
Mykelti Williamson
Highest Rated: 94% Three Kings (1999)
Lowest Rated: 9% Species II (1998)
Birthday: Mar 04, 1957
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
A steadily working television actor beginning in the 1980s, Mykelti Williamson gained widespread recognition with his role as sweet, simple, shrimp enthusiast Bubba Blue in the Academy Award-winning movie "Forrest Gump" (1994). Williamson went on to become a reliable supporting player on film, often coming across as a warm, gentle giant, even in his many appearances as officers of the law or sympathetic outlaws in over their head. The affable actor had the opportunity to contribute to screen portrayals of such notable African-American cultural stories as that of the "Buffalo Soldiers" (TNT, 1997) and the historic Negro League in "Soul of the Game" (1996). In several projects, he tackled racial issues, including his work in the acclaimed Showtime adaptation of "12 Angry Men" (1997) and the indie film "Spinning Into Butter" (2009), in which he portrayed a journalist investigating a string of racial incidents at a New England college. While Williamson offered excellent supporting performances in mainstream hits like "Con Air" (1997), "Primary Colors" (1998) and "Ali" (2001), starring roles on fast-paced television dramas like "The Fugitive" (CBS, 2000-01), "24" (Fox, 2001-2010) and "Justified" (FX, 2010-15) became the calling card of the prolific and appealing actor.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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78% | 88% | The 24th | Sgt. Hayes (Character) | - | 2020 |
67% | 62% | Emperor | Truesdale (Character) | - | 2020 |
42% | 79% | Don't Let Go | Unknown (Character) | $5.2M | 2019 |
40% | 14% | Thriller | Detective Raymond Johnson (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Canal Street | Jackie Styles (Character) | $247.8K | 2018 |
40% | 84% | Run the Race | Coach Hailey (Character) | $6.4M | 2018 |
67% | 85% | Saint Judy | Dikembe Mustafa (Character) | $78.5K | 2018 |
56% | 48% | The Purge: Election Year | Joe Dixon (Character) | $79M | 2016 |
92% | 75% | Fences | Gabriel (Character) | $57.6M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Bury Your Own | Detective Goodman (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Convergence | Captain Saul Miller (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 19% | Hollows Grove | F.B.I. Agent Jones (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Twist of Faith | Uncle Moe (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith | Donnie (Character) | - | 2011 |
28% | 48% | High School | Paranoid (Character) | $80.6K | 2010 |
83% | 85% | Black Dynamite | Chicago Wind (Character) | $228.5K | 2009 |
28% | 35% | The Final Destination | George (Character) | $66.5M | 2009 |
29% | 16% | Vice | Sampson (Character) | - | 2008 |
16% | 32% | Spinning Into Butter | Aaron Carmichael (Character) | $5.5K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Fatwa | Grady Frank (Character) | - | 2006 |
62% | 86% | ATL | Uncle George (Character) | $21.2M | 2006 |
67% | 69% | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Harold Mann (Character) | $697.8K | 2004 |
18% | 52% | After the Sunset | Agent Stafford (Character) | $28.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Our America | Graham Ellis (Character) | - | 2002 |
68% | 65% | Ali | Don King (Character) | $58.2M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Holiday Heart | Silas (Character) | - | 2000 |
94% | 77% | Three Kings | Col. Horn (Character) | $60.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Papa Delany (Character) | - | 1999 |
9% | 18% | Species II | Dennis Gamble (Character) | $19.2M | 1998 |
81% | 64% | Primary Colors | Dewayne Smith (Character) | $39M | 1998 |
38% | 46% | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Marcus Weans (Character) | $54.2K | 1997 |
56% | 75% | Con Air | Mike 'Baby-O' O'Dell (Character) | $101.1M | 1997 |
92% | 87% | 12 Angry Men | Juror 10 (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Tap | Agent Hamilton (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Buffalo Soldiers | Cpl. William Christy (Character) | - | 1997 |
67% | 64% | Soul of the Game | Josh Gibson (Character) | - | 1996 |
62% | 63% | How to Make an American Quilt | Winston (Character) | $23.6M | 1995 |
87% | 94% | Heat | Sergeant Drucker (Character) | $66.2M | 1995 |
50% | 42% | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Dwight Mercer (Character) | $28M | 1995 |
60% | 79% | Waiting to Exhale | Troy (Character) | $64.2M | 1995 |
71% | 95% | Forrest Gump | Pvt. Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue (Character) | $330.3M | 1994 |
70% | 50% | Free Willy | Dwight Mercer (Character) | $76.3M | 1993 |
27% | 45% | The First Power | Detective Oliver Franklin (Character) | $20.6M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Killer Among Us | Greg Hopkins (Character) | - | 1990 |
90% | 73% | Miracle Mile | Wilson (Character) | $341.4K | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 14% | You Talkin' to Me? | Thatcher Marks (Character) | $3.1K | 1987 |
22% | 49% | Wildcats | Levander 'Bird' Williams (Character) | $23.6M | 1986 |
67% | 70% | Streets of Fire | B.J. (Character) | - | 1984 |
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No Score Yet | 50% | FBI | Director | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Chicago Med | Director | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Chicago P.D. |
Denny Woods (Character), Woods (Guest Star), Director |
2017-2020 |
89% | 76% | Lethal Weapon | Barnes (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sister Circle | Guest | 2019 |
71% | 53% | Designated Survivor | Adm. Chernow (Guest Star) | 2016-2017 |
38% | 82% | Rebel | Rene Knight (Character) | 2017 |
96% | 87% | Underground | Moses (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Steve Harvey | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Today Live | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today's Take | Guest | 2016 |
25% | 56% | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 |
97% | 95% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 2012-2013 |
90% | 70% | Nashville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
61% | 79% | Scorpion | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
68% | 66% | Touch | Detective Lang (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Rizzoli and Isles | U.S. Marshal Whitmore (Guest Star) | 2011 |
93% | 92% | The Good Wife | Matthew Wade (Guest Star) | 2010 |
87% | 84% | 24 | Brian Hastings (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 84% | CSI: New York | Chief Brigham Sinclair (Guest Star) | 2007-2009 |
67% | No Score Yet | Kidnapped | Unknown (Character) | 2006-2007 |
63% | No Score Yet | Justice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
91% | 91% | Monk | Captain Walter Cage (Guest Star) | 2004 |
96% | No Score Yet | Boomtown | Det. "Fearless" Bobby Smith (Character) | 2002-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Lt. Philip Gerard (Character) | 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hoop Life | Marvin Buxton (Character) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time Trax | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New WKRP in Cincinnati | Donovan Aderhold (Character) | 1992-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bronx Zoo | Gus Butterfield (Character) | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hill Street Blues | Ron Garfield (Guest Star) | 1986 1984 |
72% | No Score Yet | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gimme a Break | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
33% | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
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