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.
Known For
Henry
Land of Plenty
Wilbur Brassfield
Ray
Detective Thibodeaux
Stay Alive
Bo Williams
It Could Happen to You
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Hackers
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Reverend Lewis
The Fighting Temptations
David Gordon
Night Catches Us
Narrator (voice)
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Otis D. Slimmons
The Gilded Six Bits
Arthur
Pariah
Cabbie
Unnatural Pursuits
Clinger
The Mortician
Roy Labelle
The 24 Hour Woman
Chris Daniels
Don't Hang Up
Joe
Four
Carlson
Parker
Bob
Möbius
Self
The Wire Odyssey
Armande
Elsa & Fred
Frank Legrand
The Runner
Dan
A Hole in One
Andy Kirk (voice)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Wendell
Get on the Bus
Virgil
Foreclosure
Justin
The Advocate's Devil
Wells Dennard
A Matter of Degrees
John Saunders
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Self
Tapping the Wire
Rev. Hosea Williams
Selma
Detective Mills
The Gift
Narrator (voice)
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Perry White
Superman
District Attorney
Strapped
Fred
Bulworth
Policeman
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Coach Calhoun
Grease Live
Paramedic
The Money Pit
Clarence Thomas
Confirmation
Ben Thomas
Malcolm X
Principal Daryl Burr
Bad Moms
J. Jenks
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
The Doctor
Piercing
Prosecutor
Family Business
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Slick
Life Support
Simon
Brown Sugar
Little Caesar
Sleepers
Michael
Waiting to Exhale
Narrator (voice)
Rodents of Unusual Size
Hector
Bye Bye Love
Naasih Mohammed
Love Ranch
Detective Hagan
Horrible Bosses
Sean
I Think I Love My Wife
Jonathan Williams
Clemency
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Beyond All Boundaries
Dylan
One Last Thing
Reverend Tillman
Burning Cane
King of the South
Paul
Runaway Hearts
Reverend Tillis
Abilene
Self
Between the World and Me
Doctor Willow
The Forever Tree
B.B. King
The Thrill Is On
Self
The Wire: The Last Word
Louis
A Rage in Harlem
Dave the Rave
Lay the Favorite
MacIntire
Casualties of War
Narrator (voice)
A Plea for Modernism
Congressman Gary
Thunderbolts*
James Greer
Untitled Jack Ryan Film
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Gabe
Highest 2 Lowest
Adventures in the Making of Superman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
74
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-12-08
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
웬델 피어스