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 

Forrest Gump (1994)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Robin Wright Penn | Gary Sinise | Mykelti Williamson | Sally Field | Rebecca Williams | Michael Conner Humphreys | Harold G. Herthum | George Kelly | Bob Penny | John Randall | Sam Anderson | Margo Moorer | Ione M. Telech | Christine Seabrook
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
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The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950’s through the 1970’s including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he’s too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly.

After the Sunset (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Salma Hayek | Woody Harrelson | Don Cheadle | Naomie Harris | Chris Penn | Mykelti Williamson | Troy Garity | Obba Babatundé | Russell Hornsby | Rex Linn | Robert Curtis-Brown | Mark Moses | Michael Bowen | Tony Ledard
Directors: Brett Ratner
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After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he’s making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.

Ali (2001)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Smith | Jamie Foxx | Jon Voight | Mario Van Peebles | Ron Silver | Jeffrey Wright | Mykelti Williamson | Jada Pinkett Smith | Nona Gaye | Michael Michele | Joe Morton | Bruce McGill | Paul Rodriguez | Barry Shabaka Henley | Giancarlo Esposito
Directors: Michael Mann
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In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African American’s in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali’s personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time.

Con Air (1997)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Monica Potter | John Cusack | Landry Allbright | M.C. Gainey | Danny Trejo | Steve Buscemi | Steve Eastin | Rachel Ticotin | Dave Chappelle | Ving Rhames | John Malkovich | Renoly Santiago | Nick Chinlund | Mykelti Williamson
Directors: Simon West
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Cameron Poe is an Army Ranger who was going to go home to his pregnant wife when he got into a fight with three men. He would kill one of them and the other two ran away with the knife they had and because of that he would be convicted of manslaughter. After eight years he would be paroled. He would be part of a group that’s being transferred to another prison and flown in a special plane. While in flight a fight breaks out and two of the most dangerous criminals, Diamond Dog and Cyrus the Virus Grissom, would break out from their restraints and take over the plane. When the plane makes it’s first stop Poe and friend who’s a diabetic and who wasn’t given his shot, and all the syringes were destroyed, try to get off but Grissom wouldn’t let them. He then tries to alert the authorities but got away. Now the government is considering shooting the plane down but U.S. Marshall Vince Larkin thinks that it’s a little hasty and believes that Poe is an ally. When Grissom leads them on a wild goose chase, Poe alerts them to where they are going.

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Sean Penn | Naomi Watts | Don Cheadle | Jack Thompson | Brad William Henke | Nick Searcy | Michael Wincott | Mykelti Williamson | April Grace | Lily Knight | Jared Dorrance | Jenna Milton | Mariah Massa | Eileen Ryan | Derek Greene
Directors: Niels Mueller
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Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother’s old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon’s broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.

Heat (1995)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | Robert De Niro | Val Kilmer | Jon Voight | Tom Sizemore | Diane Venora | Amy Brenneman | Ashley Judd | Mykelti Williamson | Wes Studi | Ted Levine | Dennis Haysbert | William Fichtner | Natalie Portman | Tom Noonan
Directors: Michael Mann
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Hunters and their prey—Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big ‘retirement’ score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor—’Never have anything in your life that you can’t walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner’—as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending….

Three Kings (1999)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Saïd Taghmaoui | George Clooney | Mark Wahlberg | Ice Cube | Spike Jonze | Cliff Curtis | Nora Dunn | Jamie Kennedy | Mykelti Williamson | Holt McCallany | Judy Greer | Christopher Lohr | Jon Sklaroff | Liz Stauber | Marsha Horan
Directors: David O. Russell
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George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in “Three Kings,” the story of a small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives.