Mykelti Williamson

Personal Info

Birthday

March 4, 1957

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Michael T. Williamson

Mykel T. Williamson

Mikel T. Williamson

מיקלטי וויליאמסון

Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson

Mykelti Williamson

Biography

Michael T. 'Mykelti' Williamson (born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for season 8 of the hit TV series 24.

Known For

Chicago P.D.

Monk

Hawaii Five-0

Psych

Law & Order: Organized Crime

CSI: NY

The Good Wife

Filmography

2025
The Last Rodeo
as Charlie Williamson
2024
Unstoppable
as Eddie
2022
The Holiday Stocking
as Robert
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
North of the 10
as Cole Pruit
Clean
as Travis
2020
The 24th
as Sgt. Hayes
Emperor
as Truesdale
Butter
as Professor Dunn
2019
Don't Let Go
as Bobby Owens
Saint Judy
as Dikembe Mustafa
Run the Race
as Coach Hailey
Canal Street
as Jackie Styles
2018
Thriller
as Detective Raymond Johnson
2017
Convergence
as Captain Saul Miller
2016
Fences
as Gabriel Maxson
The Purge: Election Year
as Joe Dixon
2014
Hollows Grove
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
2013
Twist of Faith
as Uncle Moe
2011
Have a Little Faith
as Donnie
2010
High School
as Paranoid
2009
Black Dynamite
as Chicago Wind
The Final Destination
as George
2008
Vice
as Sampson
2007
August Rush
as Reverend James
Spinning Into Butter
as Aaron Carmichael
2006
ATL
as Uncle George
Fatwa
as Grady Frank
Lucky Number Slevin
as Sloe
2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
2004
After the Sunset
as Agent Stafford
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Harold Mann
2002
Our America
as Graham Ellis
2001
Ali
as Don King
2000
Holiday Heart
as Silas
1999
Three Kings
as Colonel Horn
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Papa Delany
1998
Gideon
as Coleman Walker
Species II
as Dennis Gamble
Primary Colors
as Dewayne Smith
1997
Buffalo Soldiers
as Cpl. William Christy
Double Tap
as Agent Hamilton
12 Angry Men
as Juror 10
Con Air
as "Baby-O" O'Dell
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Marcus
1996
Soul of the Game
as Josh Gibson
1995
Waiting to Exhale
as Troy
Heat
as Drucker
How to Make an American Quilt
as Winston
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Dwight Mercer
1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
Forrest Gump
as Bubba Blue
1993
Other Women's Children
as Leonard
Free Willy
as Dwight Mercer
1990
A Killer Among Us
as Greg Hopkins
The First Power
as Det. Oliver Franklin
1989
Miracle Mile
as Wilson
1988
Police Story: Monster Manor
as Officer Don Luntner
1987
You Talkin' To Me?
as Thatcher Marks
Number One with a Bullet
as Casey
1986
The Delta Force
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Wildcats
as Levander 'Bird' Williams
1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Leon Jefferson
Streets of Fire
as The Sorels - B.J.
1982
Desperate Lives
as Jack
1979
Sunnyside
as Hot Dog