Mykelti Williamson
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.
Known For
All Movies (71)
- They Fight2026
- Is God Is2026 · as Chuck Hall
- The Last Rodeo2025 · as Charlie Williamson
- Unstoppable2024 · as Eddie
- The Holiday Stocking2022 · as Robert
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective2022 · as Self
- Butter2022 · as Professor Dunn
- North of the 102022 · as Cole Pruit
- Clean2022 · as Travis
- The 24th2020 · as Sgt. Hayes
- Emperor2020 · as Truesdale
- Don't Let Go2019 · as Bobby Owens
- Run the Race2019 · as Coach Hailey
- Canal Street2019 · as Jackie Styles
- Thriller2018 · as Detective Raymond Johnson
- Saint Judy2018 · as Dikembe Mustafa
- Convergence2017 · as Captain Saul Miller
- Fences2016 · as Gabriel Maxson
- The Purge: Election Year2016 · as Joe Dixon
- Hollows Grove2014 · as F.B.I. Agent Jones
- Twist of Faith2013 · as Uncle Moe
- Have a Little Faith2011 · as Donnie
- High School2010 · as Paranoid
- Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"2010 · as Self
- Black Dynamite2009 · as Chicago Wind
- The Final Destination2009 · as George
- Spinning Into Butter2009 · as Aaron Carmichael
- Vice2008 · as Sampson
- August Rush2007 · as Reverend James
- ATL2006 · as Uncle George
- Fatwa2006 · as Grady Frank
- Lucky Number Slevin2006 · as Sloe
- Get Rich or Die Tryin'2005 · as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
- The Making of 'Heat'2005 · as Self
- After the Sunset2004 · as Agent Stafford
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon2004 · as Harold Mann
- Our America2002 · as Graham Ellis
- Ali2001 · as Don King
- Holiday Heart2000 · as Silas
- Three Kings1999 · as Colonel Horn
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years1999 · as Papa Delany
- Gideon1998 · as Coleman Walker
- Species II1998 · as Dennis Gamble
- Primary Colors1998 · as Dewayne Smith
- Buffalo Soldiers1997 · as Cpl. William Christy
- Double Tap1997 · as Agent Hamilton
- 12 Angry Men1997 · as Juror 10
- Con Air1997 · as "Baby-O" O'Dell
- Truth or Consequences, N.M.1997 · as Marcus
- Soul of the Game1996 · as Josh Gibson
- Waiting to Exhale1995 · as Troy
- Heat1995 · as Drucker
- How to Make an American Quilt1995 · as Winston
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home1995 · as Dwight Mercer
- Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump1994 · as Self
- Forrest Gump1994 · as Bubba Blue
- Other Women's Children1993 · as Leonard
- Free Willy1993 · as Dwight Mercer
- A Killer Among Us1990 · as Greg Hopkins
- The First Power1990 · as Det. Oliver Franklin
- Miracle Mile1989 · as Wilson
- Police Story: Monster Manor1988 · as Officer Don Luntner
- You Talkin' to Me?1987 · as Thatcher Marks
- Number One with a Bullet1987 · as Casey
- Wildcats1986 · as Levander 'Bird' Williams
- The Delta Force1986 · as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
- Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper1984 · as Leon Jefferson
- Streets of Fire1984 · as The Sorels - B.J.
- Desperate Lives1982 · as Jack
- Sunnyside1979 · as Hot Dog
- ATL 2: The Homecoming— · as Uncle George
All TV Shows (46)
- Government Cheese2025 · as Gus
- Fallout2024 · as Honcho
- Law & Order: Organized Crime2021 · as Preston Webb
- Rebel2017 · as Rene Knight
- Insecure2016 · as Preacher
- Lethal Weapon2016 · as Tom Barnes
- Designated Survivor2016 · as Admiral Chernow
- Scorpion2014 · as General Walker
- Chicago P.D.2014 · as Denny Woods
- Touch2012 · as Detective Lang
- Hawaii Five-02010 · as Clay Maxwell
- Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
- Justified2010 · as Ellstin Limehouse
- Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
- The Good Wife2009 · as Matthew Wade
- Raines2007 · as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
- Kidnapped2006 · as Virgil Hayes
- Justice2006
- Psych2006 · as Sammy Winslow
- CSI: NY2004 · as Brigham Sinclair
- Boomtown2002 · as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
- Monk2002 · as Walter Cage
- 242001 · as Brian Hastings
- The Fugitive2000 · as Lt. Philip Gerard
- Third Watch1999 · as Detective Rice
- The Hoop Life1999
- The Outer Limits1995 · as Dr. Michael Alders
- Touched by an Angel1994 · as Tevis Lockwood
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati1991 · as Donovan Aderhold
- Police Story1988 · as Officer Don Luntner
- Midnight Caller1988 · as Deacon Bridges
- China Beach1988
- J.J. Starbuck1987
- The Bronx Zoo1987
- Cover Up1984
- Miami Vice1984 · as Leon Jefferson
- Miami Vice1984 · as Sylvio Romulus
- Bay City Blues1983 · as Deejay Cunningham
- Hill Street Blues1981
- Freebie and the Bean1980
- The Righteous Apples1980
- The White Shadow1978 · as Fred
- Alice1976
- Starsky & Hutch1975
- The Drop: A Snowfall Saga—