Wendell Pierce
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-12-08 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Roger Porter
Law & Order
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Law & Order
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Law & Order
as Mr. Wade
Chicago P.D.
as Ray Price
Suits
as Robert Zane
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Wire
as Bunk Moreland
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Archer
as Verl (voice)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as James Greer
Superman
as Perry White
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Ray Donovan
as Ronald Keith
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Third Watch
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Girlfriends
as Anthony Jackson
Sherri
as Self - Guest