Michael Kenneth Williams

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.

Known For

Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
The Road
The Road
Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest
Doing Hard Time
Doing Hard Time
Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale
Killa Season
Killa Season

Filmography

2024 The Brown Dog
as Nobody
2023 Surrounded
as Will Clay
2022 Breaking
as Eli Bernard
2021 Dark Side of the 90's
as Self
2021 Body Brokers
as Wood
2021 Lines
as
2020 Critical Thinking
as Mr. Roundtree
2020 Lovecraft Country
as Montrose Freeman
2020 Arkansas
as Almond
2020 Beastie Boys Story
as Self
2019 Motherless Brooklyn
as Trumpet Man
2019 Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Kabede Bimro
2019 When They See Us
as Bobby McCray
2019 Rematch
as Failure
2019 The Public
as Jackson
2018 SuperFly
as Scatter
2018 La route de la soif
as Self
2017 Drop the Mic
as Self
2017 When We Rise
as Ken Jones