Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting1966Brooklyn, 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, Williams enrolled at the National Black Theatre in New York City.
Known For
Acting History
2025
Fame and Fentanyl
as Self (archive footage)
2024
The Brown Dog
as Nobody
2023
Surrounded
as Will Clay
2022
Breaking
as Eli Bernard
2021
2020
Critical Thinking
as Mr. Roundtree
Arkansas
as Almond
Beastie Boys Story
as Self
Lovecraft Country
TVas Montrose Freeman• 10 eps
2019
Motherless Brooklyn
as Trumpet Man
The Public
as Jackson
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Kabede Bimro
Rematch
as Failure
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TVas Richard Sackler• 1 eps
When They See Us
TVas Bobby McCray• 4 eps
Finding Your Roots
TVas Self• 1 eps
2018
SuperFly
as Scatter
Drop the Mic
TVas Self• 1 eps
VICE
TVas Self - Correspondent• 1 eps
La route de la soif
TVas Self
2017
When We Rise
TVas Ken Jones
Shelter
Executive Producer
2016
Triple 9
as Sweet Pea
The Land
as Pops
Assassin's Creed
as Moussa
When the Bough Breaks
as Roland White
Anesthesia
as Jeffrey
Ghostbusters
as Agent Hawkins
The Night Of
TVas Freddy / Freddy Knight• 8 eps
Hap and Leonard
TVas Leonard Pine
Black Market
TVas Self - Host
Black Market: Dispatches
TVas Himself - Host
Black Market
TVExecutive Producer
2015
Bessie
as Jack Gee
Captive
as Detective John Chestnut
Time Out of Mind
as Mike
The Spoils Before Dying
TVas Rock Banyon• 6 eps
2014
Kill the Messenger
as Ricky Ross
Inherent Vice
as Tariq Khalil
The Gambler
as Neville Baraka
Rand University
as Narrator
That Awkward Moment
as Omar Little
RoboCop
as Jack Lewis
The Purge: Anarchy
as Carmelo
Bro
Executive Producer
2013
Snitch
as Malik
12 Years a Slave
as Robert
LUV
as Detective Holloway
They Die by Dawn
as Nat Love
Picasso Baby
as Self
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
as Himself
The Devil Goes Down
as The Devil
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
TVas Satan
2012
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
as Sgt. James
The Wire: The Musical
as Omar Little
Snow on tha Bluff
Executive Producer
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Sonnyboy
The Cookout 2
as Cable Guy Mike
Community
TVas Professor Marshall Kane• 3 eps
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
as Red
Life During Wartime
as Allen
Boardwalk Empire
TVas Albert 'Chalky' White• 56 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Ronnie / Laurent / Paul• 1 eps
Detroit 1-8-7
TVas Clarence Warrenton
2009
2008
Miracle at St. Anna
as Tucker
The Incredible Hulk
as Harlem Bystander
2007
Gone Baby Gone
as Devin
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
as Sgt. James
I Think I Love My Wife
as Teddy
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
2006
Killa Season
as Mike
The Bondage
as Willie
Mercenary for Justice
as Samuel Kay
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Double-D Gamble / John Victor Bodine• 1 eps
Six Degrees
TVas Michael
2005
2004
Doing Hard Time
as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
2002
Third Watch
TVas Cop One• 1 eps
The Wire
TVas Omar Little• 50 eps
2001
Law & Order
TVas Delmore Walton / Marcus Cole / Charles Cole• 1 eps
The Sopranos
TVas Ray Ray• 1 eps
2000
Broke Even
as Kenny
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
as Drug Dealer
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as (segment "Secret")