Wendell Pierce
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order
Roger Porter
1990
Series
Law & Order
Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
1990
Series
Law & Order
Ola-Gimju Nwaka
1990
Series
Law & Order
Mr. Wade
1990
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Suits
Robert Zane
2011
Series
Chicago P.D.
Ray Price
2014
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
Elsbeth
C.W. Wagner
2024
Series
The Wire
Bunk Moreland
2002
Film
Thunderbolts*
Congressman Gary
2025
Series
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
James Greer
2018
Film
Superman
Perry White
2025
Series
Numb3rs
William Bradford
2005
Film
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
James Greer
2026
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Archer
Verl (voice)
2009
Series
Third Watch
Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
1999
Series
Judging Amy
Harry Benton
1999
Series
Ray Donovan
Ronald Keith
2013
Series
Girlfriends
Anthony Jackson
2000
Series
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Equalizer
Dr. Wolff
1985
Series
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
Series
New York Undercover
1994
Series
Drop Dead Diva
Neal David
2009
Series
In Plain Sight
Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
2008
Series
My Wife and Kids
Dr. Boucher
2001
Film
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
J. Jenks
2012
Series
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Detective
2007
Series
Close to Home
Sam Carter
2005
Series
The Night Shift
Walt
2014
Series
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Richard Link
2005
Film
Sleepers
Little Caesar
1996
Series
Treme
Antoine Batiste
2010
Film
Horrible Bosses
Detective Hagan
2011
Film
Bad Moms
Principal Daryl Burr
2016
Series
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025
Series
The Odd Couple
Teddy
2015
Film
Highest 2 Lowest
Gabe
2025
Film
Hackers
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
1995
Film
The Gift
Detective Mills
2015
Series
The Michael J. Fox Show
Harris Green
2013
Film
The Money Pit
Paramedic
1986
Series
Fear Itself
Wiilbur Orwell
2008
Series
New York News
1995
Film
Parker
Carlson
2013
Series
Hawthorne
Dr. Michael Schilling
2009
Film
Malcolm X
Ben Thomas
1992
Film
Ray
Wilbur Brassfield
2004
Film
They Fight
Slim
2026
Series
Women's Murder Club
2007
Film
It Could Happen to You
Bo Williams
1994
Series
The Watch
Death (voice)
2021
Film
Casualties of War
MacIntire
1989
Series
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Detective Lee Tucker
2018
Series
God, the Devil and Bob
Mike (voice)
2000
Film
Selma
Rev. Hosea Williams
2014
Series
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self - Guest
2022
Film
Bulworth
Fred
1998
Series
Capital News
Conrad White
1990
Film
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Policeman
1993
Film
Stay Alive
Detective Thibodeaux
2006
Film
Waiting to Exhale
Michael
1995
Film
The Runner
Frank Legrand
2015
Series
The Weber Show
Wendell Simms
2000
Film
Brown Sugar
Simon
2002
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
Film
Family Business
Prosecutor
1989
Film
Lay the Favorite
Dave the Rave
2012
Film
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean
2007
Series
The Brian Benben Show
1998
Series
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
2006
Film
Möbius
Bob
2013
Film
Grease Live
Coach Calhoun
2016
Moloney
Calvin Patterson
1996
Film
The Fighting Temptations
Reverend Lewis
2003
Film
Get on the Bus
Wendell Perry
1996
Film
Land of Plenty
Henry
2004
Film
Love Ranch
Naasih Mohammed
2010
Film
Bye Bye Love
Hector
1995
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Sergeant Kelly
1991
Film
Piercing
The Doctor
2019
Series
Great Museums
Film
Night Catches Us
David Gordon
2010
Film
Clemency
Jonathan Williams
2019
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
Detective Marcus Hill
Film
Elsa & Fred
Armande
2014
Film
Beyond All Boundaries
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
2009
Film
Burning Cane
Reverend Tillman
2019
Film
A Rage in Harlem
Louis
1991
Film
Confirmation
Clarence Thomas
2016
Film
Life Support
Slick
2007
Film
Between the World and Me
Self
2020
Film
One Last Thing
Dylan
2018
Film
Foreclosure
Virgil
2014
Film
Pariah
Arthur
2007
Film
Strapped
District Attorney
1993
Film
The Wire Odyssey
Self
2007
Film
The Mortician
Clinger
2011
Film
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
2007
Film
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
John Saunders
1996
Film
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
2007
Film
The Forever Tree
Doctor Willow
2017
Film
The Advocate's Devil
Justin
1997
Film
The 24 Hour Woman
Roy Labelle
1999
Film
Four
Joe
2013
Film
Tapping the Wire
Self
2007
Film
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (voice)
2022
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
1991
Film
Runaway Hearts
Paul
2015
Film
Unnatural Pursuits
Cabbie
1992
Film
A Hole in One
Dan
2004
Film
Rodents of Unusual Size
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
Something with Bite
Wilbur Orwell
2009
A Matter of Degrees
Wells Dennard
1991
King of the South
Film
Don't Hang Up
Chris Daniels
2022
Film
Abilene
Reverend Tillis
1999
Film
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Andy Kirk (voice)
2015
Film
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
A Plea for Modernism
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
The Thrill Is On
B.B. King
Film
The Gilded Six Bits
Otis D. Slimmons
2001
Film
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Narrator (voice)
2018