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Michael K. Williams

1966 - 2021

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Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He rose to fame in 2002 through his critically acclaimed role as Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire. He has been described as a "singular presence, onscreen and off, who made every role his own".Born in Brooklyn, New York City, to an African-American father from South Carolina and a Bahamian mother, Williams enrolled at the National Black Theater. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael K. Williams has received more than 13,707,559 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Michael K. Williams is the 2,181st most popular actor (up from 5,700th in 2019), the 3,589th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,845th in 2019) and the 1,039th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael K. Williams ranks 2,181 out of 9,996. Before him are Milena Vukotic, Úrsula Corberó, Lorraine Gary, Marshall Bell, Sylvia Miles, and Lydia Clarke. After him are Lam Ching-ying, Robert Stack, Barry Bostwick, Timothy Hutton, Ludmila Savelyeva, and Mariska Hargitay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Michael K. Williams ranks 82. Before him are Marton Csokas, Olivier Martinez, Alex Zanardi, Lisa Edelstein, Faure Gnassingbé, and Jan Železný. After him are Didier Queloz, Miguel Ángel Nadal, James Gunn, Mazinho, Krasimir Balakov, and Irène Jacob. Among people deceased in 2021, Michael K. Williams ranks 263. Before him are Graham McRae, Yitzhak Arad, Lee Wan-koo, Vasily Lanovoy, Judith Reisman, and Sándor Puhl. After him are Leon Spinks, Ahmed Jibril, Willy van der Kuijlen, Edmund Gettier, James Michael Tyler, and Anne Buydens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael K. Williams ranks 3,589 out of 18,182. Before him are Joyce Meyer (1943), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Lorraine Gary (1937), Marshall Bell (1942), Sylvia Miles (1924), and Lydia Clarke (1923). After him are Robert Stack (1919), Barry Bostwick (1945), Doris Miller (1919), Franz Kline (1910), Timothy Hutton (1960), and Maso di Banco (1250).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael K. Williams ranks 1,039. Before him are Kevin Sorbo (1958), Adam Baldwin (1962), Lorraine Gary (1937), Marshall Bell (1942), Sylvia Miles (1924), and Lydia Clarke (1923). After him are Robert Stack (1919), Barry Bostwick (1945), Timothy Hutton (1960), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Linda Fiorentino (1958), and Frederic Forrest (1936).

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