Mykelti Williamson
Acting
118
Acting Credits
8
Directed
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
Filmography
Is God Is
2026
as Chuck Hall
They Fight
2026
as Coach Mac
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
2026
as James 'Big Daddy' Kinsey
The Last Rodeo
2025
as Charlie Williamson
Government Cheese
2025
as Gus
Unstoppable
2024
as Eddie
Fallout
2024
as Honcho
Dark Matter
2024
as Grandpa Vance
North of the 10
2022
as Cole Pruit
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
The Holiday Stocking
2022
as Robert
Butter
2022
as Professor Dunn
Clean
2022
as Travis
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Preston Webb
Emperor
2020
as Truesdale
The 24th
2020
as Sgt. Hayes
Don't Let Go
2019
as Bobby Owens
Canal Street
2019
as Jackie Styles
Run the Race
2019
as Coach Hailey
Thriller
2018
as Detective Raymond Johnson
Saint Judy
2018
as Dikembe Mustafa
Convergence
2017
as Captain Saul Miller
Rebel
2017
as Rene Knight
The Purge: Election Year
2016
as Joe Dixon
Fences
2016
as Gabriel Maxson
Lethal Weapon
2016
as Tom Barnes
Designated Survivor
2016
as Admiral Chernow
Insecure
2016
as Preacher
Hollows Grove
2014
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
Scorpion
2014
as General Walker
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Denny Woods
Twist of Faith
2013
as Uncle Moe
Touch
2012
as Detective Lang
Have a Little Faith
2011
as Donnie
High School
2010
as Paranoid
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
2010
as Self
Justified
2010
as Ellstin Limehouse
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Clay Maxwell
The Final Destination
2009
as George
Black Dynamite
2009
as Chicago Wind
Spinning Into Butter
2009
as Aaron Carmichael
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Matthew Wade
Vice
2008
as Sampson
August Rush
2007
as Reverend James
Raines
2007
as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as Sloe
Fatwa
2006
as Grady Frank
ATL
2006
as Uncle George
Kidnapped
2006
as Virgil Hayes
Psych
2006
as Sammy Winslow
Justice
2006
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
as Harold Mann
After the Sunset
2004
as Agent Stafford
CSI: NY
2004
as Brigham Sinclair
Our America
2002
as Graham Ellis
Boomtown
2002
as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
Monk
2002
as Walter Cage
Ali
2001
as Don King
24
2001
as Brian Hastings
Holiday Heart
2000
as Silas
The Fugitive
2000
as Lt. Philip Gerard
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
as Papa Delany
Three Kings
1999
as Colonel Horn
Third Watch
1999
as Detective Rice
The Hoop Life
1999
Species II
1998
as Dennis Gamble
Primary Colors
1998
as Dewayne Smith
Gideon
1998
as Coleman Walker
Con Air
1997
as "Baby-O" O'Dell
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 10
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Cpl. William Christy
Double Tap
1997
as Agent Hamilton
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Marcus
Soul of the Game
1996
as Josh Gibson
Heat
1995
as Drucker
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Troy
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
as Dwight Mercer
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Winston
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Michael Alders
Forrest Gump
1994
as Bubba Blue
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Tevis Lockwood
Free Willy
1993
as Dwight Mercer
Other Women's Children
1993
as Leonard
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
as Donovan Aderhold
The First Power
1990
as Det. Oliver Franklin
A Killer Among Us
1990
as Greg Hopkins
Miracle Mile
1989
as Wilson
Police Story: Monster Manor
1988
as Officer Don Luntner
China Beach
1988
Midnight Caller
1988
as Deacon Bridges
Police Story
1988
as Officer Don Luntner
You Talkin' to Me?
1987
as Thatcher Marks
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Casey
The Bronx Zoo
1987
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Wildcats
1986
as Levander 'Bird' Williams
The Delta Force
1986
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
as Leon Jefferson
Streets of Fire
1984
as The Sorels - B.J.
Miami Vice
1984
as Leon Jefferson
Cover Up
1984
Miami Vice
1984
as Sylvio Romulus
Cover Up
1984
as Rick
Bay City Blues
1983
as Deejay Cunningham
Desperate Lives
1982
as Jack
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Righteous Apples
1980
Freebie and the Bean
1980
Sunnyside
1979
as Hot Dog
The White Shadow
1978
as Fred
Alice
1976
Starsky & Hutch
1975