Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting
1966-11-22 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Fame and Fentanyl
2025 · Movie
The Brown Dog
2024 · Movie
Surrounded
2023 · Movie
Breaking
2022 · Movie
Dark Side of the 90's
2021 · Series
Body Brokers
2021 · Movie
Lines
2021 · Movie
Critical Thinking
2020 · Movie
Lovecraft Country
2020 · Series
Arkansas
2020 · Movie
Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Movie
Motherless Brooklyn
2019 · Movie
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019 · Movie
When They See Us
2019 · Series
Rematch
2019 · Movie
The Public
2019 · Movie
SuperFly
2018 · Movie
La route de la soif
2018 · Series
Drop the Mic
2017 · Series
Shelter
2017 · Movie
When We Rise
2017 · Series
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Movie
When the Bough Breaks
2016 · Movie
Black Market: Dispatches
2016 · Series
The Land
2016 · Movie
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
The Night Of
2016 · Series
Black Market
2016 · Series
Hap and Leonard
2016 · Series
Triple 9
2016 · Movie
Anesthesia
2016 · Movie
Captive
2015 · Movie
Time Out of Mind
2015 · Movie
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 · Series
Bessie
2015 · Movie
The Gambler
2014 · Movie
Inherent Vice
2014 · Movie
Rand University
2014 · Movie
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014 · Movie
Kill the Messenger
2014 · Movie
The Purge: Anarchy
2014 · Movie
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Series
Bro
2014 · Movie
RoboCop
2014 · Movie
That Awkward Moment
2014 · Movie
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013 · Series
The Devil Goes Down
2013 · Movie
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Movie
They Die by Dawn
2013 · Movie
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
2013 · Movie
Picasso Baby
2013 · Movie
VICE
2013 · Series
Snitch
2013 · Movie
LUV
2013 · Movie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33
2012 · Movie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012 · Movie
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012 · Movie
Snow on tha Bluff
2012 · Movie
The Wire: The Musical
2012 · Movie
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
The Cookout 2
2011 · Movie
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · Movie
Detroit 1-8-7
2010 · Series
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · Series
Life During Wartime
2010 · Movie
Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · Movie
The Road
2009 · Movie
Community
2009 · Series
A Day in the Life
2009 · Movie
The Philanthropist
2009 · Series
Tell-Tale
2009 · Movie
Wonderful World
2009 · Movie
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Movie
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008 · Movie
The Incredible Hulk
2008 · Movie
The Wire: The Last Word
2007 · Movie
The Wire Odyssey
2007 · Movie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007 · Movie
Gone Baby Gone
2007 · Movie
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007 · Movie
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · Movie
Six Degrees
2006 · Series
Killa Season
2006 · Movie
Mercenary for Justice
2006 · Movie
The Bondage
2006 · Movie
Trapped in the Closet
2005 · Series
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005 · Movie
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Movie
Doing Hard Time
2004 · Movie
Boston Legal
2004 · Series
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
2004 · Movie
The Wire
2002 · Series
Alias
2001 · Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Broke Even
2000 · Movie
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999 · Movie
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
The Substitute 2: School's Out
1998 · Movie
MugShot
1996 · Movie
Bullet
1996 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series