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