Wendell Pierce

Known for ActingBorn 1963-12-08 (age 62)New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Abilene

The Gregory Hines Show

The Wire

Chicago P.D.

Harley Quinn

Suits

The Weber Show

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Between the World and Me

Archer

The Brian Benben Show

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

Third Watch

Women's Murder Club

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Tapping the Wire

Drop Dead Diva

Rodents of Unusual Size

Treme

Ray Donovan

The Night Shift

Superman

Sleepers

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Thunderbolts*

Malcolm X

Selma

Judging Amy

Ray

My Wife and Kids

God, the Devil and Bob

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

Girlfriends

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

New York Undercover

Law & Order

Grease Live

Manhattan Murder Mystery

In Plain Sight

Runaway Hearts

Hawthorne

Numb3rs

Confirmation

Casualties of War

Elsbeth

The Gilded Six Bits