Michael Kenneth Williams

Born: 1966-11-22, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2021-09-06

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

• Law & Order (1990)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
• The Sopranos (1999)
• Boston Legal (2004)
• The Wire (2002)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
• Community (2009)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Alias (2001)
• Lovecraft Country (2020)
• The Night Of (2016)
• The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
• Inherent Vice (2014)
• 12 Years a Slave (2013)
• The Road (2009)
• Snitch (2013)
• When They See Us (2019)
• Gone Baby Gone (2007)
• Triple 9 (2016)
• Assassin's Creed (2016)
• The Gambler (2014)
• The Spoils Before Dying (2015)
• Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
• Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
• Six Degrees (2006)
• The Philanthropist (2009)
• Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
• Body Brokers (2021)
• Arkansas (2020)