Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson

Known for
Acting
Born
March 4, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

Mykelti Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the films Forrest Gump (1994), 12 Angry Men (1997), Con Air (1997), and Ali (2001), and the television shows Boomtown, 24, and Justified.

Known For

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Filmography

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ATL 2: The Homecoming poster

ATL 2: The Homecoming

Movie · as Uncle George

2026
Is God Is poster

Is God Is

Movie · as Chuck Hall

2026
They Fight poster

They Fight

Movie · as Coach Mac

2026
The Ballad of Lieutenant Dan poster

The Ballad of Lieutenant Dan

Movie · as Self

2026
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga poster

The Drop: A Snowfall Saga

TV · as James 'Big Daddy' Kinsey · 8 eps

2025
The Last Rodeo poster

The Last Rodeo

Movie · as Charlie Williamson

2025
Government Cheese poster

Government Cheese

TV · as Gus · 10 eps

2024
Unstoppable poster

Unstoppable

Movie · as Eddie

2024
Fallout poster

Fallout

TV · as Honcho · 1 ep

2024
Dark Matter poster

Dark Matter

TV · as Grandpa Vance · 1 ep

2022
North of the 10 poster

North of the 10

Movie · as Cole Pruit

2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective poster

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2022
The Holiday Stocking poster

The Holiday Stocking

Movie · as Robert

2022
Butter poster

Butter

Movie · as Professor Dunn

2022
Clean poster

Clean

Movie · as Travis

2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime poster

Law & Order: Organized Crime

TV · as Preston Webb · 9 eps

2020
Emperor poster

Emperor

Movie · as Truesdale

2020
The 24th poster

The 24th

Movie · as Sgt. Hayes

2019
Don't Let Go poster

Don't Let Go

Movie · as Bobby Owens

2019
Canal Street poster

Canal Street

Movie · as Jackie Styles

2019
Run the Race poster

Run the Race

Movie · as Coach Hailey

2018
Thriller poster

Thriller

Movie · as Detective Raymond Johnson

2018
Saint Judy poster

Saint Judy

Movie · as Dikembe Mustafa

2017
Convergence poster

Convergence

Movie · as Captain Saul Miller

2017
Rebel poster

Rebel

TV · as Rene Knight · 9 eps

2016
The Purge: Election Year poster

The Purge: Election Year

Movie · as Joe Dixon

2016
Fences poster

Fences

Movie · as Gabriel Maxson

2016
Lethal Weapon poster

Lethal Weapon

TV · as Tom Barnes · 4 eps

2016
Designated Survivor poster

Designated Survivor

TV · as Admiral Chernow · 2 eps

2016
Insecure poster

Insecure

TV · as Preacher · 1 ep

2014
Hollows Grove poster

Hollows Grove

Movie · as F.B.I. Agent Jones

2014
Scorpion poster

Scorpion

TV · as General Walker · 1 ep

2014
Chicago P.D. poster

Chicago P.D.

TV · as Denny Woods · 14 eps

2013
Twist of Faith poster

Twist of Faith

Movie · as Uncle Moe

2012
Touch poster

Touch

TV · as Detective Lang · 4 eps

2011
Have a Little Faith poster

Have a Little Faith

Movie · as Donnie

2010
High School poster

High School

Movie · as Paranoid

2010
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination" poster

Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"

Movie · as Self

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Ellstin Limehouse · 15 eps

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as U.S. Marshal Whitmore · 1 ep

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Clay Maxwell · 2 eps

2009
The Final Destination poster

The Final Destination

Movie · as George

2009
Black Dynamite poster

Black Dynamite

Movie · as Chicago Wind

2009
Spinning Into Butter poster

Spinning Into Butter

Movie · as Aaron Carmichael

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Matthew Wade · 1 ep

2008
Vice poster

Vice

Movie · as Sampson

2007
August Rush poster

August Rush

Movie · as Reverend James

2007
Raines

Raines

TV · as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith · 1 ep

2006
Lucky Number Slevin poster

Lucky Number Slevin

Movie · as Sloe

2006
Fatwa poster

Fatwa

Movie · as Grady Frank

2006
ATL poster

ATL

Movie · as Uncle George

2006
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

TV · as Virgil Hayes · 13 eps

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Sammy Winslow · 1 ep

2006
Justice poster

Justice

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Making of Heat poster

The Making of Heat

Movie · as Self

2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin' poster

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Movie · as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)

2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon poster

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Movie · as Harold Mann

2004
After the Sunset poster

After the Sunset

Movie · as Agent Stafford

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Brigham Sinclair · 7 eps

2002
Our America poster

Our America

Movie · as Graham Ellis

2002
Boomtown poster

Boomtown

TV · as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith · 24 eps

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Walter Cage · 1 ep

2001
Ali poster

Ali

Movie · as Don King

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Brian Hastings · 17 eps

2000
Holiday Heart poster

Holiday Heart

Movie · as Silas

2000
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Lt. Philip Gerard · 22 eps

1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years poster

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Movie · as Papa Delany

1999
Three Kings poster

Three Kings

Movie · as Colonel Horn

1999
Third Watch poster

Third Watch

TV · as Detective Rice · 2 eps

1999
The Hoop Life

The Hoop Life

TV · 22 eps

1998
Species II poster

Species II

Movie · as Dennis Gamble

1998
Primary Colors poster

Primary Colors

Movie · as Dewayne Smith

1998
Gideon poster

Gideon

Movie · as Coleman Walker

1997
Con Air poster

Con Air

Movie · as "Baby-O" O'Dell

1997
12 Angry Men poster

12 Angry Men

Movie · as Juror 10

1997
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · as Cpl. William Christy

1997
Double Tap poster

Double Tap

Movie · as Agent Hamilton

1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M. poster

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Movie · as Marcus

1996
Soul of the Game poster

Soul of the Game

Movie · as Josh Gibson

1995
Heat poster

Heat

Movie · as Drucker

1995
Waiting to Exhale poster

Waiting to Exhale

Movie · as Troy

1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home poster

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Movie · as Dwight Mercer

1995
How to Make an American Quilt poster

How to Make an American Quilt

Movie · as Winston

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Dr. Michael Alders · 1 ep

1994
Forrest Gump poster

Forrest Gump

Movie · as Bubba Blue

1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump poster

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Movie · as Self

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Tevis Lockwood · 1 ep

1993
Free Willy poster

Free Willy

Movie · as Dwight Mercer

1993
Other Women's Children poster

Other Women's Children

Movie · as Leonard

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati poster

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

TV · as Donovan Aderhold · 47 eps

1990
The First Power poster

The First Power

Movie · as Det. Oliver Franklin

1990
A Killer Among Us poster

A Killer Among Us

Movie · as Greg Hopkins

1988
Miracle Mile poster

Miracle Mile

Movie · as Wilson

1988
Police Story: Monster Manor poster

Police Story: Monster Manor

Movie · as Officer Don Luntner

1988
China Beach poster

China Beach

TV · 2 eps

1988
Midnight Caller poster

Midnight Caller

TV · as Deacon Bridges · 47 eps

1988
Police Story

Police Story

TV · as Officer Don Luntner · 1 ep

1987
You Talkin' to Me? poster

You Talkin' to Me?

Movie · as Thatcher Marks

1987
Number One with a Bullet poster

Number One with a Bullet

Movie · as Casey

1987
The Bronx Zoo poster

The Bronx Zoo

TV · 21 eps

1987
J.J. Starbuck poster

J.J. Starbuck

TV · 1 ep

1986
Wildcats poster

Wildcats

Movie · as Levander 'Bird' Williams

1986
The Delta Force poster

The Delta Force

Movie · as Delta Force Member (uncredited)

1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper poster

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

Movie · as Leon Jefferson

1984
Streets of Fire poster

Streets of Fire

Movie · as The Sorels - B.J.

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Leon Jefferson, Sylvio Romulus · 1 ep

1984
Cover Up poster

Cover Up

TV · as Rick · 11 eps

1983
Bay City Blues poster

Bay City Blues

TV · as Deejay Cunningham · 8 eps

1982
Desperate Lives poster

Desperate Lives

Movie · as Jack

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 1 ep

1980
The Righteous Apples

The Righteous Apples

TV · 20 eps

1980
Freebie and the Bean poster

Freebie and the Bean

TV · 1 ep

1979
Sunnyside poster

Sunnyside

Movie · as Hot Dog

1978
The White Shadow poster

The White Shadow

TV · as Fred · 1 ep

1976
Alice poster

Alice

TV · 1 ep

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · 1 ep