Wendell Pierce
Acting
🎂 1963-12-08
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.
Cast credits(124)
Perry White
2025
Roger Porter
1990
Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
1990
Ola-Gimju Nwaka
1990
Mr. Wade
1990
Congressman Gary
2025
Robert Zane
2011
Ray Price
2014
Self
2003
Self
2014
Bunk Moreland
2002
Verl (voice)
2009
2015
Self
2015
Self - Guest
2022
Ronald Keith
2013
Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
1999
Self - Guest
2019
James Greer
2018
William Bradford
2005
Dr. Wolff
1985
Harry Benton
1999
Gabe
2025
Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
J. Jenks
2012
Anthony Jackson
2000
C.W. Wagner
2024
1994
Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
2008
Dr. Boucher
2001
Neal David
2009
Walt
2014
Detective
2007
Little Caesar
1996
Richard Link
2005
Sam Carter
2005
Detective Hagan
2011
Ben Thomas
1992
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
1995
Antoine Batiste
2010
Teddy
2015
Principal Daryl Burr
2016
Carlson
2013
Harris Green
2013
MacIntire
1989
Wiilbur Orwell
2008
Self
2007
Wilbur Brassfield
2004
Bo Williams
1994
Detective Lee Tucker
2018
Wells Dennard
1991
Paramedic
1986
Reverend Lewis
2003
Dave the Rave
2012
Self
2007
1995
Detective Mills
2015
Dr. Michael Schilling
2009
Rev. Hosea Williams
2014
Bob
2013
2007
Simon
2002
Fred
1998
Conrad White
1990
Detective Thibodeaux
2006
Death (voice)
2021
Clinger
2011
Self
2006
Michael
1995
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
2009
Clarence Thomas
2016
Mike (voice)
2000
Coach Calhoun
2016
Frank Legrand
2015
Reverend Tillman
2019
District Attorney
1993
Justin
1997
Slick
2007
Prosecutor
1989
Dylan
2018
Calvin Patterson
1996
Self - Guest
2022
Detective James Reynolds
2026
Policeman
1993
Otis D. Slimmons
2001
Armande
2014
Jonathan Williams
2019
Sean
2007
Wendell
1996
Hector
1995
Chris Daniels
2022
1997
Dan
2004
Self
2020
1998
James Greer
Self
2007
Naasih Mohammed
2010
Wendell Simms
2000
Louis
1991
The Doctor
2019
David Gordon
2010
Roy Labelle
1999
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
1991
Joe
2013
Henry
2004
Frederick Douglass (voice)
2022
John Saunders
1996
Andy Kirk (voice)
2015
Cabbie
1992
Virgil
2014
Doctor Willow
2017
Narrator (voice)
2017
Reverend Tillis
1999
Arthur
2007
Calvin Jones
2021
Narrator (voice)
2010
Narrator (voice)
2018
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
2007
Paul
2014
B.B. King
Narrator (voice)
2011