Cast & creator
Michael Kenneth Williams
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Michael K. Williams, 마이클 K. 윌리엄스, مایکل کنت ویلیامز, Майкл К. Уильямс
74
film credits
35
television credits
105
1990–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (109)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Double-D Gamble
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
John Victor Bodine
1999
Law & Order
Charles Cole
1990Law & Order
Delmore Walton
1990Law & Order
Marcus Cole
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ronnie
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Laurent / Paul
2000
The Sopranos
Ray Ray
1999
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Richard Sackler
2014
Third Watch
Cop One
1999
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
The Wire
Omar Little
2002
Boston Legal
Randall Kirk
2004
Community
Professor Marshall Kane
2009
Boardwalk Empire
Albert 'Chalky' White
2010
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
The Incredible Hulk
Harlem Bystander
2008
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
The Night Of
Freddy Knight
2016
12 Years a Slave
Robert
2013
VICE
Self - Correspondent
2013
The Purge: Anarchy
Carmelo
2014
Alias
Roberts
2001
Lovecraft Country
Montrose Freeman
2020
When They See Us
Bobby McCray
2019
Ghostbusters
Agent Hawkins
2016
Gone Baby Gone
Devin
2007
Snitch
Malik
2013
RoboCop
Jack Lewis
2014
Inherent Vice
Tariq Khalil
2014
The Road
The Thief
2009
Detroit 1-8-7
Clarence Warrenton
2010
Triple 9
Sweet Pea
2016
Beastie Boys Story
Self
2020
Assassin's Creed
Moussa
2016
Six Degrees
Michael
2006
The Gambler
Neville Baraka
2014
The Philanthropist
2009
The Spoils Before Dying
Rock Banyon
2015
Kill the Messenger
Ricky Ross
2014
Bringing Out the Dead
Drug Dealer
1999
Motherless Brooklyn
Trumpet Man
2019
When We Rise
Ken Jones
2017
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
Satan
2013
When the Bough Breaks
Roland White
2016
Brooklyn's Finest
Red
2010
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Gang Member #2 (uncredited)
1998
Hap and Leonard
Leonard Pine
2016
That Awkward Moment
Omar Little
2014
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Kabede Bimro
2019
Dark Side of the 90's
Self
2021
Doing Hard Time
Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
2004
Body Brokers
Wood
2021
SuperFly
Scatter
2018
I Think I Love My Wife
Teddy
2007
Time Out of Mind
Mike
2015
Wonderful World
Ibu
2009
Trapped in the Closet
2005
Arkansas
Almond
2020
Miracle at St. Anna
Tucker
2008
Breaking
Eli Bernard
2022
Life During Wartime
Allen
2010
Anesthesia
Jeffrey
2016
Black Market
Self - Host
2016Black Market
Executive Producer
2016
Mercenary for Justice
Samuel Kay
2006
Surrounded
Will Clay
2023
Captive
Detective John Chestnut
2015
The Public
Jackson
2019
Lackawanna Blues
Jimmy
2005
Shelter
Executive Producer
2017
Critical Thinking
Mr. Roundtree
2020
The Wire Odyssey
Self
2007
Tell-Tale
Acherton
2009
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Tone
2008
A Day in the Life
Killer Mike
2009
Bullet
High Top
1996
La route de la soif
Self
2018
They Die by Dawn
Nat Love
2013
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Sonnyboy
2011
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
2007
Rematch
Failure
2019
The Land
Pops
2016
LUV
Detective Holloway
2013Picasso Baby
Self
2013
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
James
2007
Broke Even
Kenny
2000
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
Ad
2012
Bessie
Jack Gee
2015
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
(segment "Secret")
1999
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
2014
The Brown Dog
Nobody
2024
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
Himself
2013
Bro
Executive Producer
2014
Snow on tha Bluff
Executive Producer
2012
Rand University
Narrator
2014
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Sgt. James
2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
James
2005
The Cookout 2
Cable Guy Mike
2011MugShot
Rumor
1996
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
Self
2004The Wire: The Musical
Omar Little
2012
The Bondage
Willie
2006
Black Market: Dispatches
Himself - Host
2016
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
Sgt. James
2012
Fame and Fentanyl
Self (archive footage)
2025
Killa Season
Mike
2006
The Devil Goes Down
The Devil
2013