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