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Michael Kenneth Williams
Born: 22nd Nov 1966 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA - Died 6th Sep 2021
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 100
Film: 70 (70%)
Television: 30 (30%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Horror, Action & Adventure, Romance, Animation, News, Reality, Talk, Western, Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics, War
Filmography
2025
"Fame and Fentanyl,” a new gripping two-hour documentary special, exposes the devastating impact of fentanyl on our society and culture. Hosted by I ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
2024
Night after night, a watchman clocks into his lonely booth and spends hours composing endless security logs to stay awake, as he slowly descends into ... view
Character:
Nobody
2023
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries t ... view
Character:
Will Clay
2022
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a ... view
Character:
Eli Bernard
Jul 2021 (first aired)
A deep dive into the decade's untold history, revealing secrets, and prespectives. ... view
Character:
Self (10 ep.)
2021
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment ... view
Character:
Wood
2021
Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes. ... view
Character:
2020
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess ... view
Character:
Mr. Roundtree
Aug 2020 (first aired)
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip ac ... view
Character:
Montrose Freeman (10 ep.)
2020
Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the conseq ... view
Character:
Almond
2020
Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live docum ... view
Character:
Self
2019
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed ... view
Character:
Trumpet Man
Sep 2019 (first aired)
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conv ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
2019
Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid r ... view
Character:
Kabede Bimro
May 2019 (first aired)
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. ... view
Character:
Bobby McCray (4 ep.)
2019
When we found out Klay Thompson used chess to center himself, we knew we wanted to use the Ingmar Bergman classic to help tell the story of his mental ... view
Character:
Failure
2019
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from th ... view
Character:
Jackson
2018
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole opera ... view
Character:
Scatter
Oct 2017 (first aired)
Based on a popular segment on "The Late Late Show With James Corden" and emceed by rapper-actor Method Man and model Hailey Baldwin, "Drop the Mic" in ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Feb 2017 (first aired)
The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U ... view
Character:
Ken Jones (4 ep.)
2016
Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient ... view
Character:
Moussa
2016
A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child. ... view
Character:
Roland White
Aug 2016 (first aired)
In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, we embed ourselves inside criminal enterprises to see how contraband moves across borders, and ... view
Character:
Himself - Host (10 ep.)
2016
Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when the ... view
Character:
Pops
2016
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Pat ... view
Character:
Agent Hawkins
Jul 2016 (first aired)
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder. ... view
Character:
Freddy Knight (6 ep.)
Jul 2016 (first aired)
In his most personal project to date, Michael K. Williams explores underground economies in America and around the world. ... view
Character:
Self - Host (12 ep.)
Mar 2016 (first aired)
A darkly comic swamp noir story of two best friends set in the late 1980s. Based on the novels by Joe R. Lansdale, the series follows Hap Collins, an ... view
Character:
Leonard Pine (18 ep.)
2016
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town. ... view
Character:
Sweet Pea
2016
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor. ... view
Character:
Jeffrey
2015
Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and B ... view
Character:
Detective John Chestnut
2015
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect ... view
Character:
Mike
Jul 2015 (first aired)
Fictional author-filmmaker, Eric Jonrosh, adapts his epic tale of a pianist-turned-detective investigating a murder in the 1950s underground jazz scen ... view
Character:
Rock Banyon (6 ep.)
2015
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s. ... view
Character:
Jack Gee
2014
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangste ... view
Character:
Neville Baraka
2014
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend. ... view
Character:
Tariq Khalil
2014
Randy Moss has long been an enigma known for his brilliance on the football field and his problems off it. Sometimes there's even been an intersection ... view
Character:
Narrator
2014
A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on the whole journey. ... view
Character:
Self
2014
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra reb ... view
Character:
Ricky Ross
2014
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of ... view
Character:
Carmelo
Apr 2014 (first aired)
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events. ... view
Character:
Richard Sackler (1 ep.)
2014
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by t ... view
Character:
Jack Lewis
2014
Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mi ... view
Character:
Omar Little
Nov 2013 (first aired)
After their uncle dies and leaves them his old van, the twins start a moving company called Va¢ation Boy$. Their customers are often apprehensive to ... view
Character:
Satan (1 ep.)
Character:
The Devil
2013
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well ... view
Character:
Robert
2013
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhe ... view
Character:
Nat Love
2013
In the follow-up to his first EPIX comedy special Please Be Offended, caustic comedian Jim Norton continues to push every hot button he can find... al ... view
Character:
Himself
Character:
Self
Apr 2013 (first aired)
A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world. ... view
Character:
Self - Correspondent (1 ep.)
2013
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentenc ... view
Character:
Malik
2013
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle. ... view
Character:
Detective Holloway
2012
The long awaited sequel to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the closet" series. ... view
Character:
Sgt. James
2012
A serial killer is taking down the hip hop industry one rapper at a time and the detectives on the case must get to him before the killer does. ... view
Character:
Ad
2012
Experience America's failing drug war through the magic of song! ... view
Character:
Omar Little
Mar 2012 (first aired)
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2011
Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team. ... view
Character:
Cable Guy Mike
2011
In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compel ... view
Character:
Sonnyboy
Sep 2010 (first aired)
What does it take to be a detective in one of America's toughest cities? Follow one homicide unit as Detroit's finest unearth the crisis and revelatio ... view
Character:
Clarence Warrenton (1 ep.)
Sep 2010 (first aired)
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's ... view
Character:
Albert 'Chalky' White (56 ep.)
2010
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. ... view
Character:
Allen
2010
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty ... view
Character:
Red
2009
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough t ... view
Character:
The Thief
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. ... view
Character:
Professor Marshall Kane (3 ep.)
2009
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who gets caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime fami ... view
Character:
Killer Mike
Jun 2009 (first aired)
The title character, Teddy Rist (portrayed by James Purefoy), is a billionaire playboy haunted by the death of his only child. His life changes when h ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (8 ep.)
2009
A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him. ... view
Character:
Acherton
2009
Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. F ... view
Character:
Ibu
2008
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tusca ... view
Character:
Tucker
2008
Born into a life of crime, G has just spent 8 years in the pen. Now out on the streets he's back to his old ways wondering if a con can ever really st ... view
Character:
Tone
2008
Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dr ... view
Character:
Harlem Bystander
2007
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire. ... view
Character:
Self
2007
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire. ... view
Character:
Self
2007
Trapped in the Closet is a rap opera by American R&B singer R. Kelly. Written and produced by Kelly, the series tells a story of a one-night stand whi ... view
Character:
James
2007
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hi ... view
Character:
Devin
2007
The second half of R. Kelly's unfinished hip hop opera ... view
Character:
Sgt. James
2007
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling r ... view
Character:
Teddy
Sep 2006 (first aired)
Six very different New Yorkers go about their lives without realizing the impact they're having on one another—yet. A mysterious web of coincidences ... view
Character:
Michael (1 ep.)
2006
Flea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him to a new way to spread the work and make money. ... view
Character:
Mike
2006
Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're tryi ... view
Character:
Samuel Kay
2006
An O.C. youth escapes an abusive home only to find himself entangled in the California Juvenile Justice system and a psychiatric ward. ... view
Character:
Willie
Nov 2005 (first aired)
Trapped in the Closet on the Independent Film Channel (IFC), starring Grammy-winner R. Kelly as Sylvester, is one of the most unusual creative endeavo ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (33 ep.)
2005
Sylvester wakes up in a married woman’s bed, and the husband is on his way home, and they get caught, but the husband has secrets of his own, and it ... view
Character:
James
2005
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv ... view
Character:
Jimmy
2004
A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death. ... view
Character:
Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
Oct 2004 (first aired)
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and p ... view
Character:
Randall Kirk (1 ep.)
2004
A raw and uncensored look at what really goes down in urban barbershops. ... view
Character:
Self
Jun 2002 (first aired)
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the na ... view
Character:
Omar Little (50 ep.)
Sep 2001 (first aired)
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named ... view
Character:
Roberts (3 ep.)
Oct 2000 (first aired)
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and findin ... view
Character:
Ronnie (1 ep.)
Laurent / Paul (1 ep.)
2000
Dot, Lem and Curry, three hapless working-class chums living in the Bronx, have a penchant for gambling. While riding a rare winning streak, they deci ... view
Character:
Kenny
1999
A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Natu ... view
Character:
(segment "Secret")
1999
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried ev ... view
Character:
Drug Dealer
Sep 1999 (first aired)
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55 ... view
Character:
Cop One (1 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
Character:
Double-D Gamble (1 ep.)
John Victor Bodine (1 ep.)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements ... view
Character:
Ray Ray (1 ep.)
1996
A white guy wakes up in a deserted building in Harlem with no money, ID, and no memory of how he got there. He has also been beaten up when a black ma ... view
Character:
Rumor
1996
A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime. ... view
Character:
High Top
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
Character:
Charles Cole (1 ep.)
Delmore Walton (1 ep.)
Marcus Cole (1 ep.)