Michael Kenneth Williams

ActorProducer Nov 22 (died age 54) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1990–2025 (35 year career)

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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

Film

12 Years a Slave

Robert

Film

The Wire

Omar Little

Film

Gone Baby Gone

Devin

Film

The Incredible Hulk

Harlem Bystander

Film

The Road

The Thief

Film

The Purge: Anarchy

Carmelo

Film

The Night Of

Freddy

Film

Boardwalk Empire

Albert 'Chalky' White

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (70)

Fame and Fentanyl

2025

as Self (archive footage)

The Brown Dog

2024

as Nobody

Surrounded

as Will Clay

Breaking

as Eli Bernard

Body Brokers

as Wood

Lines

Beastie Boys Story

as Self

Arkansas

as Almond

Critical Thinking

as Mr. Roundtree

Motherless Brooklyn

as Trumpet Man

The Red Sea Diving Resort

as Kabede Bimro

The Public

as Jackson

Rematch

as Failure

SuperFly

as Scatter

Ghostbusters

as Agent Hawkins

Assassin's Creed

as Moussa

Triple 9

as Sweet Pea

When the Bough Breaks

as Roland White

Anesthesia

as Jeffrey

The Land

as Pops

Bessie

as Jack Gee

Time Out of Mind

as Mike

Captive

as Detective John Chestnut

The Purge: Anarchy

as Carmelo

RoboCop

as Jack Lewis

Inherent Vice

as Tariq Khalil

The Gambler

as Neville Baraka

That Awkward Moment

as Omar Little

Kill the Messenger

as Ricky Ross

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

Rand University

as Narrator

Snitch

as Malik

12 Years a Slave

as Robert

LUV

as Detective Holloway

5.8

Jim Norton: American Degenerate

2013

as Himself

6.1

The Devil Goes Down

2013

as The Devil

Picasso Baby

as Self

They Die by Dawn

as Nat Love

The Wire: The Musical

2012

as Omar Little

5.0

You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You

2012

as Ad

4.6

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33

2012

as Sgt. James

5.9

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

as Sonnyboy

The Cookout 2

as Cable Guy Mike

Brooklyn's Finest

as Red

Life During Wartime

as Allen

The Road

as The Thief

Wonderful World

as Ibu

A Day in the Life

as Killer Mike

Tell-Tale

as Acherton

The Incredible Hulk

as Harlem Bystander

Miracle at St. Anna

as Tucker

Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club

as Tone

Gone Baby Gone

as Devin

I Think I Love My Wife

2007

as Teddy

5.3

The Wire: The Last Word

2007

as Self

1.5

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22

as James

The Wire Odyssey

as Self

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22

as Sgt. James

The Bondage

as Willie

Mercenary for Justice

as Samuel Kay

Killa Season

as Mike

Lackawanna Blues

as Jimmy

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12

2005

as James

6.8

Barbershops Uncut: East Coast

2004

as Self

Doing Hard Time

2004

as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit

5.0

Broke Even

2000

as Kenny

2.8

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

as Drug Dealer

6.6

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

as (segment "Secret")

Bullet

as High Top

MugShot

as Rumor

Television (33)

Dark Side of the 90's

as Self

Lovecraft Country

as Montrose Freeman

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

When They See Us

as Bobby McCray

La route de la soif

as Self

When We Rise

as Ken Jones

Drop the Mic

as Self

The Night Of

as Freddy

The Night Of

as Freddy Knight

Hap and Leonard

as Leonard Pine

Black Market: Dispatches

2016

as Himself - Host

Black Market

2016

as Self - Host

6.1

The Spoils Before Dying

2015

as Rock Banyon

6.0

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

as Richard Sackler

7.8

Lucas Bros. Moving Co.

2013

as Satan

5.7

VICE

2013

as Self - Correspondent

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Boardwalk Empire

as Albert 'Chalky' White

8.0

Detroit 1-8-7

2010

as Clarence Warrenton

6.5

Community

2009

as Professor Marshall Kane

The Philanthropist

Six Degrees

as Michael

Trapped in the Closet

Boston Legal

as Randall Kirk

The Wire

as Omar Little

The Wire

as Omar Little

Alias

as Roberts

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Ronnie

Wonderland

as Washington

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Double-D Gamble

The Sopranos

as Ray Ray

Third Watch

as Cop One

Law & Order

as Delmore Walton

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Shelter

2017

Executive Producer

4.5

Bro

2014

Executive Producer

Snow on tha Bluff

2012

Executive Producer

6.2

Television (1)

Black Market

2016

Executive Producer

6.1