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Acting

Mykelti Williamson

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2022 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Forrest Gump
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 97 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mykelti Williamson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Historical
1.6, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 5
Character-Driven 5
Emotional Catharsis 4
Character Study 3
Fast-Paced 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Ensemble Cast Dynamics 3
Biographical Drama 2
American History 2
Heartwarming 2
Friendship Bonds 2
Racial Injustice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

ATL 2: The Homecoming

as Uncle George

2020s

17 titles · average score 64

The Drop: A Snowfall Saga

74

TV show · as James 'Big Daddy' Kinsey

Is God Is

79

as Chuck Hall

They Fight

42

as Coach Mac

The Last Rodeo

68

as Charlie Williamson

Unstoppable

69

as Eddie

Dark Matter

74

TV show · as Grandpa Vance

Fallout

83

TV show · as Honcho

Spring Breakthrough

60

Director

Clean

49

as Travis

Sons 2 the Grave

Director, Executive Producer

Butter

55

as Professor Dunn

Law & Order: Organized Crime

70

TV show · as Preston Webb

2010s

23 titles · average score 61

Don't Let Go

55

as Bobby Owens

Saint Judy

66

as Dikembe Mustafa

Rebel

51

TV show · as Rene Knight

Convergence

32

as Captain Saul Miller

The Purge: Election Year

55

as Joe Dixon

Fences

78

as Gabriel Maxson

Chicago P.D.

66

TV show · as Denny Woods

Hollows Grove

39

as F.B.I. Agent Jones

Twist of Faith

65

as Uncle Moe

Have a Little Faith

67

as Donnie

Hawaii Five-0

69

TV show · as Clay Maxwell

High School

44

as Paranoid

2000s

24 titles · average score 61

The Final Destination

37

as George

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Matthew Wade

Vice

43

as Sampson

Lucky Number Slevin

64

as Sloe

Kidnapped

58

TV show · as Virgil Hayes

ATL

67

as Uncle George

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

66

as Harold Mann

Boomtown

80

TV show · as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith

Monk

82

TV show · as Walter Cage

Ali

67

as Don King

83

TV show · as Brian Hastings

The Fugitive

56

TV show · as Lt. Philip Gerard

1990s

25 titles · average score 64

Species II

28

as Dennis Gamble

Con Air

62

as "Baby-O" O'Dell

Buffalo Soldiers

58

as Cpl. William Christy

Double Tap

50

as Agent Hamilton

Soul of the Game

64

as Josh Gibson

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

50

as Dwight Mercer

Waiting to Exhale

61

as Troy

Heat

82

as Drucker

Forrest Gump

83

as Bubba Blue

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

63

TV show · as Donovan Aderhold

The First Power

42

as Det. Oliver Franklin

A Killer Among Us

as Greg Hopkins

1980s

20 titles · average score 64

Miracle Mile

76

as Wilson

Midnight Caller

76

TV show · as Deacon Bridges

China Beach

77

TV show

Police Story: Monster Manor

as Officer Don Luntner

The Bronx Zoo

TV show

You Talkin' to Me?

34

as Thatcher Marks

The Delta Force

41

as Delta Force Member (uncredited)

Wildcats

39

as Levander 'Bird' Williams

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Leon Jefferson / Sylvio Romulus

Streets of Fire

66

as The Sorels - B.J.

Cover Up

73

TV show · as Rick

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

4 titles · average score 66

Sunnyside

as Hot Dog

The White Shadow

75

TV show · as Fred

Alice

46

TV show

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show