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Michael K. Williams

  1. chapters
    ‘Omar Became a Superhero Costume I Wore to Hide From Myself’As The Wire’s breakout character, Michael K. Williams felt invincible — leaving him vulnerable to his real-life demons.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. arrests
    Men Arrested in Connection With Michael K. Williams’s Death Plead Not GuiltyThe indictment charges each man with one count of narcotics conspiracy resulting in death.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  3. obits
    Actor Michael K. Williams Dead at 54His cause of death was ruled as an accidental drug overdose.
    By Charu Sinha
  4. in memoriam
    Death of a StorytellerRare is the actor who can locate the specific in the universal and vice versa. Michael K. Williams was that actor.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  5. 2021 bet awards
    Michael K. Williams Plays DMX in Moving Tribute at the BET AwardsThe actor joined Method Man, Busta Rhymes, and more in celebrating the late rapper’s life.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  6. casting couch
    Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo Join Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five ShowWhile Vera Farmiga is set to portray Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer.
    By Halle Kiefer
  7. chat room
    Michael K. Williams on His New HBO Documentary, Raised in the System“I’ve been visiting friends and family in prisons since I was 17 years old, so I have something to say.”
    By Kevin Lincoln
  8. star wars
    Bad News: Michael K. Williams Cut From Han Solo Star Wars SpinoffHe was going to play a half-human, half-animal character.
    By Hunter Harris
  9. intergalactic casting couch
    Michael K. Williams Officially Cast in Upcoming Young Han Solo MovieThe Wire alum will reportedly play “a key role.”
    By Hunter Harris
  10. last night on late night
    Michael K. Williams Used to Dance for GinuwineHe danced for Missy Elliott, too.
    By Nate Jones
  11. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for HBO’s The Night OfOmar’s coming.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. Michael K. Williams: Slimer Is in GhostbustersYour favorite disgusting wet wraith is back!
    By Halle Kiefer
  13. the industry
    Michael K. Williams and Andy Garcia Got the Call for GhostbustersAnd Cecily Strong makes it official.
    By Nate Jones
  14. tv
    Even Omar Was Confused When Season 2 of The Wire Went to the DocksIt wasn’t until season three that he realized, “Oh, this is not about me.”
    By Vicky Gan
  15. spoilers
    Boardwalk Empire’s Upcoming Big TwistSpoilers.
    By Margaret Lyons
  16. videology
    Watch Michael K. Williams in an MGMT Music VideoIt’s gorgeous and he plays a repentant horticulturalist.
    By Lindsey Weber
  17. casting couch
    Michael K. Williams Joins Spike Lee’s Kickstarter MovieThis is where your money’s going, backers.
    By Jesse David Fox
  18. clickables
    Watch Michael K. Williams Cover ‘Brooklyn Zoo’Yes.
    By Vulture Editors
  19. robocop
    Michael K. Williams and Gary Oldman Might Be Friends: Photo ProofGood people, those two.
    By Eliot Glazer
  20. trapped in the closet
    Michael K. Williams Shares His Tales of R. Kelly’s Wild, Weird Wrap PartiesThe Trapped in the Closet star told us a pair of stories that rivaled anything in the series.
  21. no reservations
    There Was a Mini The Wire Reunion on No ReservationsThat’s so Brooklyn.
    By Eliot Glazer
  22. a special mix
    Michael K. Williams Reveals His Omar MixIt’s an hour long and he listened to it constantly while filming The Wire.
    By Hua Hsu
  23. tv
    Magic Mike: Michael K. Williams’s Disappearing ActThe Boardwalk Empire star’s post-Omar Williamsburg life.
    By Hua Hsu
  24. casting couch
    Michael K. Williams May Co-Star in RoboCopWhat an amazing idea.
    By Zach Dionne
  25. casting couch
    Michael K. Williams Signs On to 12 Years a SlaveWith a bunch of other actors you like.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  26. singing
    The Wire: The Musical Spoof: Michael K. Williams Is Really in ThisAnd Snoop, too.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  27. party chat
    Michael K. Williams Wants to See Tupac Tour“He started my career as an actor … he discovered me.”
    By Jada Yuan
  28. casting couch
    Michael K. Williams to Play Ol’ Dirty BastardIn a real biopic.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  29. Community’s New Biology Teacher: The Wire’s OmarMichael K. William’s Omar from The Wire is one of the all-time greatest TV characters, one full of complexity, somehow equally sympathetic and […]
    By Adam Frucci
  30. Creating Your Own Talk Show Isn’t Easy Here’s the first episode of new web series “Behind the Steve,” which follows the fictional, down-on-his-luck talk show host Steve Cooper as he […]
    By Adam Frucci
  31. chat room
    Michael Kenneth Williams on Boardwalk Empire“Oh yeah. A lot of drinking, cursing, and killing.”
    By Lane Brown
  32. quote machine
    Zac Efron Not Yet Qualified to Wear TightsPlus: Ke$ha still saying things.
  33. the industry
    Jesse Eisenberg Will Not Hold His PeacePlus: More ‘Futurama’!
    By Amos Barshad
  34. the take
    ‘The Wire’ Alumni Watch: It Pays to Be a PlayerBeadie in ‘The Office’! Prez on Broadway! And Michael in Beverly Hills!
  35. quote machine
    We Thought We Noticed Something Different About George Clooney’s BallsPlus: Stephen Malkmus!
  36. you saw it here first
    Exclusive Video Preview: Omar on ‘Human Giant’!What happens when the Illusionators add a black member?
  37. chat room
    Michael K. Williams of ‘The Wire’ on Honey Nut Cheerios, Spider-Man, and How Omar’s Story Will EndPlus: What the Bunk told Omar on the phone last weekend.
  38. news reel
    Omar Comes to MTV: Aziz Ansari Reports on the ‘Wire’–‘Human Giant’ CrossoverMarlo, Partlow, and Snoop — if you are reading this, please help us get our money back.
  39. chat room
    Michael K. Williams on Playing Omar on ‘The Wire,’ Discovering Snoop, and How Janet Jackson Changed His LifeVulture sits down with everyone’s favorite stickup artist.
  40. news reel
    Bubbles and Omar Dish on ‘The Wire’What questions will get answered in season five?