E-mail a friendSeptember 20, 2004
New Kerry campaign advisor Joe Lockhart says politics is a contact sport. Actor Michael K. Williams, of HBO's critically acclaimed series, The Wire, reflects on how a facial scar changed his career.
Joe Lockhart
Joe Lockhart
Veteran political strategist Joe Lockhart served under President Clinton as assistant to the President and Press Secretary. He was also National Press Secretary for the Clinton/Gore '96 re-election campaign. Lockhart is Founding Partner of the Glover Park Group, a Washington consulting firm specializing in advocacy advertising. An award-winning journalist, he's held key positions with several TV news organizations. Lockhart recently joined John Kerry's campaign to help bolster its communications team.
Michael K. Williams
Michael K. Williams
Michael K. Williams' dancing helped him tap into a serious acting career that led to such film and TV roles in Bringing Out The Dead, Law & Order, Third Watch and The Sopranos. The Brooklyn native, who got his start choreographing for CeCe Peniston, Mya and Ginuwine, launched his acting career playing Tupac Shakur's younger brother in Bullet. In his current role as Omar on HBO's The Wire, Williams displays his diverse talent as a gay drug dealer who tries to lead a reformed life after his boyfriend's murder.