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

2020

Lovecraft Country as Montrose Freeman
Beastie Boys Story as Self
Arkansas as Almond
Critical Thinking as Mr. Roundtree

2019

Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
When They See Us as Bobby McCray
The Red Sea Diving Resort as Kabede Bimro
Motherless Brooklyn as Trumpet Man
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
Assassin's Creed as Moussa
Black Market as Self - Host
Triple 9 as Sweet Pea
Hap and Leonard as Leonard Pine
Anesthesia as Jeffrey
When the Bough Breaks as Roland White
The Land as Pops
Black Market: Dispatches as Himself - Host

2015

The Spoils Before Dying as Rock Banyon
Captive as Detective John Chestnut
Time Out of Mind as Mike
Bessie as Jack Gee

2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler
The Purge: Anarchy as Carmelo
RoboCop as Jack Lewis
The Gambler as Neville Baraka
Inherent Vice as Tariq Khalil
That Awkward Moment as Omar Little
Kill the Messenger as Ricky Ross
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
Rand University as Narrator
Bro ... (Executive Producer)

2013

12 Years a Slave as Robert
VICE as Self - Correspondent
Snitch as Malik
Lucas Bros. Moving Co. as Satan
LUV as Detective Holloway
Picasso Baby as Self
They Die by Dawn as Nat Love
The Devil Goes Down as The Devil
Jim Norton: American Degenerate as Himself

2012

Finding Your Roots as Self
Snow on tha Bluff ... (Executive Producer)
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You as Ad
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33 as Sgt. James
The Wire: The Musical as Omar Little
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 as Sgt. James

2011

The Cookout 2 as Cable Guy Mike
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Sonnyboy

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
The Road as The Thief
The Philanthropist
Wonderful World as Ibu
Tell-Tale as Acherton
A Day in the Life as Killer Mike

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 Odyssey as Self
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

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)

1996

Bullet as High Top
MugShot as Rumor

1990

Law & Order as Charles Cole