Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson (born March 4, 1960) 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, as Baby-O in the 1997 film Con Air, as Director Brian Hastings in Season 8 of TV-series 24, and recently as Ellstin Limehouse in the critically acclaimed Justified.

Biography

Williamson was married to Miami Vice star Olivia Brown from July 2, 1983 – 1985. He later married Cheryl Chisholm in 1989 with whom he had his first child, Phoenix. He has been married to Sondra Spriggs since April 26, 1997; together they have two daughters, Nicole and Maya. In 1998, he was arrested for stabbing his ex-wife Cheryl Chisholm's partner Leroy Edwards, while stalking Chisholm's home. He was acquitted of attempted manslaughter due to a hung jury, but, in his own words, "I lost my home, which I sold to pay my lawyers, my car and basically lost my career,"
He appeared with Sondra Spriggs in the 1998 film Species II. The two were married during the filming of TNT's production of Buffalo Soldiers.

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