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