Wendell Pierce
Acting
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.
Born: December 8, 1963
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Gabe
as Perry White
as Congressman Gary
as C.W. Wagner
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Chris Daniels
as Death (voice)
as Self
as Jonathan Williams
as Lex Luthor (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Reverend Tillman
as The Doctor
as Narrator (voice)
as James Greer
as Dylan
as Detective Lee Tucker
as Narrator (voice)
as Doctor Willow
as Principal Daryl Burr
as Clarence Thomas
as Coach Calhoun
as Frank Legrand
as Detective Mills
as Andy Kirk (voice)
as Teddy
as Paul
as Rev. Hosea Williams
as Walt
as Armande
as Self
as Virgil
as Ray Price
as Harris Green
as Joe
as Ronald Keith
as Bob
as Carlson
as J. Jenks
as Dave the Rave
as Detective Hagan
as Robert Zane
as Clinger
as Narrator (voice)
as David Gordon
as Naasih Mohammed
as Narrator (voice)
as Antoine Batiste
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
as Verl (voice)
as Neal David
as Dr. Michael Schilling
as Wiilbur Orwell
as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
as Self
as Self
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
as Self
as Arthur
as Slick
as Sean
as Detective
as Detective Thibodeaux
as Sam Carter
as Richard Link
as William Bradford
as Wilbur Brassfield
as Henry
as Dan
as Reverend Lewis
as Self
as Simon
as Bunk Moreland
as Dr. Boucher
as Otis D. Slimmons
as Wendell Simms
as Anthony Jackson
as Mike (voice)
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
as Harry Benton
as Reverend Tillis
as Roy Labelle
as Fred
as Justin
as Little Caesar
as Wendell
as John Saunders
as Michael
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
as Hector
as Bo Williams
as District Attorney
as Policeman
as Ben Thomas
as Cabbie
as Louis
as Roger Porter
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
as Mr. Wade
as Conrad White
as Prosecutor
as MacIntire
as Paramedic
as Dr. Wolff
as B.B. King
as James Greer