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Wendell Pierce
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 r…
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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.
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2026
They Fight
Movie Slim
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2026
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Movie James Greer
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2025
The American Revolution
TV show (voice)
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2025
Highest 2 Lowest
Movie Gabe
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2025
Superman
Movie Perry White
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2025
Thunderbolts*
Movie Congressman Gary
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2024
Elsbeth
TV show C.W. Wagner
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2022
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Movie Frederick Douglass (voice)
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Don't Hang Up
Movie Chris Daniels
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2021
The Watch
TV show Death (voice)
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2020
Between the World and Me
Movie Self
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2019
Clemency
Movie Jonathan Williams
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2019
Harley Quinn
TV show Lex Luthor (voice)
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
More credits
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2019
Burning Cane
Movie Reverend Tillman
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2019
Piercing
Movie The Doctor
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2018
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV show James Greer
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2018
One Last Thing
Movie Dylan
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2018
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
TV show Detective Lee Tucker
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2017
Rodents of Unusual Size
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2017
The Forever Tree
Movie Doctor Willow
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2016
Bad Moms
Movie Principal Burr
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2016
Confirmation
Movie Clarence Thomas
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2016
Grease Live
Movie Coach Calhoun
- 2015
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2015
The Runner
Movie Frank Legrand
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2015
The Gift
Movie Detective Mills
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2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Movie Andy Kirk (voice)
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2015
The Odd Couple
TV show Teddy
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2015
Runaway Hearts
Movie Paul
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2014
Selma
Movie Rev. Hosea Williams
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2014
The Night Shift
TV show Walt
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2014
Elsa & Fred
Movie Armande
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
Foreclosure
Movie Virgil
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2014
Chicago P.D.
TV show Ray Price
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2013
The Michael J. Fox Show
TV show Harris Green
