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Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams

Actor · 1966–2021 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018
  3. 2017
  4. 2016
  5. The Land

    Pops

  6. Hap and Leonard

    Leonard Pine · 18 episodes

  7. 2015

    Captive

    Detective John Chestnut

  8. The Spoils Before Dying

    Rock Banyon · 6 episodes

  9. 2014
  10. 2013

    Lucas Bros. Moving Co.

    Satan · 1 episode

  11. The Devil Goes Down

    The Devil

  12. They Die by Dawn

    Nat Love

  13. 2012

    Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33

    Sgt. James

  14. You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You

    Ad

  15. 2011

    The Cookout 2

    Cable Guy Mike

  16. The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    Sonnyboy

  17. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. The Philanthropist

    TV

  3. 2008
  4. Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club

    Tone

  5. 2007

    Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22

    James

  6. Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22

    Sgt. James

  7. 2006
  8. Killa Season

    Mike

  9. The Bondage

    Willie

  10. 2005

    Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12

    James

  11. Trapped in the Closet

    TV

  12. Lackawanna Blues

    Jimmy

  13. 2004
  14. 2002
  15. 2001
  16. 2000
  17. Broke Even

    Kenny

Produced 4

2010s

  1. 2017

    Shelter

    Executive Producer

  2. 2016

    Black Market

    Executive Producer

  3. 2014

    Bro

    Executive Producer

  4. 2012

    Snow on tha Bluff

    Executive Producer

Appearances16

2020s

  1. 2025

    Fame and Fentanyl

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2021
  3. 2020

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    La route de la soif

    Self · 2 episodes

  3. 2017
  4. 2016

    Black Market: Dispatches

    Himself - Host · 10 episodes

  5. Black Market

    Self - Host · 12 episodes

  6. 2014
  7. The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

    Self

  8. 2013
  9. 2012

2000s

  1. 2007

    The Wire: The Last Word

    Self

  2. The Wire Odyssey

    Self

  3. 2004

    Barbershops Uncut: East Coast

    Self