Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting
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.
Filmography 102
Movies (72)
- Fame and Fentanyl2025Self (archive footage)
The Brown Dog2024Nobody
Surrounded2023Will Clay
Breaking2022Eli Bernard
Body Brokers2021Wood
Lines2021
Critical Thinking2020Mr. Roundtree
Arkansas2020Almond
Beastie Boys Story2020Self
Motherless Brooklyn2019Trumpet Man
The Red Sea Diving Resort2019Kabede Bimro
Rematch2019Failure
The Public2019Jackson
SuperFly2018Scatter
Assassin's Creed2016Moussa
When the Bough Breaks2016Roland White
The Land2016Pops
Ghostbusters2016Agent Hawkins
Triple 92016Sweet Pea
Anesthesia2016Jeffrey
Captive2015Detective John Chestnut
Time Out of Mind2015Mike
Bessie2015Jack Gee
The Gambler2014Neville Baraka
Inherent Vice2014Tariq Khalil
Rand University2014Narrator
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire2014Self
Kill the Messenger2014Ricky Ross
The Purge: Anarchy2014Carmelo
RoboCop2014Jack Lewis
Shows (30)
Dark Side of the 90's2021Self
Lovecraft Country2020Montrose Freeman
Tamron Hall2019Self - Guest
When They See Us2019Bobby McCray
La route de la soif2018Self
Drop the Mic2017Self
When We Rise2017Ken Jones
Black Market: Dispatches2016Himself - Host
The Night Of2016Freddy Knight
Black Market2016Self - Host
Hap and Leonard2016Leonard Pine
The Spoils Before Dying2015Rock Banyon
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014Richard Sackler
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.2013Satan
VICE2013Self - Correspondent
Finding Your Roots2012Self
Detroit 1-8-72010Clarence Warrenton
Boardwalk Empire2010Albert 'Chalky' White
Community2009Professor Marshall Kane
The Philanthropist2009
Six Degrees2006Michael
Trapped in the Closet2005
Boston Legal2004Randall Kirk
The Wire2002Omar Little
Alias2001Roberts
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000Ronnie
Third Watch1999Cop One
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999Double-D Gamble
The Sopranos1999Ray Ray
Law & Order1990Charles Cole