Michael Kenneth Williams on How His Roles Impact Him: “That energy’s gotta go somewhere”
Since his days of playing Omar on ‘The Wire’, Williams has learned how to separate himself from his characters.
Since his days of playing Omar on ‘The Wire’, Williams has learned how to separate himself from his characters.
One of the best parts of Boardwalk Empire, the award-winning Prohibition crime drama on HBO, is Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White, a bootlegger and the unelected mayor of Atlantic City’s African-American work force. The role comes after several years on The Wire, another crime drama.