1966–2021 · Acting
67.0avg grm
14titles
#35best rank
2honors
best title · #35 on siteWhen They See Us2019 · as Bobby McCray · series78.2Honors
22021Critics' Choice Television Award
2012Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Bio
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.
Filmography
ranked on this site2020s2 titles
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Lovecraft Country2020 · as Montrose Freeman · series61.5B
Beastie Boys Story2020 · as Bob Dylan60.32010s9 titles
WWhen They See Us2019 · as Bobby McCray · series78.2W
When We Rise2017 · as Ken Jones · series65.0N
The Night Of2016 · as Freddy Knight · series73.0B
Black Market with Michael K. Williams2016 · as Self - Host · series64.1H
Hap and Leonard2016 · as Leonard Pine · series64.0B
Black Market: Dispatches2016 · as Self · series64.0BBlack Market: Dispatches2016 · as Self - Host · series64.01
12 Years a Slave2013 · as Robert81.1B
Boardwalk Empire2010 · as Chalky White · series71.2
