Mykelti Williamson
Acting1957St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Michael T. 'Mykelti' Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for season 8 of the hit TV series 24.
Known For
Acting History
Future
ATL 2: The Homecoming
as Uncle George
2026
Is God Is
as The Lawyer
2025
The Last Rodeo
as Charlie Williamson
Government Cheese
TVas Gus• 10 eps
2024
Unstoppable
as Eddie
Fallout
TVas Honcho• 1 eps
2023
Spring Breakthrough
Director
2022
Clean
as Travis
The Holiday Stocking
as Robert
North of the 10
as Cole Pruit
Sons 2 the Grave
Director
Sons 2 the Grave
Executive Producer
Sweet Magnolias
TVDirector• 2 eps
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TVas Preston Webb• 9 eps
2019
2018
Thriller
as Detective Raymond Johnson
Saint Judy
as Dikembe Mustafa
Lethal Weapon
TVas Tom Barnes• 4 eps
Insecure
TVas Preacher• 1 eps
FBI
TVDirector
2017
2016
The Purge: Election Year
as Joe Dixon
Fences
as Gabriel Maxson
Designated Survivor
TVas Admiral Chernow• 2 eps
2015
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Clay Maxwell• 2 eps
Chicago Med
TVDirector
2014
Hollows Grove
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
Clementine
as Ray
Scorpion
TVas General Walker• 1 eps
Chicago P.D.
TVDirector
2013
Twist of Faith
as Uncle Moe
Touch
TVas Detective Lang• 4 eps
2011
Have a Little Faith
as Donnie
Rizzoli & Isles
TVas U.S. Marshal Whitmore• 1 eps
2010
High School
as Paranoid
24
TVas Brian Hastings• 17 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Matthew Wade• 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TVas Self• 1 eps
2009
The Final Destination
as George
Black Dynamite
as Chicago Wind
Spinning Into Butter
as Aaron Carmichael
Psych
TVas Sammy Winslow• 1 eps
2008
Vice
as Sampson
2007
August Rush
as Reverend James
CSI: NY
TVas Brigham Sinclair• 7 eps
Raines
TVas Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2006
2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
Third Watch
TVas Detective Rice• 2 eps
2004
After the Sunset
as Agent Stafford
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Harold Mann
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
Monk
TVas Walter Cage• 1 eps
2002
Our America
as Graham Ellis
Boomtown
TVas Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith• 24 eps
Touched by an Angel
TVas Tevis Lockwood• 1 eps
2001
Ali
as Don King
2000
Holiday Heart
as Silas
The Fugitive
TVas Lt. Philip Gerard
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Papa Delany
Three Kings
as Colonel Horn
1998
1997
Con Air
as "Baby-O" O'Dell
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Marcus
Double Tap
as Agent Hamilton
12 Angry Men
as Juror 10
Buffalo Soldiers
as Cpl. William Christy
1996
Soul of the Game
as Josh Gibson
1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Dwight Mercer
Heat
as Drucker
How to Make an American Quilt
as Winston
Waiting to Exhale
as Troy
The Outer Limits
TVas Dr. Michael Alders• 1 eps
1994
Forrest Gump
as Bubba Blue
1993
Free Willy
as Dwight Mercer
Other Women's Children
as Leonard
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest
1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
TVas Donovan Aderhold
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
TVDirector
1990
The First Power
as Det. Oliver Franklin
A Killer Among Us
as Greg Hopkins
1989
Miracle Mile
as Wilson
1988
Police Story: Monster Manor
as Officer Don Luntner
Midnight Caller
TVas Deacon Bridges
1987
1986
Wildcats
as Levander 'Bird' Williams
The Delta Force
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
1985
Miami Vice
TVas Sylvio Romulus• 1 eps
1984
1983
1982
Desperate Lives
as Jack
1981
The White Shadow
TVas Fred• 1 eps
1979
Sunnyside
as Hot Dog
1978