Cast
Wendell Pierce
Acting
Cast
Wendell Pierce
Known for
Acting
Born
1963-12-08
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
as James Greer
Superman
as Perry White
Thunderbolts*
as Congressman Gary
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as J. Jenks
Sleepers
as Little Caesar
Highest 2 Lowest
as Gabe
Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
Parker
as Carlson
Bad Moms
as Principal Daryl Burr
It Could Happen to You
as Bo Williams
Malcolm X
as Ben Thomas
Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
Hackers
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
The Gift
as Detective Mills
Waiting to Exhale
as Michael
Casualties of War
as MacIntire
Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
Bulworth
as Fred
Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
The Money Pit
as Paramedic
Piercing
as The Doctor
Clemency
as Jonathan Williams
Family Business
as Prosecutor
Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Policeman
Love Ranch
as Naasih Mohammed
The Fighting Temptations
as Reverend Lewis
Lay the Favorite
as Dave the Rave
Brown Sugar
as Simon
Confirmation
as Clarence Thomas
Abilene
as Reverend Tillis
Four
as Joe
Möbius
as Bob
I Think I Love My Wife
as Sean
The Runner
as Frank Legrand
Elsa & Fred
as Armande
Grease Live
as Coach Calhoun
Beyond All Boundaries
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Bye Bye Love
as Hector
A Rage in Harlem
as Louis
Land of Plenty
as Henry
One Last Thing
as Dylan
Get on the Bus
as Wendell Perry
The Advocate's Devil
as Justin
The 24 Hour Woman
as Roy Labelle
Strapped
as District Attorney
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
Burning Cane
as Reverend Tillman
Between the World and Me
as Self
Tapping the Wire
as Self
Night Catches Us
as David Gordon
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
The Mortician
as Clinger
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Andy Kirk (voice)
A Matter of Degrees
as Wells Dennard
Becoming Frederick Douglass
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
as John Saunders
Life Support
as Slick
Foreclosure
as Virgil
2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Unnatural Pursuits
as Cabbie
Don't Hang Up
as Chris Daniels
A Hole in One
as Dan
They Fight
as Slim
Pariah
as Arthur
King of the South
Rodents of Unusual Size
as Narrator (voice)
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
as Detective Marcus Hill
Runaway Hearts
as Paul
A Plea for Modernism
as Narrator (voice)
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
as Narrator (voice)
The Gilded Six Bits
as Otis D. Slimmons
The Forever Tree
as Doctor Willow
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
as Wilbur Orwell
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
as Narrator (voice)
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King