Mykelti Williamson
Birthplace: St. Louis
Born: 1957-03-04
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film director; film producer; film screenwriter; television actor; television director
Biography from Wikipedia
Mykelti Williamson (/ˈmaɪkəlti/; born Michael T. Williamson; March 4, 1957) is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the films Forrest Gump, 12 Angry Men (1997), Con Air, and Ali, and the television shows Boomtown, 24, and Justified. In 2016, he portrayed Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's acclaimed film adaptation of August Wilson's play Fences, reprising his role from the 2010 Broadway revival.
Williamson's other notable roles include Wildcats, Miracle Mile, The First Power, Free Willy, Heat, Lucky Number Slevin, Three Kings, August Rush, Black Dynamite, The Final Destination, ATL, Species II, Hollows Grove, and The Purge: Election Year.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- They Fight (2026)
- The Last Rodeo (2025) — Charlie Williams
- Clean (2021) — Travis
- Butter (2020)
- Don't Let Go (2019) — Bobby Owens
- Saint Judy (2018) — Dikembe Mustafa
- Fences (2016) — Gabriel Maxson
- The Purge: Election Year (2016) — Joe Dixon
- Convergence (2014) — Captain Miller
- Hollows Grove (2014)
- Have a Little Faith (2011) — Donnie
- HIGH School (2010) — Paranoid
- Black Dynamite (2009) — Chicago Wind
- The Final Destination (2009) — George Lanter
- Vice (2008)
- August Rush (2007)
- Spinning Into Butter (2007) — Aaron Carmichael
- ATL (2006) — Uncle George
- Lucky Number Slevin (2006) — Sloe
- After The Sunset (2004) — Agent Stafford
- The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (2004) — Harold Mann
- The Secret Service (2004)
- Ali (2001) — Don King
- Holiday Heart (2000)
- Three Kings (1999) — Colonel Horn
- Species 2 (1998) — Dennis Gamble
- 12 Angry Men (1997) — Juror 10
- Con Air (1997) — Baby-O
- Double Tap (1997) — Agent Hamilton
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997) — Marcus Weans
- Soul of the Game (1996)
- Heat (1995) — Sergeant Drucker
- Waiting to Exhale (1995) — Troy
- Forrest Gump (1994) — Bubba Blue
- A Killer Among Us (1990)
- The First Power (1990) — Detective Oliver Franklin
- Miracle Mile (1988) — Wilson
- Police Story: Monster Manor (1988) — Officer Don Luntner
- Number One with a Bullet (1987)
- You Talkin' to Me? (1987)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Pete Antico · 3 films
- Adrien Brody · 2 films
- Andrew Fiscella · 2 films
- Bruce McGill · 2 films
- Byron Minns · 2 films
- Dennis Haysbert · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.