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Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson

44 movies on Netflix

Biography

Mykelti Williamson is an American actor and director who started performing as a child and has worked extensively in film and television. Born in St. Louis, he studied television and film before taking early TV roles on Starsky & Hutch, Hill Street Blues, and Miami Vice. His first film appearances included Streets of Fire (1984). He is best known as Bubba Blue in Forrest Gump (1994), and he also appeared in Free Willy (1993), Heat (1995), Con Air (1997), Three Kings (1999), Ali (2001), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), August Rush (2007), The Final Destination (2009), and Fences (2016), playing Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's adaptation of August Wilson's play. His television work includes major roles in Boomtown, 24, and Justified. He earned favorable reviews for his role as Josh Gibson, the Negro league baseball player, in HBO's Soul of the Game (1996).

69years old

Turns 70 on March 4in 123 days

  • Born St. Louis
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
  • Also credited as Mykelti, Michael T. Williamson, Mykel T. Williamson and Mikel T. Williamson

Movie Career

Films
44
Career span
42 years1984 to 2026

Genres

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  1. First role

    Williamson was a teenage lead singer in the PBS series The Righteous Apples, playing Charles "Big Neck" McMorris, the frontman of five Boston-area high school musicians.

  2. Own stunts

    Williamson also danced on Soul Train, serving as an alternate in The Lockers troupe, which included Fred Berry, the star of the TV sitcom What's Happening!!.

  3. Early training

    Williamson took television and film courses at Los Angeles City College. He audited acting classes at USC with Dr. Frank X. Ford, then moved to Gene Evans Motion Picture School in San Jose for a cinematography certificate.

Mykelti Williamson movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Forrest Gump1994 Drama, Romanceas Bubba Blue

    IMDb rating 8.82.5M votes

  2. Con Air1997 Action, Crime, Thrilleras Baby-O

    IMDb rating 6.9343K votes

  3. Heat1995as Drucker

    IMDb rating 8.3819K votes

  4. The Purge: Election Year2016as Joe Dixon

    IMDb rating 6.0120K votes

  5. Lucky Number Slevin2006as Sloe

    IMDb rating 7.7341K votes

  6. The Final Destination2009as George

    IMDb rating 5.1144K votes

  7. Fences2016as Gabriel

    IMDb rating 7.2127K votes

  8. Ali2001as Don King

    IMDb rating 6.7111K votes

Most often with

Michael Mann directed two of these films, Jon Avnet two. Michael Madsen appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Michael Madsen, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Michael MadsenDon Cheadle, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Don CheadleRichard Riehle, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Richard RiehleWoody Harrelson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Woody HarrelsonAlfred Molina, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Alfred MolinaM. Emmet Walsh, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with M. Emmet WalshMichael MannDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Michael MannJon AvnetDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Jon Avnet

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Box office

What Mykelti Williamson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.3 billion

28 of the 43 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 43 films: 28 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.

  • 28Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 8Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 4Figure not found

Top grosser

Forrest Gump1994as Bubba Blue$677 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 76% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Forrest Gump1994as Bubba Blue
    $677M29.6% of the total
  2. 2
    Con Air1997as Baby-O
    $224M9.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Heat1995as Drucker
    $187M8.2% of the total
  4. 4
    The Final Destination2009as George
    $187M8.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Free Willy1993as Dwight Mercer
    $154M6.7% of the total
  6. 6
    The Purge: Election Year2016as Joe Dixon
    $119M5.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Three Kings1999as Colonel Horn
    $108M4.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Ali2001as Don King
    $88M3.8% of the total
Waiting to Exhale (1995), $81.5 millionAugust Rush (2007), $66.1 millionFences (2016), $64.4 millionAfter the Sunset (2004), $61.3 millionLucky Number Slevin (2006), $56.3 millionPrimary Colors (1998), $52.1 millionFree Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995), $30.1 millionWildcats (1986), $26.3 millionThe First Power (1990), $22.4 millionATL (2006), $21.2 millionSpecies II (1998), $19.2 millionThe Last Rodeo (2025), $15.2 millionStreets of Fire (1984), $8.1 millionRun the Race (2019), $6.4 millionDon't Let Go (2019), $5.3 millionIs God Is (2026), $4.9 million

$547 millionfrom the other 20 films with a worldwide figure, 24% of the total

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