Wendell Pierce
Born December 08, 1963 (Age: 62)
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
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as Gabe
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Age: 61
Superman
2025
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as Perry White
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Age: 61
Thunderbolts*
2025
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as Congressman Gary
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Age: 61
Between the World and Me
2020
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as Self
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Age: 56
Bad Moms
2016
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as Principal Daryl Burr
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Age: 52
The Gift
2015
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as Detective Mills
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Age: 51
Selma
2014
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as Rev. Hosea Williams
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Age: 51
Möbius
2013
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as Bob
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Age: 49
Parker
2013
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as Carlson
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Age: 49
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
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as J. Jenks
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Age: 48
Lay the Favorite
2012
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as Dave the Rave
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Age: 48
Horrible Bosses
2011
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as Detective Hagan
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Age: 47
A Plea for Modernism
2011
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 47
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
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as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
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Age: 43
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
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as Sean
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Age: 43
Stay Alive
2006
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as Detective Thibodeaux
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Age: 42
Ray
2004
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as Wilbur Brassfield
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Age: 40
The Fighting Temptations
2003
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as Reverend Lewis
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Age: 39
Brown Sugar
2002
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as Simon
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Age: 38
Bulworth
1998
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as Fred
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Age: 34
Sleepers
1996
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as Little Caesar
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Age: 32
Get on the Bus
1996
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as Wendell Perry
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Age: 32
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
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as John Saunders
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Age: 32
Waiting to Exhale
1995
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as Michael
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Age: 32
Hackers
1995
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as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
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Age: 31
It Could Happen to You
1994
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as Bo Williams
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Age: 30
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
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as Policeman
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Age: 29
Malcolm X
1992
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as Ben Thomas
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Age: 28
A Rage in Harlem
1991
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as Louis
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Age: 27
Family Business
1989
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as Prosecutor
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Age: 25
Casualties of War
1989
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as MacIntire
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Age: 25
The Money Pit
1986
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as Paramedic
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Age: 22