![]() In 2017, he began appearing on Chicago P.D. Since October 2016, Williamson has had a recurring role as Admiral Chernow in Designated Survivor. He was also cast as a homeless man named Terry in the third season of the ABC drama Nashville. He had a recurring role as Ellstin Limehouse on the FX drama Justified. He was a main character in season 8 of 24 starring as Brian Hastings, the special agent in charge of the New York CTU. In 2002, he co-starred as Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown.īetween 20, he appeared in seven episodes of CSI: NY as Chief Sinclair, reuniting him with his Forrest Gump co-star Gary Sinise. CBS cancelled the series after one season with a total of 22 episodes. He also appeared in a short-lived TV series remake The Fugitive (CBS, 2000–2001). ![]() He was Juror #10 in the 1997 TV movie remake of 12 Angry Men (picking up the Ed Begley role). His most recent film appearances have included Ali (2001), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), ATL (2006), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), August Rush (2007), High School (2010), Convergence (2015), and Fences (2016). Williamson has made many guest appearances in TV and film. He also received favorable reviews when he played Negro league baseball player Josh Gibson in the HBO film Soul of the Game (1996). Williamson is best known as Private Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the Academy Award–winning 1994 film Forrest Gump. (1997), William Friedkin's TV version of 12 Angry Men (1997), Three Kings (1999), Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999), Holiday Heart (2000), Black Dynamite (2009), The Final Destination (2009), and The Purge: Election Year (2016). His credits include Wildcats (1986) with Goldie Hawn, Miracle Mile (1989), The First Power (1990) with Lou Diamond Phillips, Free Willy (1993), Forrest Gump (1994) with Tom Hanks, Waiting to Exhale (1995), Heat (1995), Soul of the Game (1996) with Delroy Lindo, Con Air (1997), Truth or Consequences, N.M. His film debut was in Streets of Fire (1984). Williamson was the lead singer of the group in the show in which he was just a teenager at that time. ![]() The show focuses on the activities of The Righteous Apples, five Boston-area high school musicians, who in a troubled world, seek to help people in distress. Williamson also starred in PBS's TV series The Righteous Apples. Perhaps his best-known television role was as program director Donovan Aderhold in the syndicated series The New WKRP in Cincinnati. His first TV appearances include Starsky and Hutch, Father Murphy, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, China Beach, and Midnight Caller. Williamson began acting professionally as a child. Ford Williamson, and was later transferred to Gene Evans Motion Picture School in San Jose, earning his certificate in Cinematography/Film Production. He audited acting classes at USC under the tutelage of Dr. He studied television and film at Los Angeles City College. At age nine, Williamson relocated to Los Angeles with his family. Along with acting, he also danced as an alternate member of The Lockers troupe on Soul Train along with Fred Berry (star of TV sitcom What's Happening!!). Williamson began performing at the age of nine. He has said that his name "Mykelti" means "spirit" in the Blackfoot language, but this is untrue. He is of African American descent and has stated he has Blackfoot ancestry. He is the son of Elaine, a certified public accountant, and a father who was an Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer. His other notable roles include Free Willy, Heat, Lucky Number Slevin, Three Kings, Black Dynamite, The Final Destination, ATL, Species II, and The Purge: Election Year. In 2016, he portrayed Gabriel Maxson in Denzel Washington's acclaimed film adaptation of August Wilson's play Fences, reprising his role from the 2010 Broadway revival. ![]() ![]() Mykelti Williamson ( / ˈ m aɪ k ə l t i/ born March 4, 1957) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Forrest Gump, 12 Angry Men (1997), Con Air and Ali, and the television shows Boomtown, 24, and Justified. ![]()
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