Michael Kenneth Williams Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Michael Kenneth Williams was born on November 22, 1966 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Road (2009) and Gone Baby Gone (2007).
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, ...
Movies
The Purge: Anarchy, 12 Years a Slave, RoboCop, The Gambler, Triple 9, Kill the Messenger, Inherent Vice, Snitch, Bessie, The Road, Assassin's Creed, Gone Baby Gone, The Incredible Hulk, Life During Wartime, When the Bough Breaks, I Think I Love My Wife, The Land, Aquaman, Doing Hard Time, Captive, Y...
TV Shows
The Night Of, Boardwalk Empire, The Philanthropist, The Wire, Hap and Leonard
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Deep gravelly voice
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Facial scar
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Quote
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[on 'The NIght Of] In my perspective, the show has very little to do with the subject of race, and everything to do with class. I've come to realize that the race thing is a smoke screen. The real war is a war on class. It's about how much green you have in your pocket. In this country, you can unfortunately literally get away with murder if you have enough political background behind you. You are innocent until you are proven poor.
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Everybody is entitled to their own opinion and I respect them but I do my work and I go home. If they only see Omar as a one-dimensional character then they don't understand The Wire (2002) as a whole. What I will say about Omar is he helped the Black community by breaking this stereotype we have about homosexuals. I'm actually proud about that.
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The first season was great. I was at an all-time high, getting more money than I ever seen. But I was careless. I blew all my money. See, I am from Brooklyn and when we get money we love to spread it around. I even bought me a crib on Baltimore Hill. I was out in the streets getting into a lot of trouble. I ended up getting evicted from my crib and having to stay with my baby mother until the next season. You only got paid for the episodes you were in and there wasn't any Omar in season two, so I was basically broke until season three. But I loved playing Omar.
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[on how he got his facial scar] It happened on my 25th birthday. I was acting immaturely because I was on that "liquid courage" [alcohol], and some words were exchanged between me and a group of gentlemen. I was drunk so I fought and ended up getting jumped. They cut me with a razor from the top of my head to my neck. I nearly lost my life that night. That was my first wake-up call.
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I love my characters. I play them with 100% honesty; there's no holding back. I understand where they are coming from.
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[on how similar he is to his character Omar Little in The Wire (2002)] - I was never a thug. I never even liked to fight.
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Fact
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He has established Making Kids Win, a charitable organization whose primary objective is to build community centres in urban neighborhoods that are in need of safe spaces for children to learn and play.
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He got the part of Omar Little after one audition.
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Williams was featured modelling for GAP's 2014 fall collection.
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He serves as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador to the Campaign for Smart Justice.
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He discovered Felicia Pearson in a Baltimore club, invited her to come to the set of The Wire (2002) one day, introduced her to the writers and the producers, and after subsequent auditions, she was offered the role of Snoop in the series.
In 2013, he starred in MGMT's music video for Cool Song No. 2.
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Williams suffered from an identity crisis during his portrayal of Omar Little, going by his character's name, and developed a habit of smoking cannabis and an addiction to cocaine in 2004.
He got one of his first major acting roles in Bullet (1996) after being discovered by Tupac Shakur.
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During his Sept. 19, 2008 interview with XM radio's Opie & Anthony, he mentions that he is not ashamed of anything he's done as an actor. But, there is footage of him in Hammer pants and a half shirt from his dancing days that makes him cringe.
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His large facial scar is the result of a bar fight he got involved in on his 25th birthday. His assailants sliced him with razor blades.
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Used be a dancer and then a choreographer, doing routines for music videos and tours.
$17 Million
