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Wendell Pierce
Also known as: 웬델 피어스, Wendell Edward Pierce, وندل پیرس
Biography
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles on both stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying the role of Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. His other notable television roles include the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the attorney Robert Zane in Suits (2013–2019), and Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). He earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for his film roles in Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), on which he also served as a producer. Other notable film roles include Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015), and Clemency (2019). Pierce made his Broadway debut in John Pielmeier's 1985 play The Boys of Winter, followed by Caryl Churchill's Serious Money in 1988. As a theatrical producer, he earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination for August Wilson's Radio Golf (2007), then won for Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park (2012). He performed the lead role of Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman on the West End in London in 2019 and on Broadway in New York in 2022, for which he earned Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 8, 1963
Age
62 years old
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Popularity Score
2.7
Filmography
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
James Greer
2026Movie
They Fight
Slim
2026Movie
Superman
Perry White
2025Movie
Thunderbolts*
Congressman Gary
2025Movie
Highest 2 Lowest
Gabe
2025Movie
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025TV
Elsbeth
C.W. Wagner
2024TV
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (voice)
2022Movie
Don't Hang Up
Chris Daniels
2022Movie
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self - Guest
2022TV
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022TV
The Watch
Death (voice)
2021TV
Between the World and Me
Self
2020Movie
Piercing
The Doctor
2019Movie
Clemency
Jonathan Williams
2019Movie
Burning Cane
Reverend Tillman
2019Movie
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019TV
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice)
2019TV
Burning Cane
Producer
2019Movie
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Narrator (voice)
2018Movie
One Last Thing
Dylan
2018Movie
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Detective Lee Tucker
2018TV
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
James Greer
2018TV
Rodents of Unusual Size
Narrator (voice)
2017Movie
The Forever Tree
Doctor Willow
2017Movie
Grease Live
Coach Calhoun
2016Movie
Confirmation
Clarence Thomas
2016Movie
Bad Moms
Principal Daryl Burr
2016Movie
The Runner
Frank Legrand
2015Movie
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Andy Kirk (voice)
2015Movie
The Gift
Detective Mills
2015Movie
Runaway Hearts
Paul
2015Movie
The Odd Couple
Teddy
2015TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Elsa & Fred
Armande
2014Movie
Foreclosure
Virgil
2014Movie
Selma
Rev. Hosea Williams
2014Movie
Chicago P.D.
Ray Price
2014TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014TV
The Night Shift
Walt
2014TV
Four
Joe
2013Movie
Parker
Carlson
2013Movie
Möbius
Bob
2013Movie
The Michael J. Fox Show
Harris Green
2013TV
Ray Donovan
Ronald Keith
2013TV
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
J. Jenks
2012Movie
Lay the Favorite
Dave the Rave
2012Movie
The Mortician
Clinger
2011Movie
Horrible Bosses
Detective Hagan
2011Movie
A Plea for Modernism
Narrator (voice)
2011Movie
Suits
Robert Zane
2011TV
Night Catches Us
David Gordon
2010Movie
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Narrator (voice)
2010Movie
Love Ranch
Naasih Mohammed
2010Movie
Treme
Antoine Batiste
2010TV
Beyond All Boundaries
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
2009Movie
Something with Bite
Wilbur Orwell
2009Movie
Drop Dead Diva
Neal David
2009TV
Archer
Verl (voice)
2009TV
Hawthorne
Dr. Michael Schilling
2009TV
Fear Itself
Wiilbur Orwell
2008TV
In Plain Sight
Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
2008TV
Pariah
Arthur
2007Movie
The Wire Odyssey
Self
2007Movie
Tapping the Wire
Self
2007Movie
Life Support
Slick
2007Movie
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean
2007Movie
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
2007Movie
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
2007Movie
Women's Murder Club
2007TV
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Detective
2007TV
Stay Alive
Detective Thibodeaux
2006Movie
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
2006TV
Numb3rs
William Bradford
2005TV
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Richard Link
2005TV
Close to Home
Sam Carter
2005TV
Land of Plenty
Henry
2004Movie
Ray
Wilbur Brassfield
2004Movie
A Hole in One
Dan
2004Movie
The Fighting Temptations
Reverend Lewis
2003Movie
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003TV
Brown Sugar
Simon
2002Movie
The Wire
Bunk Moreland
2002TV
The Gilded Six Bits
Otis D. Slimmons
2001Movie
My Wife and Kids
Dr. Boucher
2001TV
Girlfriends
Anthony Jackson
2000TV
The Weber Show
Wendell Simms
2000TV
God, the Devil and Bob
Mike (voice)
2000TV
The 24 Hour Woman
Roy Labelle
1999Movie
Abilene
Reverend Tillis
1999Movie
Third Watch
Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
1999TV
Judging Amy
Harry Benton
1999TV
Bulworth
Fred
1998Movie
The Brian Benben Show
1998TV
The Advocate's Devil
Justin
1997Movie
The Gregory Hines Show
1997TV
Get on the Bus
Wendell Perry
1996Movie
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
John Saunders
1996Movie
Sleepers
Little Caesar
1996Movie
Moloney
Calvin Patterson
1996TV
Hackers
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
1995Movie
Waiting to Exhale
Michael
1995Movie
Bye Bye Love
Hector
1995Movie
New York News
1995TV
It Could Happen to You
Bo Williams
1994Movie
New York Undercover
1994TV
Strapped
District Attorney
1993Movie
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Policeman
1993Movie
Unnatural Pursuits
Cabbie
1992Movie
Malcolm X
Ben Thomas
1992Movie
A Matter of Degrees
Wells Dennard
1991Movie
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
1991Movie
A Rage in Harlem
Louis
1991Movie
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Sergeant Kelly
1991TV
Law & Order
Roger Porter
1990TV
Capital News
Conrad White
1990TV
Family Business
Prosecutor
1989Movie
Casualties of War
MacIntire
1989Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988TV
The Money Pit
Paramedic
1986Movie
The Equalizer
Dr. Wolff
1985TV
King of the South
—Movie
The Thrill Is On
B.B. King
—Movie
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
Detective Marcus Hill
—Movie
Great Museums
—TV