Actor
Michael Kenneth Williams
59 years · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · 68 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 68
Fame and Fentanyl
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Brown Dog
2024 · Nobody
Surrounded
2023 · Will Clay
Breaking
2022 · Eli Bernard
On Hulu
Body Brokers
2021 · Wood
On Hoopla
Lines
2021 · Actor
Critical Thinking
2020 · Mr. Roundtree
On Kanopy
Arkansas
2020 · Almond
On Plex Channel
Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Self
On Apple TV
Motherless Brooklyn
2019 · Trumpet Man
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019 · Kabede Bimro
On Netflix
Rematch
2019 · Failure
On Fawesome
The Public
2019 · Jackson
SuperFly
2018 · Scatter
On Amazon Prime Video
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Moussa
When the Bough Breaks
2016 · Roland White
On YouTube Free
The Land
2016 · Pops
Ghostbusters
2016 · Agent Hawkins
On Hulu
Triple 9
2016 · Sweet Pea
On Plex
Anesthesia
2016 · Jeffrey
On AMC+
Captive
2015 · Detective John Chestnut
On Hoopla
Time Out of Mind
2015 · Mike
On AMC+
Bessie
2015 · Jack Gee
On HBO Max
The Gambler
2014 · Neville Baraka
On Kanopy