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.
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Movies (37)
Fame and Fentanyl
as Self (archive footage)
2025
The Brown Dog
as Nobody
2024
Surrounded
as Will Clay
2023
Breaking
as Eli Bernard
2022
Body Brokers
as Wood
2021
Lines
2021
Critical Thinking
as Mr. Roundtree
2020
Arkansas
as Almond
2020
Beastie Boys Story
as Self
2020
Motherless Brooklyn
as Trumpet Man
2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Kabede Bimro
2019
Rematch
as Failure
2019
The Public
as Jackson
2019
SuperFly
as Scatter
2018
Shelter
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Assassin's Creed
as Moussa
2016
When the Bough Breaks
as Roland White
2016
The Land
as Pops
2016
Ghostbusters
as Agent Hawkins
2016
Triple 9
as Sweet Pea
2016
Anesthesia
as Jeffrey
2016
Captive
as Detective John Chestnut
2015
Bessie
as Jack Gee
2015
The Gambler
as Neville Baraka
2014
Inherent Vice
as Tariq Khalil
2014
Rand University
as Narrator
2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
2014
Kill the Messenger
as Ricky Ross
2014
Time Out of Mind
as Mike
2014
The Purge: Anarchy
as Carmelo
2014
Bro
Executive Producer (Production)
2014
RoboCop
as Jack Lewis
2014
That Awkward Moment
as Omar Little
2014
The Devil Goes Down
as The Devil
2013
12 Years a Slave
as Robert
2013
They Die by Dawn
as Nat Love
2013
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
as Himself
2013
TV Shows (13)
Dark Side of the 90's
as Self
2021
Lovecraft Country
as Montrose Freeman
2020
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
When They See Us
as Bobby McCray
2019
La route de la soif
as Self
2018
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
When We Rise
as Ken Jones
2017
Black Market: Dispatches
as Himself - Host
2016
The Night Of
as Freddy Knight
2016
Black Market
as Self - Host
2016
Hap and Leonard
as Leonard Pine
2016
The Spoils Before Dying
as Rock Banyon
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler
2014