Acting
Michael Kenneth Williams
Born 1966-11-22
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Michael Kenneth Williams
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The Incredible Hulk
2008
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12 Years a Slave
2013
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Assassin's Creed
2016
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Ghostbusters
2016
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The Purge: Anarchy
2014
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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RoboCop
2014
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The Sopranos
1999
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The Road
2009
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Gone Baby Gone
2007
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (110 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fame and Fentanyl | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Brown Dog | Nobody | Movie | 2024 |
 | Surrounded | Will Clay | Movie | 2023 |
 | Breaking | Eli Bernard | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dark Side of the 90's | Self | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Body Brokers | Wood | Movie | 2021 |
 | Lines | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | Critical Thinking | Mr. Roundtree | Movie | 2020 |
 | Lovecraft Country | Montrose Freeman | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Arkansas | Almond | Movie | 2020 |
 | Beastie Boys Story | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Motherless Brooklyn | Trumpet Man | Movie | 2019 |
 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Kabede Bimro | Movie | 2019 |
 | When They See Us | Bobby McCray | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Rematch | Failure | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Public | Jackson | Movie | 2019 |
 | SuperFly | Scatter | Movie | 2018 |
 | La route de la soif | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Drop the Mic | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Shelter | Executive Producer | Movie | 2017 |
 | When We Rise | Ken Jones | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Assassin's Creed | Moussa | Movie | 2016 |
 | When the Bough Breaks | Roland White | Movie | 2016 |
 | Black Market: Dispatches | Himself - Host | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Land | Pops | Movie | 2016 |
 | Ghostbusters | Agent Hawkins | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Night Of | Freddy Knight | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Black Market | Self - Host | TV Series | 2016 |
| Black Market | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Hap and Leonard | Leonard Pine | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Triple 9 | Sweet Pea | Movie | 2016 |
 | Anesthesia | Jeffrey | Movie | 2016 |
 | Captive | Detective John Chestnut | Movie | 2015 |
 | Time Out of Mind | Mike | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Spoils Before Dying | Rock Banyon | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Bessie | Jack Gee | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Gambler | Neville Baraka | Movie | 2014 |
 | Inherent Vice | Tariq Khalil | Movie | 2014 |
 | Rand University | Narrator | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Kill the Messenger | Ricky Ross | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Purge: Anarchy | Carmelo | Movie | 2014 |
 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Richard Sackler | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Bro | Executive Producer | Movie | 2014 |
 | RoboCop | Jack Lewis | Movie | 2014 |
 | That Awkward Moment | Omar Little | Movie | 2014 |
 | Lucas Bros. Moving Co. | Satan | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Devil Goes Down | The Devil | Movie | 2013 |
 | 12 Years a Slave | Robert | Movie | 2013 |
 | They Die by Dawn | Nat Love | Movie | 2013 |
 | Jim Norton: American Degenerate | Himself | Movie | 2013 |
| Picasso Baby | Self | Movie | 2013 | |
 | VICE | Self - Correspondent | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Snitch | Malik | Movie | 2013 |
 | LUV | Detective Holloway | Movie | 2013 |
 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33 | Sgt. James | Movie | 2012 |
 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 | Sgt. James | Movie | 2012 |
 | You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You | Ad | Movie | 2012 |
 | Snow on tha Bluff | Executive Producer | Movie | 2012 |
| The Wire: The Musical | Omar Little | Movie | 2012 | |
 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Cookout 2 | Cable Guy Mike | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Sonnyboy | Movie | 2011 |
 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Clarence Warrenton | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Boardwalk Empire | Albert 'Chalky' White | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Life During Wartime | Allen | Movie | 2010 |
 | Brooklyn's Finest | Red | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Road | The Thief | Movie | 2009 |
 | Community | Professor Marshall Kane | TV Series | 2009 |
 | A Day in the Life | Killer Mike | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Philanthropist | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Tell-Tale | Acherton | Movie | 2009 |
 | Wonderful World | Ibu | Movie | 2009 |
 | Miracle at St. Anna | Tucker | Movie | 2008 |
 | Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club | Tone | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Incredible Hulk | Harlem Bystander | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Wire Odyssey | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 | James | Movie | 2007 |
 | Gone Baby Gone | Devin | Movie | 2007 |
 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 | Sgt. James | Movie | 2007 |
 | I Think I Love My Wife | Teddy | Movie | 2007 |
 | Six Degrees | Michael | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Killa Season | Mike | Movie | 2006 |
 | Mercenary for Justice | Samuel Kay | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Bondage | Willie | Movie | 2006 |
 | Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 | James | Movie | 2005 |
 | Trapped in the Closet | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Lackawanna Blues | Jimmy | Movie | 2005 |
 | Doing Hard Time | Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit | Movie | 2004 |
 | Boston Legal | Randall Kirk | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Barbershops Uncut: East Coast | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Wire | Omar Little | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Alias | Roberts | TV Series | 2001 |
 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ronnie | TV Series | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Laurent / Paul | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Broke Even | Kenny | Movie | 2000 |
 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | (segment "Secret") | Movie | 1999 |
 | Bringing Out the Dead | Drug Dealer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Third Watch | Cop One | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Double-D Gamble | TV Series | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | John Victor Bodine | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Sopranos | Ray Ray | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Substitute 2: School's Out | Gang Member #2 (uncredited) | Movie | 1998 |
| MugShot | Rumor | Movie | 1996 | |
 | Bullet | High Top | Movie | 1996 |
 | Law & Order | Charles Cole | TV Series | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Delmore Walton | TV Series | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Marcus Cole | TV Series | 1990 |