Wendell Pierce
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.
Movies (70)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Superman
2025
Thunderbolts*
2025
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
Don't Hang Up
2022
Between the World and Me
2020
Clemency
2019
Burning Cane
2019
Piercing
2019
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
One Last Thing
2018
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
The Forever Tree
2017
Bad Moms
2016
Confirmation
2016
Grease Live
2016
The Runner
2015
The Gift
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Runaway Hearts
2015
Selma
2014
Elsa & Fred
2014
Foreclosure
2014
Four
2013
Möbius
2013
Parker
2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Lay the Favorite
2012
Horrible Bosses
2011
The Mortician
2011
A Plea for Modernism
2011
Night Catches Us
2010
Love Ranch
2010
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
The Wire Odyssey
2007
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
Tapping the Wire
2007
Pariah
2007
Life Support
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Stay Alive
2006
Ray
2004
Land of Plenty
2004
A Hole in One
2004
The Fighting Temptations
2003
Brown Sugar
2002
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
Abilene
1999
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
Bulworth
1998
The Advocate's Devil
1997
Sleepers
1996
Get on the Bus
1996
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Hackers
1995
Bye Bye Love
1995
It Could Happen to You
1994
Strapped
1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
Malcolm X
1992
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
A Rage in Harlem
1991
Family Business
1989
Casualties of War
1989
The Money Pit
1986
The Thrill Is On
TV Shows (49)
The American Revolution
2025
Elsbeth
2024
Sherri
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
The Watch
2021
Harley Quinn
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Odd Couple
2015
The Night Shift
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
Ray Donovan
2013
Suits
2011
Treme
2010
Archer
2009
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Hawthorne
2009
Fear Itself
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
Women's Murder Club
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
Close to Home
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Wire
2002
My Wife and Kids
2001
The Weber Show
2000
Girlfriends
2000
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
Third Watch
1999
Judging Amy
1999
The Brian Benben Show
1998
New York News
1995
New York Undercover
1994
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Capital News
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Equalizer
1985
