Michael Kenneth Williams
Known for acting · Born 22 November 1966 · Died 6 September 2021 · aged 54 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
106 credits
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
The Wire
2002
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Assassin's Creed
2016
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
RoboCop
2014
Snitch
2013
SuperFly
2018
The Gambler
2014
Captive
2015
Breaking
2022
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
The Night Of
2016
Acting (102)
2025Fame and FentanylSelf (archive footage)Film
2024The Brown DogNobodyFilm
2023SurroundedWill ClayFilm
2022BreakingEli BernardFilm
2021Body BrokersWoodFilm
2021Dark Side of the 90'sSelf · 10 episodesSeries
2021LinesFilm
2020Lovecraft CountryMontrose Freeman · 10 episodesSeries
2020ArkansasAlmondFilm
2020Beastie Boys StorySelfFilm
2020Critical ThinkingMr. RoundtreeFilm
2019Motherless BrooklynTrumpet ManFilm
2019When They See UsBobby McCray · 4 episodesSeries
2019The Red Sea Diving ResortKabede BimroFilm
2019The PublicJacksonFilm
2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2019RematchFailureFilm
2018SuperFlyScatterFilm
2018La route de la soifSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2017When We RiseKen Jones · 4 episodesSeries
2017Drop the MicSelfSeries
2016Assassin's CreedMoussaFilm
2016GhostbustersAgent HawkinsFilm
2016Triple 9Sweet PeaFilm
2016The Night OfFreddy Knight · 6 episodesSeries
2016When the Bough BreaksRoland WhiteFilm
2016AnesthesiaJeffreyFilm
2016Hap and LeonardLeonard Pine · 18 episodesSeries
2016The LandPopsFilm
2016Black MarketSelf - Host · 12 episodesSeries
2016Black Market: DispatchesHimself - Host · 10 episodesSeries
2015CaptiveDetective John ChestnutFilm
2015Time Out of MindMikeFilm
2015BessieJack GeeFilm
2015The Spoils Before DyingRock Banyon · 6 episodesSeries
2014The Purge: AnarchyCarmeloFilm
2014RoboCopJack LewisFilm
2014Inherent ViceTariq KhalilFilm
2014That Awkward MomentOmar LittleFilm
2014The GamblerNeville BarakaFilm
2014Kill the MessengerRicky RossFilm
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverRichard SacklerSeries
2014Rand UniversityNarratorFilm
2014The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk EmpireSelfFilm
201312 Years a SlaveRobertFilm
2013SnitchMalikFilm
2013VICESelf - CorrespondentSeries
2013LUVDetective HollowayFilm
2013Jim Norton: American DegenerateHimselfFilm
2013They Die by DawnNat LoveFilm
2013Lucas Bros. Moving Co.SatanSeries
2013Picasso BabySelfFilm
2013The Devil Goes DownThe DevilFilm
2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33Sgt. JamesFilm
2012You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills YouAdFilm
2012The Wire: The MusicalOmar LittleFilm
2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33Sgt. JamesFilm
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollSonnyboyFilm
2011The Cookout 2Cable Guy MikeFilm
2010Boardwalk EmpireAlbert 'Chalky' White · 56 episodesSeries
2010Brooklyn's FinestRedFilm
2010Life During WartimeAllenFilm
2010Detroit 1-8-7Clarence WarrentonSeries
2009The RoadThe ThiefFilm
2009CommunityProfessor Marshall Kane · 3 episodesSeries
2009Tell-TaleAchertonFilm
2009Wonderful WorldIbuFilm
2009A Day in the LifeKiller MikeFilm
2009The Philanthropist · 8 episodesSeries
2008The Incredible HulkHarlem BystanderFilm
2008Miracle at St. AnnaTuckerFilm
2008Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz ClubToneFilm
2007Gone Baby GoneDevinFilm
2007I Think I Love My WifeTeddyFilm
2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22Sgt. JamesFilm
2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22JamesFilm
2007The Wire OdysseySelfFilm
2007The Wire: The Last WordSelfFilm
2006Mercenary for JusticeSamuel KayFilm
2006Six DegreesMichaelSeries
2006Killa SeasonMikeFilm
2006The BondageWillieFilm
2005Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12JamesFilm
2005Lackawanna BluesJimmyFilm
2005Trapped in the Closet · 33 episodesSeries
2004Boston LegalRandall KirkSeries
2004Doing Hard TimeCurtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From DetroitFilm
2004Barbershops Uncut: East CoastSelfFilm
2002The WireOmar Little · 50 episodesSeries
2001AliasRoberts · 3 episodesSeries
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRonnie, Laurent / PaulSeries
2000Broke EvenKennyFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDouble-D Gamble, John Victor BodineSeries
1999The SopranosRay RaySeries
1999Bringing Out the DeadDrug DealerFilm
1999Third WatchCop OneSeries
1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99(segment "Secret")Film
1998The Substitute 2: School's OutGang Member #2 (uncredited)Film
1996BulletHigh TopFilm
1996MugShotRumorFilm
1990Law & OrderCharles Cole, Delmore Walton, Marcus ColeSeries
Production (4)
2017ShelterExecutive ProducerFilm
2016Black MarketExecutive ProducerSeries
2014BroExecutive ProducerFilm
2012Snow on tha BluffExecutive ProducerFilm