Acting credits
94
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 68Series: 29Crew 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 - 2024
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Kenneth Williams.
The Brown Dog
as Nobody
2024 Movie
6.1
Surrounded
as Will Clay
2023 Movie
6.5
Breaking
as Eli Bernard
2022 Movie
6.1
Body Brokers
as Wood
2021 Movie
2.0
Lines
2021 Movie
6.6
Critical Thinking
as Mr. Roundtree
2020 Movie
5.8
Arkansas
as Almond
2020 Movie
7.5
Beastie Boys Story
as Self
2020 Movie
6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
as Trumpet Man
2019 Movie
6.8
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Kabede Bimro
2019 Movie
1.0
Rematch
as Failure
2019 Movie
6.5
The Public
as Jackson
2019 Movie
6.7
SuperFly
as Scatter
2018 Movie
4.5
Shelter
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
5.4
Assassin's Creed
as Moussa
2016 Movie
5.8
When the Bough Breaks
as Roland White
2016 Movie
6.0
The Land
as Pops
2016 Movie
5.3
Ghostbusters
as Agent Hawkins
2016 Movie
6.0
Triple 9
as Sweet Pea
2016 Movie
5.8
Anesthesia
as Jeffrey
2016 Movie
5.7
Captive
as Detective John Chestnut
2015 Movie
5.6
Time Out of Mind
as Mike
2015 Movie
6.3
Bessie
as Jack Gee
2015 Movie
6.0
The Gambler
as Neville Baraka
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Kenneth Williams.
7.1
Dark Side of the 90's
as Self • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Lovecraft Country
as Montrose Freeman • 10 eps
2020 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.2
When They See Us
as Bobby McCray • 4 eps
2019 Series
9.0
La route de la soif
as Self • 2 eps
2018 Series
6.5
Drop the Mic
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.2
When We Rise
as Ken Jones • 4 eps
2017 Series
Black Market: Dispatches
as Himself - Host • 10 eps
2016 Series
8.0
The Night Of
as Freddy Knight • 6 eps
2016 Series
6.1
Black Market
as Self - Host • 12 eps
2016 Series
6.9
Hap and Leonard
as Leonard Pine • 18 eps
2016 Series
6.0
The Spoils Before Dying
as Rock Banyon • 6 eps
2015 Series
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.7
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
as Satan • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.0
VICE
as Self - Correspondent • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.5
Detroit 1-8-7
as Clarence Warrenton • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Boardwalk Empire
as Albert 'Chalky' White • 56 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Community
as Professor Marshall Kane • 3 eps
2009 Series
7.1
The Philanthropist
8 eps
2009 Series
5.8
Six Degrees
as Michael • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Randall Kirk • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.6
The Wire
as Omar Little • 50 eps
2002 Series
6.8
Alias
as Roberts • 3 eps
2001 Series