Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 4, 1957
Place of Birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Last Rodeo | Charlie Williamson |
| 2024 | Unstoppable | Eddie |
| 2022 | North of the 10 | Cole Pruit |
| 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self |
| 2022 | The Holiday Stocking | Robert |
| 2022 | Clean | Travis |
| 2020 | Emperor | Truesdale |
| 2020 | The 24th | Sgt. Hayes |
| 2020 | Butter | Professor Dunn |
| 2019 | Don't Let Go | Bobby Owens |
| 2019 | Canal Street | Jackie Styles |
| 2019 | Saint Judy | Dikembe Mustafa |
| 2019 | Run the Race | Coach Hailey |
| 2018 | Thriller | Detective Raymond Johnson |
| 2017 | Convergence | Captain Saul Miller |
| 2016 | The Purge: Election Year | Joe Dixon |
| 2016 | Fences | Gabriel Maxson |
| 2014 | Hollows Grove | F.B.I. Agent Jones |
| 2013 | Twist of Faith | Uncle Moe |
| 2011 | Have a Little Faith | Donnie |
| 2010 | High School | Paranoid |
| 2009 | The Final Destination | George |
| 2009 | Black Dynamite | Chicago Wind |
| 2008 | Vice | Sampson |
| 2007 | August Rush | Reverend James |
| 2007 | Spinning Into Butter | Aaron Carmichael |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Sloe |
| 2006 | Fatwa | Grady Frank |
| 2006 | ATL | Uncle George |
| 2005 | The Making of 'Heat' | Self |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited) |
| 2004 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Harold Mann |
| 2004 | After the Sunset | Agent Stafford |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Our America | Graham Ellis |
| 2001 | Ali | Don King |
| 2000 | Holiday Heart | Silas |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Papa Delany |
| 1999 | Three Kings | Colonel Horn |
| 1998 | Species II | Dennis Gamble |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Dewayne Smith |
| 1998 | Gideon | Coleman Walker |
| 1997 | Con Air | "Baby-O" O'Dell |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 10 |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers | Cpl. William Christy |
| 1997 | Double Tap | Agent Hamilton |
| 1997 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Marcus |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Josh Gibson |
| 1995 | Heat | Drucker |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Troy |
| 1995 | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Dwight Mercer |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Winston |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Bubba Blue |
| 1994 | Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump | Self |
| 1993 | Free Willy | Dwight Mercer |
| 1993 | Other Women's Children | Leonard |
| 1990 | The First Power | Det. Oliver Franklin |
| 1990 | A Killer Among Us | Greg Hopkins |
| 1989 | Miracle Mile | Wilson |
| 1988 | Police Story: Monster Manor | Officer Don Luntner |
| 1987 | You Talkin' To Me? | Thatcher Marks |
| 1987 | Number One with a Bullet | Casey |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Levander 'Bird' Williams |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Delta Force Member (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Leon Jefferson |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire | The Sorels - B.J. |
| 1982 | Desperate Lives | Jack |
| 1979 | Sunnyside | Hot Dog |
| ATL 2: The Homecoming | Uncle George |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Government Cheese | Gus |
| 2024 | Fallout | Honcho |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Preston Webb |
| 2017 | Rebel | Rene Knight |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Tom Barnes |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | Admiral Chernow |
| 2016 | Insecure | Preacher |
| 2014 | Scorpion | General Walker |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Denny Woods |
| 2012 | Touch | Detective Lang |
| 2010 | Justified | Ellstin Limehouse |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | U.S. Marshal Whitmore |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Clay Maxwell |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Matthew Wade |
| 2007 | Raines | Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | Virgil Hayes |
| 2006 | Psych | Sammy Winslow |
| 2006 | Justice | |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Brigham Sinclair |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith |
| 2002 | Monk | Captain Walter Cage |
| 2001 | 24 | Brian Hastings |
| 2000 | The Fugitive | Lt. Philip Gerard |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Detective Rice |
| 1999 | The Hoop Life | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Michael Alders |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Tevis Lockwood |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Donovan Aderhold |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1988 | Midnight Caller | Deacon Bridges |
| 1987 | The Bronx Zoo | |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Leon Jefferson |
| 1984 | Cover Up | |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Sylvio Romulus |
| 1983 | Bay City Blues | Deejay Cunningham |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1980 | The Righteous Apples | |
| 1980 | Freebie and the Bean | |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | Fred |
| 1976 | Alice | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch |