Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson (born March 4, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor. He's probably best known for his role as hopeful shrimp farmer Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the iconic 1994 film Forrest Gump and as Baby-O in the 1997 action thriller Con Air. He starred on 24 as Director Brian Hastings in Season 8 and has recently recurred as Ellstin Limehouse in the critically acclaimed Justified.
He was married to Olivia Brown.
Film Roles
- 1993 Free Willy as (Dwight Mercer)
- 1994 Forrest Gump (as Bubba Blue)
- 1995 Heat (as Sgt. Drucker)
- 1995 Waiting to Exhale (as Troy)
- 1997 Con Air (as Baby-O)
- 1997 12 Angry Men (as Juror #10)
- 1998 Species II (as Dennis Gamble)
- 1999 Three Kings (as Col. Horn)
- 2001 Ali (as Don King)
- 2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (as Harold Mann)
- 2006 Lucky Number Slevin (as Sloe)
- 2009 Black Dynamite (as Chicago Wind)
- 2009 The Final Destination (as George Lanter)
- 2010 Twenty Four (as Brian Hastings)
- 2016 The Purge: Election Year (as Joe Dixon)
- 2020 Emperor (2020) (as Truesdale)
TV Roles
- 1983 Bay City Blues (as Deejay Cunningham)
- 1983-1986 Hill Street Blues as (Off. Ron Garfield / Raymond Hawkins Jr.)
- 1987-1988 The Bronx Zoo as (Gus Butterfield)
- 1988-1991 Midnight Caller (as Deacon Bridges)
- 1991-1993 The New WKRP in Cincinnati (as Donovan Aderhold)
- 2001-2001 The Fugitive (as Lt. Philip Gerard)
- 2002-2003 Boomtown (as Det. Bobby 'Fearless' Smith)
- 2007-2009 CSI: NY (as Chief Brigham Sinclair)
- 2014 Nashville (as Terry George)
- 2012-2015 Justified (as Ellstin Limehouse)
- 2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (as Brigadier General Yazee Zwane)
- 2018 Lethal Weapon (as Tom Barnes)