How much do you know about
Wendell Pierce?
Wendell Pierce
🎂 Dec 8, 1963 (62)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Known for
62Age
0Oscars
49Movies
31Series
62
Age
0
Oscars
49
Movies
31
Series
Movies
Superman
2025
Thunderbolts*
2025
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Sleepers
1996
Ray
2004
Parker
2013
Horrible Bosses
2011
Malcolm X
1992
Hackers
1995
Bad Moms
2016
The Gift
2015
The Money Pit
1986
Casualties of War
1989
Selma
2014
It Could Happen to You
1994
Bulworth
1998
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Stay Alive
2006
The Fighting Temptations
2003
Möbius
2013
Elsa & Fred
2014
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
Lay the Favorite
2012
The Runner
2015
Clemency
2019
Get on the Bus
1996
Brown Sugar
2002
Family Business
1989
Bye Bye Love
1995
Love Ranch
2010
Land of Plenty
2004
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
The Mortician
2011
Piercing
2019
A Rage in Harlem
1991
One Last Thing
2018
Night Catches Us
2010
A Hole in One
2004
Burning Cane
2019
Four
2013
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
Pariah
2007
TV Shows
The Wire
2002
Elsbeth
2024
The Odd Couple
2015
Treme
2010
Suits
2011
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
The Weber Show
2000
Capital News
1990
Chicago P.D.
2014
Third Watch
1999
Numb3rs
2005
The Watch
2021
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
The Equalizer
1985
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
Harley Quinn
2019
Law & Order
1990
Judging Amy
1999
Girlfriends
2000
My Wife and Kids
2001
Close to Home
2005
Fear Itself
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Ray Donovan
2013
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
Archer
2009
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Hawthorne
2009
♦ TRIVIA ♦
How well do you know Wendell Pierce?
♠
♥
♦
♣
?
▶
Play trailer
Latest Trailer
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Photos & Roles
Wendell Pierce
1963-12-08 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.