Katt Williams

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

He played Money Mike in Friday After Next, was a recurring guest on Wild 'n Out, portrayed Bobby Shaw in My Wife and Kids, provided the voice of A Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks and Seamus in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, and portrayed Lord Have Mercy in Norbit.

Micah Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 2, 1971.

He was raised in Dayton, Ohio by Jehovah's Witness parents.

He stated that he learned to read at three years old, and was communicating in multiple languages, including French and Creole.

During his childhood, he lived in Haiti for a year and a half on religious mission trips with his family.

To get away from his violent father, Williams emancipated himself from his parents at age 13 and moved to Florida.

Though homeless and living in a park, he supported himself as a street vendor.

He stated that he wanted to remain God's friend.

Williams started performing comedy in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati.

He honed his comic delivery by performing his routine in clubs around the country and had become an established comic by 1999, appearing at the likes of The Improv, The Comedy Club, The Ice House, and Hollywood Park Casino.

Most notably, he appeared on BET's ComicView as Katt "N da Hatt" Williams.

In 2002, Williams made his acting debut on NYPD Blue on the sixth episode of its tenth season on October 29.

Williams is best-known for his character Money Mike in the film Friday After Next (2002), and has played supporting characters in Norbit (2007) and First Sunday (2008).

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

He next appeared as a regular on Wild 'n Out on MTV during its first three seasons.

Williams starred in his first comedy special, Let a Playa Play, in 2006.

His first HBO stand-up special came in 2006 with The Pimp Chronicles, Pt. 1.

In 2007, he co-wrote and starred as himself in the comedy film Katt Williams: American Hustle.

The film had critical success and established Williams as a mainstream comedian.

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.

In 2008, he voiced himself in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.

In 2008, he released his second HBO comedy special, It's Pimpin' Pimpin'.

Keeping busy releasing comedy DVDs and touring, Williams had a comedy tour that was named the best of 2008 by Billboard.

After a four-year hiatus, Williams returned to stand-up in 2012 for his third HBO comedy special, Kattpacalypse.

Later that year, one day after an incident at a Seattle bar - in which he reportedly acted threatening and violent, then resisted arrest - landed him in jail, he announced the end of his stand-up comedy career.

However, three days later, he announced he would not retire.

Two live performances in November 2012 ended early because of Williams' confrontational behavior.

A November 1 performance at the Wells Fargo Theatre in Denver ended after he jumped off the stage to confront a heckler.

Williams' November 16 performance at the Oracle Arena in Oakland ended after he engaged in a profanity-laced confrontation with a heckler, and was assisted off stage by his own security.

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.

In September 2015, during an interview, Williams announced and described his upcoming Conspiracy Theory Tour: "The conspiracy conversation is a conversation that we are all familiar with. We know that there are conspiracies out there, but this is a conversation that encompasses a lot of things that aren't being discussed other places. That's the basis for all conspiracy theories: the fact that there is hidden information out there, and how our process changes about things that we thought we used to know. We all, at some point, if we're are at a certain age, we grew up thinking Pluto was a planet. This is probably going to go down as one of my finest works, just because it's a collection of forbidden topics that we can't seem to get answered. I am one of the rare urban public officials. Part of my guarantee in my ticket price is that I'm going to be talking about what we are talking about now, and discussing from now to the next time we see [me] again.

In 2018, Williams released a new stand-up special on Netflix called Great America and shot in Jacksonville, Florida.

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