
Mykelti Williamson
Known for: Acting
Born: March 4, 1957
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

Soul of the Game
1996

Have a Little Faith
2011

Buffalo Soldiers
1997

Hollows Grove
2014

The Last Rodeo
2025

Twist of Faith
2013

You Talkin' to Me?
1987

Convergence
2017

The Purge: Election Year
2016

Don't Let Go
2019

A Killer Among Us
1990

Vice
2008

Species II
1998

The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004

Double Tap
1997

The First Power
1990

Holiday Heart
2000

Butter
2022

Forrest Gump
1994

Con Air
1997

Miracle Mile
1989

Police Story: Monster Manor
1988

The Final Destination
2009

Fatwa
2006

Other Women's Children
1993

Run the Race
2019

Clean
2022

North of the 10
2022

The Holiday Stocking
2022

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999

Fences
2016

Canal Street
2019

Saint Judy
2018

ATL
2006

The 24th
2020

Is God Is
2026

They Fight
2026

Lucky Number Slevin
2006

Waiting to Exhale
1995

Ali
2001

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995

High School
2010

Unstoppable
2024

ATL 2: The Homecoming

August Rush
2007

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994

Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997

Our America
2002

Heat
1995

Free Willy
1993

Wildcats
1986

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022

Three Kings
1999

Number One with a Bullet
1987

12 Angry Men
1997

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984

Thriller
2018

Gideon
1998

Emperor
2020

Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"
2010

Streets of Fire
1984

The Making of 'Heat'
2005

Black Dynamite
2009

Spinning Into Butter
2009

Primary Colors
1998

Sunnyside
1979

After the Sunset
2004

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005

Desperate Lives
1982

How to Make an American Quilt
1995

The Delta Force
1986

Alice
1976

Third Watch
1999

Kidnapped
2006

Psych
2006

Justice
2006

Boomtown
2002

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Monk
2002

Miami Vice
1984

China Beach
1988

CSI: NY
2004

Hill Street Blues
1981

Raines
2007

Cover Up
1984

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Bay City Blues
1983

The White Shadow
1978

The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991

Midnight Caller
1988

The Bronx Zoo
1987
The Hoop Life
1999

The Outer Limits
1995
The Righteous Apples
1980

Freebie and the Bean
1980

J.J. Starbuck
1987

Justified
2010

Scorpion
2014

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021

The Fugitive
2000

Rebel
2017

Lethal Weapon
2016

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009

Designated Survivor
2016

Fallout
2024

Rizzoli & Isles
2010

Insecure
2016

Touch
2012

Touched by an Angel
1994

Chicago P.D.
2014

The Good Wife
2009

Hawaii Five-0
2010

Government Cheese
2025

24
2001

The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
2026
Police Story
1988