Michael T. Williamson was born on the 4th March 1957, in St. Louis, Missouri USA, and is an actor who, as Mykelti Williamson, is most famous for his role as Bubba Blue in Robert Zemeckis‘ cult classic movie “Forrest Gump” (1994). He is also widely recognized from appearing in movies such as “Heat” (1995), “Con Air” (1997) and “Lucky Number Slevin” (2006).
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this actor has accumulated so far? How rich Mykelti Williamson is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Mykelti Williamson’s net worth, as of mid-2017, exceeds the sum of $2 million, acquired through his professional acting career which is currently spawning for almost four decades, since 1978.
Mykelti Williamson Net Worth $2 million
Mykelti was born into the family of a public accountant and a US Air Force officer, and apart from African-American is also of Native American Blackfoot Indian ancestry. He suffered a rather traumatic childhood as his father left the family while he was still an infant. His interest in acting and performing in general dates back to hthe early age of nine, when he became a member of a dance troupe – The Lockers. He then relocated to Los Angeles, California, with his mother, where he continued acting, but also put some efforts towards sports, including American Football and basketball. Mykelti attended Los Angeles City College, majoring in television/film, then enrolled at Gene Evans Motion Picture School in San Jose, California from which he obtained his film production as well as cinematography certificate.
Williamson debuted as a professional actor in 1978, with a brief appearance in the ABC’s popular thriller TV series – “Starsky and Hutch”. He then managed to keep an uninterrupted streak of acting engagements through the 1980s, and went on to appear primarily in TV series, such as “Bay City Blues”, “Cover Up” as well as “Hill Street Blues”, “The Bronx Zoo” and “China Beach” among plenty of others. Through the 1980s, he also added several big-screen appearances to his portfolio, such as “Streets of Fire” (1984), “Wildcats” (1986) and “Miracle Mile” (1989). All these engagements provided the basis for Mykelti Williamson’s today’s net worth.
The real breakthrough in Mykelti’s acting career occurred in 1994 when he was cast for the role of Private Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue, an Army friend of the title character portrayed by Tom Hanks, in Robert Zemeckis comical drama “Forrest Gump”. This was followed by a side role in “Heat” (1995), with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. Mykelti also had a notable role in the HBO TV movie “Soul of the Game” (1996), portraying legendary baseball player Josh Gibson. By the end of the 1990s, he had also appeared in several other critically acclaimed motion pictures, such as “Con Air” and “12 Angry Men” both 1997, “Primary Colors” (1998) and “Three Kings” (1999). Doubtlessly, all these appearances helped Mykelti Williamson to dramatically increase the total of his net worth.
Mykelti has continually starred in countless motion pictures, plus notable appearances in TV series such as “Boomtown”, “Kidnapped”, “CSI: NY” as well as “24”, “Justified” and “Underground”. Speaking of movies, he rolled in “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” (2004), “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” (2005), “The Final Destination” (2009), and more recently “The Purge: Election Year”. The most recent of Williamson’s acting engagements include appearances in Denzel Washington’s drama “Fences” (2016) as well as “Chicago P.D.” and “Rebel” TV series. It is certain that all these accomplishments have helped Mykelti Williamson to significantly increase his overall wealth.
When it comes to his personal life, Mykelti has married three times – between 1983 and 1985 he was married to actress Olivia Brown, and from 1989 to 1994 to director Cheryl Chisholm with whom he has one child. Since 1997, Mykelti has been married to Sondra Spriggs, an actress with whom he has welcomed two daughters.
