
Highest rated as cast or director
Michael Kenneth Williams's 5 titles from the 2020s have a median Balasaur Score of 68, led by Critical Thinking (72) and Lovecraft Country (71), against 56 for those from the 2010s.
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.
Acted in 82
2020s
- 2024
The Brown Dog
Nobody
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
Lines
Movie
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
The Land
Pops
Hap and Leonard
Leonard Pine · 18 episodes
- 2015
Captive
Detective John Chestnut
The Spoils Before Dying
Rock Banyon · 6 episodes
- 2014
- 2013
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
Satan · 1 episode
The Devil Goes Down
The Devil
They Die by Dawn
Nat Love
- 2012
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
Sgt. James
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
Ad
- 2011
The Cookout 2
Cable Guy Mike
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Sonnyboy
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
The Philanthropist
TV
- 2008
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Tone
- 2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
James
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Sgt. James
- 2006
Killa Season
Mike
The Bondage
Willie
- 2005
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
James
Trapped in the Closet
TV
Lackawanna Blues
Jimmy
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
Broke Even
Kenny
1990s
- 1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
(segment "Secret")
- 1998
- 1996
- 1990
Produced 4
2010s
- 2017
Shelter
Executive Producer
- 2016
Black Market
Executive Producer
- 2014
Bro
Executive Producer
- 2012
Snow on tha Bluff
Executive Producer
Appearances16
2020s
- 2025
Fame and Fentanyl
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
La route de la soif
Self · 2 episodes
- 2017
- 2016
Black Market: Dispatches
Himself - Host · 10 episodes
Black Market
Self - Host · 12 episodes
- 2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
- 2013
- 2012
2000s
- 2007
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
The Wire Odyssey
Self
- 2004
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
Self





