Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on ‘The Wire,’ found dead at 54

NEW YORK — Actor Michael K. Williams, who arsenic the rogue robber of cause dealers Omar Little connected “The Wire” created 1 of the astir fashionable characters successful tv successful caller decades, died Monday.

Williams was recovered dormant Monday day successful his Brooklyn penthouse apartment, New York City constabulary said. He was 54.

His decease was being investigated arsenic a imaginable cause overdose, the NYPD said.

Little, a “stick-up boy” based connected existent figures from Baltimore, was astir apt the astir beloved quality among the devoted fans of “The Wire,” the HBO amusement that ran from 2002 to 2008 and is re-watched perpetually successful streaming.

The Brooklyn-born Williams was besides a ubiquitous quality histrion successful different shows and films for much than 2 decades, including roles connected the HBO bid “Boardwalk Empire” and “Lovecraft Country,” and successful the films “12 Years a Slave” and “Assassin’s Creed.”

As Little, helium played a transgression with a strict motivation code, known for taking vantage of a estimation for brutality that wasn’t ever real.

A cigaret successful his mouth, helium would whistle “The Farmer successful the Dell” to ominously denote his arrival.

And helium spoke galore of the show’s astir memorable lines, including, “a antheral gotta person a code” and “all successful the crippled yo, each successful the game.”

The quality besides broke TV crushed arsenic an openly cheery antheral whose sexuality wasn’t cardinal to his role.

Williams appeared successful each 5 seasons of “The Wire” from 2002 to 2008, his quality increasing successful prominence with each season.