Acting
Michael Kenneth Williams
Nov 22, 1966 (died Sep 6, 2021, aged 54) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Double-D Gamble
8.7
The Sopranos
Ray Ray
6.3
The Incredible Hulk
Harlem Bystander
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ronnie
7.3
Law & Order
Charles Cole
8.6
The Wire
Omar Little
7.9
12 Years a Slave
Robert
8.0
Community
Professor Marshall Kane
6.6
The Purge: Anarchy
Carmelo
5.4
Assassin's Creed
Moussa
5.3
Ghostbusters
Agent Hawkins
8.0
The Night Of
Freddy Knight
5.9
RoboCop
Jack Lewis
8.0
Boardwalk Empire
Albert 'Chalky' White
7.3
Gone Baby Gone
Devin
Filmography
Fame and Fentanyl
2025 · Self (archive footage)
8.0
The Brown Dog
2024 · Nobody
6.2
Surrounded
2023 · Will Clay
6.5
Breaking
2022 · Eli Bernard
6.2
Body Brokers
2021 · Wood
7.1
Dark Side of the 90's
2021 · Self
2.0
Lines
2021
7.1
Lovecraft Country
2020 · Montrose Freeman
7.5
Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Self
5.8
Arkansas
2020 · Almond
6.5
Critical Thinking
2020 · Mr. Roundtree
8.2
When They See Us
2019 · Bobby McCray
6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
2019 · Trumpet Man
6.8
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019 · Kabede Bimro
6.5
The Public
2019 · Jackson
1.0
Rematch
2019 · Failure
6.7
SuperFly
2018 · Scatter
6.3
When We Rise
2017 · Ken Jones
4.5
Shelter
2017 · Executive Producer
5.4
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Moussa
5.3
Ghostbusters
2016 · Agent Hawkins
8.0
The Night Of
2016 · Freddy Knight
6.0
Triple 9
2016 · Sweet Pea
5.9
When the Bough Breaks
2016 · Roland White
6.9
Hap and Leonard
2016 · Leonard Pine
5.7
Anesthesia
2016 · Jeffrey
6.0
The Land
2016 · Pops
6.8
Black Market
2016 · Self - Host
Black Market: Dispatches
2016 · Himself - Host
5.7
Captive
2015 · Detective John Chestnut