Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting
- Born:
- 1966-11-22
- Died:
- 2021-09-06
- Place of birth:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Fame and Fentanyl
The Brown Dog
Surrounded
Breaking
Dark Side of the 90's
Body Brokers
Lines
Critical Thinking
Lovecraft Country
Arkansas
Beastie Boys Story
Motherless Brooklyn
The Tamron Hall Show
The Red Sea Diving Resort
When They See Us
Rematch
The Public
SuperFly
La route de la soif
Drop the Mic
When We Rise
Assassin's Creed
When the Bough Breaks
Black Market: Dispatches
The Land
Ghostbusters
The Night Of
Black Market
Hap and Leonard
Triple 9
Anesthesia
Captive
Time Out of Mind
The Spoils Before Dying
Bessie
The Gambler
Inherent Vice
Rand University
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Kill the Messenger
The Purge: Anarchy
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
RoboCop
That Awkward Moment
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
The Devil Goes Down
12 Years a Slave
They Die by Dawn
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
Picasso Baby
VICE
Snitch
LUV
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
The Wire: The Musical
Finding Your Roots
The Cookout 2
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Detroit 1-8-7
Boardwalk Empire
Life During Wartime
Brooklyn's Finest
The Road
Community
A Day in the Life
The Philanthropist
Tell-Tale
Wonderful World
Miracle at St. Anna
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
The Incredible Hulk
The Wire: The Last Word
The Wire Odyssey
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
Gone Baby Gone
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
I Think I Love My Wife
Six Degrees
Killa Season
Mercenary for Justice
The Bondage
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
Trapped in the Closet
Lackawanna Blues
Doing Hard Time
Boston Legal
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
The Wire
Alias
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Broke Even
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Bringing Out the Dead
Third Watch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Sopranos
The Substitute 2: School's Out
MugShot
Bullet
Law & Order