Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson is one of those actors who could have coasted forever on a single iconic role — playing Bubba in Forrest Gump is the kind of thing that brands you for life — but what I love about him is that he clearly refused to let that happen. He kept showing up in serious, meaty work: the gritty ensemble drama Boomtown, the ticking-clock intensity of 24, and then a genuinely moving turn as Boyd Crowder's nemesis in Justified. His Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's Fences (2016) — a role he'd already lived on Broadway — is quietly devastating, the kind of performance that reminds you he's a craftsman, not just a familiar face. Born in St. Louis, trained at Los Angeles City College, he's been grinding in Hollywood for decades without ever turning into wallpaper, and that's rarer than it sounds.

Name (English)

Mykelti Williamson

Name (Japanese)

ミケルティ・ウィリアムソン

Reading

みけるてぃ・うぃりあむそん

Born

March 4, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter / film producer

University

Los Angeles City College

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykelti%20Williamson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741555

Tags

• Missouri
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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