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.

KNOWN FOR

Hawaii Five-0
2015
Chicago P.D.
2017
24
2010
FBI
2021
The Good Wife
2010
Chicago Med
2020
Monk
2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2002
The Outer Limits
1995
CSI: NY
2007
Psych
2009
Rizzoli & Isles
2011

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
119
Directing
8
Writing
1
Producing
1
2026
Is God Is
as Chuck Hall
2026
They Fight
as Coach Mac
2026
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
as James 'Big Daddy' Kinsey
2026
Dark Matter
as Grandpa Vance
2025
The Last Rodeo
as Charlie Williamson
2025
Government Cheese
as Gus
2024
Unstoppable
as Eddie
2024
Fallout
as Honcho
2022
North of the 10
as Cole Pruit
2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
2022
The Holiday Stocking
as Robert
2022
Butter
as Professor Dunn
2022
Clean
as Travis
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Preston Webb
2020
Emperor
as Truesdale
2020
The 24th
as Sgt. Hayes
2019
Don't Let Go
as Bobby Owens
2019
Canal Street
as Jackie Styles
2019
Run the Race
as Coach Hailey
2018
Thriller
as Detective Raymond Johnson
2018
Saint Judy
as Dikembe Mustafa
2018
Lethal Weapon
as Tom Barnes
2018
Insecure
as Preacher
2017
Convergence
as Captain Saul Miller
2017
Rebel
as Rene Knight
2017
Chicago P.D.
as Denny Woods
2016
The Purge: Election Year
as Joe Dixon
2016
Fences
as Gabriel Maxson
2016
Designated Survivor
as Admiral Chernow
2015
Hawaii Five-0
as Clay Maxwell
2014
Hollows Grove
as F.B.I. Agent Jones
2014
Scorpion
as General Walker
2013
Twist of Faith
as Uncle Moe
2013
Touch
as Detective Lang
2012
Justified
as Ellstin Limehouse
2011
Have a Little Faith
as Donnie
2011
Rizzoli & Isles
as U.S. Marshal Whitmore
2010
High School
as Paranoid
2010
Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
as Self
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2010
The Good Wife
as Matthew Wade
2010
24
as Brian Hastings
2009
The Final Destination
as George
2009
Black Dynamite
as Chicago Wind
2009
Spinning Into Butter
as Aaron Carmichael
2009
Psych
as Sammy Winslow
2008
Vice
as Sampson
2007
August Rush
as Reverend James
2007
CSI: NY
as Brigham Sinclair
2007
Raines
as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2006
Lucky Number Slevin
as Sloe
2006
Fatwa
as Grady Frank
2006
ATL
as Uncle George
2006
Kidnapped
as Virgil Hayes
2006
Justice
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Charlene's Stepfather (uncredited)
2005
Third Watch
as Detective Rice
2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Harold Mann
2004
After the Sunset
as Agent Stafford
2004
Monk
as Walter Cage
2002
Our America
as Graham Ellis
2002
Boomtown
as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2002
Touched by an Angel
as Tevis Lockwood
2001
Ali
as Don King
2000
Holiday Heart
as Silas
2000
The Fugitive
as Lt. Philip Gerard
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Papa Delany
1999
Three Kings
as Colonel Horn
1999
The Hoop Life
1998
Species II
as Dennis Gamble
1998
Primary Colors
as Dewayne Smith
1998
Gideon
as Coleman Walker
1997
Con Air
as "Baby-O" O'Dell
1997
12 Angry Men
as Juror 10
1997
Buffalo Soldiers
as Cpl. William Christy
1997
Double Tap
as Agent Hamilton
1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Marcus
1996
Soul of the Game
as Josh Gibson
1995
Heat
as Drucker
1995
Waiting to Exhale
as Troy
1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Dwight Mercer
1995
How to Make an American Quilt
as Winston
1995
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Michael Alders
1994
Forrest Gump
as Bubba Blue
1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
1993
Free Willy
as Dwight Mercer
1993
Other Women's Children
as Leonard
1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
as Donovan Aderhold
1990
The First Power
as Det. Oliver Franklin
1990
A Killer Among Us
as Greg Hopkins
1989
Miracle Mile
as Wilson
1989
China Beach
1988
Police Story: Monster Manor
as Officer Don Luntner
1988
Midnight Caller
as Deacon Bridges
1988
Police Story
as Officer Don Luntner
1987
You Talkin' to Me?
as Thatcher Marks
1987
Number One with a Bullet
as Casey
1987
The Bronx Zoo
1987
J.J. Starbuck
1986
Wildcats
as Levander 'Bird' Williams
1986
The Delta Force
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
1985
Miami Vice
as Sylvio Romulus
1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Leon Jefferson
1984
Streets of Fire
as The Sorels - B.J.
1984
Miami Vice
as Leon Jefferson
1984
Cover Up
1984
Cover Up
as Rick
1983
Alice
1983
Hill Street Blues
1983
Bay City Blues
as Deejay Cunningham
1982
Desperate Lives
as Jack
1981
The White Shadow
as Fred
1981
Freebie and the Bean
1980
The Righteous Apples
1979
Sunnyside
as Hot Dog
1978
Starsky & Hutch
ATL 2: The Homecoming
as Uncle George