Michael Kenneth Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 22 November 1966 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 6 September 2021
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
Acting 75
- 2025Fame and Fentanyl as Self (archive footage)
- 2024The Brown Dog as Nobody
- 2023Surrounded as Will Clay
- 2022Breaking as Eli Bernard
- 2021Body Brokers as Wood
- 2021Lines
- 2020Critical Thinking as Mr. Roundtree
- 2020Arkansas as Almond
- 2020Beastie Boys Story as Self
- 2019Motherless Brooklyn as Trumpet Man
- 2019The Red Sea Diving Resort as Kabede Bimro
- 2019Rematch as Failure
- 2019The Public as Jackson
- 2018SuperFly as Scatter
- 2016Assassin's Creed as Moussa
- 2016When the Bough Breaks as Roland White
- 2016The Land as Pops
- 2016Ghostbusters as Agent Hawkins
- 2016Triple 9 as Sweet Pea
- 2016Anesthesia as Jeffrey
- 2015Captive as Detective John Chestnut
- 2015Time Out of Mind as Mike
- 2015Bessie as Jack Gee
- 2014The Gambler as Neville Baraka
- 2014Inherent Vice as Tariq Khalil
- 2014Rand University as Narrator
- 2014The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
- 2014Kill the Messenger as Ricky Ross
- 2014The Purge: Anarchy as Carmelo
- 2014RoboCop as Jack Lewis
- 2014That Awkward Moment as Omar Little
- 2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler · 1 episode
- 2013The Devil Goes Down as The Devil
- 201312 Years a Slave as Robert
- 2013They Die by Dawn as Nat Love
- 2013Jim Norton: American Degenerate as Himself
- 2013Picasso Baby as Self
- 2013Snitch as Malik
- 2013LUV as Detective Holloway
- 2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33 as Sgt. James
- 2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 as Sgt. James
- 2012You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You as Ad
- 2012The Wire: The Musical as Omar Little
- 2011The Cookout 2 as Cable Guy Mike
- 2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Sonnyboy
- 2010Life During Wartime as Allen
- 2010Brooklyn's Finest as Red
- 2009The Road as The Thief
- 2009A Day in the Life as Killer Mike
- 2009Tell-Tale as Acherton
- 2009Wonderful World as Ibu
- 2008Miracle at St. Anna as Tucker
- 2008Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club as Tone
- 2008The Incredible Hulk as Harlem Bystander
- 2007The Wire: The Last Word as Self
- 2007The Wire Odyssey as Self
- 2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 as James
- 2007Gone Baby Gone as Devin
- 2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 as Sgt. James
- 2007I Think I Love My Wife as Teddy
- 2006Killa Season as Mike
- 2006Mercenary for Justice as Samuel Kay
- 2006The Bondage as Willie
- 2005Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 as James
- 2005Lackawanna Blues as Jimmy
- 2004Doing Hard Time as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
- 2004Barbershops Uncut: East Coast as Self
- 2000Broke Even as Kenny
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Laurent / Paul · 2 episodes
- 1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as (segment "Secret")
- 1999Bringing Out the Dead as Drug Dealer
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as John Victor Bodine · 1 episode
- 1998The Substitute 2: School's Out as Gang Member #2 (uncredited)
- 1996MugShot as Rumor
- 1996Bullet as High Top
Production 3
- 2017Shelter · executive producer
- 2014Bro · executive producer
- 2012Snow on tha Bluff · executive producer