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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Superman | Perry White | 2025-07-09 |
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Thunderbolts* | Congressman Gary | 2025-04-30 |
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Highest 2 Lowest | Gabe | 2025-08-14 |
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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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Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
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Clemency | Jonathan Williams | 2019-12-27 |
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Piercing | The Doctor | 2019-01-03 |
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Burning Cane | Reverend Tillman | 2019-04-25 |
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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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Rodents of Unusual Size | Narrator (voice) | 2017-11-15 |
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The Forever Tree | Doctor Willow | 2017-05-02 |
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Confirmation | Clarence Thomas | 2016-04-16 |
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Bad Moms | Principal Daryl Burr | 2016-07-28 |
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Grease Live | Coach Calhoun | 2016-01-31 |
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The Gift | Detective Mills | 2015-07-31 |
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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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Selma | Rev. Hosea Williams | 2014-12-25 |
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Elsa & Fred | Armande | 2014-03-07 |
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Foreclosure | Virgil | 2014-02-03 |
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Runaway Hearts | Paul | 2014-01-01 |
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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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I Think I Love My Wife | Sean | 2007-03-07 |
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Life Support | Slick | 2007-03-10 |
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Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
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Pariah | Arthur | 2007-04-19 |
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The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007-12-20 |
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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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Stay Alive | Detective Thibodeaux | 2006-03-24 |
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Land of Plenty | Henry | 2004-09-10 |
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Ray | Wilbur Brassfield | 2004-10-29 |
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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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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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Get on the Bus | Wendell | 1996-10-16 |
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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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Strapped | District Attorney | 1993-08-21 |
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Manhattan Murder Mystery | Policeman | 1993-05-02 |
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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 Rage in Harlem | Louis | 1991-05-03 |
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The 10 Million Dollar Getaway | Parnell "Stacks" Edwards | 1991-03-06 |
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A Matter of Degrees | Wells Dennard | 1991-09-13 |
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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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Untitled Jack Ryan Film | James Greer | |
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The Thrill Is On | B.B. King | |
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