Michael Kenneth Williams
Birthdate
November 22, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of Death
September 6, 2021
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
November 22, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of Death
September 6, 2021
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.
Michael Kenneth Williams's LGBTQ+ Titles
Bessie
Jack Gee
Acting (98)
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 (10 episodes)
2021
Body Brokers as Wood
2021
Lines
2020
Critical Thinking as Mr. Roundtree
2020
Lovecraft Country as Montrose Freeman (10 episodes)
2020
Arkansas as Almond
2020
Beastie Boys Story as Self
2019
Motherless Brooklyn as Trumpet Man
2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort as Kabede Bimro
2019
When They See Us as Bobby McCray (4 episodes)
2019
Rematch as Failure
2019
The Public as Jackson
2018
SuperFly as Scatter
2018
La route de la soif as Self (2 episodes)
2017
Drop the Mic as Self (1 episode)
2017
When We Rise as Ken Jones (4 episodes)
2016
Assassin's Creed as Moussa
2016
When the Bough Breaks as Roland White
2016
Black Market: Dispatches as Himself - Host (10 episodes)
2016
The Land as Pops
2016
Ghostbusters as Agent Hawkins
2016
The Night Of as Freddy Knight (6 episodes)
2016
Black Market as Self - Host (12 episodes)
2016
Hap and Leonard as Leonard Pine (18 episodes)
2016
Triple 9 as Sweet Pea
2016
Anesthesia as Jeffrey
2015
Captive as Detective John Chestnut
2015
The Spoils Before Dying as Rock Banyon (6 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2010
Boardwalk Empire as Albert "Chalky" White (56 episodes)
2010
Life During Wartime as Allen
2010
Brooklyn's Finest as Red
2009
The Road as The Thief
2009
Community as Professor Marshall Kane (3 episodes)
2009
A Day in the Life as Killer Mike
2009
The Philanthropist (8 episodes)
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 Self
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2004
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast as Self
2002
The Wire as Omar Little (50 episodes)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Laurent / Paul (1 episode)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ronnie (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Double-D Gamble (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as John Victor Bodine (1 episode)
1999
The Sopranos as Ray Ray (1 episode)
1996
Bullet as High Top
1990
Law & Order as Charles Cole (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Delmore Walton (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Marcus Cole (1 episode)
Production (4)
2017
Shelter
• Executive Producer
2016
Black Market (12 episodes)
• Executive Producer (12 episodes)
2014
Bro
• Executive Producer
2011
Snow on tha Bluff
• Executive Producer