Yolonda Ross and Michael K. Williams at the premiere of the 2002 romcom “Brown Sugar” at the Ziegfield Theater.
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Sonja Sohn and Michael K. Williams at the premiere of HBO Film’s “Live From Baghdad” in 2002.
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Michael K. Williams appeared in 41 episodes of the the critically acclaimed HBO drama “The Wire” as gay Robin Hood-style stick-up man Omar Little.
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Michael K. Williams appeared in the 2009 movie “The Road,” a post-apocalyptic survival film.
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Steve Buscemi and Michael K. Williams at the premiere of the fifth season of Boardwalk Empire in 2014. Williams played Chalky White, one of the head gangsters in the Prohibition-era series.
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Angie Martinez, Michael K. Williams and Rosie Perez attend ROC Nation Boxing at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in 2015.
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Michael K. Williams and Hank Azaria at Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks pulled out an overtime win over the Jazz on January 20, 2016.
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Mayor de Blasio and Michael K. Williams perform at the 94th annual Inner Circle dinner in 2016, in which reporters lampoon politicians.
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Michael K. Williams speaks out after The Black Wall Street was vandalized in January 2017.
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Alec Bladwin, Emilio Estevez, Gabrielle Union, Taylor Schilling and Michael K. Williams at the 2019 New York premiere of “The Public,” in which homeless library patrons refuse to leave as a cold front makes its way to Cincinnati.
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Michael K. Williams in a scene from the horror drama ‘Lovecraft Country,’ his final TV performance, in which he plays the father of a Korean War veteran.
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Michael K. Williams in his award show look for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in March 2021.
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Michael K. Williams received five Primetime Emmy award nominations in his versatile career, during which he gained legions of fans.
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