Michael Kenneth Williams
Acting
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
Acting102
Fame and Fentanyl
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Brown Dog
2024
Nobody
movieSurrounded
2023
Will Clay
movieBreaking
2022
Eli Bernard
movieCritical Thinking
2020
Mr. Roundtree
tvLovecraft Country
2020
Montrose Freeman
movieArkansas
2020
Almond
movieMotherless Brooklyn
2019
Trumpet Man
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
movieThe Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
Kabede Bimro
tvWhen They See Us
2019
Bobby McCray
movieRematch
2019
Failure
movieThe Public
2019
Jackson
movieSuperFly
2018
Scatter
tvWhen We Rise
2017
Ken Jones
movieWhen the Bough Breaks
2016
Roland White
tvBlack Market: Dispatches
2016
Himself - Host
movieGhostbusters
2016
Agent Hawkins
tvThe Night Of
2016
Freddy Knight
tvBlack Market
2016
Self - Host
tvHap and Leonard
2016
Leonard Pine
movieTriple 9
2016
Sweet Pea
movieAnesthesia
2016
Jeffrey
movieCaptive
2015
Detective John Chestnut
tvThe Spoils Before Dying
2015
Rock Banyon
movieBessie
2015
Jack Gee
movieThe Gambler
2014
Neville Baraka
movieInherent Vice
2014
Tariq Khalil
movieRand University
2014
Narrator
movieKill the Messenger
2014
Ricky Ross
movieThe Purge: Anarchy
2014
Carmelo
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Richard Sackler
movieRoboCop
2014
Jack Lewis
movieThat Awkward Moment
2014
Omar Little
movieThe Devil Goes Down
2013
The Devil
movieThey Die by Dawn
2013
Nat Love
tvVICE
2013
Self - Correspondent
movieSnitch
2013
Malik
movieLUV
2013
Detective Holloway
movieThe Cookout 2
2011
Cable Guy Mike
tvDetroit 1-8-7
2010
Clarence Warrenton
tvBoardwalk Empire
2010
Albert 'Chalky' White
movieThe Road
2009
The Thief
tvCommunity
2009
Professor Marshall Kane
movieA Day in the Life
2009
Killer Mike
movieTell-Tale
2009
Acherton
movieThe Incredible Hulk
2008
Harlem Bystander
tvSix Degrees
2006
Michael
movieMercenary for Justice
2006
Samuel Kay
movieThe Bondage
2006
Willie
movieDoing Hard Time
2004
Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
tvBoston Legal
2004
Randall Kirk
tvThe Wire
2002
Omar Little
tvAlias
2001
Roberts
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Ronnie / Laurent / Paul
movieBroke Even
2000
Kenny
movieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
(segment "Secret")
movieBringing Out the Dead
1999
Drug Dealer
tvThird Watch
1999
Cop One
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Double-D Gamble / John Victor Bodine
tvThe Sopranos
1999
Ray Ray
movieThe Substitute 2: School's Out
1998
Gang Member #2 (uncredited)
movieBullet
1996
High Top
tvLaw & Order
1990
Charles Cole / Delmore Walton / Marcus Cole
Production4
movieShelter
2017
Executive Producer
tvBlack Market
2016
Executive Producer
movieBro
2014
Executive Producer
movieSnow on tha Bluff
2012
Executive Producer