Wendell Pierce
Acting
Born: Dec 08, 1963
From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becoming Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass (voice) | 2022 | 6.5 |
| Don't Hang Up | Chris Daniels | 2022 | — |
| The Runner | Frank Legrand | 2015 | 4.9 |
| Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Andy Kirk (voice) | 2015 | 8.0 |
| Elsa & Fred | Armande | 2014 | 6.0 |
| Foreclosure | Virgil | 2014 | — |
| Selma | Rev. Hosea Williams | 2014 | 7.379 |
| Four | Joe | 2013 | 5.3 |
| Parker | Carlson | 2013 | 6.078 |
| Möbius | Bob | 2013 | 5.714 |
| The Mortician | Clinger | 2011 | 5.1 |
| Night Catches Us | David Gordon | 2010 | 5.3 |
| New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music | Narrator (voice) | 2010 | — |
| Pariah | Arthur | 2007 | 2.7 |
| The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007 | 6.6 |
| Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007 | 7.75 |
| Stay Alive | Detective Thibodeaux | 2006 | 5.795 |
| Land of Plenty | Henry | 2004 | 6.204 |
| Ray | Wilbur Brassfield | 2004 | 7.449 |
| A Hole in One | Dan | 2004 | 5.0 |
| The Fighting Temptations | Reverend Lewis | 2003 | 5.777 |
| The Gilded Six Bits | Otis D. Slimmons | 2001 | 7.0 |
| The 24 Hour Woman | Roy Labelle | 1999 | 5.75 |
| The Advocate's Devil | Justin | 1997 | 6.0 |
| Get on the Bus | Wendell Perry | 1996 | 6.388 |
| Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | John Saunders | 1996 | 8.0 |
| Hackers | S.S. Agent Richard Gill | 1995 | 6.37 |
| It Could Happen to You | Bo Williams | 1994 | 6.725 |
| Unnatural Pursuits | Cabbie | 1992 | — |
| A Matter of Degrees | Wells Dennard | 1991 | 4.4 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1963 |
| From | New Orleans, Louisiana, … |