
Michael Kenneth Williams
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
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Filmography
Acting (103)
Movies (70)
Fame and Fentanyl
2025as Self (archive footage)
The Brown Dog
2024as Nobody
Surrounded
2023as Will Clay
Breaking
2022as Eli Bernard
Body Brokers
2021as Wood
Lines
2021
Beastie Boys Story
2020as Self
Arkansas
2020as Almond
Critical Thinking
2020as Mr. Roundtree
Motherless Brooklyn
2019as Trumpet Man
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019as Kabede Bimro
The Public
2019as Jackson
Rematch
2019as Failure
SuperFly
2018as Scatter
Ghostbusters
2016as Agent Hawkins
Assassin's Creed
2016as Moussa
Triple 9
2016as Sweet Pea
When the Bough Breaks
2016as Roland White
Anesthesia
2016as Jeffrey
The Land
2016as Pops
Bessie
2015as Jack Gee
Time Out of Mind
2015as Mike
Captive
2015as Detective John Chestnut
The Purge: Anarchy
2014as Carmelo
RoboCop
2014as Jack Lewis
Inherent Vice
2014as Tariq Khalil
The Gambler
2014as Neville Baraka
That Awkward Moment
2014as Omar Little
Kill the Messenger
2014as Ricky Ross
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014as Self
Rand University
2014as Narrator
Snitch
2013as Malik
12 Years a Slave
2013as Robert
LUV
2013as Detective Holloway
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
2013as Himself
The Devil Goes Down
2013as The Devil
Picasso Baby
2013as Self
They Die by Dawn
2013as Nat Love
The Wire: The Musical
2012as Omar Little
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012as Ad
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012as Sgt. James
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011as Sonnyboy
The Cookout 2
2011as Cable Guy Mike
Brooklyn's Finest
2010as Red
Life During Wartime
2010as Allen
The Road
2009as The Thief
Wonderful World
2009as Ibu
A Day in the Life
2009as Killer Mike
Tell-Tale
2009as Acherton
The Incredible Hulk
2008as Harlem Bystander
Miracle at St. Anna
2008as Tucker
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008as Tone
Gone Baby Gone
2007as Devin
I Think I Love My Wife
2007as Teddy
The Wire: The Last Word
2007as Self
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007as James
The Wire Odyssey
2007as Self
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007as Sgt. James
The Bondage
2006as Willie
Mercenary for Justice
2006as Samuel Kay
Killa Season
2006as Mike
Lackawanna Blues
2005as Jimmy
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005as James
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
2004as Self
Doing Hard Time
2004as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
Broke Even
2000as Kenny
Bringing Out the Dead
1999as Drug Dealer
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999as (segment "Secret")
Bullet
1996as High Top
MugShot
1996as Rumor
Television (33)
Dark Side of the 90's
2021as Self
Lovecraft Country
2020as Montrose Freeman
Tamron Hall
2019as Self - Guest
When They See Us
2019as Bobby McCray
La route de la soif
2018as Self
When We Rise
2017as Ken Jones
Drop the Mic
2017as Self
The Night Of
2016as Freddy
The Night Of
2016as Freddy Knight
Hap and Leonard
2016as Leonard Pine
Black Market: Dispatches
2016as Himself - Host
Black Market
2016as Self - Host
The Spoils Before Dying
2015as Rock Banyon
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014as Richard Sackler
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013as Satan
VICE
2013as Self - Correspondent
Finding Your Roots
2012as Self
Boardwalk Empire
2010as Albert 'Chalky' White
Detroit 1-8-7
2010as Clarence Warrenton
Community
2009as Professor Marshall Kane
The Philanthropist
2009
Six Degrees
2006as Michael
Trapped in the Closet
2005
Boston Legal
2004as Randall Kirk
The Wire
2002as Omar Little
The Wire
2002as Omar Little
Alias
2001as Roberts
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Ronnie
Wonderland
2000as Washington
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Double-D Gamble
The Sopranos
1999as Ray Ray
Third Watch
1999as Cop One
Law & Order
1990as Delmore Walton
Crew (4)
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