Michael "Omar" Kenneth "Little" Williams, Steve Buscemi, and ehhhhh Michael Pitt in Martin Scorsese's BOARDWALK EMPIRE

he was so good at showing the inner struggle, and the real emotion of Chalky. and he definitely made Chalky’s story as gripping as Nucky’s, he owned the screen at all times

lmao at this

One of my closest friends was a PA on BOARDWALK EMPIRE for a long time and was scared of Michael K. Williams, who he only knew as Omar. The first time he had to call MKW from his trailer, MKW opened the door, stared him down, then tickled him and ran away. RIP

— ★ (@corpseinorbit) September 6, 2021

I mainly knew him as Chalky, some I watched the Wire so long ago. Chalky is one of my favorite characters in modern TV, just endless depth and so many facets. He was utterly believable in this role.

Obv he was great, forgive me for looking askance at the Twitter overload wrt his performance in Lovecraft Country which I never saw anyone mention until today, a show everyone hated. Was it better than consensus was when it was airing?

Lovecraft Country fkn ruled, I loved it start to finish then & now idc what the stupid “consensus” was. And Williams was great in it.

ok cool. it seemed like a lot of people hated it and I just didn't get around to it. will rectify that.

highly recommend!

VG on the money, it was a great show with a few episodes that were absolutely incredible. Williams was just one of the incredible cast members - Jonathan Majors, Wunmi Mosaku and Aunjanue Ellis were all amazing.

yeah i def don’t think everyone hated lovecraft country. it was ambitious and a bit inconsistent but was truly excellent at times. and yeah, mkw’s performance was stunning, same with majors and courtney b vance