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