Williams also played Albert 'Chalky' White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire from 2010 to 2014. His performance as Omar was widely acclaimed, leading to praise from President Barack Obama and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 2007. His distinctive voice, prominent facial scar, and charisma helped him obtain acting work, initially alongside Tupac Shakur in the 1996 film Bullet before being cast in The Wire in 2002. He left school early to pursue a career as a dancer, which resulted in his working with Kym Sims, George Michael, and Madonna, and found work choreographing music videos. īorn in Brooklyn, New York City, to an African-American father from South Carolina and a Bahamian mother, Williams enrolled at the National Black Theater. He has been described as a 'singular presence, onscreen and off, who made every role his own'. He rose to fame in 2002 through his critically acclaimed role as Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire. Michael Kenneth Williams (Novem– September 6, 2021) was an American actor.
