Name
Wendell Pierce
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-12-08 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
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- 2004 Land of Plenty as Henry
- 2004 Ray as Wilbur Brassfield
- 2006 Stay Alive as Detective Thibodeaux
- 1994 It Could Happen to You as Bo Williams
- 1995 Hackers as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
- 2022 Becoming Frederick Douglass as Frederick Douglass (voice)
- 2003 The Fighting Temptations as Reverend Lewis
- 2010 Night Catches Us as David Gordon
- 2010 New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 The Gilded Six Bits as Otis D. Slimmons
- 2007 Pariah as Arthur
- 1992 Unnatural Pursuits as Cabbie
- 2011 The Mortician as Clinger
- 1999 The 24 Hour Woman as Roy Labelle
- 2022 Don't Hang Up as Chris Daniels
- 2013 Four as Joe
- 2013 Parker as Carlson
- 2013 Möbius as Bob
- 2007 The Wire Odyssey as Self
- 2014 Elsa & Fred as Armande
- 2015 The Runner as Frank Legrand
- 2004 A Hole in One as Dan
- 2015 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as Andy Kirk (voice)
- 1996 Get on the Bus as Wendell Perry
- 2014 Foreclosure as Virgil
- 1997 The Advocate's Devil as Justin
- 1991 A Matter of Degrees as Wells Dennard
- 1996 Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story as John Saunders
- 2007 Tapping the Wire as Self
- 2014 Selma as Rev. Hosea Williams
- 2015 The Gift as Detective Mills
- 2018 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 Superman as Perry White
- 1993 Strapped as District Attorney
- 1998 Bulworth as Fred
- 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery as Policeman
- 2016 Grease Live as Coach Calhoun
- 1986 The Money Pit as Paramedic
- 2016 Confirmation as Clarence Thomas
- 1992 Malcolm X as Ben Thomas
- 2016 Bad Moms as Principal Daryl Burr
- 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as J. Jenks
- 2019 Piercing as The Doctor
- 1989 Family Business as Prosecutor
- 1991 The 10 Million Dollar Getaway as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
- 2007 Life Support as Slick
- 2002 Brown Sugar as Simon
- 1996 Sleepers as Little Caesar
- 1995 Waiting to Exhale as Michael
- 2017 Rodents of Unusual Size as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 Bye Bye Love as Hector
- 2010 Love Ranch as Naasih Mohammed
- 2011 Horrible Bosses as Detective Hagan
- 2007 I Think I Love My Wife as Sean
- 2019 Clemency as Jonathan Williams
- 2009 Beyond All Boundaries as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
- 2018 One Last Thing as Dylan
- 2019 Burning Cane as Reverend Tillman
- Soon King of the South
- 2015 Runaway Hearts as Paul
- 1999 Abilene as Reverend Tillis
- 2020 Between the World and Me as Self
- 2017 The Forever Tree as Doctor Willow
- Soon The Thrill Is On as B.B. King
- 2007 The Wire: The Last Word as Self
- 1991 A Rage in Harlem as Louis
- 2012 Lay the Favorite as Dave the Rave
- 1989 Casualties of War as MacIntire
- 2011 A Plea for Modernism as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 Thunderbolts* as Congressman Gary
- 2026 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War as James Greer
- 2007 2000: Bunk and McNulty as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
- 2025 Highest 2 Lowest as Gabe
- 2026 They Fight as Slim
- 2009 Something with Bite as Wilbur Orwell
- Soon Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair as Detective Marcus Hill
- 1999 Third Watch ( 5 episodes ) as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Roger Porter
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 5 episodes ) as William Bradford
- 2002 The Wire ( 60 episodes ) as Bunk Moreland
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Harry Benton
- 1990 Capital News ( 13 episodes ) as Conrad White
- 2000 Girlfriends ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Jackson
- 2001 My Wife and Kids ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Boucher
- 2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury ( 2 episodes ) as Richard Link
- 2007 Women's Murder Club ( 1 episode )
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Wolff
- 2005 Close to Home ( 1 episode ) as Sam Carter
- 2008 Fear Itself ( 1 episode ) as Wiilbur Orwell
- 2008 In Plain Sight ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
- 1995 New York News ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Moloney ( 21 episodes ) as Calvin Patterson
- 2009 Drop Dead Diva ( 1 episode ) as Neal David
- 2000 The Weber Show ( 17 episodes ) as Wendell Simms
- 2010 Treme ( 36 episodes ) as Antoine Batiste
- 1998 The Brian Benben Show ( 9 episodes )
- 1997 The Gregory Hines Show ( 22 episodes )
- 2013 The Michael J. Fox Show ( 22 episodes ) as Harris Green
- 2024 Elsbeth ( 51 episodes ) as C.W. Wagner
- 2015 The Odd Couple ( 38 episodes ) as Teddy
- 2013 Ray Donovan ( 1 episode ) as Ronald Keith
- 2011 Suits ( 36 episodes ) as Robert Zane
- 2018 Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 episode ) as Detective Lee Tucker
- Soon Great Museums ( 1 episode )
- 2009 Archer ( 1 episode ) as Verl (voice)
- 2007 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! ( 1 episode ) as Detective
- 2019 Tamron Hall ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2018 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan ( 30 episodes ) as James Greer
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Wade
- 2014 Chicago P.D. ( 9 episodes ) as Ray Price
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 The Watch ( 4 episodes ) as Death (voice)
- 2000 God, the Devil and Bob ( 2 episodes ) as Mike (voice)
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Hawthorne ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Michael Schilling
- 2014 The Night Shift ( 1 episode ) as Walt
- 2022 Be My Guest with Ina Garten ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 Harley Quinn ( 2 episodes ) as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 The American Revolution ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
- 1991 The General Motors Playwrights Theater ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant Kelly
- Soon The People v. Gorilla Grodd ( 8 episodes ) as Perry White
