I was not the best dancer, you know, by far, but I was definitely the most passionate. “I was angry and I had a lot of energy," he told The Associated Press in 2018. His first forays into entertainment were as a dancer for artists including Missy Elliot, Ginuwine, Crystal Waters and Technotronic. He was raised in the Vanderveer Projects in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, and went to George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School. Williams was born in 1966 in Brooklyn, the son of a mother from Nassau, Bahamas, and a father from South Carolina.
#Omar from the wire tv
An amazing actor and soul.”Īctor John Cusack tweeted that his portrayal of Little was “Among the greatest performances tv and film has ever seen.”
Isiah Whitlock Jr., who played crooked politician Clay Davis on “The Wire," tweeted that Williams was “One of the nicest brothers on the planet with the biggest heart. Michael was a fine man and a rare talent and on our journey together he always deserved the best words. “An immensely talented man with the ability to give voice to the human condition portraying the lives of those whose humanity is seldom elevated until he sings their truth.”ĭavid Simon, who created the show and Williams' character, said on Twitter that he was “Too gutted right now to say all that ought to be said. “The depth of my love for this brother, can only be matched by the depth of my pain learning of his loss,” Wendell Pierce, who played Detective William “Bunk” Moreland and had many memorable scenes with Williams, said on Twitter. His “Wire” co-stars, and many others, paid him tribute Monday afternoon. “I could never be Omar,” he told Colbert with a laugh.
Instantly recognizable with a distinctive scar that ran the length of his face, Williams said most people who saw him on the street called him “Omar,” but he never really resembled the character. Williams appeared in all five seasons of “The Wire” from 2002 to 2008, his character growing in prominence with each season. The character also broke TV ground as an openly gay man whose sexuality wasn't central to his role. With smoke from his cigarette often wafting through the darkness, the character would whistle the melody known to American children as “The Farmer in the Dell" and British children as “A Hunting We Will Go” to ominously announce his arrival.Īnd he spoke many of the show's most memorable lines, including, “a man gotta have a code" and “all in the game yo, all in the game.” So all of a sudden, I’m like, Omar, yo, I’m getting respect from people who probably would have took my lunch money as a kid.” “I had very low self esteem growing up, a high need to be accepted, a corny kid from the projects. “The character of Omar thrusted me into the limelight,” he told Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” in 2016. Williams, who had worked in tiny TV roles and as a backup dancer for hip-hop acts before landing the role, had said that reputation started to stick to him in real life. 19 ceremony would be his first in four nominations.Īs Little, he played a criminal with a strict moral code, known for taking advantage of a reputation for brutality that wasn't always real. Williams was also a ubiquitous character actor in other shows and films for more than two decades, creating another classic character as Chalky White in HBO's “Boardwalk Empire” from 2010 to 2014, and appearing in the films “12 Years a Slave” and “Assassin’s Creed.” He is up for an Emmy for his role in HBO's “Lovecraft Country.” A win at the Sept.
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