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Mykelti Williamson Wiki Biography
Michael T. Williamson was born on the 4th March 1957, in St. Louis, Missouri USA, and is an actor who, as Mykelti Williamson, is most famous for his role as Bubba Blue in Robert Zemeckis‘ cult classic movie “Forrest Gump” (1994). He is also widely recognized from appearing in movies such as “Heat” (1995), “Con Air” (1997) and “Lucky Number Slevin” (2006).
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this actor has accumulated so far? How rich Mykelti Williamson is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Mykelti Williamson’s net worth, as of mid-2017, exceeds the sum of $2 million, acquired through his professional acting career which is currently spawning for almost four decades, since 1978.
Mykelti was born into the family of a public accountant and a US Air Force officer, and apart from African-American is also of Native American Blackfoot Indian ancestry. He suffered a rather traumatic childhood as his father left the family while he was still an infant. His interest in acting and performing in general dates back to hthe early age of nine, when he became a member of a dance troupe – The Lockers. He then relocated to Los Angeles, California, with his mother, where he continued acting, but also put some efforts towards sports, including American Football and basketball. Mykelti attended Los Angeles City College, majoring in television/film, then enrolled at Gene Evans Motion Picture School in San Jose, California from which he obtained his film production as well as cinematography certificate.
Williamson debuted as a professional actor in 1978, with a brief appearance in the ABC’s popular thriller TV series – “Starsky and Hutch”. He then managed to keep an uninterrupted streak of acting engagements through the 1980s, and went on to appear primarily in TV series, such as “Bay City Blues”, “Cover Up” as well as “Hill Street Blues”, “The Bronx Zoo” and “China Beach” among plenty of others. Through the 1980s, he also added several big-screen appearances to his portfolio, such as “Streets of Fire” (1984), “Wildcats” (1986) and “Miracle Mile” (1989). All these engagements provided the basis for Mykelti Williamson’s today’s net worth.
The real breakthrough in Mykelti’s acting career occurred in 1994 when he was cast for the role of Private Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue, an Army friend of the title character portrayed by Tom Hanks, in Robert Zemeckis comical drama “Forrest Gump”. This was followed by a side role in “Heat” (1995), with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. Mykelti also had a notable role in the HBO TV movie “Soul of the Game” (1996), portraying legendary baseball player Josh Gibson. By the end of the 1990s, he had also appeared in several other critically acclaimed motion pictures, such as “Con Air” and “12 Angry Men” both 1997, “Primary Colors” (1998) and “Three Kings” (1999). Doubtlessly, all these appearances helped Mykelti Williamson to dramatically increase the total of his net worth.
Mykelti has continually starred in countless motion pictures, plus notable appearances in TV series such as “Boomtown”, “Kidnapped”, “CSI: NY” as well as “24”, “Justified” and “Underground”. Speaking of movies, he rolled in “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” (2004), “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” (2005), “The Final Destination” (2009), and more recently “The Purge: Election Year”. The most recent of Williamson’s acting engagements include appearances in Denzel Washington’s drama “Fences” (2016) as well as “Chicago P.D.” and “Rebel” TV series. It is certain that all these accomplishments have helped Mykelti Williamson to significantly increase his overall wealth.
When it comes to his personal life, Mykelti has married three times – between 1983 and 1985 he was married to actress Olivia Brown, and from 1989 to 1994 to director Cheryl Chisholm with whom he has one child. Since 1997, Mykelti has been married to Sondra Spriggs, an actress with whom he has welcomed two daughters.
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Mykelti Williamson Quick Info
Full Name | Mykelti Williamson |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Date Of Birth | March 4, 1960 |
Place Of Birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.867 m) |
Profession | Actor |
Education | Los Angeles City College |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Sondra Spriggs (m. 1997), Cheryl Chisholm (m. 1989–1991), Olivia Brown (m. 1983–1985) |
Children | Nicole Williamson, Phoenix Williamson, Maya Williamson |
Parents | Elaine Williamson |
Nicknames | Michael T. Williamson , Mikel T. Williamson , Mykel T. Williamson , Michael T. “Mykelti” Williamson |
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Nominations | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series |
Movies | The Purge: Election Year, Forrest Gump, The Final Destination, Con Air, Free Willy, Heat, Three Kings, Waiting to Exhale, Species II, August Rush, The First Power, Lucky Number Slevin, Ali, Streets of Fire, Fences, Miracle Mile, Black Dynamite, ATL, Primary Colors, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, … |
TV Shows | 24, Boomtown, The Hoop Life, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, Midnight Caller, Cover Up, Bay City Blues, The Righteous Apples, Kidnapped, The Bronx Zoo |
Mykelti Williamson Important Facts
- Ex-brother-in-law of Steve Brown.
- His grandfather was a Blackfoot Indian.
- His other daughter, Phoenix, is from his marriage with Cheryl Chisholm.
- Has two daughters, with Sondra Spriggs, named Nicole and Maya.
- Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
- Miami Vice (1984) was produced by Michael Mann, Mykelti guest-starred in the pilot episode. They would later collaborate on Heat (1995) and Ali (2001) with Michael Mann as director.
- Was an alternate for The Lockers, a featured dance group on Soul Train (1971).
- Mykelti is pronounced like “Michael Tee”.
- Arrested for allegedly stalking his ex-wife and stabbing a friend. Was released on $180,000 bail next day. [January 1998]
- Jurors acquitted him of attempted manslaughter in the stabbing of his ex-wife’s companion. [September 1998]
Mykelti Williamson Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rebel | 2017 | TV Series filming | Rene Knight | Actor |
Run the Race | post-production | Coach Hailey | Actor | |
Fences | 2016 | Gabriel | Actor | |
Designated Survivor | 2016 | TV Series | Admiral Chernow | Actor |
The Purge: Election Year | 2016 | Joe Dixon | Actor | |
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | 2016 | TV Series | Brigadier General Yazee Zwane | Actor |
Underground | 2016 | TV Series | Moses | Actor |
Hawaii Five-0 | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Clay Maxwell / Clay | Actor |
You Bury Your Own | 2015 | Detective Goodman | Actor | |
Justified | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Ellstin Limehouse | Actor |
Convergence | 2015/I | Captain Miller | Actor | |
Wild Blue | 2014 | TV Movie | Master Chief Donald Bowman | Actor |
Nashville | 2014 | TV Series | Terry George | Actor |
Hollows Grove | 2014 | F.B.I. Agent Jones | Actor | |
Scorpion | 2014 | TV Series | General Ned Walker | Actor |
Clementine | 2014 | TV Movie | Ray | Actor |
Lauren | 2013 | TV Series | Prince | Actor |
Touch | 2013 | TV Series | Detective Lang | Actor |
Twist of Faith | 2013 | TV Movie | Uncle Moe | Actor |
Single Ladies | 2012 | TV Series | Pierce | Actor |
Rizzoli & Isles | 2011 | TV Series | U.S. Marshal Whitmore | Actor |
Have a Little Faith | 2011 | TV Movie | Donnie | Actor |
The Good Wife | 2010 | TV Series | Matthew Wade | Actor |
24 | 2010 | TV Series | Brian Hastings | Actor |
High School | 2010 | Paranoid | Actor | |
CSI: NY | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Chief Brigham Sinclair | Actor |
The Final Destination | 2009 | George | Actor | |
My Summer Friend | 2009 | Short | Romell | Actor |
Psych | 2009 | TV Series | Coach Sammy Winslow | Actor |
Black Dynamite | 2009 | Chicago Wind | Actor | |
Vice | 2008 | Sampson | Actor | |
Ball Don’t Lie | 2008 | Dallas | Actor | |
One Hogan Place | 2008 | TV Movie | Lt. Dardin | Actor |
August Rush | 2007 | Reverend James | Actor | |
Spinning Into Butter | 2007 | Aaron Carmichael | Actor | |
Kidnapped | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Virgil Hayes | Actor |
Raines | 2007 | TV Series | Detective Bobby ‘Fearless’ Smith | Actor |
Justice | 2006 | TV Series | Joshua Mortin | Actor |
ATL | 2006 | Uncle George | Actor | |
Fatwa | 2006 | Grady Frank | Actor | |
Lucky Number Slevin | 2006 | Sloe | Actor | |
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ | 2005 | Charlene’s Stepfather (uncredited) | Actor | |
Third Watch | 2005 | TV Series | Detective Dante Rice / Detective Rice | Actor |
After the Sunset | 2004 | Agent Stafford | Actor | |
Monk | 2004 | TV Series | Captain Walter Cage | Actor |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon | 2004 | Harold Mann | Actor | |
The Secret Service | 2004 | TV Movie | Mike Bradford | Actor |
Boomtown | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Detective Bobby ‘Fearless’ Smith | Actor |
Touched by an Angel | 2002 | TV Series | Tevis Lockwood | Actor |
Our America | 2002 | TV Movie | Graham Ellis | Actor |
Ali | 2001 | Don King | Actor | |
The Fugitive | 2000-2001 | TV Series | Lt. Philip Gerard | Actor |
Holiday Heart | 2000 | TV Movie | Silas | Actor |
The Hoop Life | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Marvin Buxton | Actor |
Three Kings | 1999 | Colonel Horn | Actor | |
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years | 1999 | TV Movie | Papa Delany | Actor |
Gideon | 1998 | Coleman Walker | Actor | |
Species II | 1998 | Dennis Gamble | Actor | |
Primary Colors | 1998 | Dewayne Smith | Actor | |
Buffalo Soldiers | 1997 | TV Movie | Cpl. William Christy | Actor |
Double Tap | 1997 | Agent Hamilton | Actor | |
12 Angry Men | 1997 | TV Movie | Juror #10 | Actor |
Con Air | 1997 | Baby-O | Actor | |
Truth or Consequences, N.M. | 1997 | Marcus Weans | Actor | |
Soul of the Game | 1996 | TV Movie | Josh Gibson | Actor |
Waiting to Exhale | 1995 | Troy | Actor | |
Heat | 1995 | Sergeant Drucker | Actor | |
How to Make an American Quilt | 1995 | Winston | Actor | |
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | 1995 | Dwight | Actor | |
The Outer Limits | 1995 | TV Series | Dr. Michael Alders | Actor |
Time Trax | 1994 | TV Series | Luther Bell | Actor |
Forrest Gump | 1994 | Bubba Blue | Actor | |
Other Women’s Children | 1993 | TV Movie | Leonard | Actor |
Free Willy | 1993 | Dwight Mercer | Actor | |
The New WKRP in Cincinnati | 1991-1993 | TV Series | Donovan Aderhold | Actor |
Midnight Caller | 1988-1991 | TV Series | Deacon Bridges | Actor |
A Killer Among Us | 1990 | TV Movie | Greg Hopkins (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor |
The First Power | 1990 | Detective Oliver Franklin (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor | |
China Beach | 1989 | TV Series | Rousseau / Jean Jacques Rousseau | Actor |
Police Story: Monster Manor | 1988 | TV Movie | Officer Don Luntner (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor |
Miracle Mile | 1988 | Wilson (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor | |
The Bronx Zoo | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Gus Butterfield | Actor |
J.J. Starbuck | 1987 | TV Series | Calvin | Actor |
You Talkin’ to Me? | 1987 | Thatcher Marks (as Mikel T. Williamson) | Actor | |
Number One with a Bullet | 1987 | Casey (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor | |
Hill Street Blues | 1983-1986 | TV Series | Off. Ron Garfield / Raymond Hawkins Jr. | Actor |
The Love Boat | 1986 | TV Series | James Rusell / James Russell | Actor |
Wildcats | 1986 | Levander ‘Bird’ Williams (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor | |
Miami Vice | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Sylvio Romulus / Leon Jefferson | Actor |
Cover Up | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Rick | Actor |
Gimme a Break! | 1984 | TV Series | Waiter | Actor |
Streets of Fire | 1984 | B.J. – The Sorels (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor | |
Alice | 1983 | TV Series | Player #1 | Actor |
Bay City Blues | 1983 | TV Series | Deejay Cunningham | Actor |
Desperate Lives | 1982 | TV Movie | Jack (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor |
Father Murphy | 1981 | TV Series | Lijah | Actor |
The White Shadow | 1979-1981 | TV Series | Fred / Malcolm Gruner | Actor |
Freebie and the Bean | 1981 | TV Series | Lemar Washington | Actor |
The Righteous Apples | 1980 | TV Series | Charles ‘Big Neck’ McMorris (as Mykel T. Williamson) | Actor |
Sunnyside | 1979 | Hot Dog (as Michael T. Williamson) | Actor | |
Salvage 1 | 1979 | TV Series | Eddie | Actor |
Starsky and Hutch | 1978 | TV Series | Bruce | Actor |
Sons 2 the Grave | completed | Director | ||
Jennifer | 2012 | Short | Director | |
Jennifer | 2012 | Short | Writer | |
Boomtown | 2003 | TV Series story – 1 episode | Writer | |
Sons 2 the Grave | executive producer completed | Producer | ||
My Summer Friend | 2009 | Short producer | Producer | |
My Crackhead Uncle | 2011 | very special thanks | Thanks | |
Hollywood Today Live | 2017 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Made in Hollywood | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Sidewalks Entertainment | 2016 | TV Series | Himself – Guest | Self |
Today | 2016 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Academy Event: Heat | 2016 | Video short | Himself | Self |
Universal Babe | 2012 | Documentary voice | Self | |
Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie | 2012 | Documentary | Self | |
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good | 2011 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
The Start of Dreams | 2010 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Celebrity Ghost Stories | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
Body Count: The Deaths of ‘The Final Destination’ | 2010 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2009 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Kidnapped: Ransom Notes | 2007 | Video short | Himself | Self |
In the Rink: A Director’s Journey | 2006 | Video documentary short | Self | |
Red Carpet: From NYC to ATL | 2006 | Video short | Himself | Self |
The Making of ‘Heat’ | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself | Self |
Before, During and ‘After the Sunset’ | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself | Self |
I Love the ’90s | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself | Self |
2004 Trumpet Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
34th NAACP Image Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
Late Night with Conan O’Brien | 2002 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
CBS Cares | 2001 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
27th NAACP Image Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself | Self |
The 21st Annual People’s Choice Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself – Accepting Award for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture / Favorite Motion Picture | Self |
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself – Presenter: Best Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy / Musical | Self |
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Pvt. Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue | Self |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1994 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Mykelti Williamson Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
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2012 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Performance, Male | Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) | Won |
2003 | Humanitas Prize | Humanitas Prize | 60 Minute Category | Boomtown (2005) | Won |
2003 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Boomtown (2002) | Won |
2001 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Network/Cable – Best Supporting Actor | Holiday Heart (2000) | Won |
1995 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Forrest Gump (1994) | Won |
1994 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Forrest Gump (1994) | Won |
2012 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Performance, Male | Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) | Nominated |
2003 | Humanitas Prize | Humanitas Prize | 60 Minute Category | Boomtown (2005) | Nominated |
2003 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Boomtown (2002) | Nominated |
2001 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Network/Cable – Best Supporting Actor | Holiday Heart (2000) | Nominated |
1995 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Forrest Gump (1994) | Nominated |
1994 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Forrest Gump (1994) | Nominated |