Wendell Pierce
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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.
Known for
Credits
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026)
as James Greer
Superman (2025)
as Perry White
Thunderbolts* (2025)
as Congressman Gary
They Fight (2026)
as Slim
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
as J. Jenks
Sleepers (1996)
as Little Caesar
Horrible Bosses (2011)
as Detective Hagan
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
as Gabe
Parker (2013)
as Carlson
Hackers (1995)
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Malcolm X (1992)
as Ben Thomas
Ray (2004)
as Wilbur Brassfield
Bad Moms (2016)
as Principal Daryl Burr
It Could Happen to You (1994)
as Bo Williams
The Money Pit (1986)
as Paramedic
Casualties of War (1989)
as MacIntire
The Gift (2015)
as Detective Mills
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
as Michael
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
as Policeman
Selma (2014)
as Rev. Hosea Williams
Stay Alive (2006)
as Detective Thibodeaux
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
as Sean
Bulworth (1998)
as Fred
Lay the Favorite (2012)
as Dave the Rave
Family Business (1989)
as Prosecutor
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
as Reverend Lewis
Möbius (2013)
as Bob
The Runner (2015)
as Frank Legrand
Grease Live (2016)
as Coach Calhoun
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair (—)
as Detective Marcus Hill
Pariah (2007)
as Arthur
Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Brown Sugar (2002)
as Simon
Get on the Bus (1996)
as Wendell Perry
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Armande
Land of Plenty (2004)
as Henry
Bye Bye Love (1995)
as Hector
Something with Bite (2009)
as Wilbur Orwell
Piercing (2019)
as The Doctor
Between the World and Me (2020)
as Self
The Wire: The Last Word (2007)
as Self
Burning Cane (2019)
as Reverend Tillman
The Wire Odyssey (2007)
as Self
Life Support (2007)
as Slick
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
as Louis
Foreclosure (2014)
as Virgil
The Mortician (2011)
as Clinger
Clemency (2019)
as Jonathan Williams
Tapping the Wire (2007)
as Self
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
as Roy Labelle
Strapped (1993)
as District Attorney
Confirmation (2016)
as Clarence Thomas
Night Catches Us (2010)
as David Gordon
The Advocate's Devil (1997)
as Justin
2000: Bunk and McNulty (2007)
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Four (2013)
as Joe
A Matter of Degrees (1991)
as Wells Dennard
King of the South (—)
Actor
One Last Thing (2018)
as Dylan
Don't Hang Up (2022)
as Chris Daniels
Runaway Hearts (2015)
as Paul
A Hole in One (2004)
as Dan
A Plea for Modernism (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Love Ranch (2010)
as Naasih Mohammed
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (1991)
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Unnatural Pursuits (1992)
as Cabbie
Becoming Frederick Douglass (2022)
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Forever Tree (2017)
as Doctor Willow
Abilene (1999)
as Reverend Tillis
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story (1996)
as John Saunders
The Thrill Is On (—)
as B.B. King
Rodents of Unusual Size (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
The Gilded Six Bits (2001)
as Otis D. Slimmons
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
as Andy Kirk (voice)
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon (2018)
as Narrator (voice)