Acting

Mykelti Williamson

Born 1957-03-04 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Credits

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The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
as James 'Big Daddy' Kinsey
2026
They Fight
as Coach Mac
2026
Is God Is
as Chuck Hall
2026
The Last Rodeo
as Charlie Williamson
2025
Government Cheese
as Gus
2025
Unstoppable
as Eddie
2024
Dark Matter
as Grandpa Vance
2024
Fallout
as Honcho
2024
Spring Breakthrough
Director
2023
The Holiday Stocking
as Robert
2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
2022
Butter
as Professor Dunn
2022
North of the 10
as Cole Pruit
2022
Sons 2 the Grave
Director
2022
Sons 2 the Grave
Executive Producer
2022
Clean
as Travis
2022
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Preston Webb
2021
The 24th
as Sgt. Hayes
2020
Emperor
as Truesdale
2020
Sweet Magnolias
Director
2020
Don't Let Go
as Bobby Owens
2019
Run the Race
as Coach Hailey
2019
Canal Street
as Jackie Styles
2019
FBI
Director
2018
Thriller
as Detective Raymond Johnson
2018
Saint Judy
as Dikembe Mustafa
2018
Rebel
as Rene Knight
2017
Convergence
as Captain Saul Miller
2017
Fences
as Gabriel Maxson
2016
Insecure
as Preacher
2016
Lethal Weapon
as Tom Barnes
2016
Designated Survivor
as Admiral Chernow
2016
The Purge: Election Year
as Joe Dixon
2016
Chicago Med
Director
2015
Hollows Grove
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
2014
Scorpion
as General Walker
2014
Chicago P.D.
as Denny Woods
2014
Chicago P.D.
Director
2014
Twist of Faith
as Uncle Moe
2013
Jennifer
Director
2012
Jennifer
Writer
2012
Touch
as Detective Lang
2012
Have a Little Faith
as Donnie
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Clay Maxwell
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
2010
High School
as Paranoid
2010
Justified
as Ellstin Limehouse
2010
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
as Self
2010
Black Dynamite
as Chicago Wind
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
The Good Wife
as Matthew Wade
2009
The Final Destination
as George
2009
Spinning Into Butter
as Aaron Carmichael
2009
Vice
as Sampson
2008
August Rush
as Reverend James
2007
Raines
as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2007
Kidnapped
as Virgil Hayes
2006
Justice
2006
Psych
as Sammy Winslow
2006
ATL
as Uncle George
2006
Fatwa
as Grady Frank
2006
Lucky Number Slevin
as Sloe
2006
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
2005
After the Sunset
as Agent Stafford
2004
CSI: NY
as Brigham Sinclair
2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Harold Mann
2004
Boomtown
as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2002
Our America
as Graham Ellis
2002
Monk
as Walter Cage
2002
Ali
as Don King
2001
24
as Brian Hastings
2001
Holiday Heart
as Silas
2000
The Fugitive
as Lt. Philip Gerard
2000
Three Kings
as Colonel Horn
1999
Third Watch
as Detective Rice
1999
The Hoop Life
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Papa Delany
1999
Gideon
as Coleman Walker
1998
Species II
as Dennis Gamble
1998