Michael Kenneth ... Michael K. Williams Took Cast of 'When They See Us' on a Trip to Coney Island Williams' breakout role came in 2002, when he portrayed Omar Little in HBO's The Wire.

He had a cult-like following thanks to his breakout role as a hitman on “The Wire. But to residents of the Brooklyn building where actor Michael ... the world Williams, 54, was Omar, the hard ...

Everything that I've been on on HBO I've had to audition for: Bessie, The Night Of, Boardwalk Empire, The Wire ... was calling Michael in the streets. Everything was Omar, Omar, Omar.