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Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams

A native of Brooklyn, New York, actor Michael Kenneth Williams fell into a typecast with repeated portrayals of hoods, toughs and career criminals from project to project. Williams entered acting courtesy of professional dancing, which he began at the age of 22; in that arena, his unique and individualistic moves caught the attention of producers and landed him in a string of music videos. Williams subsequently decided to pursue classical training as an actor, which he received via participation in the National Black Theater Company and New York's La' MaMA Theatre Company, though his breakthrough arrived at the hands of the late gangster rapper Tupac Shakur, who discovered Williams and cast him as his own little brother in the Julien Temple-directed urban crime drama Bullet (1995). Work for Martin Scorsese followed, with a minor role in the grueling psychodrama Bringing Out the Dead (1999), though Williams scored much broader acclaim and exposure via participation in HBO's popular crime drama series The Wire, where he played stick-up man Omar Little for multiple seasons. Williams then moved back into features with a supporting turn as Devin in actor-turned-director Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone (2007), then starred opposite Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron in director John Hillcoat's post-apocalyptic thriller The Road (2008). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide


Filmography of Michael Kenneth Williams:

Michael Kenneth Williams Trivia

Who did Michael Kenneth Williams play in Gone Baby Gone?
Michael Kenneth Williams was Devin in Gone Baby Gone

Who did Michael Kenneth Williams portray in The Wire: Season 01?
Michael Kenneth Williams was Omar Little in The Wire: Season 01

What role did Michael Kenneth Williams play in The Wire: Season 02?
Michael Kenneth Williams played Omar Little in The Wire: Season 02

Who did Michael Kenneth Williams portray in The Wire: Season 03?
Michael Kenneth Williams was Omar Little in The Wire: Season 03

Who did Michael Kenneth Williams portray in Lackawanna Blues?
Michael Kenneth Williams was Jimmy Lee in Lackawanna Blues

Who did Michael Kenneth Williams play in The Wire: Season 04?
Michael Kenneth Williams was Omar Little in The Wire: Season 04


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