Mykelti Williamson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1957-03-04 (age 69)

From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography (116)

TV
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
2026
MOVIE★ 1.0
They Fight
2026
MOVIE★ 5.9
Is God Is
2026
as Chuck Hall
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Last Rodeo
2025
as Charlie Williamson
TV★ 3.7
Government Cheese
2025
as Gus
MOVIE★ 5.3
Unstoppable
2024
as Eddie
TV★ 8.1
Fallout
2024
as Honcho
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Holiday Stocking
2022
as Robert
MOVIE★ 4.8
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Butter
2022
as Professor Dunn
MOVIE★ 5.3
North of the 10
2022
as Cole Pruit
MOVIE★ 6.2
Clean
2022
as Travis
TV★ 7.9
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Preston Webb
MOVIE★ 5.7
The 24th
2020
as Sgt. Hayes
MOVIE★ 7.6
Emperor
2020
as Truesdale
MOVIE★ 6.9
Don't Let Go
2019
as Bobby Owens
MOVIE★ 6.8
Run the Race
2019
as Coach Hailey
MOVIE★ 7.0
Canal Street
2019
as Jackie Styles
MOVIE★ 4.3
Thriller
2018
as Detective Raymond Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Saint Judy
2018
as Dikembe Mustafa
TV★ 6.9
Rebel
2017
as Rene Knight
MOVIE★ 4.3
Convergence
2017
as Captain Saul Miller
MOVIE★ 6.9
Fences
2016
as Gabriel Maxson
TV★ 7.1
Insecure
2016
as Preacher
TV★ 7.3
Lethal Weapon
2016
as Tom Barnes
TV★ 7.1
Designated Survivor
2016
as Admiral Chernow
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Purge: Election Year
2016
as Joe Dixon
MOVIE★ 4.8
Hollows Grove
2014
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
TV★ 8.2
Scorpion
2014
as General Walker
TV★ 8.4
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Denny Woods
MOVIE★ 6.5
Twist of Faith
2013
as Uncle Moe
TV★ 6.6
Touch
2012
as Detective Lang
MOVIE★ 6.6
Have a Little Faith
2011
as Donnie
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Clay Maxwell
TV★ 7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
MOVIE★ 5.7
High School
2010
as Paranoid
TV★ 8.0
Justified
2010
as Ellstin Limehouse
MOVIE
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Black Dynamite
2009
as Chicago Wind
TV★ 7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Matthew Wade
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Final Destination
2009
as George
MOVIE★ 5.9
Spinning Into Butter
2009
as Aaron Carmichael
MOVIE★ 4.5
Vice
2008
as Sampson
MOVIE★ 7.4
August Rush
2007
as Reverend James
TV★ 7.5
Raines
2007
as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
TV★ 7.1
Kidnapped
2006
as Virgil Hayes
TV★ 7.0
Justice
2006
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Sammy Winslow
MOVIE★ 6.9
ATL
2006
as Uncle George
MOVIE★ 2.9
Fatwa
2006
as Grady Frank
MOVIE★ 7.5
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as Sloe
MOVIE★ 6.8
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
After the Sunset
2004
as Agent Stafford
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Brigham Sinclair
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
as Harold Mann
TV★ 6.4
Boomtown
2002
as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
MOVIE★ 8.0
Our America
2002
as Graham Ellis
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Walter Cage
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ali
2001
as Don King
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Brian Hastings
MOVIE★ 7.0
Holiday Heart
2000
as Silas
TV★ 6.5
The Fugitive
2000
as Lt. Philip Gerard
MOVIE★ 6.6
Three Kings
1999
as Colonel Horn
TV★ 7.9
Third Watch
1999
as Detective Rice
TV★ 9.0
The Hoop Life
1999
MOVIE★ 7.3
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
as Papa Delany
MOVIE★ 6.1
Gideon
1998
as Coleman Walker
MOVIE★ 5.2
Species II
1998
as Dennis Gamble
MOVIE★ 6.3
Primary Colors
1998
as Dewayne Smith
MOVIE★ 5.5
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Cpl. William Christy
MOVIE★ 5.4
Double Tap
1997
as Agent Hamilton
MOVIE★ 7.7
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 10
MOVIE★ 6.8
Con Air
1997
as "Baby-O" O'Dell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Marcus
MOVIE★ 4.9
Soul of the Game
1996
as Josh Gibson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Troy
MOVIE★ 7.9
Heat
1995
as Drucker
MOVIE★ 6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Winston
MOVIE★ 5.9
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
as Dwight Mercer
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Michael Alders
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Tevis Lockwood
MOVIE★ 7.5
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
as Bubba Blue
MOVIE★ 6.3
Other Women's Children
1993
as Leonard
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.2
Free Willy
1993
as Dwight Mercer
TV★ 7.6
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
as Donovan Aderhold
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Killer Among Us
1990
as Greg Hopkins
MOVIE★ 5.6
The First Power
1990
as Det. Oliver Franklin
MOVIE★ 6.9
Miracle Mile
1989
as Wilson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Police Story: Monster Manor
1988
as Officer Don Luntner
TV
Police Story
1988
as Officer Don Luntner
TV★ 7.6
Midnight Caller
1988
as Deacon Bridges
TV★ 7.5
China Beach
1988
TV★ 6.0
J.J. Starbuck
1987
MOVIE★ 3.8
You Talkin' to Me?
1987
as Thatcher Marks
TV★ 6.5
The Bronx Zoo
1987
MOVIE★ 4.8
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Casey
MOVIE★ 6.3
Wildcats
1986
as Levander 'Bird' Williams
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Delta Force
1986
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
TV★ 6.9
Cover Up
1984
MOVIE★ 7.7
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
as Leon Jefferson
TV★ 7.4
Miami Vice
1984
as Leon Jefferson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Streets of Fire
1984
as The Sorels - B.J.
TV★ 7.5
Bay City Blues
1983
as Deejay Cunningham
MOVIE★ 6.5
Desperate Lives
1982
as Jack
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV★ 6.8
Freebie and the Bean
1980
TV★ 5.0
The Righteous Apples
1980
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sunnyside
1979
as Hot Dog
TV★ 7.1
The White Shadow
1978
as Fred
TV★ 7.0
Alice
1976
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
MOVIE
ATL 2: The Homecoming
—
as Uncle George