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Michael Kenneth Williams is hardly a household name, but Omar Little, his career-making character in the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, requires no further introduction. A swashbuckling ghetto fixture who earns his living robbing Baltimore drug dealers, a gangster with a strict moral code, a gay black man who sends street thugs scattering—Omar is full of surprises. Like Omar, Williams, 44, came up rough.
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On The Road : Michael Kenneth Williams On The Wire , Omar, Eating [In/character]
Michael Kenneth Williams, who played Omar, the gay robber/moral heart of The Wire, is in the just-released film The Road. But back to The Wire: did you know Williams was broke and living in the projects right through season two? Wel... Read Post
'Boardwalk Empire' Star Michael Kenneth Williams Gets Dapper in GQ
After a legendary five-season turn as Omar Little on HBO's 'The Wire,' Michael Kenneth Williams is gunning to become HBO's 'it' guy all over again with 'Boardwalk Empire.' The much-buzzed-about new series set in 1920s New Jersey sti... Read Post
Michael Kenneth Williams' jump from Omar on 'The Wire' to 'Boardwalk Empire'
Michael Kenneth Williams broke out as one of TV's most noteworthy and charismatic anti-heroes with his portrayal of the shotgun-toting gangster Omar Little on HBO's "The Wire." Now he's taken on another dark character --ruthless bus... Read Post