Portrait of Michael Kenneth Williams

Acting

Michael Kenneth Williams

Career

Active from 1996 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wire
The Wire
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Kenneth Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Wonder
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Crime Thriller 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Revenge 2
  • Urban Drama 2
  • High-Stakes 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Darkly Humorous 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles ยท average score 67
The Brown Dog
The Brown Dog (2024)

as Nobody

Surrounded
Surrounded (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

as Will Clay

Breaking
Breaking (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Eli Bernard

Body Brokers
Body Brokers (2021)
GoodWatch score 61

as Wood

Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Montrose Freeman

Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr. Roundtree

Arkansas
Arkansas (2020)
GoodWatch score 54

as Almond

2010s

45 titles ยท average score 60
When They See Us
When They See Us (2019)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Bobby McCray

SuperFly
SuperFly (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

as Scatter

Hap and Leonard
Hap and Leonard (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Leonard Pine

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed (2016)
GoodWatch score 38

as Moussa

The Spoils Before Dying
The Spoils Before Dying (2015)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Rock Banyon

Captive
Captive (2015)
GoodWatch score 41

as Detective John Chestnut

The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

as Carmelo

RoboCop
RoboCop (2014)
GoodWatch score 53

as Jack Lewis

The Gambler
The Gambler (2014)
GoodWatch score 50

as Neville Baraka

Snitch
Snitch (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

as Malik

Life During Wartime
Life During Wartime (2010)
GoodWatch score 61

as Allen

Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
GoodWatch score 51

as Red

2000s

26 titles ยท average score 62
Wonderful World
Wonderful World (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as Ibu

The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist (2009)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show

The Road
The Road (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

as The Thief

Community
Community (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Professor Marshall Kane

Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club (2008)
GoodWatch score 46

as Tone

Mercenary for Justice
Mercenary for Justice (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

as Samuel Kay

Trapped in the Closet
Trapped in the Closet (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Doing Hard Time
Doing Hard Time (2004)
GoodWatch score 49

as Curtis Craig aka: Durty Curt From Detroit

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Randall Kirk

The Wire
The Wire (2002)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Omar Little

Broke Even
Broke Even (2000)

as Kenny

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Laurent / Paul / Ronnie

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 70
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as John Victor Bodine / Double-D Gamble

The Sopranos
The Sopranos (1999)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Ray Ray

Third Watch
Third Watch (1999)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Cop One

Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

as Drug Dealer

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999)
GoodWatch score 80

as (segment "Secret")

The Substitute 2: School's Out
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
GoodWatch score 24

as Gang Member #2 (uncredited)

MugShot
MugShot (1996)

as Rumor

Bullet
Bullet (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

as High Top

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Charles Cole / Delmore Walton