Michael K. Williams, known for playing Omar on 'The Wire,' is dead at 54.
After years of minor roles on TV and movies, Williams became a household name as Omar -- the gritty, streetwise and homosexual criminal on HBO's"The Wire" ... earning him critical acclaim and adoration from fans.
Williams would go on to star in several other hit HBO series' -- like"Boardwalk Empire,""The Night Of" and more recently"Lovecraft Country" -- as well as movies like"12 Years a Slave" and"Assassin's Creed." One of the actor's trademarks was his signature facial scar -- the result of a bar fight he got involved in on his 25th birthday that almost killed him. According to Williams ... the scar helped to launch his acting career, leading to calls to do music videos and some minor work playing a thug in TV shows.Williams was a 5-time Emmy nominee, and when we last saw him we had a good convo about his nom for 'Lovecraft.
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