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Michael Kenneth Williams is an American actor. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. He was also acclaimed for his role as Jack Gee, husband of Bessie Smith, in the HBO telefilm biopic Bessie. He has acted in supporting roles in a number of films and television series, including The Road, Inherent Vice, The Night Of, Gone Baby Gone, 12 Years a Slave, When We Rise and When They See Us.
Birth Name
Michael Kenneth Williams
Born
Tuesday, 22 November 1966
Died
Monday, 06 September 2021
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Surrounded | Will Clay | 2023 |
| Breaking | Eli Bernard | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Soul of a Nation | Self - Host | 2021 |
| Body Brokers | Wood | 2021 |
| Critical Thinking | Mr. Roundtree | 2020 |
| Lovecraft Country | Montrose Freeman | 2020 |
| Tiger Slam | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
| Arkansas | Almond | 2020 |
| Beastie Boys Story | Self / Bob Dylan | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Surrounded | Will Clay | 2023 |
| Breaking | Eli Bernard | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Soul of a Nation | Self - Host | 2021 |
| Body Brokers | Wood | 2021 |
| Critical Thinking | Mr. Roundtree | 2020 |
| Lovecraft Country | Montrose Freeman | 2020 |
| Tiger Slam | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
| Arkansas | Almond | 2020 |
| Beastie Boys Story | Self / Bob Dylan | 2020 |
| Motherless Brooklyn | Trumpet Man | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
| The Red Sea Diving Resort | Kabede Bimro | 2019 |
| Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now | Self | 2019 |
| When They See Us | Bobby McCray | 2019 |
| The Public | Jackson | 2019 |
| SuperFly | Scatter | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Red Table Talk | Self | 2018 |
| Drop the Mic | Self | 2017 |
| The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
| The Guest Book | Gabe | 2017 |
| When We Rise | Ken Jones | 2017 |
| Assassin's Creed | Moussa | 2016 |
| When the Bough Breaks | Roland White | 2016 |
| Black Market: Dispatches | Self - Host / Self | 2016 |
| The Land | Pops | 2016 |
| Ghostbusters | Agent Hawkins | 2016 |
| Black Market with Michael K. Williams | Self - Host / Himself - Host | 2016 |
| The Night Of | Freddy Knight | 2016 |
| Hap and Leonard | Leonard Pine | 2016 |
| Triple 9 | Sweet Pea | 2016 |
| Anesthesia | Jeffrey | 2016 |
| F Is for Family | Smokey Greenwood | 2015 |
| Captive | Lt. John Chestnut / Detective John Chestnut | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| The Spoils Before Dying | Rock Banyon | 2015 |
| Bessie | Jack Gee | 2015 |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Self - Panelist | 2015 |
| The Gambler | Neville Baraka | 2014 |
| Inherent Vice | Tariq Khalil | 2014 |
| Kill the Messenger | Ricky Ross | 2014 |
| Time Out of Mind | Mike | 2014 |
| The Purge: Anarchy | Carmelo | 2014 |
| I Love the 2000s | Self | 2014 |
| Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | Self | 2014 |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Richard Sackler | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| RoboCop | Jack Lewis | 2014 |
| That Awkward Moment | Omar Little | 2014 |
| Lucas Bros Moving Co | Satan / Nigerian Dude | 2013 |
| 12 Years a Slave | Robert | 2013 |
| Huang's World | Self | 2013 |
| They Die by Dawn | Nat Love | 2013 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Jim Norton: American Degenerate | Self / Himself | 2013 |
| Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film | Self - Actor / Himself | 2013 |
| High School USA! | Lucius | 2013 |
| Vice | Self | 2013 |
| Walk This Way | Rev. Daniels | 2013 |
| Snitch | Malik | 2013 |
| LUV | Detective Holloway | 2013 |
| Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 | James / Sgt. James | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You | Ad | 2012 |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self | 2012 |
| CBS Saturday Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| America in Primetime | Omar Little / Self | 2011 |
| The Cookout 2 | Cable Guy Mike | 2011 |
| The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Sonnyboy | 2011 |
| Rocco's Dinner Party | Self | 2011 |
| Love and Hip Hop: New York | Self | 2011 |
| Behind the Steve | (as Michael K. Williams) | 2010 |
| A Kiss of Chaos | Demetrius | 2010 |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Clarence Warrenton | 2010 |
| Boardwalk Empire | Chalky White / Albert 'Chalky' White | 2010 |
| Life During Wartime | Allen | 2010 |
| Brooklyn's Finest | Red | 2010 |
| The Road | Thief / The Thief | 2009 |
| Talk Stoop | Self | 2009 |
| Community | Professor Marshall Kane | 2009 |
| A Day in the Life | Killer Mike | 2009 |
| Addicts | Lil J | 2009 |
| Tell Tale | Acherton | 2009 |
| The Rotten Tomatoes Show | Self - Actor | 2009 |
| The Philanthropist | Dax Vahagn | 2009 |
| Wonderful World | Ibu | 2009 |
| Unsung | Self | 2008 |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Tucker (Scared Soldier) / Tucker | 2008 |
| Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club | Tone | 2008 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Harlem Bystander / Harlem Bystande | 2008 |
| The Wendy Williams Show | Self (as Michael K. Williams) | 2008 |
| The Wire: The Last Word | Self | 2007 |
| The Wire Odyssey | Himself / Self | 2007 |
| Gone Baby Gone | Devin | 2007 |
| Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 | Sgt. James | 2007 |
| The Kill Point | Quincy | 2007 |
| Human Giant | Chris Barksdale | 2007 |
| I Think I Love My Wife | Teddy | 2007 |
| Six Degrees | Michael | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| 5up 2down | Terance | 2006 |
| Mercenary for Justice | Samuel Kay | 2006 |
| Killa Season | Mike | 2006 |
| The Bondage | Willie | 2006 |
| Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 | James | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | Self | 2005 |
| Lackawanna Blues | Jimmy | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Doing Hard Time | Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit | 2004 |
| Boston Legal | Randall Kirk | 2004 |
| CSI: NY | Reggie Dunham | 2004 |
| The Wire | Omar Little | 2002 |
| Alias | Roberts | 2001 |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | (voice) | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ronnie / Laurent / Paul | 2000 |
| Deadline | Darin | 2000 |
| Broke Even | Kenny | 2000 |
| Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | (segment "Secret") | 1999 |
| Bringing Out the Dead | Drug Dealer | 1999 |
| Third Watch | Cop One | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Double-D Gamble / Victor Bodine | 1999 |
| The Sopranos | Ray Ray | 1999 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Bullet | High Top | 1996 |
| Law & Order | Marcus Cole / Delmore Walton / Charles Cole | 1990 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Black Market with Michael K. Williams | 2016 |
| Bro | 2014 |
| Vice | 2013 |
| Snow on Tha Bluff | 2011 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Series or Special | Nominated |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie | Nominated |
