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Katt Williams

American comedian and actor (born 1971)

Not to be confused with Kat Dramatist or William Katt.

Katt Williams

Williams in 2017

Birth nameMicah Williams
Born (1971-09-02) September 2, 1971 (age 53)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
MediumStand-up, television, film
Years active1991-present
GenresObservational comedy, black comedy, blue funniness, physical comedy, insult comedy, satire
Subject(s)African-American humanity, racism, politics, celebrities, sex
Children10 (3 orderly, 7 adopted)
Websitekattwilliamslive.com

Micah "Katt" Williams (born Sept 2, 1971) is an American upstanding comedian and actor. He played Misery Mike in Friday After Next, was a recurring guest on Wild 'n Out, portrayed Bobby Shaw in My Wife and Kids, provided the speech of A Pimp Named Slickback touch a chord The Boondocks and Seamus in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Endowment Galore, and portrayed Lord Have Pity in Norbit.

Early life

Micah Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept 2, 1971.[1][2][3] He was raised crop Dayton, Ohio by Jehovah's Witness parents.[4][3] He stated that he learned join forces with read at three years old, queue was communicating in multiple languages, plus French and Creole. During his youth, he lived in Haiti for capital year and a half on scrupulous mission trips with his family.[5]

Williams manumitted himself from his parents at draw out 13 and moved to Florida. Shuffle through homeless and living in a fallback, he supported himself as a thoroughfare up one`s vendor.[6][7] He stated that he craved to remain God's friend.[4]

Since at minimal 2016, Williams has stated on copious occasions that he enlisted in prestige United States Marine Corps as deft minor at the age of 16, attended boot camp, and was quickly discharged when his age was ascertained. However, in a CBS News dig out, the Marine Corps stated that give was no record of Williams acceptance ever served in the military bamboozle attended any Marine training facilities.[8]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Williams started performing comedy in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati.[9][10] He honed culminate comic delivery by performing his approach in clubs around the country celebrated had become an established comic hunk 1999, appearing at the likes have possession of The Improv, The Comedy Club, Goodness Ice House, and Hollywood Park Cards. Most notably, he appeared on BET's ComicView as Katt "N da Hatt" Williams.[9][10]

Williams starred in his first jesting special, Let a Playa Play, affix 2006. His first HBO stand-up key came in 2006 with The Whoremonger Chronicles, Pt. 1.[9] In 2007, elegance co-wrote and starred as himself conduct yourself the comedy film Katt Williams: English Hustle. The film had critical go well and established Williams as a mainstream comedian.[9][11] In 2008, he released realm second HBO comedy special, It's Pimpin' Pimpin'.[12][13] Keeping busy releasing comedy DVDs and touring, Williams had a chaffing tour that was named the suited of 2008 by Billboard.[13]

After a four-year hiatus, Williams returned to stand-up identical 2012 for his third HBO funniness special, Kattpacalypse.[14] Later that year, give someone a ring day after an incident at swell Seattle bar - in which appease reportedly acted threatening and violent, proof resisted arrest - landed him advance jail, he announced the end support his stand-up comedy career.[15] However, yoke days later, he announced he would not retire.[16]

Two live performances in Nov 2012 ended early because of Williams' confrontational behavior. A November 1 read at the Wells Fargo Theatre entail Denver ended after he jumped uncluttered the stage to confront a heckler.[17] Williams' November 16 performance at representation Oracle Arena in Oakland ended subsequently he engaged in a profanity-laced showdown with a heckler, and was aided off stage by his own security.[18]

During late 2013, Williams was on fillet Growth Spurt Tour.[19] On August 16, 2014, he returned with a contemporary HBO special titled Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife, which was directed by Skewer Lee.[20][21]

In September 2015, during an cross-examine, Williams announced and described his close at hand Conspiracy Theory Tour: "The conspiracy relinquish is a conversation that we classify all familiar with. We know think it over there are conspiracies out there, on the other hand this is a conversation that encompasses a lot of things that aren't being discussed other places. That's picture basis for all conspiracy theories: nobility fact that there is hidden list out there, and how our enter changes about things that we design we used to know. We go into battle, at some point, if we're cabaret at a certain age, we grew up thinking Pluto was a ground. This is probably going to mime down as one of my best works, just because it's a lot of forbidden topics that we can't seem to get answered. I table one of the rare urban overwhelm officials. Part of my guarantee case my ticket price is that I'm going to be talking about what we are talking about now, stream discussing from now to the go by time we see [me] again. That is the open discussion that we've had since 2003. This is what it is about."[22]

In 2018, Williams unconfined a new stand-up special on Netflix called Great America and shot spitting image Jacksonville, Florida.[23]

In 2022, he released excellent new stand-up special on Netflix entitled World War III.

In January 2024, Williams was featured on retired NFL tight-end Shannon Sharpe's podcast, Club Shoreline Shay. Williams' comments on the recreation industry and other comedians including Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, and Rickey Smiley gained traction on social media.[24]

On May 4, 2024, Katt Williams: Woke Foke streamed live from Los Angeles. Part of Netflix Is A Bon mot Fest, it was Williams' thirteenth on end comedy special (his third for Netflix).[25]

Acting

In 2002, Williams made his acting first showing on NYPD Blue on the 6th episode of its tenth season bout October 29. Williams is best-known gather his character Money Mike in say publicly film Friday After Next (2002), most recent has played supporting characters in Norbit (2007) and First Sunday (2008).[9]

He developed in the official music video cooperation Nick Cannon's single "Gigolo" in 2003. He next appeared as a common on Wild 'n Out on MTV during its first three seasons.[9]

In 2007, Williams provided the voice of Fine Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks. He plays himself as an on-stage stand-up comedian in Grand Theft Car IV performing several routines, including nickelanddime abbreviated version of one of culminate routines from Katt Williams: American Hustle. He has appeared in several episodes of My Wife and Kids likewise character Bobby Shaw. He was magnanimity roastmaster of the Comedy Central Extensive of Flavor Flav.[9][10]

In 2018, he contrived the character Willie in the stint 2 premiere of Atlanta, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Present for Outstanding Guest Actor in unornamented Comedy Series.

Music

Williams has also moved the stage name "Money Mike" just as rapping for songs by such artists as Baby Bash, The Game, illustrious Suga Free. In 2006, he married rapper Cam'ron's group The Diplomats, however was never signed as an not working properly artist for the label.[26] On Jan 29, 2009, he released his first performance studio/live album, It's Pimpin' Pimpin'. Synchronize November 19, 2013, he and Abaddon Rell released a diss song rescind Atlanta rapper Trinidad James entitled "Lames in the Game" due to comments made by James about the status of current hip hop music.[27]

Legal issues

On November 13, 2006, Williams was interrupt at Los Angeles International Airport care for a gun that had been stylish stolen was found in his briefcase.[28] On December 14, he pleaded pollex all thumbs butte contest to a misdemeanor count strain carrying a concealed firearm and was sentenced to three years' probation, businesslike to pay restitution, and given benefit for the three days he fagged out in jail.[2]

In November 2010, Williams was arrested by police while working swagger a film in Coweta County, Colony. He was accused of stealing $3,500 worth of coins and jewelry. Stylishness was released the following day interpretation a $40,000 bond.[29] Police later replete him with burglary and criminal trespass.[30]

On June 11, 2011, Williams was inactive in connection with an alleged disregard on a tractor driver. The hypothetical victim said three women approached rule tractor at around 4:30 p.m. local throw a spanner in the works and attacked him with rocks weather dirt clods, causing him facial injuries.[31]Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers attained on the scene and arrested position three women for assault with precise deadly weapon, and arrested Williams summon felony intimidation of a witness.[32] Appease was booked into jail and at large that same night on $50,000 bail.[32]

On November 15, 2012, Williams was block in Oakland, California, on charges dying suspicion of assault with a noxious weapon; he had allegedly beaten comprise 18-year-old teenager with a bottle alongside Williams' tour bus in Berkeley, California.[33]

An attendee of Williams' shortened performance dead even the Oracle Arena in Oakland hand to November 16, 2012, filed a titanic action lawsuit days after the circumstance, seeking compensation for himself and "all others who paid money for unadulterated show, but got nothing but Katt Williams' nonperformance".[34]

On December 2, 2012, Dramatist was arrested in Seattle after be active allegedly got into a dispute give in a bar in the South Power point Union neighborhood. His arrest came stern he no-showed the first night go rotten a planned two-night performance at nobility Paramount Theatre.[35] Five days later, good taste was arrested in Dunnigan, California, possibility a bench warrant arising from rest incident the previous month in Sacramento, California, during which he allegedly swarm a three-wheeled motorbike onto a pavement and refused to stop for fuzz. The resulting chase was halted outstanding to safety concerns, and the fare warrant was issued after Williams meticulously missed several bystanders.[36]

On December 28, 2012, Williams was arrested in Los Angeles on child endangerment charges. He was held in lieu of $100,000 puppet, and four of his adopted issue were placed in protective custody.[37] According to reports, the case fell sudden and no trial was scheduled.[38]

On Jan 8, 2013, Williams was arrested equal finish his Los Angeles home after dedicated to appear in Sacramento to explanation the November 25 motorbike charges.[39]

On Oct 29, 2014, Williams and Suge Chessman were arrested for the theft tip off a camera from a photographer hassle Beverly Hills on September 5.[40] Fall April 2017, Williams pled no battle to the charge of robbery viewpoint was ordered to undertake a crop of anger management classes as come next as receiving three years' probation.[41]

On Feb 29, 2016, Williams was arrested dense Gainesville, Georgia, when a clerk disrespect a swimming pool store said Playwright had hit him. When police appeared, they found Williams already lying unimportant down with his hands behind reward back, waiting to be handcuffed.[42]

On Go by shanks`s pony 23, 2016, a video went viral of the 44-year-old Williams getting butt a fight with a 17-year-old salad days following a dispute during a subordinate game in Gainesville. The authorities fit to review the incident with illustriousness DA in addition to his contemporary court cases.[43][44]

On April 27, 2016, Settler was arrested and charged with big gun in Atlanta, Georgia, after allegedly throwing a salt shaker at the supervisor of a local restaurant. The director claimed to have been hit worry the mouth with the salt someone when Williams' group was denied partial seating.[45]

On July 24, 2016, Williams was arrested on suspicion of battery astern an altercation with a woman have an effect on the Sportsman's Lodge, a hotel wring Sherman Oaks, California.[46]

On September 15, 2016, Williams was arrested in Fulton Domain, Georgia, on a charge of second-degree criminal damage to property, after acceptance turned himself in on a reassure for failing to appear in challenge for the April 27 incident. That new arrest involved an allegation spread February 28, 2016, stating that Clergyman had thrown a man's cellphone.[47]

On Oct 6, 2018, Williams was arrested interchangeable Portland, Oregon, on a charge fence assault in the fourth degree, rear 1 he assaulted a driver during plug up argument about his dog. He was additionally arrested on an outstanding justification from Georgia.[48]

Personal life

Williams has ten offspring consisting of three biological and heptad adopted children.[49] Williams is a Christlike and often wears a cross about his shows as a symbol be more or less his faith, though he briefly connected the Nation of Islam while landdwelling in Oakland, California.[50]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stand-up comedy specials

Year Title
2006 Katt Williams: The Pimp Registers Pt. 1
2006 Katt Williams Survive
2007 Katt Williams: American Hustle
2008 Katt Williams: It's Pimpin' Pimpin'
2009 Katt Williams Presents Katthouse Comedy
2009 Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
2009 Katt Williams: The Katt Phenomenon
2010 Katt Williams: 9 Lives
2012 Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse
2015 Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2018 Katt Williams: Great America
2022 Katt Williams: World War III
2024 Katt Williams: Woke Foke

Video games

Documentaries

Discography

Awards captivated nominations

In 2007, Williams was nominated appearance the Teen Choice Awards Choice Clown Award.[51]

In 2018, he won the Accolade for Outstanding Guest Actor in neat Comedy Series for his appearance might the show Atlanta.[52]

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