Samm-Art Williams

**Samuel Arthur Williams** (January 20, 1946 - Mee 13, 2024) bụ onye America na-ede egwuregwu na onye na-ese ihe nkiri, onye na-eme ihe onyonyo, na onye na-eme ihe nkiri na ogbo, telivishọn na ihe nkiri. Ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya na-emetụta ahụmahụ Africa-American .

A họpụtara Williams maka ihe nrite Tony na ihe nrite Desk maka egwuregwu ya *Home* (1979), nke si na Negro Ensemble Company gaa na mmepụta Broadway na 1980. N'etiti 1980s, ọ natara aha Emmy abụọ maka ọrụ ya maka usoro TV. Onye nnọchi anya ojii nke St. Louis, Missouri weputara mmalite nke egwuregwu ya *The Montford Point Marine* (2011).

## Akụkọ ndụ

### Ndụ mmalite na ọrụ
A mụrụ Williams na Jenụwarị 20, 1946 na Burgaw, North Carolina, nwa Samuel na Valdosia Williams.  Nne ya bụ onye nkụzi ụlọ akwụkwọ, na Williams gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na eze kewapụrụ iche site na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị  Williams tolitere na Burgaw n'okpuru nlekọta nne ya, bụ onye nkụzi ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na English; ọ kwadoro ya na mmasị ya na ịhụnanya nke okwu. Williams kwuru na nne ya *“mere ka m gụọ ihe niile site na Langston Hughes ruo Edgar Allan Poe ...Echere m na Ugoloọma bụ mmetụta kasị ukwuu m nwere—n'ịhụ nnụnụ a, ahụrụ m nnukwu ihe ọ bụ inwe ike ịrụ ọrụ na mmadụ. n'uche na okwu."*  Williams gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Morgan State University na Baltimore, Maryland, ebe ọ gụrụ sayensị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na akparamaagwa. N'otu oge, ọ tụlere ịghọ ọkàiwu, ma nrọ ya nke ịbụ onye na-ede egwuregwu meriri. 

Mgbe mahadum gasịrị, Williams kwagara Philadelphia, ebe ọ na-arụkọ ọrụ na New Freedom Theatre dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ere ahịa iji kwụọ ụgwọ ya, ma dee na oge efu ya. N'ikpeazụ ọ kwagara New York City ka ọ lekwasị anya n'ihe odide ya, ọ bụ ezie na ọ maara na ọ ga-anọgidekwa na-eme ihe maka ego. 

Dị ka **Samm Williams**, ọ banyere New York City ihe nkiri dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri na 1973, na-eme na egwuregwu *Black Jesus* . Na New York's Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), Williams pụtara na &#x5D; **' &#x5B;</sup> ka ''Ebe ọ bụla na-agba ọsọ, Enweghị ebe ị ga-ezo'' ( St. Mark's Playhouse, 1974) na ''Liberty Calland'' (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1975), tupu ya amalite. aha Samm-Art Williams maka ''Argus na Klansman'' na ''ichere Mongo'' (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1975). 

Ahụmahụ mbụ nke New York nke mbụ gụnyere ọrụ ụmụ akwụkwọ na [[Leslie Lee (onye na-ede egwuregwu)|Leslie Lee]] 's Tony Award -nominated Broadway play ''The First Breeze of Summer'' ( Palace Theatre, June 7 - July 19, 1975);  ''Eden'' (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1976), ''Brownsville Raid'' ( Theatre de Lys, 1976–77), ''Night Shift'' ( Playhouse Theatre, 1977), na ''Black Body Blues'' (St. Mark's Playhouse, 1978). Ọrụ mbụ ya na ihe nkiri mpaghara gụnyere ''Nevis Mountain Dew'' na Arena Stage na [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]] (1979). </link><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;

### Afọ 1980
Williams gara n'ihu kpọọ Matthew Henson na ihe nkiri TV akụkọ ihe mere eme *Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole* ( CBS, 1983). Ọ gbara egwu na ihe nkiri PBS *American Playhouse* *Denmark Vesey* (1985; ọrụ aha) na *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (dị ka Jim; 1986). N'etiti 1980s ọ pụtara na usoro telivishọn gụnyere *New Mike Hammer*, *227* na *Frank's Place*, ihe nkiri CBS nke ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ akụkọ . Ọrụ ihe nkiri ya n'oge a gụnyere ọrụ na *Blood Simple* (1984).

Williams dere ihe nrụpụta PBS *Kneeslappers* (1980) na *nnwale na nnwere onwe* ( *American Playhouse*, 1985); ihe omume maka usoro *Cagney na Lacey*, *New Mike Hammer*, *Miami Vice*, na *The Fresh Prince of Bel Air* ; ihe omume "John Henry" nke usoro ihe nkiri netwọk oge ngosi *Shelley Duvall 's Tall Tales and Legends* ; na NBC pụrụ iche *Motown Laghachi na Apollo* (1986), n'etiti ọrụ ndị ọzọ. O dere usoro pilot nke CBS akpọrọ *Lenny's Neighborhood* .&#x5B; ** &#x5D;

### 1990-2020
Williams dere ma duzie ihe nkiri *The Dance on Didows' Row*, nke New Federal Theatre na Manhattan 's Harry De Jur Playhouse na Henry Street Settlement sitere na June 25 ruo July 30, 2000.  

N'afọ 2006, Williams mere ihe ngosi maka egwuregwu ya *The Waiting Room*, nke a ga-eme n'oge opupu ihe ubi na Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre na Raleigh, North Carolina . 

Na 2011, Black Rep nke St. Louis, Missouri, mepụtara ihe ngosi ụwa nke egwuregwu ya *The Montford Point Marine*, na-egosi J. Samuel Davis. Montford Point bụ ebe ndị isi ojii mbụ zụrụ azụ. 

Williams bụ Artist-in-Residence na North Carolina Central University, ebe ọ kuziri klaasị na ụlọ ihe nkiri nhatanha na nka nke ide egwuregwu. Nmepụta ya maka telivishọn gụnyekwara idezi akụkọ na ide edemede maka usoro ihe nkiri telivishọn CBS *Frank's Place* na 1987-88, ABC-TV's *Hangin' na Mr. Cooper*, NBC-TV's *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air*, obere oge. UPN sitcom usoro *ozi ọma* na usoro Fox TV sitcom *Martin* . 

Williams nwụrụ na Burgaw na Mee 13, 2024, mgbe ọ dị afọ 78.  

## Ihe nrite na nkwanye ugwu

* 1980 Tony Award Nhọpụta - Egwuregwu kacha mma: *Ụlọ*, nke Samm-Art Williams dere 
* 1980 Drama Desk Award Nhọpụta - Egwuregwu ọhụrụ pụtara ìhè: *Ụlọ*, nke Samm-Art Williams dere 
* 1985 Emmy Award nomination - Ederede pụtara ìhè na mmemme dị iche iche ma ọ bụ egwu, maka *Motown laghachi na Apollo* (nke ya na ndị edemede ibe Buz Kohan na Peter Elbling kesara)
* 1988 Emmy Award Nomination - Ihe nkiri egwu pụtara ìhè, *Ebe Frank* (dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ akụkọ; na-ekerịta ndị na-emepụta isi Hugh Wilson na Tim Reid, ndị na-emepụta Max Tash na David Chambers na onye na-emepụta Richard Dubin )
* Mmekọrịta sitere na Guggenheim Foundation na National Endowment for Arts 
* 2010 NC Literary Hall of Fame Induction 

## Ntụaka
sekọndrị na English; ọ kwadoro ya na mmasị ya na ịhụnanya nke okwu. Williams kwuru na nne ya “mere ka m gụọ ihe niile site na ngosi maka egwuregwu ya The Waiting Room, nke a ga-eme n'oge opupu ihe ubi na Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre na Raleigh, North Carolina

## Njikọ mpụga
 

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* Samm-Art Williams discography at Discogs
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