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Perhaps best remembered for his touching performance as "Bubba" opposite Tom Hanks in the Academy Award-winning Forrest Gump, Mykelti Williamson is one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, who has been steadily honing his craft since he first began acting professionally at the age of 18... See full bio »

Born:

Michael T. Williamson
in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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2013 Chicago PD (TV series) (announced)
Deputy Chief Hammond
– Pilot (2013) … Deputy Chief Hammond
 
2013 Wild Blue (TV movie) (pre-production)
Master Chief Donald Bowman
 
???? You Bury Your Own (post-production)
Detective Goodman
 
2013 Lauren (TV series)
Prince
– Episode #2.12 (2013) … Prince
 
2013 Touch (TV series)
Detective Lang
– Leviathan (2013) … Detective Lang
– Fight or Flight (2013) … Detective Lang
– Accused (2013) … Detective Lang
– Two of a Kind (2013) … Detective Lang
 
2012-2013 Justified (TV series)
Ellstin Limehouse
– Peace of Mind (2013) … Ellstin Limehouse
– Get Drew (2013) … Ellstin Limehouse
– Slaughterhouse (2012) … Ellstin Limehouse
– Coalition (2012) … Ellstin Limehouse
– Measures (2012) … Ellstin Limehouse
See all 14 episodes »
 
2013 Twist of Faith (TV movie)
 
2012 Single Ladies (TV series)
Pierce
– All or Nothing (2012) … Pierce
 
2011 Rizzoli & Isles (TV series)
U.S. Marshal Whitmore
– Don't Stop Dancing, Girl (2011) … U.S. Marshal Whitmore
 
2011 Have a Little Faith (TV movie)
Donnie
 
2010 The Good Wife (TV series)
Matthew Wade
– On Tap (2010) … Matthew Wade
 
2010 24 (TV series)
Brian Hastings
– Day 8: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2010) … Brian Hastings
– Day 8: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2010) … Brian Hastings
– Day 8: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. (2010) … Brian Hastings
– Day 8: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2010) … Brian Hastings
– Day 8: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. (2010) … Brian Hastings
See all 17 episodes »
 
2010 High School
Paranoid
 
2007-2009 CSI: NY (TV series)
Chief Brigham Sinclair
– Dead Reckoning (2009) … Chief Brigham Sinclair
– The Past, Present and Murder (2009) … Chief Brigham Sinclair
– Sex, Lies, and Silicone (2008) … Chief Brigham Sinclair
– The Thing About Heroes... (2007) … Chief Brigham Sinclair
– You Only Die Once (2007) … Chief Brigham Sinclair
See all 7 episodes »
 
2009 The Final Destination
George
 
2009 My Summer Friend (short)
Romell
 
2009 Psych (TV series)
Coach Sammy Winslow
– Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central (2009) … Coach Sammy Winslow
 
2009 Black Dynamite
Chicago Wind
 
2008 Spinning Into Butter
Aaron Carmichael
 
2008 Vice
Sampson
 
2008 Ball Don't Lie
Dallas
 
2008 One Hogan Place (TV movie)
Lt. Dardin
 
2007 August Rush
Reverend James
 
2006-2007 Kidnapped (TV series)
Virgil Hayes
– Resolution (2007) … Virgil Hayes (credit only) (also archive footage)
– Acknowledgement (2007) … Virgil Hayes
– Mutiny (2007) … Virgil Hayes
– Do Unto Others (2007) … Virgil Hayes
– Impasse (2007) … Virgil Hayes
See all 13 episodes »
 
2007 Raines (TV series)
Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
– Pilot (2007) … Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
 
2006 Justice (TV series)
Joshua Mortin
– Prior Convictions (2006) … Joshua Mortin
 
2006 ATL
Uncle George
 
2006 Fatwa
Grady Frank
 
2006 Lucky Number Slevin
Sloe
 
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
 
2005 Third Watch (TV series)
Detective Dante Rice / Detective Rice
– The Other 'L' Word (2005) … Detective Dante Rice
– The 'L' Word (2005) … Detective Rice
 
2004 After the Sunset
Agent Stafford
 
2004 Monk (TV series)
Captain Walter Cage
– Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan (2004) … Captain Walter Cage
 
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Harold Mann
 
2004 The Secret Service (TV movie)
Mike Bradford
 
2002-2003 Boomtown (TV series)
Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
– The Big Picture (2003) … Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
– Haystack (2003) … Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
– The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang (2003) … Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
– Wannabe (2003) … Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
– Inadmissible (2003) … Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
See all 24 episodes »
 
2002 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Tevis Lockwood
– Ship-In-A-Bottle (2002) … Tevis Lockwood
 
2002 Our America (TV movie)
Graham Ellis
 
2001 Ali
Don King
 
2000-2001 The Fugitive (TV series)
Lt. Philip Gerard
– Götterdämmerung (2001) … Lt. Philip Gerard
– Thanatos (2001) … Lt. Philip Gerard
– Smith 282 (2001) … Lt. Philip Gerard
– Flesh and Blood (2001) … Lt. Philip Gerard
– Tucker's Gift (2001) … Lt. Philip Gerard
See all 23 episodes »
 
2000 Holiday Heart (TV movie)
Silas
 
1999-2000 The Hoop Life (TV series)
Marvin Buxton
– The Second Chance (2000) … Marvin Buxton
– The Talented Tenth (2000) … Marvin Buxton
– The Back Stretch (2000) … Marvin Buxton
– A Little Yen (2000) … Marvin Buxton
– Rock, Salt, and Nails (2000) … Marvin Buxton
See all 22 episodes »
 
1999 Gideon
Coleman Walker
 
1999 Three Kings
Colonel Horn
 
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV movie)
Papa Delany
 
1998 Species II
Dennis Gamble
 
1998 Primary Colors
Dewayne Smith
 
1997 Buffalo Soldiers (TV movie)
Cpl. William Christy
 
1997 Double Tap
Agent Hamilton
 
1997 12 Angry Men (TV movie)
Juror #10
 
1997 Con Air
Baby-O
 
1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Marcus Weans
 
1996 Soul of the Game (TV movie)
Josh Gibson
 
1995 Waiting to Exhale
Troy
 
1995 Heat
Sergeant Drucker
 
1995 How to Make an American Quilt
Winston
 
1995 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Dwight
 
1995 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Dr. Michael Alders
– The Second Soul (1995) … Dr. Michael Alders
 
1994 Time Trax (TV series)
Luther Bell
– Cool Hand Darien (1994) … Luther Bell
 
1994 Forrest Gump
Bubba Blue
 
1993 Other Women's Children (TV movie)
Leonard
 
1993 Free Willy
Dwight Mercer
 
1991-1993 The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Donovan Aderhold
– Chicago Story (1993) … Donovan Aderhold
– Treasure of Sierra Smith (1993) … Donovan Aderhold
– Johnny Goes Hollywood (1993) … Donovan Aderhold
– Fever in the Morning (1993) … Donovan Aderhold
– Play Razor for Me (1992) … Donovan Aderhold
See all 21 episodes »
 
1988-1991 Midnight Caller (TV series)
Deacon Bridges
– City of Lost Souls: Part 2 (1991) … Deacon Bridges (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– City of Lost Souls: Part 3 (1991) … Deacon Bridges (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– City of Lost Souls: Part 1 (1991) … Deacon Bridges (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– The Leopard (1991) … Deacon Bridges (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– A Cry in the Night (1991) … Deacon Bridges (as Mykel T. Williamson)
See all 47 episodes »
 
1990 A Killer Among Us (TV movie)
Greg Hopkins (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1990 The First Power
Detective Oliver Franklin (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1989 China Beach (TV series)
Rousseau
– Promised Land (1989) … Rousseau (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Psywars (1989) … Rousseau (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1988 Police Story: Monster Manor (TV movie)
Officer Don Luntner (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1988 Miracle Mile
Wilson (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1987-1988 The Bronx Zoo (TV series)
Gus Butterfield
– A Day in the Life (1988) … Gus Butterfield
– On the Land, on the Sea and in the Halls (1988) … Gus Butterfield
– Crossroads (1988) … Gus Butterfield
– When I Paint My Masterpiece (1988) … Gus Butterfield
– If All the World's a Stage, Where's My Dressing Room? (1988) … Gus Butterfield
See all 21 episodes »
 
1987 J.J. Starbuck (TV series)
Calvin
– First You've Got to Go to the Picnic (1987) … Calvin
 
1987 You Talkin' to Me?
Thatcher Marks (as Mikel T. Williamson)
 
1987 Number One with a Bullet
Casey (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1983-1986 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
Off. Ron Garfield / Raymond Hawkins Jr.
– Suitcase (1986) … Off. Ron Garfield (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Scales of Justice (1986) … Off. Ron Garfield (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Das Blues (1986) … Off. Ron Garfield (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Say It as It Plays (1986) … Off. Ron Garfield (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Two Easy Pieces (1986) … Off. Ron Garfield (as Mykel T. Williamson)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1986 The Love Boat (TV series)
James Rusell / James Russell
– Matadors, The/Mrs. Jameson Comes Out/Love's Labors Found/Marry Me, Marry Me: Part 1 (1986) … James Russell (credit only) (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Matadors, The/Mrs. Jameson Comes Out/Love's Labors Found/Marry Me, Marry Me: Part 2 (1986) … James Rusell (credit only) (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1986 Wildcats
Levander 'Bird' Williams (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1984-1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
Leon Jefferson / Sylvio Romulus
– Tale of the Goat (1985) … Sylvio Romulus (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Brother's Keeper (1984) … Leon Jefferson (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1984-1985 Cover Up (TV series)
Rick
– Who's Trying to Kill Miss Globe? (1985) … Rick (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Black Widow (1985) … Rick (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Midnight Highway (1984) … Rick
– Murder in Malibu (1984) … Rick (as Michael T. Williamson)
– Writer's Block (1984) … Rick (as Mykel T. Williamson)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1984 Gimme a Break! (TV series)
Waiter
– Nell's Birthday (1984) … Waiter (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1984 Streets of Fire
B.J. - The Sorels (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1983 Bay City Blues (TV series)
Deejay Cunningham
– I Never Swung with My Father (1983) … Deejay Cunningham (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Zircons Are Forever (1983) … Deejay Cunningham (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Beautiful Peoples (1983) … Deejay Cunningham (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Pilot (1983) … Deejay Cunningham (as Mykel T. Williamson)
– Going, Going, Gone (1983) … Deejay Cunningham (as Mykel T. Williamson)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1983 Alice (TV series)
Player #1
– Carrie on the Rebound (1983) … Player #1 (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1982 Desperate Lives (TV movie)
Jack (as Mykel T. Williamson)
 
1981 Father Murphy (TV series)
Lijah
– Establish Thou the Works of Our Hands (1981) … Lijah
 
1979-1981 The White Shadow (TV series)
Fred / Malcolm Gruner
– Burnout (1981) … Fred
– We're in the Money (1979) … Malcolm Gruner (as Michael T. Williamson)
 
1981 Freebie and the Bean (TV series)
Lemar Washington
– Highway Robbery (1981) … Lemar Washington
 
1981 The Righteous Apples (TV series)
Charles 'Big Neck' McMorris
 
1979 Sunnyside
Hot Dog (as Michael T. Williamson)
 
1979 Salvage 1 (TV series)
Eddie
– Golden Orbit: Part 1 (1979) … Eddie (as Michael T. Williamson)
 
1978 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Bruce
– Black and Blue (1978) … Bruce (as Michael T. Williamson)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2012 Jennifer (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2012 Jennifer (short)
 
2003 Boomtown (TV series)
– Fearless (2003) (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2009 My Summer Friend (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 My Crackhead Uncle (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2012 Reel Black Love (documentary)
 
2012 Universal Babe (documentary) (voice)
 
2011 Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Celebrity Ghost Stories (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Body Count: The Deaths of 'The Final Destination' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.35 (2009) … Himself
 
2007 Kidnapped: Ransom Notes (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Red Carpet: From NYC to ATL (video short)
Himself
 
2006 In the Rink: A Director's Journey (video documentary short)
 
2005 The Making of 'Heat' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Before, During and 'After the Sunset' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 I Love the '90s (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 2004 Trumpet Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 CBS Cares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
1996 27th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
 
1995 The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture/Favorite Motion Picture
 
1994 Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue (also archive footage)
 

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Alternate Names:

Michael T. Williamson | Mikel T. Williamson | Mykel T. Williamson

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Ex-brother-in-law of Steve Brown. See more »

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