Wendell Pierce
74 movies · 41 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 8, 1963 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as
- 웬델 피어스 · Wendell Edward Pierce · וונדל פירס
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).
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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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Wendell Pierce: movies and TV shows
Acting (115)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
- Upcoming Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
as Detective Marcus Hill
- Upcoming
- Upcoming And Damn He Could Play
as Narrator
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 They Fight
as Slim
- 2026 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
as James Greer
- 2025
- 2025 Highest 2 Lowest
as Gabe
- 2025 Superman
as Perry White
- 2025 Thunderbolts*
as Congressman Gary
- 2024
- 2022 Becoming Frederick Douglass
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2022 Don't Hang Up
as Chris Daniels
- 2021
- 2019 Clemency
as Jonathan Williams
- 2019
- 2019 Burning Cane
as Reverend Tillman
- 2019 Piercing
as The Doctor
- 2018 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018
- 2018 One Last Thing
as Dylan
- 2018
- 2017 Rodents of Unusual Size
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 The Forever Tree
as Doctor Willow
- 2016 Bad Moms
as Principal Burr
- 2016 Confirmation
as Clarence Thomas
- 2016 Grease Live
as Coach Calhoun
- 2015 The Runner
as Frank Legrand
- 2015 The Gift
as Detective Mills
- 2015 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Andy Kirk (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 Runaway Hearts
as Paul
- 2014 Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
- 2014
- 2014 Elsa & Fred
as Armande
- 2014 Foreclosure
as Virgil
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013 Four
as Joe
- 2013
- 2013 Möbius
as Bob
- 2013 Parker
as Carlson
- 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as J. Jenks
- 2012 Lay the Favorite
as Dave the Rave
- 2011 Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
- 2011
- 2011 The Mortician
as Clinger
- 2011 A Plea for Modernism
as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 Night Catches Us
as David Gordon
- 2010 Love Ranch
as Naasih Mohammed
- 2010 New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
as Narrator (voice)
- 2010
- 2009 Beyond All Boundaries
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Something with Bite
as Wilbur Orwell
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
- 2007
- 2007 Pariah
as Arthur
- 2007 Life Support
as Slick
- 2007 I Think I Love My Wife
as Sean
- 2007
- 2006 Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
- 2004 Land of Plenty
as Henry
- 2004 A Hole in One
as Dan
- 2003 The Fighting Temptations
as Reverend Lewis
- 2002 Brown Sugar
as Simon
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001 The Gilded Six Bits
as Otis D. Slimmons
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Abilene
as Reverend Tillis
- 1999 The 24 Hour Woman
as Roy Labelle
- 1998
- 1998 Bulworth
as Fred
- 1997 The Advocate's Devil
as Justin
- 1997
- 1996 Sleepers
as Little Caesar
- 1996 Get on the Bus
as Wendell Perry
- 1996
- 1996 Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
as John Saunders
- 1995 Waiting to Exhale
as Michael
- 1995
- 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 Malcolm X
as Ben Thomas
- 1992 Unnatural Pursuits
as Cabbie
- 1991 A Matter of Degrees
as Wells Dennard
- 1991 A Rage in Harlem
as Louis
- 1991 The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
- 1991
- 1990 Law & Order · TV
as Roger Porter / Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant / Ola-Gimju Nwaka / Mr. Wade · 4 episodes
- 1990
- 1989 Family Business
as Prosecutor
- 1989 Casualties of War
as MacIntire
- 1986 The Money Pit
as Paramedic
- 1985
Behind the camera (1)
- 2019 Burning Cane
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (12)
- 2022 Sherri
1 episode
- 2022 Be My Guest with Ina Garten
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show
2 episodes
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
3 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode