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Wendell Pierce
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Wendell Pierce
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-12-08,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.18

Land of Plenty
2004-09-10

7.455

Ray
2004-10-29

5.837

Stay Alive
2006-03-24

It Could Happen to You

6.742

It Could Happen to You
1994-07-16

6.4

Hackers
1995-09-14

Becoming Frederick Douglass

4.667

Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022-10-11

The Fighting Temptations

5.828

The Fighting Temptations
2003-09-19

Night Catches Us

5.365

Night Catches Us
2010-12-03

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music

0

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010-04-18

The Gilded Six Bits

7

The Gilded Six Bits
2001-02-18

4.5

Pariah
2007-04-19

Unnatural Pursuits

0

Unnatural Pursuits
1992-01-01

5.1

The Mortician
2011-02-15

The 24 Hour Woman

5.75

The 24 Hour Woman
1999-01-29

0

Don't Hang Up
2022-03-20

5.3

Four
2013-09-13

6.093

Parker
2013-01-23

5.701

Möbius
2013-02-17

The Wire Odyssey

6.6

The Wire Odyssey
2007-12-20

5.949

Elsa & Fred
2014-03-07

4.874

The Runner
2015-08-07

5

A Hole in One
2004-05-02

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

8

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015-04-01

6.348

Get on the Bus
1996-10-16

0

Foreclosure
2014-02-03

The Advocate's Devil

5.889

The Advocate's Devil
1997-10-05

A Matter of Degrees

4.4

A Matter of Degrees
1991-09-13

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story

8

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996-04-02

Tapping the Wire

7.75

Tapping the Wire
2007-07-01

7.372

Selma
2014-12-25

6.703

The Gift
2015-07-31

27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon

0

27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018-12-11

7.328

Superman
2025-07-09

5.929

Strapped
1993-08-21

6.301

Bulworth
1998-05-15

Manhattan Murder Mystery

7.261

Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993-05-02

7.05

Grease Live
2016-01-31

6.51

The Money Pit
1986-03-26

6.925

Confirmation
2016-04-16

7.56

Malcolm X
1992-11-18

6.485

Bad Moms
2016-07-28

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

6.454

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012-11-13

5.693

Piercing
2019-01-03

Family Business

5.7

Family Business
1989-12-06

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

6.4

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991-03-06

5.6

Life Support
2007-03-10

6.628

Brown Sugar
2002-10-05

7.599

Sleepers
1996-10-18

Waiting to Exhale

6.25

Waiting to Exhale
1995-12-22

Rodents of Unusual Size

7.6

Rodents of Unusual Size
2017-11-15

6.046

Bye Bye Love
1995-03-16

5.43

Love Ranch
2010-06-30

Horrible Bosses

6.574

Horrible Bosses
2011-07-08

I Think I Love My Wife

5.335

I Think I Love My Wife
2007-03-07

6.264

Clemency
2019-12-27

Beyond All Boundaries

6.8

Beyond All Boundaries
2009-11-09

6.469

One Last Thing
2018-06-13

5.7

Burning Cane
2019-04-25

King of the South

0

King of the South

7

Runaway Hearts
2015-01-30

10

Abilene
1999-03-13

Between the World and Me

7.9

Between the World and Me
2020-11-21

The Forever Tree

2

The Forever Tree
2017-05-02

The Thrill Is On

0

The Thrill Is On

The Wire: The Last Word

1.5

The Wire: The Last Word
2007-12-27

A Rage in Harlem

5.421

A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03

Lay the Favorite

5.222

Lay the Favorite
2012-06-22

Casualties of War

7.165

Casualties of War
1989-08-18

A Plea for Modernism

0

A Plea for Modernism
2011-01-01

7.296

Thunderbolts*
2025-04-30

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

6.992

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026-05-20

2000: Bunk and McNulty

0

2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007-12-05

Highest 2 Lowest

5.5

Highest 2 Lowest
2025-08-14

3.8

They Fight
2026-06-08

Something with Bite

0

Something with Bite
2009-01-03

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair

0

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair

7.949

Third Watch
1999-09-23

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.01

Numb3rs
2005-01-23

8.636

The Wire
2002-06-02

7.5

Judging Amy
1999-09-19

6.5

Capital News
1990-04-09

7.319

Girlfriends
2000-09-11

My Wife and Kids

7.413

My Wife and Kids
2001-03-28

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

8.1

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005-03-03

Women's Murder Club

7.79

Women's Murder Club
2007-10-12

New York Undercover

7.3

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

7.145

The Equalizer
1985-09-18

5.886

Close to Home
2005-09-20

6.702

Fear Itself
2008-06-05

7.1

In Plain Sight
2008-06-01

7

New York News
1995-09-28

6

Moloney
1996-09-19

7.7

Drop Dead Diva
2009-07-12

8.2

The Weber Show
2000-10-26

7.607

Treme
2010-04-11

The Brian Benben Show

8

The Brian Benben Show
1998-09-21

The Gregory Hines Show

10

The Gregory Hines Show
1997-09-15

The Michael J. Fox Show

5.934

The Michael J. Fox Show
2013-09-26

6.728

Elsbeth
2024-02-29

5.784

The Odd Couple
2015-02-19

7.497

Ray Donovan
2013-06-30

8.221

Suits
2011-06-23

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.

6.791

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018-02-27

0

Great Museums

7.9

Archer
2009-09-17

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.153

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007-02-11

4.7

Tamron Hall
2019-09-09

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

7.68

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018-08-30

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

8.424

Chicago P.D.
2014-01-08

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.098

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

5.415

The Watch
2021-01-03

God, the Devil and Bob

7.4

God, the Devil and Bob
2000-03-09

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.1

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

7.482

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21

7

Hawthorne
2009-06-16

The Night Shift

7.48

The Night Shift
2014-05-27

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

7.7

Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022-03-26

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.098

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

2.6

Sherri
2022-09-12

8.3

Harley Quinn
2019-11-29

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

The American Revolution

5.9

The American Revolution
2025-11-16

The General Motors Playwrights Theater

0

The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991-02-05