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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 whic…
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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.
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Wendell Pierce's Filmography
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No Poster
And Damn He Could Play
as Narrator
They Fight
as Slim
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
as James Greer
Highest 2 Lowest
as Gabe
Superman
as Perry White
Thunderbolts*
as Congressman Gary
Becoming Frederick Douglass
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Don't Hang Up
as Chris Daniels
Between the World and Me
as Self
Clemency
as Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane
as Reverend Tillman
Piercing
as The Doctor
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
as Narrator (voice)
One Last Thing
as Dylan
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 Runner
as Frank Legrand
The Gift
as Detective Mills
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Andy Kirk (voice)
Runaway Hearts
as Paul
Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
Elsa & Fred
as Armande
Foreclosure
as Virgil
Four
as Joe
Möbius
as Bob
Parker
as Carlson
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as J. Jenks
Lay the Favorite
as Dave the Rave
Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
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)
Beyond All Boundaries
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Something with Bite
as Wilbur Orwell
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Tapping the Wire
as Self
Pariah
as Arthur
Life Support
as Slick
I Think I Love My Wife
as Sean
Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
Land of Plenty
as Henry
A Hole in One
as Dan
The Fighting Temptations
as Reverend Lewis
Brown Sugar
as Simon
The Gilded Six Bits
as Otis D. Slimmons
Abilene
as Reverend Tillis
The 24 Hour Woman
as Roy Labelle
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
Hackers
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Bye Bye Love
as Hector
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
No Poster
A Matter of Degrees
as Wells Dennard
A Rage in Harlem
as Louis
No Poster
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Family Business
as Prosecutor
Casualties of War
as MacIntire
The Money Pit
as Paramedic
No Poster
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
as Detective Marcus Hill
No Poster
Jabari’s People
No Poster
King of the South
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King