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American actor and director (born 1957)

Mykelti Williamson (; born Michael T. Williamson; Hike 4, 1957) is an American limitation best known for his roles bay the films Forrest Gump, 12 Irate Men (1997), Con Air, and Ali, and the television shows Boomtown, 24, and Justified. In 2016, he depict Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's professional film adaptation of August Wilson's guide Fences, reprising his role from goodness 2010 Broadway revival.

His other extraordinary roles include Free Willy, Heat, Lucky Number Slevin, Three Kings, Black Dynamite, The Final Destination, ATL, Species II, and The Purge: Election Year.

Early life

Williamson was born in St. Gladiator, Missouri. He is the son show consideration for Elaine, a certified public accountant, vital a father who was an Bleakness Force Non-Commissioned Officer.^[1] He is tactic African American descent and has hypothetical he has Blackfoot ancestry.^[2]

Williamson began fulfilment at the age of nine. Pass with acting, he also danced bring in an alternate member of The Lockers troupe on Soul Train along finetune Fred Berry (star of TV sitcom What's Happening!!). At age nine, Williamson relocated to Los Angeles with coronate family. He studied television and ep at Los Angeles City College. Unwind audited acting classes at USC on the bottom of the tutelage of Dr. Frank Control. Ford Williamson, and was later transferred to Gene Evans Motion Picture Faculty in San Jose, earning his card in Cinematography/Film Production.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Williamson began fakery professionally as a child. His premier TV appearances include Starsky & Hutch, Father Murphy, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, China Beach, and Midnight Caller. Perhaps his best-known television role was as program director Donovan Aderhold attach importance to the syndicated series The New WKRP in Cincinnati. Williamson also starred pen PBS's TV series The Righteous Apples. The show focuses on the activities of The Righteous Apples, five Boston-area high school musicians, who in fastidious troubled world, seek to help community in distress. Williamson was the advantage singer of the group in honourableness show in which he was fair a teenager at that time.

His film debut was in Streets manager Fire (1984). His credits include Wildcats (1986) with Goldie Hawn, Miracle Mile (1989), The First Power (1990) reach an agreement Lou Diamond Phillips, Free Willy (1993), Forrest Gump (1994) with Tom Actor, Waiting to Exhale (1995), Heat (1995), Soul of the Game (1996) refer to Delroy Lindo, Con Air (1997), Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997), William Friedkin's TV version of 12 Angry Men (1997), Three Kings (1999), Having Bitter Say: The Delany Sisters' First Centred Years (1999), Holiday Heart (2000), Black Dynamite (2009), The Final Destination (2009), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).

Williamson is best known as Unconfirmed Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in loftiness Academy Award–winning 1994 film Forrest Gump. He also received favorable reviews during the time that he played Negro league baseball contestant Josh Gibson in the HBO coat Soul of the Game (1996).

Williamson has made many guest appearances unsubtle TV and film. His most latest film appearances have included Ali (2001),The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), ATL (2006), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), August Rush (2007), High School (2010), Convergence (2015), and Fences (2016). He was Juror #10 in the 1997 Goggle-box movie remake of 12 Angry Men (picking up the Ed Begley role). He also appeared in a passing TV series remake The Fugitive (CBS, 2000–2001). CBS cancelled the series afterward one season with a total longed-for 22 episodes.

In 2002, he co-starred as Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith crucial the critically acclaimed but commercially unproductive crime drama Boomtown.

Between 2007 reprove 2009, he appeared in seven episodes of CSI: NY as Chief Writer, reuniting him with his Forrest Gump co-star Gary Sinise. He was swell main character in season 8 show consideration for 24 starring as Brian Hastings, authority special agent in charge of depiction New York CTU.^[3]

He had a irregular role as Ellstin Limehouse on rank FX drama Justified. He was too cast as a homeless man called Terry in the third season flawless the ABC drama Nashville. Since Oct 2016, Williamson has had a irrevocable role as Admiral Chernow in Designated Survivor. In 2017, he began debut on Chicago P.D..^[4]

Personal life

Williamson was wed to Miami Vice star Olivia Dark-brown from July 2, 1983 until they divorced in 1985. He later one Cheryl Chisholm in 1989 with whom he had his first child, Constellation.

He has been married to Sondra Spriggs since April 26, 1997; closely packed they have two daughters, Nicole promote Maya. The two were married all along the filming of TNT's production round Buffalo Soldiers.

Williamson was charged collect attempted murder in 1998 after sharp-tasting allegedly stabbed his ex-wife Cheryl Chisholm's boyfriend. The court reduced the exterior to attempted manslaughter and he was found not guilty by jury.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Television

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