Wendell Pierce
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieTom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
James Greer
movieSuperman
2025
Perry White
movieThunderbolts*
2025
Congressman Gary
tvElsbeth
2024
C.W. Wagner
movieBecoming Frederick Douglass
2022
Frederick Douglass (voice)
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
tvBe My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Self - Guest
movieDon't Hang Up
2022
Chris Daniels
tvThe Watch
2021
Death (voice)
movieClemency
2019
Jonathan Williams
tvHarley Quinn
2019
Lex Luthor (voice)
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
movieBurning Cane
2019
Reverend Tillman
moviePiercing
2019
The Doctor
movie27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
Narrator (voice)
tvTom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
James Greer
tvUnsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
Detective Lee Tucker
movieRodents of Unusual Size
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Forever Tree
2017
Doctor Willow
movieBad Moms
2016
Principal Daryl Burr
movieConfirmation
2016
Clarence Thomas
movieGrease Live
2016
Coach Calhoun
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieThe Runner
2015
Frank Legrand
movieThe Gift
2015
Detective Mills
movieMary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Andy Kirk (voice)
tvThe Odd Couple
2015
Teddy
movieSelma
2014
Rev. Hosea Williams
movieElsa & Fred
2014
Armande
movieForeclosure
2014
Virgil
tvChicago P.D.
2014
Ray Price
tvThe Michael J. Fox Show
2013
Harris Green
tvRay Donovan
2013
Ronald Keith
movieParker
2013
Carlson
movieLay the Favorite
2012
Dave the Rave
movieHorrible Bosses
2011
Detective Hagan
tvSuits
2011
Robert Zane
movieThe Mortician
2011
Clinger
movieA Plea for Modernism
2011
Narrator (voice)
movieNight Catches Us
2010
David Gordon
movieLove Ranch
2010
Naasih Mohammed
movieNew Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
Narrator (voice)
tvTreme
2010
Antoine Batiste
movieBeyond All Boundaries
2009
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
tvArcher
2009
Verl (voice)
tvDrop Dead Diva
2009
Neal David
tvHawthorne
2009
Dr. Michael Schilling
movieSomething with Bite
2009
Wilbur Orwell
tvFear Itself
2008
Wiilbur Orwell
tvIn Plain Sight
2008
Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
movie2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
moviePariah
2007
Arthur
movieStay Alive
2006
Detective Thibodeaux
tvClose to Home
2005
Sam Carter
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Richard Link
tvNumb3rs
2005
William Bradford
movieRay
2004
Wilbur Brassfield
movieThe Fighting Temptations
2003
Reverend Lewis
movieBrown Sugar
2002
Simon
tvThe Wire
2002
Bunk Moreland
tvMy Wife and Kids
2001
Dr. Boucher
movieThe Gilded Six Bits
2001
Otis D. Slimmons
tvThe Weber Show
2000
Wendell Simms
tvGirlfriends
2000
Anthony Jackson
tvGod, the Devil and Bob
2000
Mike (voice)
tvThird Watch
1999
Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
tvJudging Amy
1999
Harry Benton
movieAbilene
1999
Reverend Tillis
movieThe 24 Hour Woman
1999
Roy Labelle
movieSleepers
1996
Little Caesar
movieGet on the Bus
1996
Wendell Perry
Moloney
1996
Calvin Patterson
movieNever Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
John Saunders
movieWaiting to Exhale
1995
Michael
movieHackers
1995
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
movieBye Bye Love
1995
Hector
movieIt Could Happen to You
1994
Bo Williams
movieStrapped
1993
District Attorney
movieManhattan Murder Mystery
1993
Policeman
movieMalcolm X
1992
Ben Thomas
A Matter of Degrees
1991
Wells Dennard
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
tvLaw & Order
1990
Roger Porter / Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant / Ola-Gimju Nwaka / Mr. Wade
tvCapital News
1990
Conrad White
movieFamily Business
1989
Prosecutor
movieCasualties of War
1989
MacIntire
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieThe Money Pit
1986
Paramedic
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Dr. Wolff
movieThe Thrill Is On
B.B. King
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
Detective Marcus Hill
Production1
movieBurning Cane
2019
Producer