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