We got to know him thanks to the role of Omar Little in the series The Wire and in that of Chalky in Boardwalk Empire and, since then, the melancholy gaze of Michael K. Williams it has always been a little part of us together with that scar on the forehead, furrowed and deep, that smacked of life lived. Just a year after the Emmy nomination for the series Lovercraft Country of HBO, however, the life of the actor, 54, breaks: on 6 September he is, in fact, found dead in his Brooklyn home, in New York, due to what appears to be an overdose.
As reported by New York Post, objects were found in the apartment that suggest heroin or fentanyl that Williams had never made a secret of.
BREAKING: Michael K. Williams, the Emmy Award-nominated actor best known for his roles in The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, has died at the age of 54: https://t.co/OC8KYLtyIz pic.twitter.com/RnMN8uqDKs
— Consequence (@consequence) September 6, 2021
In addition to series such as Lovecraft Country, The Night Of and miniseries like When They See Us by Ava DuVernay, Michael K. Williams has also made a name for himself in films such as 12 years a slave, Oscar winner in 2014, Gone baby gone e Assassin’s Creed. Born in Flatbush to a Bahamian mother and American father, Williams began his career as a dancer working with artists such as George Michael, Missy Elliot, Ginuwine and Madonna. Among his first acting roles there is also a part in the 1996 film Bullet alongside Tupac Shakur: “I was angry and I had a lot of energy,” he told theAssociated Press in 2018.
However, he was in the role of Omar Little in The Wire, aired from 2002 to 2008, that Williams achieved international success: thanks to the role of an openly gay robber, Williams won audiences around the world alongside then-would-be President Barack Obama, who once said that Little was his all-time favorite character in the series. The actor had recently finished shooting a John Boyega movie, while in August it was rumored that he would play Charles “Doc” Broadus, George Foreman’s mentor, in an upcoming biopic about the former heavyweight champion. Williams leaves a son, Elijah.
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