Wendell Pierce

DOB: 1963-12-08

DOD: -

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.

Starred In

2004
Movie

Land of Plenty

2004
Movie

Ray

2006
Movie

Stay Alive

1995
Movie

Hackers

2010
Movie

Night Catches Us

2007
Movie

Pariah

1992
Movie

Unnatural Pursuits

2011
Movie

The Mortician

1999
Movie

The 24 Hour Woman

2022
Movie

Don't Hang Up

2013
Movie

Four

2013
Movie

Parker

2013
Movie

Möbius

2007
Movie

The Wire Odyssey

2014
Movie

Elsa & Fred

2015
Movie

The Runner

2004
Movie

A Hole in One

1996
Movie

Get on the Bus

2014
Movie

Foreclosure

2007
Movie

Tapping the Wire

2014
Movie

Selma

2015
Movie

The Gift

2025
Movie

Superman

1993
Movie

Strapped

1998
Movie

Bulworth

2016
Movie

Grease Live

1986
Movie

The Money Pit

2016
Movie

Confirmation

1992
Movie

Malcolm X

2016
Movie

Bad Moms

2019
Movie

Piercing

1989
Movie

Family Business

2007
Movie

Life Support

2002
Movie

Brown Sugar

1996
Movie

Sleepers

1995
Movie

Waiting to Exhale

1995
Movie

Bye Bye Love

2010
Movie

Love Ranch

2011
Movie

Horrible Bosses

2019
Movie

Clemency

2018
Movie

One Last Thing

2019
Movie

Burning Cane

2014
Movie

Runaway Hearts

1999
Movie

Abilene

2017
Movie

The Forever Tree

NaN
Movie

The Thrill Is On

2021
Movie

Some Old Black Man

1991
Movie

A Rage in Harlem

2012
Movie

Lay the Favorite

1989
Movie

Casualties of War

2025
Movie

Thunderbolts*

2025
Movie

Highest 2 Lowest

1999
Tv

Third Watch

1990
Tv

Law & Order

2005
Tv

Numb3rs

2002
Tv

The Wire

1999
Tv

Judging Amy

1990
Tv

Capital News

2000
Tv

Girlfriends

1985
Tv

The Equalizer

2005
Tv

Close to Home

2008
Tv

Fear Itself

1995
Tv

New York News

1996
Tv

Moloney

2010
Tv

Treme

2024
Tv

Elsbeth

2013
Tv

Ray Donovan

2011
Tv

Suits

2009
Tv

Archer

2019
Tv

Tamron Hall

1990
Tv

Law & Order

1990
Tv

Law & Order

1990
Tv

Law & Order

2014
Tv

Chicago P.D.

2021
Tv

The Watch

2009
Tv

Hawthorne

2022
Tv

Sherri

2019
Tv

Harley Quinn