Acting
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.
Filmography
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Film · 2026
They Fight
Film · 2026
And Damn He Could Play
Film · 2026
Superman
Film · 2025
Thunderbolts*
Film · 2025
Highest 2 Lowest
Film · 2025
The American Revolution
Series · 2025
Elsbeth
Series · 2024
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Film · 2022
Don't Hang Up
Film · 2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Series · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
The Watch
Series · 2021
Between the World and Me
Film · 2020
Piercing
Film · 2019
Clemency
Film · 2019
Burning Cane
Film · 2019
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
Harley Quinn
Series · 2019
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Film · 2018
One Last Thing
Film · 2018
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Series · 2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Series · 2018
Rodents of Unusual Size
Film · 2017
The Forever Tree
Film · 2017
Grease Live
Film · 2016
Confirmation
Film · 2016
Bad Moms
Film · 2016
The Runner
Film · 2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Film · 2015
The Gift
Film · 2015
Runaway Hearts
Film · 2015
The Odd Couple
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Elsa & Fred
Film · 2014
Foreclosure
Film · 2014
Selma
Film · 2014
Chicago P.D.
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Night Shift
Series · 2014
Four
Film · 2013
Parker
Film · 2013
Möbius
Film · 2013
The Michael J. Fox Show
Series · 2013
Ray Donovan
Series · 2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Film · 2012
Lay the Favorite
Film · 2012
The Mortician
Film · 2011
Horrible Bosses
Film · 2011
A Plea for Modernism
Film · 2011
Suits
Series · 2011
Night Catches Us
Film · 2010
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Film · 2010
Love Ranch
Film · 2010
Treme
Series · 2010
Beyond All Boundaries
Film · 2009
Something with Bite
Film · 2009
Drop Dead Diva
Series · 2009
Archer
Series · 2009
Hawthorne
Series · 2009
Fear Itself
Series · 2008
In Plain Sight
Series · 2008
Pariah
Film · 2007
The Wire Odyssey
Film · 2007
Tapping the Wire
Film · 2007
Life Support
Film · 2007
I Think I Love My Wife
Film · 2007
The Wire: The Last Word
Film · 2007
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Film · 2007
Women's Murder Club
Series · 2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Series · 2007
Stay Alive
Film · 2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Series · 2006
Numb3rs
Series · 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Series · 2005
Close to Home
Series · 2005
Land of Plenty
Film · 2004
Ray
Film · 2004
A Hole in One
Film · 2004
The Fighting Temptations
Film · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Brown Sugar
Film · 2002
The Wire
Series · 2002
The Gilded Six Bits
Film · 2001
My Wife and Kids
Series · 2001
Girlfriends
Series · 2000
The Weber Show
Series · 2000
God, the Devil and Bob
Series · 2000
The 24 Hour Woman
Film · 1999
Abilene
Film · 1999
Third Watch
Series · 1999
Judging Amy
Series · 1999
Bulworth
Film · 1998
The Brian Benben Show
Series · 1998
The Advocate's Devil
Film · 1997
The Gregory Hines Show
Series · 1997
Get on the Bus
Film · 1996
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Film · 1996
Sleepers
Film · 1996
Moloney
Series · 1996
Hackers
Film · 1995
Waiting to Exhale
Film · 1995
Bye Bye Love
Film · 1995
New York News
Series · 1995
It Could Happen to You
Film · 1994
New York Undercover
Series · 1994
Strapped
Film · 1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Film · 1993
Unnatural Pursuits
Film · 1992
Malcolm X
Film · 1992
A Matter of Degrees
Film · 1991
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Film · 1991
A Rage in Harlem
Film · 1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Series · 1991
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Capital News
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Family Business
Film · 1989
Casualties of War
Film · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
The Money Pit
Film · 1986
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
King of the South
Film
The Thrill Is On
Film
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
Film
Jabari’s People
Film
Great Museums
Series
The People v. Gorilla Grodd
Series