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Michael Kenneth Williams
Highest Rated: 95% 12 Years a Slave (2013)
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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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89% | 82% | Surrounded | Will Clay (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 81% | 84% | Breaking | Eli Bernard (Character) | $2.8M | 2022 |
| 61% | 66% | Body Brokers | Wood (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 94% | No Score Yet | Critical Thinking | Mr. Roundtree (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 51% | 53% | Arkansas | Almond (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Zo | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 64% | 80% | Motherless Brooklyn | Trumpet Man (Character) | $9.3M | 2019 |
| 29% | 77% | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Kabede Bimro (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 51% | 46% | Superfly | Scatter (Character) | $20.5M | 2018 |
| 18% | 42% | Assassin's Creed | Moussa (Character) | $54.6M | 2016 |
| 12% | 45% | When the Bough Breaks | Roland White (Character) | $29.7M | 2016 |
| 70% | 61% | The Land | Pops (Character) | $18.0K | 2016 |
| 74% | 49% | Ghostbusters | Agent Hawkins (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 55% | 41% | Triple 9 | Sweet Pea (Character) | $12.6M | 2016 |
| 27% | 50% | Anesthesia | Jeffrey (Character) | $22.4K | 2015 |
| 27% | 43% | 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 |
| 77% | 69% | Kill the Messenger | Ricky Ross (Character) | $2.4M | 2014 |
| 58% | 56% | The Purge: Anarchy | Carmelo (Character) | $71.5M | 2014 |
| 49% | 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 |
| 58% | 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 |
| 68% | 48% | Life During Wartime | Allen (Character) | $278.8K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell Tale | Acherton (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 42% | 33% | 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 | 28% | 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 | 48% | 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% | 73% | 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 | 87% | Lie to Me | Henry Miller (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | 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% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Double-D Gamble (Guest Star) | 2003 2006 |
| 42% | No Score Yet | Six Degrees | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 86% | 94% | Boston Legal | Randall Kirk (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 86% | 87% | Alias | Roberts (Guest Star) | 2005 |