Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson

1957-03-04 St. Louis, Missouri, USA 72 Credits

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.

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The Last Rodeo

The Last Rodeo

2025

as Charlie Williamson

7.5
Acting

A retired rodeo legend risks it all to save his grandson. Facing his own painful past and the fears of his family, he enters a high-stakes bullriding ...

Unstoppable

Unstoppable

2024

as Eddie

5.0
Acting

With the unwavering love and support of his devoted mother Judy and the encouragement of his coaches, Anthony Robles fights through adversity to earn ...

Spring Breakthrough

Spring Breakthrough

2023

Director

6.5
Directing

A single mother surprised by her daughter's recent engagement, travels to the Gulf Shores where she finds love unexpectedly.

The Holiday Stocking

The Holiday Stocking

2022

as Robert

6.4
Acting

RJ is a new angel, who is given the chance to address his one regret, that he didn’t help his sisters reconcile while he was still alive. Returning to...

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022

as Self

4.7
Acting

An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, tol...

North of the 10

North of the 10

2022

as Cole Pruit

4.5
Acting

The story of five friends struggling to succeed in Chicago's entertainment industry while one of them pursues an international romance with a wealthy ...

Sons 2 the Grave

Sons 2 the Grave

2022

Director, Executive Producer

10.0
Directing Producing

After midnight on a bridge not linking neighborhoods but dividing them, eighteen year old basketball phenom Marcus Jennings was taken out. Friends rem...

Clean

Clean

2022

as Travis

6.2
Acting

Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss,...

The 24th

The 24th

2020

as Sgt. Hayes

4.8
Acting

The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Housto...

Emperor

Emperor

2020

as Truesdale

7.6
Acting

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

Butter

Butter

2020

as Professor Dunn

6.0
Acting

A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the Internet - and everyone is invite...

Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go

2019

as Bobby Owens

6.9
Acting

A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work toget...

Saint Judy

Saint Judy

2019

as Dikembe Mustafa

6.9
Acting

The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.

Run the Race

Run the Race

2019

as Coach Hailey

7.1
Acting

Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college...

Canal Street

Canal Street

2019

as Jackie Styles

7.0
Acting

A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate.

Thriller

Thriller

2018

as Detective Raymond Johnson

4.2
Acting

Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer...

Convergence

Convergence

2017

as Captain Saul Miller

4.2
Acting

Detective Ben Walls finds himself in a modern day Dante world, passing back and forth between the present and the future. Surrounded by the residents ...

Fences

Fences

2016

as Gabriel Maxson

6.9
Acting

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to r...

The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year

2016

as Joe Dixon

6.4
Acting

Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Ro...

Hollows Grove

Hollows Grove

2014

as F.B.I. Agent Jones

4.9
Acting

A young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare fr...

Twist of Faith

Twist of Faith

2013

as Uncle Moe

6.5
Acting

A single mother and her gospel community help an Orthodox Jewish cantor whose wife and three children were murdered.

Jennifer

2012

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

In the near future, a tough job market results in a creative solution for handling dangerous convicted felons.

Have a Little Faith

Have a Little Faith

2011

as Donnie

6.4
Acting

At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit t...

High School

High School

2010

as Paranoid

5.7
Acting

A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambi...

Black Dynamite

Black Dynamite

2009

as Chicago Wind

7.1
Acting

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded...

The Final Destination

The Final Destination

2009

as George

5.6
Acting

A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.

Vice

Vice

2008

as Sampson

4.3
Acting

Max Walker, a down-and-out cop, becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of hero...

August Rush

August Rush

2007

as Reverend James

7.4
Acting

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, h...

Spinning Into Butter

Spinning Into Butter

2007

as Aaron Carmichael

5.4
Acting

A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean (Parker) in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race...

ATL

ATL

2006

as Uncle George

6.9
Acting

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and reso...

Fatwa

Fatwa

2006

as Grady Frank

2.3
Acting

In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.

Lucky Number Slevin

Lucky Number Slevin

2006

as Sloe

7.5
Acting

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get ...

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

The Making of 'Heat'

The Making of 'Heat'

2005

as Self

5.0
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film.

After the Sunset

After the Sunset

2004

as Agent Stafford

6.2
Acting

An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers...

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004

as Harold Mann

6.5
Acting

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the ban...

Our America

Our America

2002

as Graham Ellis

7.0
Acting

The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.

Ali

Ali

2001

as Don King

6.8
Acting

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...

Holiday Heart

Holiday Heart

2000

as Silas

7.1
Acting

After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds reli...

Three Kings

Three Kings

1999

as Colonel Horn

6.7
Acting

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999

as Papa Delany

7.5
Acting

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up o...

Gideon

Gideon

1998

as Coleman Walker

5.8
Acting

Gideon Dobbs is young, simple-minded man who has never stopped dreaming. He checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their...

Species II

Species II

1998

as Dennis Gamble

5.2
Acting

Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to ...

Primary Colors

Primary Colors

1998

as Dewayne Smith

6.3
Acting

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to ...

Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

as Cpl. William Christy

5.2
Acting

They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, the...

Double Tap

Double Tap

1997

as Agent Hamilton

5.3
Acting

A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1997

as Juror 10

7.7
Acting

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result ...

Con Air

Con Air

1997

as "Baby-O" O'Dell

6.8
Acting

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" takin...

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

1997

as Marcus

6.1
Acting

Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap ...

Soul of the Game

Soul of the Game

1996

as Josh Gibson

4.9
Acting

In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to s...

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

1995

as Troy

6.3
Acting

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar l...

Heat

Heat

1995

as Drucker

7.9
Acting

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna p...

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

as Winston

6.4
Acting

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits ...

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

as Dwight Mercer

5.9
Acting

Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from ...

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

1994

as Self

7.6
Acting

A look behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis' 1994 Oscar-winning film, 'Forrest Gump'.

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

1994

as Bubba Blue

8.5
Acting

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what any...

Other Women's Children

Other Women's Children

1993

as Leonard

5.0
Acting

A doctor's relationship with a terminally ill child adds pressure to her already rocky marriage as she spends more time with her patient and gradually...

Free Willy

Free Willy

1993

as Dwight Mercer

6.2
Acting

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy...

A Killer Among Us

A Killer Among Us

1990

as Greg Hopkins

3.0
Acting

Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of assassination. She believes very strongly in the innocence of the young man, bu...

The First Power

The First Power

1990

as Det. Oliver Franklin

5.6
Acting

A dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and p...

Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile

1989

as Wilson

6.9
Acting

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Ha...

Police Story: Monster Manor

Police Story: Monster Manor

1988

as Officer Don Luntner

1.0
Acting

Misfit policemen turn an old mansion into a party house and wind up part of a sting operation.

You Talkin' To Me?

You Talkin' To Me?

1987

as Thatcher Marks

2.7
Acting

A young actor's fascination with Rober De Niro's TAXI DRIVER persona leads him into a morass of strange and obsessional behaviors.

Number One with a Bullet

Number One with a Bullet

1987

as Casey

4.6
Acting

Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...

Wildcats

Wildcats

1986

as Levander 'Bird' Williams

6.2
Acting

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant,...

The Delta Force

The Delta Force

1986

as Delta Force Member (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take th...

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

1984

as Leon Jefferson

7.9
Acting

Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their re...

Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire

1984

as The Sorels - B.J.

6.9
Acting

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be pa...

Desperate Lives

Desperate Lives

1982

as Jack

6.0
Acting

A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

Sunnyside

Sunnyside

1979

as Hot Dog

6.0
Acting

Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.

ATL 2: The Homecoming

ATL 2: The Homecoming

N/A

as Uncle George

Acting

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and reso...