Wendell Pierce
Acting
Born: December 8, 1963 (age 62) · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Horrible Bosses
2011
Suits
2011
Superman
2025
Bad Moms
2016
Sleepers
1996
Thunderbolts*
2025
The Gift
2015
Parker
2013
The Wire
2002
Chicago P.D.
2014
Selma
2014
Photos (9)
Movies (67)
Superman
Perry White
Thunderbolts*
Congressman Gary
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
James Greer
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
J. Jenks
Sleepers
Little Caesar
Highest 2 Lowest
Gabe
Horrible Bosses
Detective Hagan
Hackers
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Ray
Wilbur Brassfield
Malcolm X
Ben Thomas
Bad Moms
Principal Daryl Burr
The Gift
Detective Mills
The Money Pit
Paramedic
It Could Happen to You
Bo Williams
Casualties of War
MacIntire
Parker
Carlson
They Fight
Slim
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Policeman
Family Business
Prosecutor
Waiting to Exhale
Michael
Stay Alive
Detective Thibodeaux
Selma
Rev. Hosea Williams
Bulworth
Fred
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean
Piercing
The Doctor
The Runner
Frank Legrand
The Fighting Temptations
Reverend Lewis
Möbius
Bob
Lay the Favorite
Dave the Rave
Brown Sugar
Simon
A Rage in Harlem
Louis
Bye Bye Love
Hector
Beyond All Boundaries
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Burning Cane
Reverend Tillman
Grease Live
Coach Calhoun
Get on the Bus
Wendell Perry
Confirmation
Clarence Thomas
Night Catches Us
David Gordon
Clemency
Jonathan Williams
Land of Plenty
Henry
Strapped
District Attorney
Elsa & Fred
Armande
Love Ranch
Naasih Mohammed
Life Support
Slick
The Mortician
Clinger
One Last Thing
Dylan
The 24 Hour Woman
Roy Labelle
Runaway Hearts
Paul
Foreclosure
Virgil
Pariah
Arthur
Don't Hang Up
Chris Daniels
Rodents of Unusual Size
Narrator (voice)
The Advocate's Devil
Justin
Something with Bite
Wilbur Orwell
A Hole in One
Dan
Unnatural Pursuits
Cabbie
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (voice)
The Forever Tree
Doctor Willow
Four
Joe
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
John Saunders
The Gilded Six Bits
Otis D. Slimmons
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Andy Kirk (voice)
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Narrator (voice)
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Narrator (voice)
Abilene
Reverend Tillis
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
A Plea for Modernism
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (40)
Law & Order
Roger Porter · 1 eps
Law & Order
Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant · 1 eps
Law & Order
Ola-Gimju Nwaka · 1 eps
Law & Order
Mr. Wade · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 eps
Chicago P.D.
Ray Price · 9 eps
Suits
Robert Zane · 36 eps
The Wire
Bunk Moreland · 60 eps
Third Watch
Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones · 5 eps
Numb3rs
William Bradford · 5 eps
Elsbeth
C.W. Wagner · 51 eps
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
James Greer · 30 eps
Judging Amy
Harry Benton · 1 eps
Ray Donovan
Ronald Keith · 1 eps
Archer
Verl (voice) · 1 eps
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice) · 2 eps
Girlfriends
Anthony Jackson · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Dr. Wolff · 2 eps
In Plain Sight
Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris · 1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
Neal David · 1 eps
New York Undercover
1 eps
My Wife and Kids
Dr. Boucher · 1 eps
Close to Home
Sam Carter · 1 eps
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Detective · 1 eps
Treme
Antoine Batiste · 36 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Richard Link · 2 eps
The Odd Couple
Teddy · 38 eps
The Night Shift
Walt · 1 eps
The Michael J. Fox Show
Harris Green · 22 eps
The American Revolution
(voice) · 1 eps
Fear Itself
Wiilbur Orwell · 1 eps
Hawthorne
Dr. Michael Schilling · 1 eps
The Watch
Death (voice) · 4 eps
Women's Murder Club
1 eps
God, the Devil and Bob
Mike (voice) · 2 eps
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Detective Lee Tucker · 1 eps
New York News
1 eps
The Weber Show
Wendell Simms · 17 eps
Capital News
Conrad White · 13 eps
The Brian Benben Show
9 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self - Guest · 1 eps
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self · 4 eps
Between the World and Me
Self
Tapping the Wire
Self
The Wire Odyssey
Self
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
