Mykelti Williamson
Known for acting · Born 4 March 1957 · 69 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
125 credits
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
The Purge: Election Year
2016
Chicago P.D.
2014
Forrest Gump
1994
Chicago Med
2015
24
2001
FBI
2018
Con Air
1997
The Final Destination
2009
Justified
2010
Fences
2016
Don't Let Go
2019
Sweet Magnolias
2020
Acting (117)
2026Is God IsChuck HallFilm
2026The Drop: A Snowfall SagaJames 'Big Daddy' Kinsey · 8 episodesSeries
2026They FightCoach MacFilm
2025The Last RodeoCharlie WilliamsonFilm
2025Government CheeseGus · 10 episodesSeries
2024FalloutHonchoSeries
2024Dark MatterGrandpa VanceSeries
2024UnstoppableEddieFilm
2022CleanTravisFilm
2022ButterProfessor DunnFilm
2022The Holiday StockingRobertFilm
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelfFilm
2022North of the 10Cole PruitFilm
2021Law & Order: Organized CrimePreston Webb · 9 episodesSeries
2020EmperorTruesdaleFilm
2020The 24thSgt. HayesFilm
2019Don't Let GoBobby OwensFilm
2019Run the RaceCoach HaileyFilm
2019Canal StreetJackie StylesFilm
2018Saint JudyDikembe MustafaFilm
2018ThrillerDetective Raymond JohnsonFilm
2017ConvergenceCaptain Saul MillerFilm
2017RebelRene Knight · 9 episodesSeries
2016The Purge: Election YearJoe DixonFilm
2016FencesGabriel MaxsonFilm
2016Designated SurvivorAdmiral Chernow · 2 episodesSeries
2016Lethal WeaponTom Barnes · 4 episodesSeries
2016InsecurePreacherSeries
2014ScorpionGeneral WalkerSeries
2014Chicago P.D.Denny Woods · 14 episodesSeries
2014Hollows GroveF.B.I. Agent JonesFilm
2013Twist of FaithUncle MoeFilm
2012TouchDetective Lang · 4 episodesSeries
2011Have a Little FaithDonnieFilm
2010Hawaii Five-0Clay Maxwell · 2 episodesSeries
2010JustifiedEllstin Limehouse · 15 episodesSeries
2010Rizzoli & IslesU.S. Marshal WhitmoreSeries
2010High SchoolParanoidFilm
2010Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"SelfFilm
2009The Final DestinationGeorgeFilm
2009Black DynamiteChicago WindFilm
2009The Good WifeMatthew WadeSeries
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2009Spinning Into ButterAaron CarmichaelFilm
2008ViceSampsonFilm
2007August RushReverend JamesFilm
2007RainesDetective Bobby 'Fearless' SmithSeries
2006Lucky Number SlevinSloeFilm
2006PsychSammy WinslowSeries
2006ATLUncle GeorgeFilm
2006KidnappedVirgil Hayes · 13 episodesSeries
2006FatwaGrady FrankFilm
2006JusticeSeries
2005Get Rich or Die Tryin'Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)Film
2005The Making of 'Heat'SelfFilm
2004After the SunsetAgent StaffordFilm
2004CSI: NYBrigham Sinclair · 7 episodesSeries
2004The Assassination of Richard NixonHarold MannFilm
2002MonkWalter CageSeries
2002BoomtownPolice Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith · 24 episodesSeries
2002Our AmericaGraham EllisFilm
2001AliDon KingFilm
200124Brian Hastings · 17 episodesSeries
2000Holiday HeartSilasFilm
2000The FugitiveLt. Philip Gerard · 22 episodesSeries
1999Three KingsColonel HornFilm
1999Third WatchDetective Rice · 2 episodesSeries
1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsPapa DelanyFilm
1999The Hoop Life · 22 episodesSeries
1998Species IIDennis GambleFilm
1998Primary ColorsDewayne SmithFilm
1998GideonColeman WalkerFilm
1997Con Air"Baby-O" O'DellFilm
199712 Angry MenJuror 10Film
1997Truth or Consequences, N.M.MarcusFilm
1997Buffalo SoldiersCpl. William ChristyFilm
1997Double TapAgent HamiltonFilm
1996Soul of the GameJosh GibsonFilm
1995HeatDruckerFilm
1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeDwight MercerFilm
1995The Outer LimitsDr. Michael AldersSeries
1995Waiting to ExhaleTroyFilm
1995How to Make an American QuiltWinstonFilm
1994Forrest GumpBubba BlueFilm
1994Touched by an AngelTevis LockwoodSeries
1994Through the Eyes of Forrest GumpSelfFilm
1993Free WillyDwight MercerFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Other Women's ChildrenLeonardFilm
1991The New WKRP in CincinnatiDonovan Aderhold · 47 episodesSeries
1990The First PowerDet. Oliver FranklinFilm
1990A Killer Among UsGreg HopkinsFilm
1989Miracle MileWilsonFilm
1988China Beach · 2 episodesSeries
1988Midnight CallerDeacon Bridges · 47 episodesSeries
1988Police Story: Monster ManorOfficer Don LuntnerFilm
1988Police StoryOfficer Don LuntnerSeries
1987Number One with a BulletCaseyFilm
1987You Talkin' to Me?Thatcher MarksFilm
1987The Bronx Zoo · 21 episodesSeries
1987J.J. StarbuckSeries
1986The Delta ForceDelta Force Member (uncredited)Film
1986WildcatsLevander 'Bird' WilliamsFilm
1984Streets of FireThe Sorels - B.J.Film
1984Miami ViceLeon Jefferson, Sylvio RomulusSeries
1984Miami Vice: Brother's KeeperLeon JeffersonFilm
1984Cover Up · 11 episodes, RickSeries
1983Bay City BluesDeejay Cunningham · 8 episodesSeries
1982Desperate LivesJackFilm
1981Hill Street BluesSeries
1980Freebie and the BeanSeries
1980The Righteous Apples · 20 episodesSeries
1979SunnysideHot DogFilm
1978The White ShadowFredSeries
1976AliceSeries
1975Starsky & HutchSeries
—ATL 2: The HomecomingUncle GeorgeFilm
Directing (8)
2023Spring BreakthroughDirectorFilm
2022Sons 2 the GraveDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
2020Sweet MagnoliasDirectorSeries
2018FBIDirectorSeries
2015Chicago MedDirectorSeries
2014Chicago P.D.DirectorSeries
2012JenniferDirector, WriterFilm
1991The New WKRP in CincinnatiDirectorSeries