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.
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Films (78)
And Damn He Could Play
2026 · Narrator
They Fight
2026 · Slim
Jack Ryan de Tom Clancy : Guerre Fantôme
2026 · James Greer
Du ciel à l’enfer
2025 · Gabe
Superman
2025 · Perry White
Thunderbolts*
2025 · Congressman Gary
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022 · Frederick Douglass (voice)
Don't Hang Up
2022 · Chris Daniels
Between the World and Me
2020 · Self
Une ultime grâce
2019 · Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane
2019 · Reverend Tillman, Producer
Piercing
2019 · The Doctor
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018 · Narrator (voice)
One Last Thing
2018 · Dylan
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017 · Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
2017 · Doctor Willow
Mères indignes
2016 · Principal Burr
Confirmation
2016 · Clarence Thomas
Grease Live!
2016 · Coach Calhoun
The Runner
2015 · Frank Legrand
Le cadeau
2015 · Detective Mills
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015 · Andy Kirk (voice)
Runaway Hearts
2015 · Paul
Selma
2014 · Rev. Hosea Williams
Elsa y Fred
2014 · Armande
Foreclosure
2014 · Virgil
Four
2013 · Joe
Möbius
2013 · Bob
Parker
2013 · Carlson
Twilight, chapitre 5 : Révélation, 2ème partie
2012 · J. Jenks
Lady Vegas : Les Mémoires d'une joueuse
2012 · Dave the Rave
Comment tuer son boss ?
2011 · Detective Hagan
The Mortician
2011 · Clinger
A Plea for Modernism
2011 · Narrator (voice)
Night Catches Us
2010 · David Gordon
Love Ranch
2010 · Naasih Mohammed
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries
2009 · Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Something with Bite
2009 · Wilbur Orwell
The Wire: The Last Word
2007 · Self
The Wire Odyssey
2007 · Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007 · Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Tapping the Wire
2007 · Self
Pariah
2007 · Arthur
La marche de l'espoir
2007 · Slick
Je crois que j'aime ma femme
2007 · Sean
Stay Alive
2006 · Detective Thibodeaux
Ray
2004 · Wilbur Brassfield
Land of plenty (terre d'abondance)
2004 · Henry
A Hole in One
2004 · Dan
The Fighting Temptations
2003 · Reverend Lewis
Brown Sugar
2002 · Simon
The Gilded Six Bits
2001 · Otis D. Slimmons
Abilene
1999 · Reverend Tillis
The 24 Hour Woman
1999 · Roy Labelle
Bulworth
1998 · Fred
The Advocate's Devil
1997 · Justin
Sleepers
1996 · Little Caesar
Get on the Bus
1996 · Wendell Perry
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996 · John Saunders
Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Michael
Hackers
1995 · S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Bye Bye Love
1995 · Hector
It Could Happen to You
1994 · Bo Williams
Strapped
1993 · District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 · Policeman
Malcolm X
1992 · Ben Thomas
Unnatural Pursuits
1992 · Cabbie
A Matter of Degrees
1991 · Wells Dennard
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Louis
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991 · Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Family Business
1989 · Prosecutor
Casualties of War
1989 · MacIntire
The Money Pit
1986 · Paramedic
King of the South
The Thrill Is On
· B.B. King
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair
· Detective Marcus Hill
Jabari’s People
Séries (49)
La guerre d’indépendance américaine : toute l’histoire
2025 · (voice)
Elsbeth
2024 · C.W. Wagner
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · Self - Guest
The Watch
2021 · Death (voice)
Harley Quinn
2019 · Lex Luthor (voice)
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Jack Ryan
2018 · James Greer
Unsolved
2018 · Detective Lee Tucker
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Una rara pareja
2015 · Teddy
The Night Shift
2014 · Walt
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
Chicago Police Department
2014 · Ray Price
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013 · Harris Green
Ray Donovan
2013 · Ronald Keith
Suits, avocats sur mesure
2011 · Robert Zane
Treme
2010 · Antoine Batiste
Archer
2009 · Verl (voice)
Diva de l'au-delà
2009 · Neal David
Hawthorne : Infirmière en chef
2009 · Dr. Michael Schilling
Fear Itself : Les Maîtres De La Peur
2008 · Wiilbur Orwell
U.S. Marshals, Protection de témoins
2008 · Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
Club contra el crimen
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007 · Detective
Katrina (When The Levees Broke)
2006 · Self
Close to Home : Juste Cause
2005 · Sam Carter
New York Cour de Justice
2005 · Richard Link
Numb3rs
2005 · William Bradford
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Sur écoute
2002 · Bunk Moreland
My Wife and Kids
2001 · Dr. Boucher
The Weber Show
2000 · Wendell Simms
Girlfriends
2000 · Anthony Jackson
God, the Devil and Bob
2000 · Mike (voice)
Third Watch
1999 · Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Judging Amy
1999 · Harry Benton
The Brian Benben Show
1998
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
Moloney
1996 · Calvin Patterson
New York News
1995
New York Undercover
1994
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Sergeant Kelly
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Roger Porter, Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant, Ola-Gimju Nwaka, Mr. Wade
Capital News
1990 · Conrad White
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
The Equalizer
1985 · Dr. Wolff
Great Museums
The People v. Gorilla Grodd
· Perry White