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Mykelti Williamson

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Biography

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Heat

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Final Destination

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Forrest Gump

As Bubba Blue

Con Air

As "Baby-O" O'Dell

The Purge: Election Year

As Joe Dixon

Lucky Number Slevin

As Sloe

Species II

As Dennis Gamble

Free Willy

As Dwight Mercer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Death as Choreography: Eight Films of Inventive Demise

From cosmic indifference to moral punishment, these eight horror films treat death as a precise, theatrical art form. Each kill is a set piece, a statement, and...

8 films

Second Chances

From Hitchcock to Mann, a journey through films where directors revisit their own earlier work, refining obsession into art.

8 films

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