Wendell Pierce
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.
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The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
Great Museums
as Unknown
They Fight
as Slim
The American Revolution
as (voice)
Highest 2 Lowest
as Gabe
Adventures in the Making of Superman
as himself
Superman
as Perry White
Elsbeth
as C.W. Wagner
Becoming Frederick Douglass
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Sherri Shepherd Show
as Self - Guest
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self - Guest
Don't Hang Up
as Chris Daniels
The Watch
as Death (voice)
Between the World and Me
as Self
Clemency
as Jonathan Williams
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Burning Cane
as Reverend Tillman
Piercing
as The Doctor
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as James Greer
One Last Thing
as Dylan
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
as Detective Lee Tucker
Rodents of Unusual Size
as Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
as Doctor Willow
Bad Moms
as Principal Burr
Confirmation
as Clarence Thomas
Grease Live
as Coach Calhoun
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Unknown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Gift
as Detective Mills
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Andy Kirk (voice)
The Odd Couple
as Teddy
Runaway Hearts
as Paul
Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
The Night Shift
as Walt
Elsa & Fred
as Armande
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Foreclosure
as Virgil
Chicago P.D.
as Ray Price
The Michael J. Fox Show
as Harris Green
Four
as Joe
Ray Donovan
as Ronald Keith
Möbius
as Bob
Parker
as Carlson
Lay the Favorite
as Dave the Rave
Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
Suits
as Robert Zane
The Mortician
as Clinger
A Plea for Modernism
as Narrator (voice)
Night Catches Us
as David Gordon
Love Ranch
as Naasih Mohammed
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
as Narrator (voice)
Treme
as Antoine Batiste
Beyond All Boundaries
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Archer
as Verl (voice)
Drop Dead Diva
as Neal David
Hawthorne
as Dr. Michael Schilling
Something with Bite
as Wilbur Orwell
Fear Itself
as Wiilbur Orwell
In Plain Sight
as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Women's Murder Club
as Unknown
Tapping the Wire
as Self
Pariah
as Arthur
Life Support
as Slick
I Think I Love My Wife
as Sean
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Detective
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self
Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
Close to Home
as Sam Carter
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Richard Link
Numb3rs
as William Bradford
Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
Land of Plenty
as Henry
A Hole in One
as Dan
The Fighting Temptations
as Reverend Lewis
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Brown Sugar
as Simon
The Wire
as Bunk Moreland
My Wife and Kids
as Dr. Boucher
The Gilded Six Bits
as Otis D. Slimmons
The Weber Show
as Wendell Simms
Girlfriends
as Anthony Jackson
God, the Devil and Bob
as Mike (voice)
Third Watch
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Judging Amy
as Harry Benton
Abilene
as Reverend Tillis
The 24 Hour Woman
as Roy Labelle
The Brian Benben Show
as Unknown
Bulworth
as Fred
The Advocate's Devil
as Justin
Sleepers
as Little Caesar
Get on the Bus
as Wendell Perry
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
as John Saunders
Waiting to Exhale
as Michael
New York News
as Unknown
Hackers
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Bye Bye Love
as Hector
New York Undercover
as Unknown
It Could Happen to You
as Bo Williams
Strapped
as District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Policeman
Malcolm X
as Ben Thomas
Unnatural Pursuits
as Cabbie
A Rage in Harlem
as Louis
Law & Order
as Roger Porter
Law & Order
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Law & Order
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Law & Order
as Mr. Wade
Capital News
as Conrad White
Family Business
as Prosecutor
Casualties of War
as MacIntire
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Money Pit
as Paramedic
The Equalizer
as Dr. Wolff