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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Adventures in the Making of Superman | Self | 2025-08-11 |
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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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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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Clemency | Jonathan Williams | 2019-12-27 |
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Burning Cane | Reverend Tillman | 2019-04-25 |
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Piercing | The Doctor | 2019-01-03 |
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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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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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Grease Live | Coach Calhoun | 2016-01-31 |
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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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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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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Andy Kirk (voice) | 2015-04-01 |
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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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Four | Joe | 2013-09-13 |
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Möbius | Bob | 2013-02-17 |
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Lay the Favorite | Dave the Rave | 2012-06-22 |
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | J. Jenks | 2012-11-13 |
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The Mortician | Clinger | 2011-02-15 |
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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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Night Catches Us | David Gordon | 2010-12-03 |
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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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Beyond All Boundaries | Sgt. Thomas McPhatter | 2009-11-09 |
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Life Support | Slick | 2007-03-10 |
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I Think I Love My Wife | Sean | 2007-03-07 |
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Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
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The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007-12-20 |
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Pariah | Arthur | 2007-04-19 |
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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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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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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 | 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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Strapped | District Attorney | 1993-08-21 |
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Manhattan Murder Mystery | Policeman | 1993-05-02 |
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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 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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They Fight | Slim | |
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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 |
