Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born November 22, 1966
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.
Fame and Fentanyl
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Brown Dog
2024
as Nobody
MovieSurrounded
2023
as Will Clay
MovieBreaking
2022
as Eli Bernard
TVDark Side of the 90's
2021
as Self
MovieBody Brokers
2021
as Wood
MovieLines
2021
MovieCritical Thinking
2020
as Mr. Roundtree
TVLovecraft Country
2020
as Montrose Freeman
MovieArkansas
2020
as Almond
MovieBeastie Boys Story
2020
as Self
MovieMotherless Brooklyn
2019
as Trumpet Man
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
as Kabede Bimro
TVWhen They See Us
2019
as Bobby McCray
MovieRematch
2019
as Failure
MovieThe Public
2019
as Jackson
MovieSuperFly
2018
as Scatter
TVLa route de la soif
2018
as Self
TVDrop the Mic
2017
as Self
TVWhen We Rise
2017
as Ken Jones
MovieAssassin's Creed
2016
as Moussa
MovieWhen the Bough Breaks
2016
as Roland White
TVBlack Market: Dispatches
2016
as Himself - Host
MovieThe Land
2016
as Pops
MovieGhostbusters
2016
as Agent Hawkins
TVThe Night Of
2016
as Freddy Knight
TVBlack Market
2016
as Self - Host
TVHap and Leonard
2016
as Leonard Pine
MovieTriple 9
2016
as Sweet Pea
MovieAnesthesia
2016
as Jeffrey
MovieCaptive
2015
as Detective John Chestnut
MovieTime Out of Mind
2015
as Mike
TVThe Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Rock Banyon
MovieBessie
2015
as Jack Gee
MovieThe Gambler
2014
as Neville Baraka
MovieInherent Vice
2014
as Tariq Khalil
MovieRand University
2014
as Narrator
MovieThe Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
as Self
MovieKill the Messenger
2014
as Ricky Ross
MovieThe Purge: Anarchy
2014
as Carmelo
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Richard Sackler
MovieRoboCop
2014
as Jack Lewis
MovieThat Awkward Moment
2014
as Omar Little
TVLucas Bros. Moving Co.
2013
as Satan
MovieThe Devil Goes Down
2013
as The Devil
Movie12 Years a Slave
2013
as Robert
MovieThey Die by Dawn
2013
as Nat Love
MovieJim Norton: American Degenerate
2013
as Himself
Picasso Baby
2013
as Self
TVVICE
2013
as Self - Correspondent
MovieSnitch
2013
as Malik
MovieLUV
2013
as Detective Holloway
MovieTrapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33
2012
as Sgt. James
MovieTrapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012
as Sgt. James
MovieYou're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012
as Ad
The Wire: The Musical
2012
as Omar Little
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieThe Cookout 2
2011
as Cable Guy Mike
MovieThe Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as Sonnyboy
TVDetroit 1-8-7
2010
as Clarence Warrenton
TVBoardwalk Empire
2010
as Albert 'Chalky' White
MovieLife During Wartime
2010
as Allen
MovieBrooklyn's Finest
2010
as Red
MovieThe Road
2009
as The Thief
TVCommunity
2009
as Professor Marshall Kane
MovieA Day in the Life
2009
as Killer Mike
TVThe Philanthropist
2009
MovieTell-Tale
2009
as Acherton
MovieWonderful World
2009
as Ibu
MovieMiracle at St. Anna
2008
as Tucker
MovieBelly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
2008
as Tone
MovieThe Incredible Hulk
2008
as Harlem Bystander
MovieThe Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
MovieThe Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
MovieTrapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007
as James
MovieGone Baby Gone
2007
as Devin
MovieTrapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007
as Sgt. James
MovieI Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Teddy
TVSix Degrees
2006
as Michael
MovieKilla Season
2006
as Mike
MovieMercenary for Justice
2006
as Samuel Kay
MovieThe Bondage
2006
as Willie
MovieTrapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005
as James
TVTrapped in the Closet
2005
MovieLackawanna Blues
2005
as Jimmy
MovieDoing Hard Time
2004
as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Randall Kirk
MovieBarbershops Uncut: East Coast
2004
as Self
TVThe Wire
2002
as Omar Little
TVAlias
2001
as Roberts
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Ronnie
MovieBroke Even
2000
as Kenny
MovieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as (segment "Secret")
MovieBringing Out the Dead
1999
as Drug Dealer
TVThird Watch
1999
as Cop One
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Double-D Gamble
TVThe Sopranos
1999
as Ray Ray
MovieThe Substitute 2: School's Out
1998
as Gang Member #2 (uncredited)
MugShot
1996
as Rumor
MovieBullet
1996
as High Top
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Charles Cole
