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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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War | James Greer | 2026-05-20 |
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They Fight | Slim | 2026-06-08 |
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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 | 2025-08-14 |
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Becoming Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 2022-10-11 |
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Don't Hang Up | Chris Daniels | 2022-03-20 |
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Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
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Burning Cane | Reverend Tillman | 2019-04-25 |
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Clemency | Jonathan Williams | 2019-12-27 |
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Piercing | The Doctor | 2019-01-03 |
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One Last Thing | Dylan | 2018-06-13 |
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27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon | Narrator (voice) | 2018-12-11 |
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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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Grease Live | Coach Calhoun | 2016-01-31 |
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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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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Andy Kirk (voice) | 2015-04-01 |
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The Runner | Frank Legrand | 2015-08-07 |
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The Gift | Detective Mills | 2015-07-31 |
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Runaway Hearts | Paul | 2015-01-30 |
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Foreclosure | Virgil | 2014-02-03 |
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Selma | Rev. Hosea Williams | 2014-12-25 |
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Elsa & Fred | Armande | 2014-03-07 |
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Parker | Carlson | 2013-01-23 |
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Möbius | Bob | 2013-02-17 |
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Four | Joe | 2013-09-13 |
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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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A Plea for Modernism | Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
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Horrible Bosses | Detective Hagan | 2011-07-08 |
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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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Night Catches Us | David Gordon | 2010-12-03 |
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New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music | Narrator (voice) | 2010-04-18 |
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Beyond All Boundaries | Sgt. Thomas McPhatter | 2009-11-09 |
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Fear Itself: Something with Bite | Wilbur Orwell | 2009-01-03 |
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The Wire: The Last Word | Self | 2007-12-27 |
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Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
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2000: Bunk and McNulty | Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland | 2007-12-05 |
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Life Support | Slick | 2007-03-10 |
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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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The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007-12-20 |
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Stay Alive | Detective Thibodeaux | 2006-03-24 |
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Ray | Wilbur Brassfield | 2004-10-29 |
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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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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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The 24 Hour Woman | Roy Labelle | 1999-01-29 |
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Abilene | Reverend Tillis | 1999-03-13 |
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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 Perry | 1996-10-16 |
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Sleepers | Little Caesar | 1996-10-18 |
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Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | John Saunders | 1996-04-02 |
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Hackers | S.S. Agent Richard Gill | 1995-09-14 |
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Bye Bye Love | Hector | 1995-03-16 |
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Waiting to Exhale | Michael | 1995-12-22 |
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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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Malcolm X | Ben Thomas | 1992-11-18 |
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Unnatural Pursuits | Cabbie | 1992-01-01 |
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A Rage in Harlem | Louis | 1991-05-03 |
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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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Casualties of War | MacIntire | 1989-08-18 |
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Family Business | Prosecutor | 1989-12-06 |
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The Money Pit | Paramedic | 1986-03-26 |
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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair | Detective Marcus Hill | |
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King of the South | ||
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The Thrill Is On | B.B. King |
