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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 22, 1966
Died
September 6, 2021
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Michael K. Williams
- 마이클 K. 윌리엄스
- مایکل کنت ویلیامز
- Майкл К. Уильямс
Michael Kenneth Williams
1.4 Popularity
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
Credits
🎬
Fame and Fentanyl
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
The Brown Dog
as Nobody
2024
0.0
Surrounded
as Will Clay
2023
6.2
Breaking
as Eli Bernard
2022
6.5
Dark Side of the 90's
as Self
2021
7.1
Body Brokers
as Wood
2021
6.1
Lines
2021
2.0
Critical Thinking
as Mr. Roundtree
2020
6.6
Lovecraft Country
as Montrose Freeman
2020
7.1
Arkansas
as Almond
2020
5.8
Beastie Boys Story
as Self
2020
7.5
Motherless Brooklyn
as Trumpet Man
2019
6.7
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Kabede Bimro
2019
6.8
When They See Us
as Bobby McCray
2019
8.2
Rematch
as Failure
2019
1.0
The Public
as Jackson
2019
6.5
SuperFly
as Scatter
2018
6.7
La route de la soif
as Self
2018
9.0
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
When We Rise
as Ken Jones
2017
6.2
Assassin's Creed
as Moussa
2016
5.4
When the Bough Breaks
as Roland White
2016
5.8
Black Market: Dispatches
as Himself - Host
2016
0.0
The Land
as Pops
2016
6.0
Ghostbusters
as Agent Hawkins
2016
5.4
The Night Of
as Freddy Knight
2016
8.0
The Night Of
as Freddy
2016
8.0
Black Market
as Self - Host
2016
6.1
Hap and Leonard
as Leonard Pine
2016
6.9
Triple 9
as Sweet Pea
2016
6.0
Anesthesia
as Jeffrey
2016
5.7
Captive
as Detective John Chestnut
2015
5.7
The Spoils Before Dying
as Rock Banyon
2015
6.0
Bessie
as Jack Gee
2015
6.3
The Gambler
as Neville Baraka
2014
6.0
Inherent Vice
as Tariq Khalil
2014
6.5
Rand University
as Narrator
2014
7.2
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
2014
0.0
Kill the Messenger
as Ricky Ross
2014
6.6
Time Out of Mind
as Mike
2014
5.6
The Purge: Anarchy
as Carmelo
2014
6.6
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler
2014
7.8
RoboCop
as Jack Lewis
2014
5.9
That Awkward Moment
as Omar Little
2014
6.1
🎬
The Devil Goes Down
as The Devil
2013
0.0
12 Years a Slave
as Robert
2013
7.9
They Die by Dawn
as Nat Love
2013
2.7
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
as Himself
2013
6.1
🎬
Picasso Baby
as Self
2013
9.0
VICE
as Self - Correspondent
2013
7.0
Snitch
as Malik
2013
6.1
LUV
as Detective Holloway
2013
5.8
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
as Sgt. James
2012
5.9
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
as Ad
2012
4.6
🎬
The Wire: The Musical
as Omar Little
2012
5.0
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.6
The Cookout 2
as Cable Guy Mike
2011
3.8
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Sonnyboy
2011
5.5
Detroit 1-8-7
as Clarence Warrenton
2010
6.5
Boardwalk Empire
as Albert 'Chalky' White
2010
8.0
Life During Wartime
as Allen
2010
5.9
Brooklyn's Finest
as Red
2010
6.3
The Road
as The Thief
2009
7.0
Community
as Professor Marshall Kane
2009
8.0
A Day in the Life
as Killer Mike
2009
5.5
The Philanthropist
2009
7.1
Tell-Tale
as Acherton
2009
5.4
Wonderful World
as Ibu
2009
5.3
Miracle at St. Anna
as Tucker
2008
6.1
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
as Tone
2008
5.3
The Incredible Hulk
as Harlem Bystander
2008
6.2
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
2007
1.5
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
2007
6.6
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
as James
2007
8.0
Gone Baby Gone
as Devin
2007
7.3
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
as Sgt. James
2007
6.4
I Think I Love My Wife
as Teddy
2007
5.3
Six Degrees
as Michael
2006
5.8
Killa Season
as Mike
2006
4.6
Mercenary for Justice
as Samuel Kay
2006
4.4
The Bondage
as Willie
2006
9.0
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
as James
2005
6.8
Lackawanna Blues
as Jimmy
2005
5.7
Doing Hard Time
as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
2004
5.0
Boston Legal
as Randall Kirk
2004
7.9
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
as Self
2004
0.0
The Wire
as Omar Little
2002
8.6
Alias
as Roberts
2001
6.8
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Ronnie
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Laurent / Paul
2000
7.6
Broke Even
as Kenny
2000
2.8
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as (segment "Secret")
1999
7.5
Bringing Out the Dead
as Drug Dealer
1999
6.6
Third Watch
as Cop One
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Double-D Gamble
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as John Victor Bodine
1999
7.9
The Sopranos
as Ray Ray
1999
8.6
🎬
MugShot
as Rumor
1996
0.0
Bullet
as High Top
1996
6.2
Law & Order
as Charles Cole
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Delmore Walton
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Marcus Cole
1990
7.4