Mykelti Williamson

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 117

Gender Male

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

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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

Acting

—		The Righteous Apples 20 episodes
—		The Bronx Zoo 21 episodes
—		Midnight Caller 48 episodes as Deacon Bridges

2025		The Last Rodeo as Charlie Williamson
2025		Government Cheese 10 episodes as Gus

2024		Unstoppable as Eddie
2024		Fallout 1 episode as Honcho

2022		The Holiday Stocking as Robert
2022		American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
2022		North of the 10 as Cole Pruit
2022		Clean as Travis

2021

9 episodes as Preston Webb

2020		The 24th as Sgt. Hayes
2020		Emperor as Truesdale
2020		Butter as Professor Dunn

2019		Don't Let Go as Bobby Owens
2019		Saint Judy as Dikembe Mustafa
2019		Run the Race as Coach Hailey
2019		Canal Street as Jackie Styles

2018		Lethal Weapon 4 episodes as Tom Barnes
2018		Insecure 1 episode as Preacher
2018		Thriller as Detective Raymond Johnson

2017		Chicago P.D. 14 episodes as Denny Woods
2017		Rebel 9 episodes as Rene Knight
2017		Convergence as Captain Saul Miller

2016		Fences as Gabriel Maxson
2016		Designated Survivor 2 episodes as Admiral Chernow
2016		The Purge: Election Year as Joe Dixon

2015

2 episodes as Clay Maxwell

2014		Hollows Grove as F.B.I. Agent Jones
2014		Scorpion 1 episode as General Walker

2013		Touch 4 episodes as Detective Lang
2013		Twist of Faith as Uncle Moe

2012

15 episodes as Ellstin Limehouse

2011		Rizzoli & Isles 1 episode as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
2011		Have a Little Faith as Donnie

2010		The Good Wife 1 episode as Matthew Wade
2010		Celebrity Ghost Stories 1 episode as Self
2010		High School as Paranoid
2010		24 24 episodes as Brian Hastings

2009		Black Dynamite as Chicago Wind
2009		The Final Destination as George Lanter
2009		Psych 1 episode as Sammy Winslow

2008

as Sampson

2007		August Rush as Reverend James
2007		CSI: NY 7 episodes as Brigham Sinclair
2007		Raines 1 episode as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2007		Spinning Into Butter as Aaron Carmichael

2006		Justice 1 episode
2006		Kidnapped 13 episodes as Virgil Hayes
2006		ATL as Uncle George
2006		Fatwa as Grady Frank
2006		Lucky Number Slevin as Sloe

2005		Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
2005		The Making of 'Heat' as Self
2005		Third Watch 2 episodes as Detective Rice

2004		After the Sunset as Agent Stafford
2004		Los Angeles Plays Itself as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
2004		Monk 1 episode as Captain Walter Cage
2004		The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Harold Mann

2002		Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1 episode as Self - Guest
2002		Boomtown 24 episodes as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2002		Our America as Graham Ellis
2002		Touched by an Angel 1 episode as Tevis Lockwood

2001

as Don King

2000		Holiday Heart as Silas
2000		The Fugitive 22 episodes as Lt. Philip Gerard

1999		Three Kings as Colonel Horn
1999		The Hoop Life 22 episodes
1999		Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Papa Delany

1998		Gideon as Coleman Walker
1998		Species II as Dennis Gamble
1998		Primary Colors as Dewayne Smith

1997		Buffalo Soldiers as Cpl. William Christy
1997		Double Tap as Agent Hamilton
1997		12 Angry Men as Juror 10
1997		Con Air as "Baby-O" O'Dell
1997		Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Marcus

1996

as Josh Gibson

1995		Waiting to Exhale as Troy
1995		Heat as Drucker
1995		How to Make an American Quilt as Winston
1995		Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Dwight Mercer
1995		The Outer Limits 1 episode as Dr. Michael Alders

1994		Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump as Self
1994		Forrest Gump as Bubba Blue

1993		Other Women's Children as Leonard
1993		Free Willy as Dwight Mercer

1991

47 episodes as Donovan Aderhold

1990		A Killer Among Us as Greg Hopkins
1990		The First Power as Det. Oliver Franklin

1989		Miracle Mile as Wilson
1989		China Beach 2 episodes

1988

as Officer Don Luntner

1987		J.J. Starbuck 1 episode
1987		You Talkin' To Me? as Thatcher Marks
1987		Number One with a Bullet as Casey

1986		The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
1986		Wildcats as Levander 'Bird' Williams

1985

1 episode

1984		Cover Up 11 episodes
1984		Miami Vice 1 episode as Leon Jefferson
1984		Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Leon Jefferson
1984		Streets of Fire as The Sorels - B.J.

1983		Bay City Blues 8 episodes as Deejay Cunningham
1983		Hill Street Blues 1 episode
1983		Alice 1 episode

1982

as Jack

1981		The White Shadow 1 episode as Fred
1981		Freebie and the Bean 1 episode

1979

as Hot Dog

1978

1 episode

Directing

2023

… Director

2022		Sons 2 the Grave … Director
2022		Sweet Magnolias 2 episodes … Director

2021

1 episode … Director

2020

4 episodes … Director

2019

3 episodes … Director

2012

… Director

1993

1 episode … Director

Production

2022

… Executive Producer

Writing

2012

… Writer

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