Go rest high: Dwayne Johnson pays heartfelt tribute to Michael K. Williams

Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson on Tuesday expressed grief over the sudden demise of his late Snitch costar Michael K WilliamsTaking to his Instagram handle Johnson shared a monochrome picture of the late The Wire star and calling him his brother in the caption he wrote Youll be missed brother A real pleasure to work with you and call you a friend Strength mana amp love to your family during this very difficult and heartbreaking time Go rest high DjView this post on InstagramA post shared by therock therockJohnson and Michael worked together in the 2013 hitaction thriller film Snitch Michael starred as Malik Anderson an extremely dangerous highranking local drug dealer while John played the protagonist as John Matthews in the Ric Roman Waugh directorial filmCelebrities including director James Gunn Spike Lee Stephen King Leslie Jones director Ava DuVernay Courtney B Vance Colman Domingo among others also penned a remembrance of Williams on their social media accountsLaw enforcement sources told TMZ that the Lovecraft Country star was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Monday after a relative hadnt heard from him in a couple of days and went to check on himReportedly the actor who was 54yearold was found dead in the living room of his home and drug paraphernalia was on a table nearby and speculations suggest he may have died of a drug overdoseBest known for his role as Baltimore stickup man Omar Little on HBOs The Wire Williams was a critically acclaimed actorHe starred in several other hit HBO series like Boardwalk Empire The Night Of and more recently Lovecraft Country as well as movies like 12 Years a Slave and Assassins CreedHe excelled in street dancing and danced on tours fronted by the likes of George Michael and Madonna before pursuing acting with the National Black Theatre in New York City and he made his onscreen debut in 1996 neonoir action thriller film Bullet starring Mickey Rourke and Tupac ShakurAs per The Hollywood Reporter one of the late actors trademarks was his signature facial scar as a result of a fight on his 25th birthday Williams told in one of his interviews that the scar helped him to launch his acting career leading to calls to do music videos and some minor work playing a villain in TV showsWilliams gueststarred on episodes of such shows as The Sopranos Alias and Boston Legal before landing on David Simons The Wire in 2002 He would appear on 42 episodes before Omar met his end in the fifth and final season He is survived by his son Elijah WilliamsAlso read Dwayne Johnson Ryan Reynolds Gal Gadot to star in Netflixs nextThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever