Personal Info
Birthday
November 22, 1966
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (98)
0.0
The Brown Dog
Movie2024
6.2
Surrounded
Movie2023
6.5
Breaking
Movie2022
7.1
Dark Side of the 90's
TV Series2021
6.2
Body Brokers
Movie2021
2.0
Lines
Movie2021
6.5
Critical Thinking
Movie2020
7.1
Lovecraft Country
TV Series2020
5.8
Arkansas
Movie2020
7.5
Beastie Boys Story
Movie2020
6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
Movie2019
4.7
Tamron Hall
TV Series2019
6.8
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Movie2019
8.2
When They See Us
TV Series2019
No Backdrop
1.0
Rematch
Movie2019
6.5
The Public
Movie2019
6.7
SuperFly
Movie2018
9.0
La route de la soif
TV Series2018
6.5
Drop the Mic
TV Series2017
6.2
When We Rise
TV Series2017
5.4
Assassin's Creed
Movie2016
5.8
When the Bough Breaks
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Black Market: Dispatches
TV Series2016
No Backdrop
6.0
The Land
Movie2016
5.3
Ghostbusters
Movie2016
8.0
The Night Of
TV Series2016
6.1
Black Market
TV Series2016
6.9
Hap and Leonard
TV Series2016
6.0
Triple 9
Movie2016
5.7
Anesthesia
Movie2016
5.6
Captive
Movie2015
5.5
Time Out of Mind
Movie2015
6.0
The Spoils Before Dying
TV Series2015
6.4
Bessie
Movie2015
6.0
The Gambler
Movie2014
6.5
Inherent Vice
Movie2014
7.2
Rand University
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Movie2014
6.6
Kill the Messenger
Movie2014
6.6
The Purge: Anarchy
Movie2014
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV Series2014
5.9
RoboCop
Movie2014
6.1
That Awkward Moment
Movie2014
No Backdrop
6.0
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
TV Series2013
No Backdrop
0.0
The Devil Goes Down
Movie2013
7.9
12 Years a Slave
Movie2013
2.7
They Die by Dawn
Movie2013
6.1
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
Movie2013
7.0
VICE
TV Series2013
6.1
Snitch
Movie2013
5.8
LUV
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33
Movie2012
6.1
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
Movie2012
No Backdrop
4.0
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
Movie2012
6.5
Finding Your Roots
TV Series2012
3.8
The Cookout 2
Movie2011
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie2011
6.5
Detroit 1-8-7
TV Series2010
8.0
Boardwalk Empire
TV Series2010
5.9
Life During Wartime
Movie2010
6.3
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie2010
7.0
The Road
Movie2009
8.0
Community
TV Series2009
5.8
A Day in the Life
Movie2009
7.1
The Philanthropist
TV Series2009
5.3
Tell-Tale
Movie2009
5.2
Wonderful World
Movie2009
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie2008
5.2
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Movie2008
6.2
The Incredible Hulk
Movie2008
No Backdrop
1.5
The Wire: The Last Word
Movie2007
6.6
The Wire Odyssey
Movie2007
8.0
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
Movie2007
7.3
Gone Baby Gone
Movie2007
6.4
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Movie2007
5.3
I Think I Love My Wife
Movie2007
5.8
Six Degrees
TV Series2006
4.6
Killa Season
Movie2006
4.4
Mercenary for Justice
Movie2006
No Backdrop
9.3
The Bondage
Movie2006
6.8
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
Movie2005
0.0
Trapped in the Closet
TV Series2005
5.9
Lackawanna Blues
Movie2005
5.0
Doing Hard Time
Movie2004
7.9
Boston Legal
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
Movie2004
8.6
The Wire
TV Series2002
6.8
Alias
TV Series2001
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV Series2000
4.1
Broke Even
Movie2000
7.7
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Movie1999
6.6
Bringing Out the Dead
Movie1999
7.9
Third Watch
TV Series1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
8.7
The Sopranos
TV Series1999
6.4
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Movie1998
6.2
Bullet
Movie1996
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990