Michael Kenneth Williams
ActingBorn
November 22, 1966
Died
September 6, 2021
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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, W…
Known For
Filmography
Fame and Fentanyl
2025
The Brown Dog
2024
Surrounded
2023
Breaking
2022
Body Brokers
2021
Lines
2021
Critical Thinking
2020
Arkansas
2020
Beastie Boys Story
2020
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
Rematch
2019
The Public
2019
SuperFly
2018
Assassin's Creed
2016
When the Bough Breaks
2016
The Land
2016
Ghostbusters
2016
Triple 9
2016
Anesthesia
2016
Captive
2015
Time Out of Mind
2015
Bessie
2015
The Gambler
2014
Inherent Vice
2014
Rand University
2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
Kill the Messenger
2014
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
RoboCop
2014
That Awkward Moment
2014
The Devil Goes Down
2013
12 Years a Slave
2013
They Die by Dawn
2013
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
2013
Picasso Baby
2013
Snitch
2013
LUV
2013
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33
2012
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012
The Wire: The Musical
2012
The Cookout 2
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
Life During Wartime
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
The Road
2009
A Day in the Life
2009
Tell-Tale
2009
Wonderful World
2009
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008
The Incredible Hulk
2008
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
The Wire Odyssey
2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007
Gone Baby Gone
2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Killa Season
2006
Mercenary for Justice
2006
The Bondage
2006
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005
Lackawanna Blues
2005
Doing Hard Time
2004
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
2004
Broke Even
2000
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
The Substitute 2: School's Out
1998
MugShot
1996
Bullet
1996
Dark Side of the 90's
2021
Lovecraft Country
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
When They See Us
2019
La route de la soif
2018
Drop the Mic
2017
When We Rise
2017
Black Market: Dispatches
2016
The Night Of
2016
Black Market
2016
Hap and Leonard
2016
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013
VICE
2013
Finding Your Roots
2012
Detroit 1-8-7
2010
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Community
2009
The Philanthropist
2009
Six Degrees
2006
Trapped in the Closet
2005
Boston Legal
2004
The Wire
2002
Alias
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Third Watch
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Sopranos
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990