Michael Kenneth Williams
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — Nov 22 1966• Died Sep 06 2021
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.
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Michael Kenneth Williams's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Double-D Gamble
Law & Order
Charles Cole
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ronnie
Community
Professor Marshall Kane
The Sopranos
Ray Ray
The Wire
Omar Little
Boston Legal
Randall Kirk
Third Watch
Cop One
Boardwalk Empire
Albert 'Chalky' White
Finding Your Roots
Self
The Incredible Hulk
Harlem Bystander
The Night Of
Freddy Knight
When They See Us
Bobby McCray
Lovecraft Country
Montrose Freeman
Drop the Mic
Self
Alias
Roberts
Six Degrees
Michael
Ghostbusters
Agent Hawkins
RoboCop
Jack Lewis
12 Years a Slave
Robert
Inherent Vice
Tariq Khalil
The Road
The Thief
The Purge: Anarchy
Carmelo
Hap and Leonard
Leonard Pine
When We Rise
Ken Jones
Detroit 1-8-7
Clarence Warrenton
The Philanthropist
The Spoils Before Dying
Rock Banyon
The Gambler
Neville Baraka
Arkansas
Almond
Assassin's Creed
Moussa
Snitch
Malik
Brooklyn's Finest
Red
Gone Baby Gone
Devin
SuperFly
Scatter
Bringing Out the Dead
Drug Dealer
Kill the Messenger
Ricky Ross
Bullet
High Top
Motherless Brooklyn
Trumpet Man
Breaking
Eli Bernard
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Kabede Bimro
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
Satan
Triple 9
Sweet Pea
That Awkward Moment
Omar Little
When the Bough Breaks
Roland White
Surrounded
Will Clay
Anesthesia
Jeffrey
Body Brokers
Wood
Bessie
Jack Gee
Lackawanna Blues
Jimmy
Dark Side of the 90's
Self
Beastie Boys Story
Self
Tell-Tale
Acherton
Miracle at St. Anna
Tucker
Mercenary for Justice
Samuel Kay
I Think I Love My Wife
Teddy
LUV
Detective Holloway
Time Out of Mind
Mike
Black Market: Dispatches
Himself - Host
Captive
Detective John Chestnut
The Land
Pops
The Public
Jackson
The Bondage
Willie
Wonderful World
Ibu
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
Black Market
Self - Host
They Die by Dawn
Nat Love
Critical Thinking
Mr. Roundtree
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Sonnyboy
The Brown Dog
Nobody
Doing Hard Time
Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
Life During Wartime
Allen
A Day in the Life
Killer Mike
The Cookout 2
Cable Guy Mike
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
(segment "Secret")
The Wire Odyssey
Self
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Tone
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
James
La route de la soif
Self
Fame and Fentanyl
Self (archive footage)
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
Ad
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
James
Killa Season
Mike
Lines
Picasso Baby
Self
MugShot
Rumor
Rematch
Failure
Trapped in the Closet
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Sgt. James
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
Self
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
Sgt. James
Snow on tha Bluff
Production
Shelter
Production
The Wire: The Musical
Omar Little
Broke Even
Kenny
Bro
Production
Rand University
Narrator
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
Himself
The Devil Goes Down
The Devil