<P> Williamson began acting professionally as a child . His first TV appearances include The Righteous Apples, Starsky and Hutch, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, China Beach, and Midnight Caller . </P> <P> His film debut was in Streets of Fire (1984). His credits include Wildcats (1986) with Goldie Hawn, Miracle Mile (1989), The First Power (1990) with Lou Diamond Phillips, Free Willy (1993), Forrest Gump (1994) with Tom Hanks, Waiting to Exhale (1995), Heat (1995), "Soul of the Game" (1996) with Delroy Lindo, Con Air (1997), Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997), William Friedkin's TV version of 12 Angry Men (1997), Three Kings (1999), Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999), Holiday Heart (2000), Black Dynamite (2009), The Final Destination (2009) and The Purge: Election Year (2017). </P> <P> Williamson is best known as Private Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the Academy Award--winning 1994 film Forrest Gump . He also received favorable reviews when he played Negro League baseball player Josh Gibson in the HBO film Soul of the Game (1996). </P> <P> Williamson has made many guest appearances in TV and film . His most recent film appearances have been Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Ali (2001), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) ATL (2006), August Rush (2007), Black Dynamite (2009), The Final Destination (2009), and The Purge: Election Year (2016). He was Juror #10 in the 1997 TV movie remake of 12 Angry Men (picking up the Ed Begley role). He also appeared in a short - lived TV series remake (CBS, 2000--2001) The Fugitive . CBS cancelled the series after one season with a total of 22 episodes . </P>

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