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.
Filmography
The Bondage
2006 · 9.3
The Sopranos
1999 · 8.7
The Wire
2002 · 8.6
Trapped in the Closet
2005 · 8.5
When They See Us
2019 · 8.2
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · 8.0
Third Watch
1999 · 8.0
The Night Of
2016 · 8.0
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007 · 8.0
The Brown Dog
2024 · 8.0
Community
2009 · 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
Boston Legal
2004 · 7.9
12 Years a Slave
2013 · 7.9
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · 7.7
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999 · 7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6
Gone Baby Gone
2007 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
Rand University
2014 · 7.2
Lovecraft Country
2020 · 7.1
The Philanthropist
2009 · 7.1
The Road
2009 · 7.0
MugShot
1996 · 7.0
Hap and Leonard
2016 · 6.9
Alias
2001 · 6.8
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005 · 6.8
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019 · 6.8
SuperFly
2018 · 6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
2019 · 6.7
The Purge: Anarchy
2014 · 6.6
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · 6.6
Detroit 1-8-7
2010 · 6.6
Kill the Messenger
2014 · 6.6
Inherent Vice
2014 · 6.5
The Substitute 2: School's Out
1998 · 6.5
Breaking
2022 · 6.5
The Public
2019 · 6.5
Critical Thinking
2020 · 6.5
Bessie
2015 · 6.4
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007 · 6.4
When We Rise
2017 · 6.3
Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · 6.3
The Incredible Hulk
2008 · 6.3
Surrounded
2023 · 6.2
Bullet
1996 · 6.2
Body Brokers
2021 · 6.2
That Awkward Moment
2014 · 6.1
Snitch
2013 · 6.1
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 · 6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · 6.1
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012 · 6.1
The Gambler
2014 · 6.1
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013 · 6.0
The Land
2016 · 6.0
Triple 9
2016 · 6.0
Life During Wartime
2010 · 5.9
When the Bough Breaks
2016 · 5.9
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · 5.9
RoboCop
2014 · 5.9
Six Degrees
2006 · 5.8
LUV
2013 · 5.8
A Day in the Life
2009 · 5.8
Arkansas
2020 · 5.8
Anesthesia
2016 · 5.7
Captive
2015 · 5.7
Time Out of Mind
2015 · 5.6
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · 5.5
Assassin's Creed
2016 · 5.4
Ghostbusters
2016 · 5.3
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · 5.3
Tell-Tale
2009 · 5.3
Wonderful World
2009 · 5.2
Doing Hard Time
2004 · 5.0
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008 · 5.0
The Wire: The Musical
2012 · 5.0
Killa Season
2006 · 4.6
Mercenary for Justice
2006 · 4.4
Broke Even
2000 · 4.1
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012 · 4.0
The Cookout 2
2011 · 3.8
They Die by Dawn
2013 · 2.7
Lines
2021 · 2.0
Rematch
2019 · 1.0
The Devil Goes Down
2013 · 0.0