Acting credits
98
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 71Series: 30Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 39390
IMDb ID: nm0931324
Known for: Acting
Born: November 22, 1966
Died: September 6, 2021
Age: 54
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q921518
Also known as
Michael K. Williams • 마이클 K. 윌리엄스 • مایکل کنت ویلیامز • Майкл К. Уильямс
Other jobs
Executive Producer (4)
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Kenneth Williams.
Fame and Fentanyl
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
The Brown Dog
as Nobody
2024 Movie
Surrounded
as Will Clay
2023 Movie
Breaking
as Eli Bernard
2022 Movie
Body Brokers
as Wood
2021 Movie
Lines
2021 Movie
Critical Thinking
as Mr. Roundtree
2020 Movie
Arkansas
as Almond
2020 Movie
Beastie Boys Story
as Self
2020 Movie
Motherless Brooklyn
as Trumpet Man
2019 Movie
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Kabede Bimro
2019 Movie
Rematch
as Failure
2019 Movie
The Public
as Jackson
2019 Movie
SuperFly
as Scatter
2018 Movie
Shelter
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Assassin's Creed
as Moussa
2016 Movie
When the Bough Breaks
as Roland White
2016 Movie
The Land
as Pops
2016 Movie
Ghostbusters
as Agent Hawkins
2016 Movie
Triple 9
as Sweet Pea
2016 Movie
Anesthesia
as Jeffrey
2016 Movie
Captive
as Detective John Chestnut
2015 Movie
Time Out of Mind
as Mike
2015 Movie
Bessie
as Jack Gee
2015 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Kenneth Williams.
Dark Side of the 90's
as Self • 10 eps
2021 Series
Lovecraft Country
as Montrose Freeman • 10 eps
2020 Series
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
When They See Us
as Bobby McCray • 4 eps
2019 Series
La route de la soif
as Self • 2 eps
2018 Series
Drop the Mic
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
When We Rise
as Ken Jones • 4 eps
2017 Series
Black Market: Dispatches
as Himself - Host • 10 eps
2016 Series
The Night Of
as Freddy Knight • 6 eps
2016 Series
Black Market
as Self - Host • 12 eps
2016 Series
Hap and Leonard
as Leonard Pine • 18 eps
2016 Series
The Spoils Before Dying
as Rock Banyon • 6 eps
2015 Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler • 1 eps
2014 Series
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
as Satan • 1 eps
2013 Series
VICE
as Self - Correspondent • 1 eps
2013 Series
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
Detroit 1-8-7
as Clarence Warrenton • 1 eps
2010 Series
Boardwalk Empire
as Albert 'Chalky' White • 56 eps
2010 Series
Community
as Professor Marshall Kane • 3 eps
2009 Series
The Philanthropist
8 eps
2009 Series
Six Degrees
as Michael • 1 eps
2006 Series
Trapped in the Closet
33 eps
2005 Series
Boston Legal
as Randall Kirk • 1 eps
2004 Series
The Wire
as Omar Little • 50 eps
2002 Series