Wendell Pierce
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 8, 1963 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
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Filmography
King of the South
Movie
The Thrill Is On
Movie · as B.B. King
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
Movie · as Detective Marcus Hill
Jabari’s People
Movie
Great Museums
TV · 1 ep
The People v. Gorilla Grodd
TV · as Perry White · 8 eps
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Movie · as James Greer
They Fight
Movie · as Slim
And Damn He Could Play
Movie · as Narrator
Superman
Movie · as Perry White
Thunderbolts*
Movie · as Congressman Gary
Highest 2 Lowest
Movie · as Gabe
The American Revolution
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Elsbeth
TV · as C.W. Wagner · 59 eps
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Movie · as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Don't Hang Up
Movie · as Chris Daniels
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Watch
TV · as Death (voice) · 4 eps
Between the World and Me
Movie · as Self
Piercing
Movie · as The Doctor
Clemency
Movie · as Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane
Movie · as Reverend Tillman
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Harley Quinn
TV · as Lex Luthor (voice) · 2 eps
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
One Last Thing
Movie · as Dylan
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
TV · as Detective Lee Tucker · 1 ep
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV · as James Greer · 30 eps
Rodents of Unusual Size
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
Movie · as Doctor Willow
Grease Live
Movie · as Coach Calhoun
Confirmation
Movie · as Clarence Thomas
Bad Moms
Movie · as Principal Burr
The Runner
Movie · as Frank Legrand
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Movie · as Andy Kirk (voice)
The Gift
Movie · as Detective Mills
Runaway Hearts
Movie · as Paul
The Odd Couple
TV · as Teddy · 38 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Elsa & Fred
Movie · as Armande
Foreclosure
Movie · as Virgil
Selma
Movie · as Rev. Hosea Williams
Chicago P.D.
TV · as Ray Price · 9 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Night Shift
TV · as Walt · 1 ep
Four
Movie · as Joe
Parker
Movie · as Carlson
Möbius
Movie · as Bob
The Michael J. Fox Show
TV · as Harris Green · 22 eps
Ray Donovan
TV · as Ronald Keith · 1 ep
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Movie · as J. Jenks
Lay the Favorite
Movie · as Dave the Rave
The Mortician
Movie · as Clinger
Horrible Bosses
Movie · as Detective Hagan
A Plea for Modernism
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Suits
TV · as Robert Zane · 36 eps
Night Catches Us
Movie · as David Gordon
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Love Ranch
Movie · as Naasih Mohammed
Treme
TV · as Antoine Batiste · 36 eps
Beyond All Boundaries
Movie · as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Something with Bite
Movie · as Wilbur Orwell
Drop Dead Diva
TV · as Neal David · 1 ep
Archer
TV · as Verl (voice) · 1 ep
Hawthorne
TV · as Dr. Michael Schilling · 1 ep
Fear Itself
TV · as Wiilbur Orwell · 1 ep
In Plain Sight
TV · as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris · 1 ep
Pariah
Movie · as Arthur
The Wire Odyssey
Movie · as Self
Tapping the Wire
Movie · as Self
Life Support
Movie · as Slick
I Think I Love My Wife
Movie · as Sean
The Wire: The Last Word
Movie · as Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Movie · as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Women's Murder Club
TV · 1 ep
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV · as Detective · 1 ep
Stay Alive
Movie · as Detective Thibodeaux
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Numb3rs
TV · as William Bradford · 5 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Richard Link · 2 eps
Close to Home
TV · as Sam Carter · 1 ep
Land of Plenty
Movie · as Henry
Ray
Movie · as Wilbur Brassfield
A Hole in One
Movie · as Dan
The Fighting Temptations
Movie · as Reverend Lewis
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Brown Sugar
Movie · as Simon
The Wire
TV · as Bunk Moreland · 60 eps
The Gilded Six Bits
Movie · as Otis D. Slimmons
My Wife and Kids
TV · as Dr. Boucher · 1 ep
Girlfriends
TV · as Anthony Jackson · 1 ep
The Weber Show
TV · as Wendell Simms · 17 eps
God, the Devil and Bob
TV · as Mike (voice) · 2 eps
The 24 Hour Woman
Movie · as Roy Labelle
Abilene
Movie · as Reverend Tillis
Third Watch
TV · as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones · 5 eps
Judging Amy
TV · as Harry Benton · 1 ep
Bulworth
Movie · as Fred
The Brian Benben Show
TV · 9 eps
The Advocate's Devil
Movie · as Justin
The Gregory Hines Show
TV · 22 eps
Get on the Bus
Movie · as Wendell Perry
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Movie · as John Saunders
Sleepers
Movie · as Little Caesar
Moloney
TV · as Calvin Patterson · 21 eps
Hackers
Movie · as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Waiting to Exhale
Movie · as Michael
Bye Bye Love
Movie · as Hector
New York News
TV
It Could Happen to You
Movie · as Bo Williams
New York Undercover
TV · 1 ep
Strapped
Movie · as District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Movie · as Policeman
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie · as Cabbie
Malcolm X
Movie · as Ben Thomas
A Matter of Degrees
Movie · as Wells Dennard
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Movie · as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
A Rage in Harlem
Movie · as Louis
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
TV · as Sergeant Kelly · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Roger Porter, Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant, Ola-Gimju Nwaka, Mr. Wade · 1 ep
Capital News
TV · as Conrad White · 13 eps
Family Business
Movie · as Prosecutor
Casualties of War
Movie · as MacIntire
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Money Pit
Movie · as Paramedic
The Equalizer
TV · as Dr. Wolff · 2 eps