Acting · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Born March 4, 1957
Michael T. 'Mykelti' Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for season 8 of the hit TV series 24.
TVThe Drop: A Snowfall Saga
2026
MovieThey Fight
2026
MovieIs God Is
2026
as Chuck Hall
MovieThe Last Rodeo
2025
as Charlie Williamson
TVGovernment Cheese
2025
as Gus
MovieUnstoppable
2024
as Eddie
TVFallout
2024
as Honcho
MovieThe Holiday Stocking
2022
as Robert
MovieAmerican Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
MovieButter
2022
as Professor Dunn
MovieNorth of the 10
2022
as Cole Pruit
MovieClean
2022
as Travis
TVLaw & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Preston Webb
MovieThe 24th
2020
as Sgt. Hayes
MovieEmperor
2020
as Truesdale
MovieDon't Let Go
2019
as Bobby Owens
MovieRun the Race
2019
as Coach Hailey
MovieCanal Street
2019
as Jackie Styles
MovieThriller
2018
as Detective Raymond Johnson
MovieSaint Judy
2018
as Dikembe Mustafa
TVRebel
2017
as Rene Knight
MovieConvergence
2017
as Captain Saul Miller
MovieFences
2016
as Gabriel Maxson
TVInsecure
2016
as Preacher
TVLethal Weapon
2016
as Tom Barnes
TVDesignated Survivor
2016
as Admiral Chernow
MovieThe Purge: Election Year
2016
as Joe Dixon
MovieHollows Grove
2014
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
TVScorpion
2014
as General Walker
TVChicago P.D.
2014
as Denny Woods
MovieTwist of Faith
2013
as Uncle Moe
TVTouch
2012
as Detective Lang
MovieHave a Little Faith
2011
as Donnie
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Clay Maxwell
TVRizzoli & Isles
2010
as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
MovieHigh School
2010
as Paranoid
TVJustified
2010
as Ellstin Limehouse
MovieBody Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
2010
as Self
MovieBlack Dynamite
2009
as Chicago Wind
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Matthew Wade
MovieThe Final Destination
2009
as George
MovieSpinning Into Butter
2009
as Aaron Carmichael
MovieVice
2008
as Sampson
MovieAugust Rush
2007
as Reverend James
TVRaines
2007
as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
TVKidnapped
2006
as Virgil Hayes
TVJustice
2006
TVPsych
2006
as Sammy Winslow
MovieATL
2006
as Uncle George
MovieFatwa
2006
as Grady Frank
MovieLucky Number Slevin
2006
as Sloe
MovieGet Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
MovieThe Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
MovieAfter the Sunset
2004
as Agent Stafford
TVCSI: NY
2004
as Brigham Sinclair
MovieThe Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
as Harold Mann
TVBoomtown
2002
as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
MovieOur America
2002
as Graham Ellis
TVMonk
2002
as Walter Cage
MovieAli
2001
as Don King
TV24
2001
as Brian Hastings
MovieHoliday Heart
2000
as Silas
TVThe Fugitive
2000
as Lt. Philip Gerard
MovieThree Kings
1999
as Colonel Horn
TVThird Watch
1999
as Detective Rice
The Hoop Life
1999
MovieHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
as Papa Delany
MovieGideon
1998
as Coleman Walker
MovieSpecies II
1998
as Dennis Gamble
MoviePrimary Colors
1998
as Dewayne Smith
MovieBuffalo Soldiers
1997
as Cpl. William Christy
MovieDouble Tap
1997
as Agent Hamilton
Movie12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 10
MovieCon Air
1997
as "Baby-O" O'Dell
MovieTruth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Marcus
MovieSoul of the Game
1996
as Josh Gibson
MovieWaiting to Exhale
1995
as Troy
MovieHeat
1995
as Drucker
MovieHow to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Winston
MovieFree Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
as Dwight Mercer
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Michael Alders
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Tevis Lockwood
MovieThrough the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
MovieForrest Gump
1994
as Bubba Blue
MovieOther Women's Children
1993
as Leonard
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieFree Willy
1993
as Dwight Mercer
TVThe New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
as Donovan Aderhold
MovieA Killer Among Us
1990
as Greg Hopkins
MovieThe First Power
1990
as Det. Oliver Franklin
MovieMiracle Mile
1989
as Wilson
MoviePolice Story: Monster Manor
1988
as Officer Don Luntner
Police Story
1988
as Officer Don Luntner
TVMidnight Caller
1988
as Deacon Bridges
TVChina Beach
1988
TVJ.J. Starbuck
1987
MovieYou Talkin' to Me?
1987
as Thatcher Marks
TVThe Bronx Zoo
1987
MovieNumber One with a Bullet
1987
as Casey
MovieWildcats
1986
as Levander 'Bird' Williams
MovieThe Delta Force
1986
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
TVCover Up
1984
MovieMiami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
as Leon Jefferson
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Leon Jefferson
MovieStreets of Fire
1984
as The Sorels - B.J.
TVBay City Blues
1983
as Deejay Cunningham
MovieDesperate Lives
1982
as Jack
TVHill Street Blues
1981
TVFreebie and the Bean
1980
The Righteous Apples
1980
MovieSunnyside
1979
as Hot Dog
TVThe White Shadow
1978
as Fred
TVAlice
1976
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
MovieATL 2: The Homecoming
as Uncle George
