1963-12-08 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.
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Thunderbolts* | Congressman Gary | 2025-04-30 |
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Superman | Perry White | 2025-07-09 |
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Highest 2 Lowest | Gabe | 2025-08-22 |
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Don't Hang Up | Chris Daniels | 2022-03-20 |
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Becoming Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 2022-10-11 |
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Some Old Black Man | Calvin Jones | 2021-01-15 |
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Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
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Piercing | The Doctor | 2019-01-03 |
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Clemency | Jonathan Williams | 2019-12-27 |
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Burning Cane | Reverend Tillman | 2019-04-25 |
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27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon | Narrator (voice) | 2018-12-11 |
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One Last Thing | Dylan | 2018-06-13 |
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The Forever Tree | Doctor Willow | 2017-05-02 |
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Rodents of Unusual Size | Narrator (voice) | 2017-11-15 |
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Bad Moms | Principal Daryl Burr | 2016-07-28 |
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Confirmation | Clarence Thomas | 2016-04-16 |
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Grease Live | Coach Calhoun | 2016-01-31 |
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The Runner | Frank Legrand | 2015-08-07 |
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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Andy Kirk (voice) | 2015-04-01 |
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The Gift | Detective Mills | 2015-07-31 |
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Runaway Hearts | Paul | 2014-01-01 |
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Selma | Rev. Hosea Williams | 2014-12-25 |
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Foreclosure | Virgil | 2014-02-03 |
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Elsa & Fred | Armande | 2014-03-07 |
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Four | Joe | 2013-09-13 |
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Möbius | Bob | 2013-02-17 |
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Parker | Carlson | 2013-01-23 |
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | J. Jenks | 2012-11-13 |
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Lay the Favorite | Dave the Rave | 2012-06-22 |
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Horrible Bosses | Detective Hagan | 2011-07-08 |
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A Plea for Modernism | Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
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The Mortician | Clinger | 2011-02-15 |
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Love Ranch | Naasih Mohammed | 2010-06-30 |
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New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music | Narrator (voice) | 2010-04-18 |
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Night Catches Us | David Gordon | 2010-12-03 |
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Beyond All Boundaries | Sgt. Thomas McPhatter | 2009-11-09 |
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2000: Bunk and McNulty | Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland | 2007-12-05 |
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The Wire: The Last Word | Self | 2007-12-27 |
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Pariah | Arthur | 2007-04-19 |
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I Think I Love My Wife | Sean | 2007-03-07 |
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Life Support | Slick | 2007-03-10 |
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The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007-12-20 |
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Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
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Stay Alive | Detective Thibodeaux | 2006-03-24 |
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Land of Plenty | Henry | 2004-09-10 |
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A Hole in One | Dan | 2004-05-02 |
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Ray | Wilbur Brassfield | 2004-10-29 |
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The Fighting Temptations | Reverend Lewis | 2003-09-19 |
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Brown Sugar | Simon | 2002-10-05 |
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The Gilded Six Bits | Otis D. Slimmons | 2001-02-18 |
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Abilene | Reverend Tillis | 1999-03-13 |
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The 24 Hour Woman | Roy Labelle | 1999-01-29 |
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Bulworth | Fred | 1998-05-15 |
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The Advocate's Devil | Justin | 1997-10-05 |
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Get on the Bus | Wendell | 1996-10-16 |
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Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | John Saunders | 1996-04-02 |
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Sleepers | Little Caesar | 1996-10-18 |
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Hackers | S.S. Agent Richard Gill | 1995-09-14 |
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Waiting to Exhale | Michael | 1995-12-22 |
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Bye Bye Love | Hector | 1995-03-16 |
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It Could Happen to You | Bo Williams | 1994-07-16 |
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Manhattan Murder Mystery | Policeman | 1993-05-02 |
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Strapped | District Attorney | 1993-08-21 |
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Unnatural Pursuits | Cabbie | 1992-01-01 |
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Malcolm X | Ben Thomas | 1992-11-18 |
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A Matter of Degrees | Wells Dennard | 1991-09-13 |
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The 10 Million Dollar Getaway | Parnell "Stacks" Edwards | 1991-03-06 |
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A Rage in Harlem | Louis | 1991-05-03 |
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Family Business | Prosecutor | 1989-12-06 |
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Casualties of War | MacIntire | 1989-08-18 |
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The Money Pit | Paramedic | 1986-03-26 |
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King of the South | ||
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The Thrill Is On | B.B. King | |
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Untitled Jack Ryan Film | James Greer |
