmy
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 as James
2004
- Boston Legal as Randall Kirk
- Doing Hard Time as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
- Barbershops Uncut: East Coast as Self
2002
- The Wire as Omar Little
2001
- Alias as Roberts
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ronnie
- Broke Even as Kenny
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Double-D Gamble
- The Sopranos as Ray Ray
- Third Watch as Cop One
- Bringing Out the Dead as Drug Dealer
- Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as (segment "Secret")
1998
- The Substitute 2: School's Out as Gang Member #2 (uncredited)
1990
- Law & Order as Charles Cole