Katt Williams
Katt Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States on September 2nd, 1971 and is the Comedian. At the age of 53, Katt Williams biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Micah Sierra "Katt" Williams (born September 2, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, singer, and voice actor.
In Friday, he appeared in Money Mike after being fired in My Wife and Kids, portraying Bobby Shaw in My Wife and Children as A Pimp named Slickback, and as Lord Have Mercy in Cats & Dogs.
In 2008, he appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
Early life
Micah Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was raised. At the age of 13, he liberated himself from his parents, migrated to Florida, and established himself as a street vendor.
Personal life
While living in San Francisco Bay, Williams briefly joined the Nation of Islam. The cross is often carried at his shows as a mark of his Christian faith.
Williams has one biological son and seven adopted children. Micah Romeo Jenkins-Williams, his biological son, is an up-and-coming fashion designer based in Los Angeles. On a third season episode of Wild 'n Out, as well as the 2006 BET Awards, he appeared with his father.
Career
Williams started performing comedy in his Cincinnati neighborhood, Avondale.
He honed his comic delivery by performing his routine in clubs nationwide, from Oklahoma to Oakland. By 1999, he had become an established comic, appearing on stage at the likes of The Improv, The Comedy Club, The Ice House, and The Hollywood Park Casino. Most notably he appeared on BET's Comic View as Katt "In the Hat" Williams.
He starred in his first comedy special in 2006 entitled Katt Williams: Live: Let a Playa Play. His second & first HBO stand-up special was 2006's The Pimp Chronicles, Pt. 1. In 2007 he was offered a movie/standup which he entitled American Hustle. The film had critical success and established Williams as a mainstream comedian. In 2008 he released his second HBO comedy special, entitled It's Pimpin' Pimpin', which included more political standup. Keeping busy releasing comedy DVDs and touring, Williams had a comedy tour that was named the best of 2008 by Billboard. In 2012, after a four-year hiatus, he returned to stand-up in his third HBO comedy special, entitled Kattpacalypse.
On December 3, 2012, Williams announced the end of his stand-up comedy career, a day after a bizarre incident at a bar in Seattle, Washington, that landed him in jail. However, just three days later, he announced he was coming out of retirement.
During late 2013, Williams was on his "Growth Spurt" Tour.
On August 16, 2014, he returned with a new HBO special titled Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife, which was directed by Spike Lee.
On September 3, 2015, during an interview, Williams announced and described his upcoming tour entitled "Conspiracy Theory", stating,
In 2018, Williams released a new stand-up special on Netflix, shot in Jacksonville, Florida, titled Great America.
On May 17, 2022, Williams released a new stand-up special on Netflix, titled World War III.
In 2002, Williams made his acting debut on NYPD Blue. He gained notoriety on Wild 'n Out, in which he appeared for several seasons. He appeared in the official music video for Wild 'n Out colleague Nick Cannon's single "Gigolo" in 2003.
In 2007, Williams provided the voice of A Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks. He plays himself as an on-stage stand-up comedian in Grand Theft Auto IV performing several routines, including an abbreviated version of one of his routines from Katt Williams: American Hustle. He has appeared in several episodes of My Wife and Kids as character Bobby Shaw. He was the roastmaster of the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav.
Williams has also played supporting characters in films, such as First Sunday and Norbit, but is more widely recognized for his character Money Mike in Friday After Next.
In 2018, he played the character Willy in the season 2 premiere of Atlanta, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
Williams has also used the "Money Mike" stage name when rapping for songs by such artists as Baby Bash, The Game, and Suga Free. In 2006 Williams joined New York rapper Cam'ron's group the Diplomats, but was never signed as an official artist for the label. On January 29, 2009, Williams released his debut studio/live album, entitled It's Pimpin' Pimpin'. On November 19, 2013, he and Hell Rell released a diss song to Atlanta rapper Trinidad James entitled "Lames In The Game" due to comments made by the rapper about the state of current hip hop music.