Christopher Williams (singer)

Christopher Lawrence Williams (born August 22, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Emerging in the late 1980s as a recording artist with Geffen Records, Williams became a notable figure in the new jack swing era with a series of R&B chart hits, including “Talk to Myself” (1989), “I’m Dreamin’” (1991), and “Every Little Thing U Do” (1993). He is also known for his work in film and theater, most notably for his role as Kareem Akbar in the 1991 crime drama New Jack City.

Williams was born August 22, 1967, in Bronx, New York and is mixed race. His mother was Jamaican American and his father is white/ Caucasian.^[1]

He and actress Stacey Dash have a son named Austin.^[2] From 1991 until mid–1992, Williams dated actress Halle Berry.^[3] After Halle Berry told interviewers that an abusive ex-boyfriend struck her so hard that she lost most of the hearing in her right ear, many people assumed that Williams was the unnamed ex-boyfriend. Williams defended himself to Eurweb, the entertainment news website, denying that he ever harmed Berry, and suggesting that Berry had been referring to actor Wesley Snipes.^[4]

In October 2017, Williams was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft, accused of stealing a $99 pair of JBL headphones from a Kohl's department store in McDonough, Georgia.^[5][6][7]

Williams made public in October 2022 that he had been struggling with health issues related to kidney failure and was in a coma November 5, 2021. He openly talked about his illness causing him to lose weight drastically down to 129 pounds and admitted that it was hard to pick up a fork to feed himself.^[8]

• Christopher Williams at IMDb
• Christopher Williams at Allmusic