Wendell Pierce
Acting
Born 1963-12-08
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
124 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Law & Order
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Suits
Chicago P.D.
Elsbeth
The Wire
Real Time with Bill Maher
Thunderbolts*
Superman
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Numb3rs
Third Watch
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Sherri
Judging Amy
Archer
The Equalizer
Girlfriends
Harley Quinn
Ray Donovan
Drop Dead Diva
Tamron Hall
My Wife and Kids
In Plain Sight
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Close to Home
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
The Night Shift
New York Undercover
Sleepers
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Treme
Bad Moms
Horrible Bosses
The Odd Couple
Hackers
The Gift
The American Revolution
Highest 2 Lowest
Parker
The Money Pit
Malcolm X
Hawthorne
They Fight
The Michael J. Fox Show
Fear Itself
Ray
New York News
It Could Happen to You
The Watch
Women's Murder Club
God, the Devil and Bob
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Casualties of War
Selma
Waiting to Exhale
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Bulworth
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