Michael Kenneth Williams
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.
Born: 22 November 1966 • Died: 06 September 2021
Played In
Movie
Aug 2025
Fame and Fentanyl
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Jun 2024
The Brown Dog
Nobody
Movie
Apr 2023
Surrounded
Will Clay
Movie
Aug 2022
Breaking
Eli Bernard
TV Show
Jul 2021
Dark Side of the 90's
Self
Movie
Feb 2021
Body Brokers
Wood
Movie
Feb 2021
Lines
Movie
Dec 2020
Critical Thinking
Mr. Roundtree
TV Show
Aug 2020
Lovecraft Country
Montrose Freeman
Movie
May 2020
Arkansas
Almond
Movie
Apr 2020
Beastie Boys Story
Self
Movie
Oct 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Trumpet Man
TV Show
Sep 2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Kabede Bimro
TV Show
May 2019
When They See Us
Bobby McCray
Movie
Apr 2019
Rematch
Failure
Movie
Apr 2019
The Public
Jackson
Movie
Jun 2018
SuperFly
Scatter
TV Show
Jan 2018
La route de la soif
Self
TV Show
Oct 2017
Drop the Mic
Self
TV Show
Feb 2017
When We Rise
Ken Jones
Movie
Dec 2016
Assassin's Creed
Moussa
Movie
Sep 2016
When the Bough Breaks
Roland White
TV Show
Aug 2016
Black Market: Dispatches
Himself - Host
Movie
Jul 2016
The Land
Pops
Movie
Jul 2016
Ghostbusters
Agent Hawkins
TV Show
Jul 2016
The Night Of
Freddy Knight
TV Show
Jul 2016
Black Market
Self - Host
TV Show
Mar 2016
Hap and Leonard
Leonard Pine
Movie
Feb 2016
Triple 9
Sweet Pea
Movie
Jan 2016
Anesthesia
Jeffrey
Movie
Sep 2015
Captive
Detective John Chestnut
Movie
Sep 2015
Time Out of Mind
Mike
TV Show
Jul 2015
The Spoils Before Dying
Rock Banyon
Movie
May 2015
Bessie
Jack Gee
Movie
Dec 2014
The Gambler
Neville Baraka
Movie
Dec 2014
Inherent Vice
Tariq Khalil
Movie
Nov 2014
Rand University
Narrator
Movie
Oct 2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
Movie
Oct 2014
Kill the Messenger
Ricky Ross
Movie
Jul 2014
The Purge: Anarchy
Carmelo
TV Show
Apr 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Richard Sackler
Movie
Jan 2014
RoboCop
Jack Lewis
Movie
Jan 2014
That Awkward Moment
Omar Little
TV Show
Nov 2013
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
Satan
Movie
Nov 2013
The Devil Goes Down
The Devil
Movie
Oct 2013
12 Years a Slave
Robert
Movie
Sep 2013
They Die by Dawn
Nat Love
Movie
Aug 2013
Jim Norton: American Degenerate
Himself
Movie
Aug 2013
Picasso Baby
Self
TV Show
Apr 2013
VICE
Self - Correspondent
Movie
Feb 2013
Snitch
Malik
Movie
Jan 2013
LUV
Detective Holloway
Movie
Nov 2012
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33
Sgt. James
Movie
Nov 2012
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
Sgt. James
Movie
Jul 2012
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
Ad
Movie
Jun 2012
The Wire: The Musical
Omar Little
TV Show
Mar 2012
Finding Your Roots
Self
Movie
Sep 2011
The Cookout 2
Cable Guy Mike
Movie
Aug 2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Sonnyboy
TV Show
Sep 2010
Detroit 1-8-7
Clarence Warrenton
TV Show
Sep 2010
Boardwalk Empire
Albert 'Chalky' White
Movie
Apr 2010
Life During Wartime
Allen
Movie
Mar 2010
Brooklyn's Finest
Red
Movie
Nov 2009
The Road
The Thief
TV Show
Sep 2009
Community
Professor Marshall Kane
Movie
Jul 2009
A Day in the Life
Killer Mike
TV Show
Jun 2009
The Philanthropist
Movie
Apr 2009
Tell-Tale
Acherton
Movie
Jan 2009
Wonderful World
Ibu
Movie
Sep 2008
Miracle at St. Anna
Tucker
Movie
Aug 2008
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Tone
Movie
Jun 2008
The Incredible Hulk
Harlem Bystander
Movie
Dec 2007
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
Movie
Dec 2007
The Wire Odyssey
Self
Movie
Dec 2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
James
Movie
Sep 2007
Gone Baby Gone
Devin
Movie
Aug 2007
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Sgt. James
Movie
Mar 2007
I Think I Love My Wife
Teddy
TV Show
Sep 2006
Six Degrees
Michael
Movie
Apr 2006
Killa Season
Mike
Movie
Apr 2006
Mercenary for Justice
Samuel Kay
Movie
Mar 2006
The Bondage
Willie
Movie
Nov 2005
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
James
TV Show
Nov 2005
Trapped in the Closet
Movie
Jan 2005
Lackawanna Blues
Jimmy
Movie
Nov 2004
Doing Hard Time
Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit
TV Show
Oct 2004
Boston Legal
Randall Kirk
Movie
Jan 2004
Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
Self
TV Show
Jun 2002
The Wire
Omar Little
TV Show
Sep 2001
Alias
Roberts
TV Show
Oct 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ronnie
TV Show
Oct 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Laurent / Paul
Movie
Jan 2000
Broke Even
Kenny
Movie
Nov 1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
(segment "Secret")
Movie
Oct 1999
Bringing Out the Dead
Drug Dealer
TV Show
Sep 1999
Third Watch
Cop One
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Double-D Gamble
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
John Victor Bodine
TV Show
Jan 1999
The Sopranos
Ray Ray
Movie
Aug 1998
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Gang Member #2 (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 1996
MugShot
Rumor
Movie
Mar 1996
Bullet
High Top
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Charles Cole
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Delmore Walton
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Marcus Cole