Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting • Born 1966-11-22 – Died 2021-09-06
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.
Filmography
105 credits
The Incredible Hulk
Movie • 2008
Harlem Bystander
Gone Baby Gone
Movie • 2007
Devin
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Movie • 2008
Tone
A Day in the Life
Movie • 2009
Killer Mike
The Road
Movie • 2009
The Thief
Lackawanna Blues
Movie • 2005
Jimmy
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie • 2010
Red
Doing Hard Time
Movie • 2004
Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
Tell-Tale
Movie • 2009
Acherton
Killa Season
Movie • 2006
Mike
Wonderful World
Movie • 2009
Ibu
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Movie • 2014
Self
I Think I Love My Wife
Movie • 2007
Teddy
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Movie • 1999
(segment "Secret")
Life During Wartime
Movie • 2010
Allen
12 Years a Slave
Movie • 2013
Robert
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
Movie • 2012
Ad
They Die by Dawn
Movie • 2013
Nat Love
Snitch
Movie • 2013
Malik
The Purge: Anarchy
Movie • 2014
Carmelo
The Wire: The Last Word
Movie • 2007
Self
The Wire Odyssey
Movie • 2007
Self
RoboCop
Movie • 2014
Jack Lewis
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
Movie • 2013
Himself
Beastie Boys Story
Movie • 2020
Self
Inherent Vice
Movie • 2014
Tariq Khalil
Anesthesia
Movie • 2016
Jeffrey
Kill the Messenger
Movie • 2014
Ricky Ross
The Gambler
Movie • 2014
Neville Baraka
Rand University
Movie • 2014
Narrator
The Cookout 2
Movie • 2011
Cable Guy Mike
Bessie
Movie • 2015
Jack Gee
Captive
Movie • 2015
Detective John Chestnut
Bullet
Movie • 1996
High Top
Assassin's Creed
Movie • 2016
Moussa
Ghostbusters
Movie • 2016
Agent Hawkins
Bringing Out the Dead
Movie • 1999
Drug Dealer
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
Movie • 2005
James
The Land
Movie • 2016
Pops
The Devil Goes Down
Movie • 2013
The Devil
The Wire: The Musical
Movie • 2012
Omar Little
Triple 9
Movie • 2016
Sweet Pea
When the Bough Breaks
Movie • 2016
Roland White
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
Movie • 2012
Sgt. James
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie • 2008
Tucker
The Public
Movie • 2019
Jackson
Mercenary for Justice
Movie • 2006
Samuel Kay
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Movie • 2019
Kabede Bimro
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie • 2011
Sonnyboy
Motherless Brooklyn
Movie • 2019
Trumpet Man
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
Movie • 2007
James
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Movie • 2007
Sgt. James
SuperFly
Movie • 2018
Scatter
Arkansas
Movie • 2020
Almond
Body Brokers
Movie • 2021
Wood
Rematch
Movie • 2019
Failure
Critical Thinking
Movie • 2020
Mr. Roundtree
Picasso Baby
Movie • 2013
Self
That Awkward Moment
Movie • 2014
Omar Little
LUV
Movie • 2013
Detective Holloway
Surrounded
Movie • 2023
Will Clay
Time Out of Mind
Movie • 2015
Mike
Broke Even
Movie • 2000
Kenny
Lines
Movie • 2021
Breaking
Movie • 2022
Eli Bernard
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
Movie • 2004
Self
The Brown Dog
Movie • 2024
Nobody
MugShot
Movie • 1996
Rumor
The Bondage
Movie • 2006
Willie
Fame and Fentanyl
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Wire
TV • 2002
Omar Little
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Double-D Gamble
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Ronnie
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Community
TV • 2009
Professor Marshall Kane
The Philanthropist
TV • 2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Laurent / Paul
Detroit 1-8-7
TV • 2010
Clarence Warrenton
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Randall Kirk
The Spoils Before Dying
TV • 2015
Rock Banyon
Hap and Leonard
TV • 2016
Leonard Pine
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Charles Cole
Black Market
TV • 2016
Self - Host
Black Market: Dispatches
TV • 2016
Himself - Host
When We Rise
TV • 2017
Ken Jones
Dark Side of the 90's
TV • 2021
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Delmore Walton
Drop the Mic
TV • 2017
Self
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Ray Ray
When They See Us
TV • 2019
Bobby McCray
VICE
TV • 2013
Self - Correspondent
Lovecraft Country
TV • 2020
Montrose Freeman
La route de la soif
TV • 2018
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Marcus Cole
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Richard Sackler
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
John Victor Bodine
The Night Of
TV • 2016
Freddy Knight
Boardwalk Empire
TV • 2010
Albert 'Chalky' White
Six Degrees
TV • 2006
Michael
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Cop One
Alias
TV • 2001
Roberts
The Night Of
TV • 2016
Freddy
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
TV • 2013
Satan
Trapped in the Closet
TV • 2005