Movies starring Mykelti Williamson
Biography: Perhaps best remembered for his touching performance as "Bubba" opposite Tom Hanks in the Academy Award-winning "Forrest Gump (1994)", Mykelti Williamson is one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, who has been steadily honing his craft since he first began acting professionally at the age of 18.
This past fall Williamson starred as Lt. Philip Gerard, the hardnosed detective determined ... show all Perhaps best remembered for his touching performance as "Bubba" opposite Tom Hanks in the Academy Award-winning "Forrest Gump (1994)", Mykelti Williamson is one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, who has been steadily honing his craft since he first began acting professionally at the age of 18.
This past fall Williamson starred as Lt. Philip Gerard, the hardnosed detective determined to recapture escaped convict Dr. Richard Kimble (Timothy Daly ) in CBS' update of the classic 1960's action series "Fugitive, The" (2000)".
The son of an Air Force Staff Sergeant (father) and certified public accountant (mother), Williamson was born in St. Louis, MO, and began performing on the stage at the age of 9. Like many youngsters, he was enamored with the concept of television, and thought that the images he was seeing on the small screen were reality. It wasn't until his mother put him in a church play that he realized that what the people on the small screen were doing was performing. He was instantly hooked. At the age of 15, Williamson and his family settled in Los Angeles. A superb athlete, he excelled at both football and basketball, but the acting bug led him to quit sports and dance with the cheerleading squad, much to the chagrin of his coaches.
Following graduation, Williamson began acting professionally, making appearances on television shows such as "Starsky and Hutch" (1975)", "Hill Street Blues" (1981)" and "China Beach" (1988)", among others. He made his film debut in the Walter Hill -directed feature "Streets of Fire (1984)", opposite Diane Lane , Michael Paré and Willem Dafoe.
He would subsequently appear in the feature "The First Power (1990)" with Lou Diamond Phillips, _Miracle Mile (1989)_ with Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham, "Number One with a Bullet (1987)", "Wildcats (1986)" and "Free Willy (1993)".
Following his critically acclaimed performance in "Forrest Gump (1994)", Williamson starred in Forest Whitaker's "Waiting to Exhale (1995)"; partnered with Al Pacino in Michael Mann 's "Heat (1995)"; "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)", and starred alongside Nicolas Cage in "Con Air (1997)".
Williamson was also seen in Mike Nichols ' political drama "Primary Colors (1998)" (a cameo appearance which he did as a personal favor to Nichols and John Travolta) and "Three Kings (1999)", opposite George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube.
In 1996 Williamson returned to television when he starred opposite Delroy Lindo and Blair Underwood in the critically acclaimed HBO telefilm "Soul of the Game (1996) (TV)" and received rave reviews for his stirring portrayal of legendary Negro League baseball legend Josh Gibson. Williamson also starred in "Buffalo Soldiers (1997) (TV)" for TNT and "12 Angry Men (1997) (TV)" for Showtime, as well as starring in the cable network's series "Hoop Life, The" (1999)".
On stage Williamson starred with Samuel L. Jackson, D.B. Sweeney, Ellis Williams, Matt McGrath and Richard Reilly in Clark Gregg's ("What Lies Beneath") 1995's ensemble drama "Distant Fires", which earned the cast a prestigious L.A. Theatre Award.
An avid sports fan and devoted family man, Williamson enjoys restoring classic cars and rodeoing in his free time. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two of his three daughters.
Named by his grandfather for 'Spirit' or 'Silent Friend' in the language of Blackfeet Indians, Mykelti Williamson has quietly built a reputation in Hollywood as one of the most consistently proven actors in the business, delivering stirring and honest performances that always capture audiences. hide |
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Having landed in the wrong place in bad time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill the Rabbi (Well Kingsley) to abolish a 96.000$ debt to the Boss (Morgan Freeman) and to reimburse 33.000$ to the Rabbi. He cannot go to the police and he cannot leave the city. On the top of all that, behind Mr of the stage. Blacksmith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) conspires secretly to kill Slevin.
Après avoir atterri dans l’endroit faux au mauvais temps, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) doit tuer le Rabbin (Ben Kingsley) pour supprimer une dette de 96.000$ au Patron (Morgan Freeman) et rembourser 33.000$ au Rabbin. Il ne peut pas aller chez la police et il ne peut pas quitter la ville. Sur le haut de tout cela, derrière le M. de la scène. Forgeron aka M.. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) conspire secrètement pour tuer Slevin.
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Categories: 2006, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA
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Categories: 2008, Drama, USA
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Mykelti Williamson and Justin Lazard are astronauts’ pair which make the first supplemented mission achieved in march. The character of Lazard is infected by a foreigner and begins slowly mutating. When they return to the Earth all that it has on its mind must have sex with Henstridge!.
Mykelti Williamson et Justin Lazard sont une paire d’astronautes qui font la première mission complétée réussie à Mars. Le caractère de Lazard est infecté par un étranger et commence lentement à muter. Quand ils renvoient à la Terre tout ce qu’il a sur son esprit doit avoir le sexe avec Henstridge!.
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Categories: 1998, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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The history of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a protected young cellist who have a chance bumps into a magic night about Washington square of New York, but is soon torn off, in her wake a baby, storm in August, becomes an orphan by the fact departing. Now the realisation on the streets of New York and worried around by a mysterious stranger be used August noteworthy music talent to search the parents from whom he was separated in the birth.
Die Geschichte eines charismatischen jungen irischen Gitarrenspielers und eines geschützten jungen Cellisten, die eine Chance haben, stößt auf eine magische Nacht über New Yorks Washingtoner Quadrat, aber wird bald abgerissen, in ihrem Kielwasser ein Säugling, Sturm im August, verwaist durch den Umstand abreisend. Jetzt das Durchführen auf den Straßen New Yorks und sorgte sich um durch einen mysteriösen Fremden, August verwendet sein bemerkenswertes Musiktalent, die Eltern zu suchen, von denen er an der Geburt getrennt wurde.
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Categories: 2007, Drama, Music, USA
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After the successful last notch a master thief withdraws to an island paradise. His Nemesis for life, a clever agent of FBI, washes in the land to make sure that he well does on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new play him Cat-and mouse.
Nach einer erfolgreichen letzten Kerbe zieht sich ein Master-Dieb zu einem Inselparadies zurück. Seine lebenslängliche Nemesis, ein schlauer Agent von FBI, wäscht sich am Land, um sicherzustellen, dass er gut auf seiner Versprechung macht. Das Paar tritt bald in ein neues Spiel der Katze-Und-Maus ein.
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Categories: 2004, Action, Comedy, Crime, USA
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In 1964, a few new demolitions pro boxer, fresh air of his victory of Olympian medal of gold, exploit in the scene, Clay of Cassius. Brave and open sea, he cuts a completely new image for the African American in the sport with his proud public me confidence with his not apologetic credence that he is the biggest boxer of all the time. On his credit, he tries to demonstrate than with his very agile and powerful style that soon there does to him a formidable boxer who soon claims the championship of heavyweight. His personal life is not less significant with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with polemic Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave’s name in favor of Muhammad Ali that removes the controversy. Still, on top of his game, both the personal lives and Ali’s professionals turn the last test with the preliminary military rules they are changed, making him eligible for the military induction during the War of Vietnam. Although he might agree easily with a dealing of love that would have meant an easy trip of the duty for him, Ali pushes back to give up in the beginning to cooperate with an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so badly. The cost of that support is high when he is unable to pack legally its own country while his case is opposed in the court. What it continues is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much in favor of what he believes in and a reappearance that would cement his legend as one of the big figures of sports of all the time.
En 1964, unos derribos nuevos pro boxeador, fresco de su victoria de medalla de oro olímpica, explotan en la escena, Arcilla de Cassius. Valiente y abierto, él corta una completamente nueva imagen para el americano africano en el deporte con su público orgulloso mí confianza con su creencia no compungida que él es el mayor boxeador de todo el tiempo. A su crédito, él intenta demostrar que con su estilo muy ágil y poderoso que pronto le hace un boxeador formidable que pronto reclama el campeonato de peso pesado. Su vida personal no es menos significativa con su lealtad a la Nación de Islam, su amistad con Malcolm X polémico y su abandono de su nombre de esclavo a favor de Muhammad Ali que remueve la controversia. Aún, en lo alto de su juego, tanto las vidas personales como profesionales de Ali se vuelven la prueba última con las reglas preliminares militares son cambiados, haciéndole elegible para la inducción militar durante la Guerra de Vietnam. A pesar de que él podría estar de acuerdo fácilmente con un trato de amor que habría significado un viaje fácil del deber para él, Ali rechaza rendirse en el principio para cooperar con una guerra injusta para una nación racista que trató a su gente tan mal. El coste de aquel soporte es alto cuando él se encuentra incapaz de embalar legalmente su propio país mientras su caso es impugnado en el tribunal. Lo que sigue es una batalla por un hombre que sacrificaría tanto a favor de lo que él cree en y una reaparición que cementaría su leyenda como una de las grandes figuras de deportes de todo el tiempo.
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Categories: 2001, Biography, Drama, Sport, USA
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Cameron Poe is a State trooper on horseback Military who was going to go home to his pregnant wife when he entered a conflict with three men. He would kill one of them and the others two ran away with the knife which they had and because of it he would be condemned of unintentional manslaughter. After eight years it would be liberated on word. It would be part of a group it is transferred to another prison and stolen in a special plane. While in theft a conflict bursts and two of the most dangerous criminals, the Dog of Diamonds and Cyrus le Grissom Virulent, would break their restrictions and resume of the plane. When the plane makes it is the first stopping Poe and the friend that is a diabetic and whom they did not give his blow and all syringes were destroyed, try to go down but Grissom would not leave them. It tries then to alert authorities, but breakaway belongs. Now the government considers fact to slaughter the plane, but U. S. Vince Larkin de Marchall thinks that it is a bit quick and thinks that Poe is an ally. When Grissom leads them on a chase of chimeras, Poe alerts them in where they go.
Cameron Poe est un Gendarme à cheval Militaire qui allait aller à la maison à sa femme enceinte quand il est entré dans une lutte avec trois hommes. Il tuerait un d’entre eux et les autres deux se sont enfuis avec le couteau qu’ils avaient et à cause de cela il serait condamné de l’homicide involontaire. Après huit ans il serait libéré sur parole. Il ferait partie d’un groupe c’est transféré à une autre prison et volé dans un avion spécial. Pendant que dans le vol une lutte éclate et deux des criminels les plus dangereux, le Chien de Diamants et Cyrus le Grissom Virulent, se casseraient de leurs restrictions et reprendraient de l’avion. Quand l’avion fait c’est le premier arrêt Poe et l’ami qui est un diabétique et à qui on n’a pas donné son coup et toutes les seringues ont été détruites, essaient de descendre mais Grissom ne les laisserait pas. Il essaie alors d’alerter les autorités, mais s’est échappé. Maintenant le gouvernement considère le fait d’abattre l’avion, mais U. S. Vince Larkin de Marchall croit que c’est un peu rapide et croit que Poe est un allié. Quand Grissom les mène sur une poursuite des chimères, Poe les alerte à où ils vont.
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Categories: 1997, Action, Thriller, USA
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The history based on the fact on a clerk of office furniture unbalanced (Sean Penn) that in 1972 it planned a conspiracy of killing the president of that time Nixon kidnapping a plane to fly on the White House to drop a gas bomb. In the beginning of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and accentuated in his work where he is done the end of pranks and is a low performer. The tries of obtaining the old business of tire of his brother resuscitated with a black partner are pushed back by the banks. When he is officially served by roles of divorce, everything comes undone and the broken promises of Richard Nixon it comes to represent all the evil that have gone down in him. A history of news on a pilot who obtained a helicopter in the lawn of the White House gives him the idea for his attack. Escaping in a plane of Baltimore, he tries the sequestration.
La historia basada en el hecho sobre un dependiente de mobiliario de oficina desequilibrado (Sean Penn) que en 1972 tramó un complot de matar al entonces-presidente Nixon secuestrando un avión para volar sobre la Casa Blanca para dejar caer una bomba de gas. En el principio de la película, el hombre es separado de su esposa y acentuado en su trabajo donde él es hecho el extremo de bromas y es un bajo ejecutante. Las tentativas de conseguir el viejo negocio de neumático de su hermano resucitado con un compañero negro son rechazadas por los bancos. Cuando él es oficialmente servido con papeles de divorcio, todo se deshace y las promesas rotas de Richard Nixon viene para representar todos los males que han bajado en él. Una historia de noticias sobre un piloto que consiguió un helicóptero en el césped de la Casa Blanca le da la idea para su ataque. Escapándose en un avión de Baltimore, él intenta el secuestro.
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Categories: 2004, Drama, Mexico, USA