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