Michael K. Williams
You might recognize him as Omar from The Wire—a fact that led to an identity crisis, says the host of Black Market and star of HBO’s The Night Of
by ELIANA DOCKTERMAN
Jul 16, 2016
3 minutes
What interested you about The Night Of? I’m just a loyal f-cker for good writing. Everything that I’ve been on on HBO I’ve had to audition for: Bessie, The Night Of, Boardwalk Empire, The Wire. The caliber of writers I got to work with early on in my career—David Simon—that kind of just sets the tone for your appetite.
The show deals with bias against black Americans and Muslim Americans. What
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