Michael Kenneth Williams

Acting

Michael Kenneth Williams

Born November 22, 1966Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA103 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

Fame and Fentanyl

Movie

2025

The Brown Dog

The Brown Dog

Movie

2024

Surrounded
6.0

Surrounded

Movie

2023

Breaking
6.5

Breaking

Movie

2022

Dark Side of the 90's
7.1

Dark Side of the 90's

TV

2021

Body Brokers
6.2

Body Brokers

Movie

2021

Filmography

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2025Fame and Fentanylas Self (archive footage)Movie
The Brown Dog
2024The Brown Dogas NobodyMovie
Surrounded
2023Surroundedas Will ClayMovie
Breaking
2022Breakingas Eli BernardMovie
Dark Side of the 90's
2021Dark Side of the 90'sas SelfTV
Body Brokers
2021Body Brokersas WoodMovie
Lines
2021LinesMovie
Critical Thinking
2020Critical Thinkingas Mr. RoundtreeMovie
Lovecraft Country
2020Lovecraft Countryas Montrose FreemanTV
Arkansas
2020Arkansasas AlmondMovie
Beastie Boys Story
2020Beastie Boys Storyas SelfMovie
Motherless Brooklyn
2019Motherless Brooklynas Trumpet ManMovie
Tamron Hall
2019Tamron Hallas Self - GuestTV
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019The Red Sea Diving Resortas Kabede BimroMovie
When They See Us
2019When They See Usas Bobby McCrayTV
Rematch
2019Rematchas FailureMovie
The Public
2019The Publicas JacksonMovie
SuperFly
2018SuperFlyas ScatterMovie
La route de la soif
2018La route de la soifas SelfTV
Drop the Mic
2017Drop the Micas SelfTV
Shelter
2017ShelterExecutive ProducerMovie
When We Rise
2017When We Riseas Ken JonesTV
Assassin's Creed
2016Assassin's Creedas MoussaMovie
When the Bough Breaks
2016When the Bough Breaksas Roland WhiteMovie
Black Market: Dispatches
2016Black Market: Dispatchesas Himself - HostTV
The Land
2016The Landas PopsMovie
Ghostbusters
2016Ghostbustersas Agent HawkinsMovie
The Night Of
2016The Night Ofas Freddy KnightTV
Black Market
2016Black Marketas Self - HostTV
Hap and Leonard
2016Hap and Leonardas Leonard PineTV
Triple 9
2016Triple 9as Sweet PeaMovie
Anesthesia
2016Anesthesiaas JeffreyMovie
Captive
2015Captiveas Detective John ChestnutMovie
Time Out of Mind
2015Time Out of Mindas MikeMovie
The Spoils Before Dying
2015The Spoils Before Dyingas Rock BanyonTV
Bessie
2015Bessieas Jack GeeMovie
The Gambler
2014The Gambleras Neville BarakaMovie
Inherent Vice
2014Inherent Viceas Tariq KhalilMovie
Rand University
2014Rand Universityas NarratorMovie
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empireas SelfMovie
Kill the Messenger
2014Kill the Messengeras Ricky RossMovie
The Purge: Anarchy
2014The Purge: Anarchyas CarmeloMovie
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliveras Richard SacklerTV
Bro
2014BroExecutive ProducerMovie
RoboCop
2014RoboCopas Jack LewisMovie
That Awkward Moment
2014That Awkward Momentas Omar LittleMovie
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013Lucas Bros. Moving Co.as SatanTV
T
2013The Devil Goes Downas The DevilMovie
12 Years a Slave
201312 Years a Slaveas RobertMovie
They Die by Dawn
2013They Die by Dawnas Nat LoveMovie
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
2013Jim Norton: American Degenerateas HimselfMovie
P
2013Picasso Babyas SelfMovie
VICE
2013VICEas Self - CorrespondentTV
Snitch
2013Snitchas MalikMovie
LUV
2013LUVas Detective HollowayMovie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33as Sgt. JamesMovie
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills Youas AdMovie
Snow on tha Bluff
2012Snow on tha BluffExecutive ProducerMovie
T
2012The Wire: The Musicalas Omar LittleMovie
Finding Your Roots
2012Finding Your Rootsas SelfTV
The Cookout 2
2011The Cookout 2as Cable Guy MikeMovie
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Rollas SonnyboyMovie
Detroit 1-8-7
2010Detroit 1-8-7as Clarence WarrentonTV
Boardwalk Empire
2010Boardwalk Empireas Albert 'Chalky' WhiteTV
Life During Wartime
2010Life During Wartimeas AllenMovie
Brooklyn's Finest
2010Brooklyn's Finestas RedMovie
The Road
2009The Roadas The ThiefMovie
Community
2009Communityas Professor Marshall KaneTV
A Day in the Life
2009A Day in the Lifeas Killer MikeMovie
The Philanthropist
2009The PhilanthropistTV
Tell-Tale
2009Tell-Taleas AchertonMovie
Wonderful World
2009Wonderful Worldas IbuMovie
Miracle at St. Anna
2008Miracle at St. Annaas TuckerMovie
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Clubas ToneMovie
The Incredible Hulk
2008The Incredible Hulkas Harlem BystanderMovie
The Wire: The Last Word
2007The Wire: The Last Wordas SelfMovie
The Wire Odyssey
2007The Wire Odysseyas SelfMovie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22as JamesMovie
Gone Baby Gone
2007Gone Baby Goneas DevinMovie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22as Sgt. JamesMovie
I Think I Love My Wife
2007I Think I Love My Wifeas TeddyMovie
Six Degrees
2006Six Degreesas MichaelTV
Killa Season
2006Killa Seasonas MikeMovie
Mercenary for Justice
2006Mercenary for Justiceas Samuel KayMovie
The Bondage
2006The Bondageas WillieMovie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12as JamesMovie
Trapped in the Closet
2005Trapped in the ClosetTV
Lackawanna Blues
2005Lackawanna Bluesas JimmyMovie
Doing Hard Time
2004Doing Hard Timeas Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From DetroitMovie
Boston Legal
2004Boston Legalas Randall KirkTV
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
2004Barbershops Uncut: East Coastas SelfMovie
The Wire
2002The Wireas Omar LittleTV
Alias
2001Aliasas RobertsTV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigationas RonnieTV
Broke Even
2000Broke Evenas KennyMovie
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99as (segment "Secret")Movie
Bringing Out the Dead
1999Bringing Out the Deadas Drug DealerMovie
Third Watch
1999Third Watchas Cop OneTV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unitas Double-D GambleTV
The Sopranos
1999The Sopranosas Ray RayTV
M
1996MugShotas RumorMovie
Bullet
1996Bulletas High TopMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Orderas Charles ColeTV