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Michael Kenneth Williams

Highest Rated: 97% Critical Thinking (2020)

Lowest Rated: 12% When the Bough Breaks (2016)

Birthday: Nov 22, 1966

Birthplace: Flatbush, New York, USA

Though he received his start in entertainment as a dancer and music video performer, actor Michael K. Williams established himself as a bona fide talent with his breakthrough performance as Omar Little, the openly-gay stick-up artist who roams the streets of Baltimore robbing drug dealers and selling the pilfered wares to other pushers on the critically acclaimed series, "The Wire" (HBO, 2001-08). Though originally slated to be on the show for seven episodes - the writers said they wanted to kill off Omar in season one - Williams instilled his character with a magnetic charm and sense of humor that elevated him beyond anything the creators envisioned. Prior to his star turn on "The Wire," Williams was seen in supporting parts on television and in film, mostly as street thugs and drug dealers; roles he got, thanks in part, to a long facial scar received in a bar fight. But nothing compared to his stint on "The Wire."

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Highest rated movies

97% 91% Critical Thinking Watchlist 95% 90% 12 Years a Slave Watchlist
94% 86% Gone Baby Gone
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91% 68% Bessie
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88% 81% Surrounded Watchlist 81% 84% Breaking Watchlist
76% 69% Kill the Messenger
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74% 68% The Road
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74% 49% Ghostbusters Watchlist
70% 60% The Land
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% 81% Surrounded Will Clay (Character) - 2023
81% 84% Breaking Eli Bernard (Character) $2.8M 2022
58% 64% Body Brokers Wood (Character) - 2021
97% 91% Critical Thinking Mr. Roundtree (Character) - 2020
51% 53% Arkansas Almond (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Zo Unknown (Character) - 2020
65% 80% Motherless Brooklyn Trumpet Man (Character) $9.3M 2019
28% 77% The Red Sea Diving Resort Kabede Bimro (Character) - 2019
51% 45% Superfly Scatter (Character) $20.5M 2018
19% 42% Assassin's Creed Moussa (Character) $54.6M 2016
12% 45% When the Bough Breaks Roland White (Character) $29.7M 2016
70% 60% The Land Pops (Character) $18.0K 2016
74% 49% Ghostbusters Agent Hawkins (Character) - 2016
54% 41% Triple 9 Sweet Pea (Character) $12.6M 2016
27% 50% Anesthesia Jeffrey (Character) $22.4K 2015
28% 44% Captive Detective John Chestnut (Character) $2.6M 2015
91% 68% Bessie Jack Gee (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shelter Executive Producer - 2015
43% 31% The Gambler Neville Baraka (Character) $33.7M 2014
76% 69% Kill the Messenger Ricky Ross (Character) $2.4M 2014
59% 56% The Purge: Anarchy Carmelo (Character) $71.5M 2014
50% 49% RoboCop Officer Jack Lewis (Character) $58.6M 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bro Executive Producer - 2014
95% 90% 12 Years a Slave Robert (Character) $56.7M 2013
57% 61% Snitch Malik (Character) $42.9M 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snitch, američko-arapsko-britanski film Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 0% You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You Ad (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 79% Snow on Tha Bluff Executive Producer - 2011
68% 48% Life During Wartime Allen (Character) $278.8K 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tell Tale Acherton (Character) - 2009
42% 34% Wonderful World Ibu (Character) $8.6K 2009
74% 68% The Road The Thief (Character) $8.1M 2009
No Score Yet 80% A Kiss of Chaos Demetrius (Character) - 2009
94% 86% Gone Baby Gone Devin (Character) $20.3M 2007
19% 41% I Think I Love My Wife Teddy (Character) $12.5M 2007
No Score Yet 27% Mercenary for Justice Samuel Kay (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 54% Doing Hard Time Curtis Craig (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mugshot Rumor (Character) - 1996

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Market With Michael K. Williams Unknown (Character),
Executive Producer,
Host
2016 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul of a Nation Host 2021
88% 64% Lovecraft Country Montrose Freeman (Character) 2020
97% 89% When They See Us Bobby McCray (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Around the Way Unknown (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2019
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drop the Mic Contestant 2018
94% 88% Hap and Leonard Leonard Pine (Character) 2016-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet VICE Host 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2018
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016 2018
82% 79% When We Rise Ken Jones (Character) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2012 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Market: Dispatches Host 2016
94% 93% The Night Of Freddy Knight (Character) 2016
56% 69% Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons Guest 2016
100% 29% The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Guest 2016
81% 62% The Spoils of Babylon Unknown (Character) 2015
92% 95% Boardwalk Empire Chalky White (Character) 2010-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2013
44% 80% High School USA! Unknown (Guest Voice) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet 106 & Park Unknown (Character) 2013
88% 88% Community Professor Marshall Kane (Guest Star) 2011-2012
81% No Score Yet Detroit 1-8-7 Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet 86% Lie to Me Henry Miller (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2005 2010
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2001 2009
61% No Score Yet The Philanthropist Dax (Character) 2009
No Score Yet 82% CSI: New York Reggie Dunham (Guest Star) 2008
94% 96% The Wire Omar Little (Character) 2002-2004 2006 2008
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Double-D Gamble (Guest Star) 2003 2006
42% No Score Yet Six Degrees Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
86% 90% Boston Legal Randall Kirk (Guest Star) 2005
86% 89% Alias Roberts (Guest Star) 2005