Williams received two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nominations for his roles in Bessie (2015) and The Night Of (2016).\n', '

Born in Brooklyn, to an American father from South Carolina and a Bahamian mother from Nassau, Williams was raised in the Vanderveer Apartments in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, and attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School. According to a DNA analysis, he is descended partly from the Mende people of Sierra Leone.\n', '

After getting in some trouble as a youth, he enrolled at the National Black Theatre in New York City.[citation needed]\n', '

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