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Mykelti Williamson

Acting

Born March 4, 1957 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also known as Michael T. Williamson · Mykel T. Williamson · Mikel T. 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.

Filmography50+ titles

Sons 2 the Grave

2022Director, Executive Producer

Forrest Gump

1994as Bubba Blue

Chicago P.D.

2014as Denny Woods

Chicago Med

2015Director

Scorpion

2014as General Walker

Fallout

2024as Honcho

Justified

2010as Ellstin Limehouse

Monk

2002as Walter Cage

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021as Preston Webb

FBI

2018Director

Rizzoli & Isles

2010as U.S. Marshal Whitmore

Psych

2006as Sammy Winslow

Third Watch

1999as Detective Rice

Heat

1995as Drucker

24

2001as Brian Hastings

Sweet Magnolias

2020Director

Hawaii Five-0

2010as Clay Maxwell

12 Angry Men

1997as Juror 10

The Outer Limits

1995as Dr. Michael Alders

The Last Rodeo

2025as Charlie Williamson

Emperor

2020as Truesdale

The Good Wife

2009as Matthew Wade

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)

Hill Street Blues

1981

Raines

2007as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith

Lucky Number Slevin

2006as Sloe

China Beach

1988

Miami Vice

1984as Sylvio Romulus

August Rush

2007as Reverend James

Lethal Weapon

2016as Tom Barnes

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2008as Self

CSI: NY

2004as Brigham Sinclair

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999as Papa Delany

Starsky & Hutch

1975

Designated Survivor

2016as Admiral Chernow

Kidnapped

2006as Virgil Hayes

Touched by an Angel

1994as Tevis Lockwood

Insecure

2016as Preacher

Black Dynamite

2009as Chicago Wind

The White Shadow

1978as Fred

Alice

1976

Canal Street

2019as Jackie Styles

Holiday Heart

2000as Silas

Sunnyside

1979as Hot Dog

Don't Let Go

2019as Bobby Owens

Saint Judy

2018as Dikembe Mustafa

Fences

2016as Gabriel Maxson

ATL

2006as Uncle George

Miracle Mile

1988as Wilson

Streets of Fire

1984as The Sorels - B.J.