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Wendell Pierce

1963-12-08 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Biografia

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.

Películas

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