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
- Lines
- Body Brokers as Wood
- Dark Side of the 90's as Self
2020
- Lovecraft Country as Montrose Freeman
- Critical Thinking as Mr. Roundtree
- Beastie Boys Story as Self
- Arkansas as Almond
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- When They See Us as Bobby McCray
- The Public as Jackson
- Motherless Brooklyn as Trumpet Man
- The Red Sea Diving Resort as Kabede Bimro
- 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
- The Land as Pops
- Ghostbusters as Agent Hawkins
- Anesthesia as Jeffrey
- Assassin's Creed as Moussa
- When the Bough Breaks as Roland White
- Triple 9 as Sweet Pea
- Hap and Leonard as Leonard Pine
- Black Market as Self - Host
- Black Market: Dispatches as Himself - Host
2015
- Bessie as Jack Gee
- Captive as Detective John Chestnut
- The Spoils Before Dying as Rock Banyon
2014
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler
- The Purge: Anarchy as Carmelo
- Inherent Vice as Tariq Khalil
- RoboCop as Jack Lewis
- Kill the Messenger as Ricky Ross
- The Gambler as Neville Baraka
- That Awkward Moment as Omar Little
- The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
- Time Out of Mind as Mike
- Bro ... (Executive Producer)
- Rand University as Narrator
2013
- 12 Years a Slave as Robert
- VICE as Self - Correspondent
- Snitch as Malik
- Picasso Baby as Self
- They Die by Dawn as Nat Love
- LUV as Detective Holloway
- Jim Norton: American Degenerate as Himself
- The Devil Goes Down as The Devil
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 as Sgt. James
- You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You as Ad
- The Wire: The Musical as Omar Little
2011
- The Cookout 2 as Cable Guy Mike
- The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Sonnyboy
- Snow on tha Bluff ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Boardwalk Empire as Albert 'Chalky' White
- Brooklyn's Finest as Red
- Detroit 1-8-7 as Clarence Warrenton
- Life During Wartime as Allen
2009
- Community as Professor Marshall Kane
- Tell-Tale as Acherton
- Wonderful World as Ibu
- The Road as The Thief
- A Day in the Life as Killer Mike
- The Philanthropist
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
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 as James
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 as Sgt. James
- The Wire Odyssey as Self
- The Wire: The Last Word as Self
- I Think I Love My Wife as Teddy
2006
- The Bondage as Willie
- Mercenary for Justice as Samuel Kay
- Six Degrees as Michael
- Killa Season as Mike
2005
- Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 as James
- Lackawanna Blues as Jimmy
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")
1990
- Law & Order as Charles Cole