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.

Career Overview

Michael Kenneth Williams has 91 screen credits in a career dating back to 1990. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently Ghostbusters with 1 titles. Signature works include The Wire, Lovecraft Country, The Purge: Anarchy. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

91

Birth Date

1966-11-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  The Wire
• 

  Lovecraft Country
• 

  The Purge: Anarchy
• 

  The Night Of
• 

  The Road
• 

  RoboCop

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• Ghostbusters (1 titles)
• The Purge Collection (1 titles)
• RoboCop (1 titles)
• Happiness Collection (1 titles)
• Belly Collection (1 titles)
• MCU (1 titles)
• The Substitute (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Dominic West (1 collaborations)
• Lance Reddick (1 collaborations)
• Sonja Sohn (1 collaborations)
• Wendell Pierce (1 collaborations)
• Deirdre Lovejoy (1 collaborations)
• Andre Royo (1 collaborations)
• John Doman (1 collaborations)
• Clarke Peters (1 collaborations)
• Jamie Hector (1 collaborations)
• Aidan Gillen (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (88 credits)

  • Fame and Fentanyl

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Brown Dog

    Nobody

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Surrounded

    Will Clay

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Breaking

    Eli Bernard

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Body Brokers

    Wood

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Lines

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Critical Thinking

    Mr. Roundtree

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Lovecraft Country

    Montrose Freeman

    actor

    actors

    - Full Circle (2020) ... Montrose Freeman actor actors

    - Rewind 1921 (2020) ... Montrose Freeman actor actors

    - Jig-a-Bobo (2020) ... Montrose Freeman actor actors

    - I Am. (2020) ... Montrose Freeman actor actors

    - Meet Me in Daegu (2020) ... Montrose Freeman actor actors
    2020
  • Arkansas

    Almond

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Beastie Boys Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Motherless Brooklyn

    Trumpet Man

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Red Sea Diving Resort

    Kabede Bimro

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • When They See Us

    Bobby McCray

    actor

    actors

    - Part Four (2019) ... Bobby McCray actor actors

    - Part Three (2019) ... Bobby McCray actor actors

    - Part Two (2019) ... Bobby McCray actor actors

    - Part One (2019) ... Bobby McCray actor actors
    2019
  • Rematch

    Failure

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Public

    Jackson

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Tamron Hall

    - Quieting Your Inner Critic (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2019
  • SuperFly

    Scatter

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Assassin's Creed

    Moussa

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • When the Bough Breaks

    Roland White

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • The Land

    Pops

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Ghostbusters

    Agent Hawkins

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • The Night Of

    Freddy

    actor

    actors

    - Part 8: The Call of the Wild (2016) ... Freddy Knight actor actors

    - Part 7: Ordinary Death (2016) ... Freddy Knight actor actors

    - Part 6: Samson and Delilah (2016) ... Freddy Knight actor actors

    - Part 5: The Season of the Witch (2016) ... Freddy Knight actor actors

    - Part 4: The Art of War (2016) ... Freddy Knight actor actors
    2016
  • Triple 9

    Sweet Pea

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Anesthesia

    Jeffrey

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Captive

    Detective John Chestnut

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Time Out of Mind

    Mike

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Bessie

    Jack Gee

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Gambler

    Neville Baraka

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Inherent Vice

    Tariq Khalil

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Rand University

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Kill the Messenger

    Ricky Ross

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Purge: Anarchy

    Carmelo

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • RoboCop

    Jack Lewis

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • That Awkward Moment

    Omar Little

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    - Opioids II (2019) ... Richard Sackler actor actors
    2014
  • The Devil Goes Down

    The Devil

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • 12 Years a Slave

    Robert

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • They Die by Dawn

    Nat Love

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Jim Norton: American Degenerate

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Picasso Baby

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Snitch

    Malik

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • LUV

    Detective Holloway

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33

    Sgt. James

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33

    Sgt. James

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You

    Ad

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Wire: The Musical

    Omar Little

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Finding Your Roots

    - Mystery Men (2019) ... Self actor actors
    2012
  • The Cookout 2

    Cable Guy Mike

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    Sonnyboy

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Boardwalk Empire

    Albert 'Chalky' White

    actor

    actors

    - Eldorado (2014) ... Albert 'Chalky' White actor actors

    - Friendless Child (2014) ... Albert 'Chalky' White actor actors

    - Devil You Know (2014) ... Albert 'Chalky' White actor actors

    - King of Norway (2014) ... Albert 'Chalky' White actor actors

    - Cuanto (2014) ... Albert 'Chalky' White actor actors
    2010
  • Life During Wartime

    Allen

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Brooklyn's Finest

    Red

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Road

    The Thief

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • A Day in the Life

    Killer Mike

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Tell-Tale

    Acherton

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Wonderful World

    Ibu

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Community

    - Basic Lupine Urology (2012) ... Professor Marshall Kane actor actors

    - Competitive Ecology (2011) ... Professor Marshall Kane actor actors

    - Biology 101 (2011) ... Professor Marshall Kane actor actors
    2009
  • Miracle at St. Anna

    Tucker

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club

    Tone

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Incredible Hulk

    Harlem Bystander

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Wire: The Last Word

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Wire Odyssey

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22

    James

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Gone Baby Gone

    Devin

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22

    Sgt. James

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • I Think I Love My Wife

    Teddy

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Killa Season

    Mike

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Mercenary for Justice

    Samuel Kay

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Bondage

    Willie

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12

    James

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Lackawanna Blues

    Jimmy

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Doing Hard Time

    Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Barbershops Uncut: East Coast

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Boston Legal

    - Gone (2005) ... Randall Kirk actor actors
    2004
  • The Wire

    Omar Little

    actor

    actors

    - -30- (2008) ... Omar Little actor actors

    - Late Editions (2008) ... Omar Little actor actors

    - Clarifications (2008) ... Omar Little actor actors

    - Took (2008) ... Omar Little actor actors

    - The Dickensian Aspect (2008) ... Omar Little actor actors
    2002
  • Alias

    - Another Mister Sloane (2005) ... Roberts actor actors

    - Pandora (2005) ... Roberts actor actors

    - Nightingale (2005) ... Roberts actor actors
    2001
  • Broke Even

    Kenny

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    - World's End (2010) ... Laurent / Paul actor actors

    - Hollywood Brass (2005) ... Ronnie actor actors
    2000
  • Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

    (segment "Secret")

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Bringing Out the Dead

    Drug Dealer

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    - Underbelly (2006) ... John Victor Bodine actor actors

    - Escape (2003) ... Double-D Gamble actor actors
    1999
  • Third Watch

    - Superheroes (2) (2002) ... Cop One actor actors
    1999
  • The Sopranos

    - Army of One (2001) ... Ray Ray actor actors
    1999
  • The Substitute 2: School's Out

    Gang Member #2 (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • MugShot

    Rumor

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Bullet

    High Top

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Law & Order

    - Great Satan (2009) ... Charles Cole actor actors

    - A Losing Season (2001) ... Marcus Cole actor actors

    - Shadow (1997) ... Delmore Walton actor actors
    1990

• production (3 credits)

  • Shelter

    executive producer

    production
    2017
  • Bro

    executive producer

    production
    2014
  • Snow on tha Bluff

    executive producer

    production
    2012