chalky

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Best known for playing Omar Little in “The Wire” and Chalky White in “Boardwalk Empire,” Williams grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, raised by a not terribly loving mother.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

Williams also starred as Chalky White in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” from 2010 to 2014 and had roles in the films “12 Years a Slave” and “Assassin’s Creed.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Williams played the powerful African-American gangster Chalky White in "Boardwalk Empire," an HBO series set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era of the 1920's.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2021

“Michael has contributed two of the most iconic characters in the history of American television with Omar and with Chalky White” of “Boardwalk Empire,” Pierce said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2021

After this Charles Reade acquitted me of the use of "pigments red," but he still kept up a campaign against "Chalky," as he humorously christened my powder-puff.

From The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections by Terry, Ellen