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Michael Kenneth Williams
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…
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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.
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2025
Fame and Fentanyl
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Brown Dog
Movie Nobody
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2023
Surrounded
Movie Will Clay
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2022
Breaking
Movie Eli Bernard
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2021
Dark Side of the 90's
TV show Self
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2021
Body Brokers
Movie Wood
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2021
Lines
Movie
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2020
Critical Thinking
Movie Mr. Roundtree
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2020
Lovecraft Country
TV show Montrose Freeman
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2020
Arkansas
Movie Almond
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2020
Beastie Boys Story
Movie Self
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2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Movie Trumpet Man
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Movie Kabede Bimro
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2019
When They See Us
TV show Bobby McCray
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2019
Rematch
Movie Failure
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2019
The Public
Movie Jackson
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2018
SuperFly
Movie Scatter
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2018
La route de la soif
TV show Self
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2017
Drop the Mic
TV show Self
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2017
Shelter
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
When We Rise
TV show Ken Jones
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2016
Assassin's Creed
Movie Moussa
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2016
When the Bough Breaks
Movie Roland White
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2016
Black Market: Dispatches
TV show Himself - Host
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2016
The Land
Movie Pops
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2016
Ghostbusters
Movie Agent Hawkins
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2016
The Night Of
TV show Freddy Knight
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2016
Black Market
TV show Self - Host
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2016
Hap and Leonard
TV show Leonard Pine
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2016
Triple 9
Movie Sweet Pea
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2016
Anesthesia
Movie Jeffrey
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2015
Captive
Movie Detective John Chestnut
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2015
Time Out of Mind
Movie Mike
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2015
The Spoils Before Dying
TV show Rock Banyon
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2015
Bessie
Movie Jack Gee
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2014
The Gambler
Movie Neville Baraka
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2014
Inherent Vice
Movie Tariq Khalil
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2014
Rand University
Movie Narrator
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