About
Michael Kenneth Williams
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2023 | Surrounded | Actor | Will Clay | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Breaking | Actor | Eli Bernard | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | Body Brokers | Actor | Wood | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Lines | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2020 | Critical Thinking | Actor | Mr. Roundtree | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | Actor | Montrose Freeman | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Arkansas | Actor | Almond | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys Story | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Actor | Trumpet Man | 64 Fair |
| 2019 | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Actor | Kabede Bimro | 64 Fair |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Actor | Bobby McCray | 81 Very good |
| 2019 | Rematch | Actor | Failure | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Public | Actor | Jackson | 59 Average |
| 2018 | SuperFly | Actor | Scatter | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | When We Rise | Actor | Ken Jones | 68 Fair |
| 2016 | Assassin's Creed | Actor | Moussa | 54 Average |
| 2016 | When the Bough Breaks | Actor | Roland White | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Black Market: Dispatches | Actor | Himself - Host | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | The Land | Actor | Pops | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Actor | Agent Hawkins | 54 Average |
| 2016 | Black Market | Actor | Self - Host | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard | Actor | Leonard Pine | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | Actor | Sweet Pea | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Anesthesia | Actor | Jeffrey | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Captive | Actor | Detective John Chestnut | 58 Average |
| 2015 | The Spoils Before Dying | Actor | Rock Banyon | 67 Fair |
| 2015 | Bessie | Actor | Jack Gee | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Gambler | Actor | Neville Baraka | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | Actor | Tariq Khalil | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Rand University | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Kill the Messenger | Actor | Ricky Ross | 63 Fair |
| 2014 | Time Out of Mind | Actor | Mike | 58 Average |
| 2014 | The Purge: Anarchy | Actor | Carmelo | 65 Fair |
| 2014 | RoboCop | Actor | Jack Lewis | 58 Average |
| 2014 | That Awkward Moment | Actor | Omar Little | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | The Devil Goes Down | Actor | The Devil | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Actor | Robert | 78 Good |
| 2013 | They Die by Dawn | Actor | Nat Love | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Jim Norton: American Degenerate | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Picasso Baby | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Snitch | Actor | Malik | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | LUV | Actor | Detective Holloway | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 | Actor | Sgt. James | 58 Average |
| 2012 | You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You | Actor | Ad | 58 Average |
| 2012 | The Wire: The Musical | Actor | Omar Little | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Cookout 2 | Actor | Cable Guy Mike | 58 Average |
| 2011 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Actor | Sonnyboy | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Actor | Albert "Chalky" White | 79 Good |
| 2010 | Life During Wartime | Actor | Allen | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Brooklyn's Finest | Actor | Red | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | The Road | Actor | The Thief | 68 Fair |
| 2009 | A Day in the Life | Actor | Killer Mike | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 2009 | Tell-Tale | Actor | Acherton | 57 Average |
| 2009 | Wonderful World | Actor | Ibu | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Actor | Tucker | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club | Actor | Tone | 58 Average |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Actor | Harlem Bystander | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | The Wire: The Last Word | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2007 | The Wire Odyssey | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 | Actor | James | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Trapped In The Closet | Actor | Cop | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Actor | Devin | 71 Good |
| 2007 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 | Actor | Sgt. James | 59 Average |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Actor | Teddy | 57 Average |
| 2006 | Killa Season | Actor | Mike | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Mercenary for Justice | Actor | Samuel Kay | 56 Average |
| 2005 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 | Actor | James | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Actor | Jimmy | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Doing Hard Time | Actor | Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Barbershops Uncut: East Coast | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | The Wire | Actor | Omar Little | 85 Very good |
| 2000 | Broke Even | Actor | Kenny | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Actor | (segment "Secret") | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Actor | (segment "Secret") | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Actor | Drug Dealer | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | Bullet | Actor | High Top | 59 Average |
| nova56738 | Actor | Omar Little | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2017 | Shelter | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Black Market | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2014 | Bro | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Snow on tha Bluff | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |