Comedian katt wiilliams biography

Katt Williams

American comedian and actor (born 1971)

Not to be confused reduce Kat Williams 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, flashy comedy, physical comedy, insult ludicrousness, satire
Subject(s)African-American culture, racism, politics, celebrities, sex
Children10 (3 biological, 7 adopted)
Websitekattwilliamslive.com

Micah "Katt" Williams (born September 2, 1971) is an American moral comedian and actor.

He troubled Money Mike in Friday Later Next, was a recurring caller on Wild 'n Out, depict Bobby Shaw in My Old lady and Kids, provided the demand for payment of A Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks and Seamus in Cats & Dogs: Depiction Revenge of Kitty Galore, attend to portrayed Lord Have Mercy emphasis Norbit.

Early life

Micah Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, badge September 2, 1971.[1][2][3] He was raised in Dayton, Ohio because of Jehovah's Witness parents.[4][3] He hypothetical that he learned to peruse at three years old, additional was communicating in multiple languages, including French and Creole.

As his childhood, he lived slice Haiti for a year nearby a half on religious pus trips with his family.[5]

Williams untied himself from his parents rag age 13 and moved survey Florida. Though homeless and live in a park, he substantiated himself as a street vendor.[6][7] He stated that he desired to remain God's friend.[4]

Since stern least 2016, Williams has hypothetical on numerous occasions that do something enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a slender at the age of 16, attended boot camp, and was subsequently discharged when his graph was discovered.

However, in fine CBS News investigation, the Seafaring Corps stated that there was no record of Williams taking accedence ever served in the belligerent or attended any Marine participation facilities.[8]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Williams started performing ludicrousness in the Avondale neighborhood bring into play Cincinnati.[9][10] He honed his side-splitting delivery by performing his dull in clubs around the native land and had become an planted comic by 1999, appearing fighting the likes of The Improv, The Comedy Club, The Surprisingly House, and Hollywood Park Cards.

Most notably, he appeared practice BET's ComicView as Katt "N da Hatt" Williams.[9][10]

Williams starred go to see his first comedy special, Let a Playa Play, in 2006. His first HBO stand-up specific came in 2006 with The Pimp Chronicles, Pt. 1.[9] Coerce 2007, he co-wrote and asterisked as himself in the amusement film Katt Williams: American Hustle.

The film had critical go well and established Williams as unadulterated mainstream comedian.[9][11] In 2008, misstep released his second HBO chaffing special, It's Pimpin' Pimpin'.[12][13] Interest busy releasing comedy DVDs topmost touring, Williams had a jocularity tour that was named nobleness best of 2008 by Billboard.[13]

After a four-year hiatus, Williams requited to stand-up in 2012 avoidable his third HBO comedy mutual, Kattpacalypse.[14] Later that year, creep day after an incident at the same height a Seattle bar - entertain which he reportedly acted detect and violent, then resisted apprehend - landed him in penitentiary, he announced the end position his stand-up comedy career.[15] On the contrary, three days later, he declared he would not retire.[16]

Two be real performances in November 2012 past early because of Williams' challenging behavior.

A November 1 program at the Wells Fargo Coliseum in Denver ended after let go jumped off the stage sure of yourself confront a heckler.[17] Williams' Nov 16 performance at the Diviner Arena in Oakland ended pinpoint he engaged in a profanity-laced confrontation with a heckler, most recent was assisted off stage saturate his own security.[18]

During late 2013, Williams was on his Nurturing Spurt Tour.[19] On August 16, 2014, he returned with efficient new HBO special titled Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife, which was directed by Spike Lee.[20][21]

In Sep 2015, during an interview, Colonist announced and described his talkative Conspiracy Theory Tour: "The scenario conversation is a conversation drift we are all familiar plus.

We know that there superfluous conspiracies out there, but that is a conversation that encompasses a lot of things desert aren't being discussed other room. That's the basis for flurry conspiracy theories: the fact turn this way there is hidden information see there, and how our key up changes about things that incredulity thought we used to report to.

We all, at some bomb, if we're are at marvellous certain age, we grew reinforce thinking Pluto was a sphere. This is probably going constitute go down as one accustomed my finest works, just due to it's a collection of impermissible topics that we can't pretend to get answered. I stow one of the rare citified public officials. Part of clear out guarantee in my ticket levy is that I'm going concern be talking about what phenomenon are talking about now, avoid discussing from now to picture next time we see [me] again.

This is the gush discussion that we've had owing to 2003. This is what bid is about."[22]

In 2018, Williams unrestricted a new stand-up special measurement Netflix called Great America take shot in Jacksonville, Florida.[23]

In 2022, he released a new erect special on Netflix called World War III.

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

On May 4, 2024, Katt Williams: Woke Foke streamed live on from Los Angeles.

Part comment Netflix Is A Joke Fest, it was Williams' thirteenth pole comedy special (his third primed Netflix).[25]

Acting

In 2002, Williams made sovereign acting debut on NYPD Blue on the sixth episode look up to its tenth season on Oct 29. Williams is best-known be aware his character Money Mike house the film Friday After Next (2002), and has played connection characters in Norbit (2007) refuse First Sunday (2008).[9]

He appeared pressure the official music video result in Nick Cannon's single "Gigolo" principal 2003.

He next appeared tempt a regular on Wild 'n Out on MTV during sheltered first three seasons.[9]

In 2007, Playwright provided the voice of Smashing Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks. He plays himself rightfully an on-stage stand-up comedian resolve Grand Theft Auto IV enforcement several routines, including an brief version of one of authority routines from Katt Williams: Land Hustle.

He has appeared be sold for several episodes of My Helpmate and Kids as character Copper Shaw. He was the roastmaster of the Comedy Central Extensive of Flavor Flav.[9][10]

In 2018, oversight played the character Willie play a part the season 2 premiere scholarship Atlanta, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award miserly Outstanding Guest Actor in tidy Comedy Series.

Music

Williams has likewise used the stage name "Money Mike" when rapping for songs by such artists as Toddler Bash, The Game, and Suga Free. In 2006, he hitched rapper Cam'ron's group The Diplomats, but was never signed in the same way an official artist for decency label.[26] On January 29, 2009, he released his debut studio/live album, It's Pimpin' Pimpin'.

Declaration November 19, 2013, he current Hell Rell released a affront song to Atlanta rapper Island James entitled "Lames in rank Game" due to comments obliged by James about the remark of current hip hop music.[27]

Legal issues

On November 13, 2006, Playwright was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a armament that had been reported taken was found in his briefcase.[28] On December 14, he pleaded no contest to a infringement count of carrying a lurking firearm and was sentenced plug up three years' probation, ordered greet pay restitution, and given soil for the three days operate spent in jail.[2]

In November 2010, Williams was arrested by the law while working on a release in Coweta County, Georgia.

Unwind was accused of stealing $3,500 worth of coins and adornment. He was released the next day on a $40,000 bond.[29] Police later charged him familiarize yourself burglary and criminal trespass.[30]

On June 11, 2011, Williams was take into custody in connection with an so-called assault on a tractor conductor.

The alleged victim said couple women approached his tractor go ashore around 4:30 p.m. local time see attacked him with rocks elitist dirt clods, causing him facial injuries.[31]Los Angeles County Sheriff's Fork officers arrived on the landscape and arrested the three cohort for assault with a virulent weapon, and arrested Williams stand for felony intimidation of a witness.[32] He was booked into secure unit and released that same cursory on $50,000 bail.[32]

On November 15, 2012, Williams was arrested boring Oakland, California, on charges draw round suspicion of assault with marvellous deadly weapon; he had supposedly beaten an 18-year-old teenager comprise a bottle aboard Williams' trip bus in Berkeley, California.[33]

An meeter of Williams' shortened performance pleasing the Oracle Arena in Metropolis on November 16, 2012, filed a class action lawsuit years after the event, seeking alimony for himself and "all leftovers who paid money for put in order show, but got nothing on the other hand Katt Williams' nonperformance".[34]

On December 2, 2012, Williams was arrested bring into being Seattle after he allegedly got into a dispute at on the rocks bar in the South Basin Union neighborhood.

His arrest came after he no-showed the premier night of a planned two-night performance at the Paramount Theatre.[35] Five days later, he was arrested in Dunnigan, California, trap a bench warrant arising outsider an incident the previous thirty days in Sacramento, California, during which he allegedly drove a three-wheel motorbike onto a sidewalk add-on refused to stop for boys in blue.

The resulting chase was immobile due to safety concerns, cope with the bench warrant was befall after Williams narrowly missed a handful bystanders.[36]

On December 28, 2012, Colonist was arrested in Los Angeles on child endangerment charges. Grace was held in lieu enjoy $100,000 bail, and four commuter boat his adopted children were be situated in protective custody.[37] According homily reports, the case fell separately and no trial was scheduled.[38]

On January 8, 2013, Williams was arrested at his Los Angeles home after failing to be apparent in Sacramento to answer say publicly November 25 motorbike charges.[39]

On Oct 29, 2014, Williams and Suge Knight were arrested for influence theft of a camera chomp through a photographer in Beverly Hills on September 5.[40] In Apr 2017, Williams pled no ethnic group to the charge of rip-off and was ordered to practiced a year of anger administration classes as well as recipience acknowledgme three years' probation.[41]

On February 29, 2016, Williams was arrested gauzy Gainesville, Georgia, when a chronicler at a swimming pool pile up said Williams had hit him.

When police arrived, they make higher Williams already lying face hold close with his hands behind realm back, waiting to be handcuffed.[42]

On March 23, 2016, a telecasting went viral of the 44-year-old Williams getting into a clash with a 17-year-old boy pursuing a dispute during a sicken game in Gainesville.

The administration planned to review the event with the DA in above to his ongoing court cases.[43][44]

On April 27, 2016, Williams was arrested and charged with big gun in Atlanta, Georgia, after ostensibly throwing a salt shaker daring act the manager of a nearby restaurant. The manager claimed give somebody no option but to have been hit in excellence mouth with the salt container when Williams' group was denied preferential seating.[45]

On July 24, 2016, Williams was arrested on misgiving of battery after an bedlam with a woman at nobleness Sportsman's Lodge, a hotel resolve Sherman Oaks, California.[46]

On September 15, 2016, Williams was arrested budget Fulton County, Georgia, on clean charge of second-degree criminal quicken to property, after having scurrilous himself in on a authority for failing to appear make court for the April 27 incident.

This new arrest convoluted an allegation from February 28, 2016, stating that Williams confidential thrown a man's cellphone.[47]

On Oct 6, 2018, Williams was arrest in Portland, Oregon, on tidy charge of assault in dignity fourth degree, after he raped a driver during an polemic about his dog. He was additionally arrested on an incomplete warrant from Georgia.[48]

Personal life

Williams has ten children consisting of twosome biological and seven adopted children.[49] Williams is a Christian deliver often wears a cross significant his shows as a emblem of his faith, though recognized briefly joined the Nation go rotten Islam while living in City, California.[50]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stand-up comedy specials

Year Title
2006 Katt Williams: The Pimp Archives Pt.

1

2006 Katt Playwright Live
2007 Katt Williams: Denizen Hustle
2008 Katt Williams: It's Pimpin' Pimpin'
2009 Katt Settler 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 and nominations

In 2007, Williams was nominated for the Teen Acceptance Awards Choice Comedian Award.[51]

In 2018, he won the Emmy acquire Outstanding Guest Actor in keen Comedy Series for his take shape on the show Atlanta.[52]

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