Mykelti Williamson
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Chicago P.D.
Denny Woods
2014
Series
Hawaii Five-0
Clay Maxwell
2010
Series
24
Brian Hastings
2001
Series
The Good Wife
Matthew Wade
2009
Series
Monk
Walter Cage
2002
Series
Psych
Sammy Winslow
2006
Series
CSI: NY
Brigham Sinclair
2004
Series
Rizzoli & Isles
U.S. Marshal Whitmore
2010
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Third Watch
Detective Rice
1999
Series
Miami Vice
Leon Jefferson
1984
Series
Miami Vice
Sylvio Romulus
1984
Series
Scorpion
General Walker
2014
Series
Dark Matter
Grandpa Vance
2024
Series
Touched by an Angel
Tevis Lockwood
1994
Series
Hill Street Blues
1981
Series
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Preston Webb
2021
Series
Fallout
Honcho
2024
Series
Justified
Ellstin Limehouse
2010
Series
Lethal Weapon
Tom Barnes
2016
Series
Designated Survivor
Admiral Chernow
2016
Series
Alice
1976
Series
The Outer Limits
Dr. Michael Alders
1995
Series
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Film
Forrest Gump
Bubba Blue
1994
Series
Insecure
Preacher
2016
Series
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
James 'Big Daddy' Kinsey
2026
Series
Touch
Detective Lang
2012
Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Series
China Beach
1988
Film
Heat
Drucker
1995
Series
Midnight Caller
Deacon Bridges
1988
Film
The Final Destination
George
2009
Film
The Purge: Election Year
Joe Dixon
2016
Series
The White Shadow
Fred
1978
Film
Con Air
"Baby-O" O'Dell
1997
Film
Lucky Number Slevin
Sloe
2006
Series
Boomtown
Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2002
Series
Cover Up
1984
Series
Cover Up
Rick
1984
Film
Three Kings
Colonel Horn
1999
Film
Free Willy
Dwight Mercer
1993
Series
Government Cheese
Gus
2025
Series
Kidnapped
Virgil Hayes
2006
Film
Unstoppable
Eddie
2024
Series
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
Donovan Aderhold
1991
Film
Is God Is
Chuck Hall
2026
Series
Justice
2006
Series
The Bronx Zoo
1987
Film
Species II
Dennis Gamble
1998
Police Story
Officer Don Luntner
1988
Film
After the Sunset
Agent Stafford
2004
Film
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
2005
Film
The Delta Force
Delta Force Member (uncredited)
1986
Film
August Rush
Reverend James
2007
Series
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Film
12 Angry Men
Juror 10
1997
Film
Streets of Fire
The Sorels - B.J.
1984
Series
The Fugitive
Lt. Philip Gerard
2000
Film
Clean
Travis
2022
Film
Primary Colors
Dewayne Smith
1998
Series
Raines
Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2007
Film
Fences
Gabriel Maxson
2016
Film
Don't Let Go
Bobby Owens
2019
Film
Ali
Don King
2001
Film
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Dwight Mercer
1995
Series
Bay City Blues
Deejay Cunningham
1983
Film
Waiting to Exhale
Troy
1995
Series
Rebel
Rene Knight
2017
Film
Saint Judy
Dikembe Mustafa
2018
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
Winston
1995
The Hoop Life
1999
Series
Freebie and the Bean
1980
Film
The Last Rodeo
Charlie Williamson
2025
Film
Miracle Mile
Wilson
1989
Film
They Fight
Coach Mac
2026
Film
Black Dynamite
Chicago Wind
2009
Film
The First Power
Det. Oliver Franklin
1990
Film
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Harold Mann
2004
Film
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Leon Jefferson
1984
Film
ATL
Uncle George
2006
Film
Soul of the Game
Josh Gibson
1996
Film
Holiday Heart
Silas
2000
Film
High School
Paranoid
2010
Film
Wildcats
Levander 'Bird' Williams
1986
Film
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Marcus
1997
Film
North of the 10
Cole Pruit
2022
Film
Emperor
Truesdale
2020
The Righteous Apples
1980
Film
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
2022
Film
ATL 2: The Homecoming
Uncle George
Film
Run the Race
Coach Hailey
2019
Film
The 24th
Sgt. Hayes
2020
Film
Thriller
Detective Raymond Johnson
2018
Film
Double Tap
Agent Hamilton
1997
Film
Butter
Professor Dunn
2022
Film
Number One with a Bullet
Casey
1987
Film
Have a Little Faith
Donnie
2011
Film
Twist of Faith
Uncle Moe
2013
Film
Buffalo Soldiers
Cpl. William Christy
1997
Film
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Self
1994
Film
Fatwa
Grady Frank
2006
Film
Vice
Sampson
2008
Film
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
Self
2010
Film
Spinning Into Butter
Aaron Carmichael
2009
Film
Canal Street
Jackie Styles
2019
Film
You Talkin' to Me?
Thatcher Marks
1987
Film
A Killer Among Us
Greg Hopkins
1990
Film
Convergence
Captain Saul Miller
2017
Film
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Papa Delany
1999
Film
The Making of 'Heat'
Self
2005
Film
Hollows Grove
F.B.I. Agent Jones
2014
Film
Desperate Lives
Jack
1982
Film
Police Story: Monster Manor
Officer Don Luntner
1988
Film
The Holiday Stocking
Robert
2022
Film
Other Women's Children
Leonard
1993
Film
Sunnyside
Hot Dog
1979
Film
Our America
Graham Ellis
2002
Film
Gideon
Coleman Walker
1998