Person
Mykelti Williamson
Born 4 March 1957 69 years old St. Louis, Missouri, USA Who else is 69? → IMDb ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
18age in their first credit on record (1975)
51years on screen and counting
6credits in 2006, their busiest year
110dated credits on record
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Movie credits
ATL 2: The Homecoming
as Uncle George
Age: 69 They Fight
2026
Age: 69 Is God Is
2026as Chuck Hall
Age: 68 The Last Rodeo
2025as Charlie Williamson
Age: 67 Unstoppable
2024as Eddie
Age: 65 The Holiday Stocking
2022as Robert
Age: 64 Butter
2022as Professor Dunn
Age: 64 North of the 10
2022as Cole Pruit
Age: 64 Clean
2022as Travis
Age: 63 The 24th
2020as Sgt. Hayes
Age: 63 Emperor
2020as Truesdale
Age: 62 Don't Let Go
2019as Bobby Owens
Age: 61 Run the Race
2019as Coach Hailey
Age: 61 Canal Street
2019as Jackie Styles
Age: 61 Thriller
2018as Detective Raymond Johnson
Age: 61 Saint Judy
2018as Dikembe Mustafa
Age: 59 Convergence
2017as Captain Saul Miller
Age: 59 Fences
2016as Gabriel Maxson
Age: 59 The Purge: Election Year
2016as Joe Dixon
Age: 57 Hollows Grove
2014as F.B.I. Agent Jones
Age: 56 Twist of Faith
2013as Uncle Moe
Age: 54 Have a Little Faith
2011as Donnie
Age: 53 High School
2010as Paranoid
Age: 52 Black Dynamite
2009as Chicago Wind
Age: 52 The Final Destination
2009as George
Age: 52 Spinning Into Butter
2009as Aaron Carmichael
Age: 51 Vice
2008as Sampson
Age: 50 August Rush
2007as Reverend James
Age: 49 ATL
2006as Uncle George
Age: 49 Fatwa
2006as Grady Frank
Age: 48 Lucky Number Slevin
2006as Sloe
Age: 48 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
Age: 47 After the Sunset
2004as Agent Stafford
Age: 47 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004as Harold Mann
Age: 45 Our America
2002as Graham Ellis
Age: 44 Ali
2001as Don King
Age: 43 Holiday Heart
2000as Silas
Age: 42 Three Kings
1999as Colonel Horn
Age: 42 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999as Papa Delany
Age: 41 Gideon
1998as Coleman Walker
Age: 41 Species II
1998as Dennis Gamble
Age: 41 Primary Colors
1998as Dewayne Smith
Age: 40 Buffalo Soldiers
1997as Cpl. William Christy
Age: 40 Double Tap
1997as Agent Hamilton
Age: 40 12 Angry Men
1997as Juror 10
Age: 40 Con Air
1997as "Baby-O" O'Dell
Age: 40 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997as Marcus
Age: 39 Soul of the Game
1996as Josh Gibson
Age: 38 Waiting to Exhale
1995as Troy
Age: 38 Heat
1995as Drucker
Age: 38 How to Make an American Quilt
1995as Winston
Age: 38 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995as Dwight Mercer
Age: 37 Forrest Gump
1994as Bubba Blue
Age: 36 Other Women's Children
1993as Leonard
Age: 36 Free Willy
1993as Dwight Mercer
Age: 33 A Killer Among Us
1990as Greg Hopkins
Age: 33 The First Power
1990as Det. Oliver Franklin
Age: 32 Miracle Mile
1989as Wilson
Age: 31 Police Story: Monster Manor
1988as Officer Don Luntner
Age: 30 You Talkin' to Me?
1987as Thatcher Marks
Age: 29 Number One with a Bullet
1987as Casey
Age: 28 Wildcats
1986as Levander 'Bird' Williams
Age: 28 The Delta Force
1986as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Age: 27 Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984as Leon Jefferson
Age: 27 Streets of Fire
1984as The Sorels - B.J.
Age: 24 Desperate Lives
1982as Jack
Age: 22 Sunnyside
1979as Hot Dog
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TV credits
Age: 69 The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
2026
Age: 68 Government Cheese
2025as Gus
Age: 67 Fallout
2024as Honcho
Age: 64 Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021as Preston Webb
Age: 60 Rebel
2017as Rene Knight
Age: 59 Insecure
2016as Preacher
Age: 59 Lethal Weapon
2016as Tom Barnes
Age: 59 Designated Survivor
2016as Admiral Chernow
Age: 57 Scorpion
2014as General Walker
Age: 56 Chicago P.D.
2014as Denny Woods
Age: 54 Touch
2012as Detective Lang
Age: 53 Hawaii Five-0
2010as Clay Maxwell
Age: 53 Rizzoli & Isles
2010as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
Age: 53 Justified
2010as Ellstin Limehouse
Age: 52 The Good Wife
2009as Matthew Wade
Age: 50 Raines
2007as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
Age: 49 Kidnapped
2006as Virgil Hayes
Age: 49 Justice
2006
Age: 49 Psych
2006as Sammy Winslow
Age: 47 CSI: NY
2004as Brigham Sinclair
Age: 45 Boomtown
2002as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
Age: 45 Monk
2002as Walter Cage
Age: 44 24
2001as Brian Hastings
Age: 43 The Fugitive
2000as Lt. Philip Gerard
Age: 42 Third Watch
1999as Detective Rice
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Age: 42 The Hoop Life
1999
Age: 38 The Outer Limits
1995as Dr. Michael Alders
Age: 37 Touched by an Angel
1994as Tevis Lockwood
Age: 34 The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991as Donovan Aderhold
No poster
Age: 31 Police Story
1988as Officer Don Luntner
Age: 31 Midnight Caller
1988as Deacon Bridges
Age: 31 China Beach
1988
Age: 30 J.J. Starbuck
1987
Age: 30 The Bronx Zoo
1987
Age: 27 Cover Up
1984
Age: 27 Miami Vice
1984as Leon Jefferson
Age: 27 Miami Vice
1984as Sylvio Romulus
Age: 26 Bay City Blues
1983as Deejay Cunningham
Age: 23 Hill Street Blues
1981
Age: 23 Freebie and the Bean
1980No poster
Age: 23 The Righteous Apples
1980
Age: 21 The White Shadow
1978as Fred
Age: 19 Alice
1976
Age: 18