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Wendell Pierce

Actor, Producer
Born December 8, 1963 (60 years)
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1962) 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 for 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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Gift
  • Lay the Favorite
  • Fear Itself
  • One Last Thing
  • A Hole in One
  • Runaway Hearts
  • Foreclosure
Known For
  • The Wire
  • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
  • Suits
  • Parker
  • The Gift
  • It Could Happen to You
  • Stay Alive
  • Elsbeth
  • Confirmation
  • Fear Itself
  • Treme
  • The Odd Couple (2015)
  • Brown Sugar
  • Piercing
  • Clemency
  • Waiting to Exhale
  • The Runner
  • Elsa & Fred
  • Burning Cane
  • The Michael J. Fox Show
  • Land of Plenty
  • Four
  • The Watch
  • One Last Thing

Filmography

2025
Superman · as Perry White
2025
2024
Elsbeth (TV Series) · as Captain C.w. Wagner
2023
Accused (US) (TV Series) · as Detective Trent Douglas
2022
Becoming Frederick Douglass · as Frederick Douglass (voice)
2022
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom · as Frederick Douglass
2022
Eureka! (2022) (TV Series) · as Sandy
2022
Don't Hang Up · as Chris Daniels
2021
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (TV Series) · as Ishmael 'snaps' Henry
2020
The Watch (TV Series) · as Death (voice)
2019
Clemency · as Jonathan Williams
2019
Burning Cane · as Reverend Tillman
2018
Piercing · as The Doctor
2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) · as James Greer
2018
2018
Unsolved (2018) (TV Series) · as Detective Lee Tucker
2016
Bad Moms · as Principal Daryl Burr
2016
Confirmation · as Clarence Thomas
2016
Grease Live! · as Coach Calhoun
2015
2015
Pickle and Peanut (TV Series) · as Dr. Craig
2015
The Runner · as Frank Legrand
2015
The Gift · as Detective Mills
2015
2015
The Odd Couple (2015) (TV Series) · as Teddy
2015
2014
Selma · as Rev. Hosea Williams
2014
Elsa & Fred · as Armande
2014
The Night Shift (TV Series) · as Walt
2014
2014
Chicago P.D. (TV Series) · as Ray Price
2013
The Michael J. Fox Show (TV Series) · as Harris Green
2013
Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Ronald Keith
2013
Möbius · as Bob
2013
Parker · as Carlson
2012
Four · as Joe
2012
2012
Lay the Favorite · as Dave The Rave
2011
Horrible Bosses · as Detective Hagan
2011
Suits (TV Series) · as Robert Zane
2011
The Mortician · as Clinger
2010
Night Catches Us · as David Gordon
2010
Love Ranch · as Naasih Mohammed
2010
Treme (TV Series) · as Antoine Batiste
2009
Chico & Rita · as Cast
2009
Beyond All Boundaries · as Sgt. Thomas Mcphatter
2009
Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Verl (voice)
2009
Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) · as Neal David
2009
HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Dr. Michael Schilling
2008
Fear Itself (TV Series) · as Wiilbur Orwell
2008
In Plain Sight (TV Series)
2007
2007
2007
Life Support · as Slick
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (TV Series) · as Detective
2006
Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) · as Jeffrey Lucas
2006
Stay Alive · as Detective Thibodeaux
2005
Close to Home (TV Series)
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Richard Link
2005
Numb3rs (TV Series)
2004
Ray · as Wilbur Brassfield
2004
Land of Plenty · as Henry
2004
2004
Mitchellville · as Cast
2003
The Fighting Temptations · as Reverend Lewis
2002
Brown Sugar · as Simon
2002
The Wire (TV Series) · as Bunk Moreland
2000
The Weber Show (TV Series) · as Wendell Simms
2000
Girlfriends (TV Series)
2000
God, The Devil and Bob (TV Series) · as Mike (voice)
2000
City of Angels (TV Series) · as Norbert Grimly
2000
My Wife and Kids (TV Series) · as Dr. Boucher
1999
Third Watch (TV Series) · as Officer Conrad 'candyman' Jones
1999
Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Harry Benton
1999
Shadows of the Past · as Reverend Tillis
1999
The 24 Hour Woman · as Roy Labelle
1998
Bulworth · as Fred
1997
1997
1997
413 Hope St. (TV Series) · as Taffy
1996
Sleepers · as Little Caesar
1996
Get on the Bus · as Wendell
1996
Moloney (TV Series) · as Calvin Patterson
1996
1995
Waiting to Exhale · as Michael
1995
New York News (TV Series)
1995
Hackers · as S.s. Agent Richard Gill
1995
Bye Bye Love · as Hector
1994
1994
It Could Happen to You · as Bo Williams
1993
Strapped · as District Attorney
1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery · as Policeman
1992
Unnatural Pursuits (TV Series) · as Cabbie
1992
Malcolm X · as Ben Thomas
1991
I'll Fly Away (TV Series) · as Charles
1991
A Rage in Harlem · as Louis
1991
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway · as Parnell "stacks" Edwards
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
1990
A Matter of Degrees · as Wells Dennard
1989
Family Business · as Prosecutor
1989
Casualties of War · as Macintire
1989
A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) · as Derrick West
1987
Vietnam War Story (TV Series) · as French
1986
The Money Pit · as Paramedic
1985
The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Dr. Wolff

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