Wendell Pierce
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA — Dec 08 1963
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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 Thoma…
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Wendell Pierce's Credits
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Law & Order
Roger Porter
Suits
Robert Zane
Chicago P.D.
Ray Price
The Wire
Bunk Moreland
Archer
Verl (voice)
Numb3rs
William Bradford
Third Watch
Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Judging Amy
Harry Benton
Elsbeth
C.W. Wagner
The Equalizer
Dr. Wolff
Ray Donovan
Ronald Keith
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
James Greer
Girlfriends
Anthony Jackson
Superman
Perry White
In Plain Sight
Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
Drop Dead Diva
Neal David
Close to Home
Sam Carter
Thunderbolts*
Congressman Gary
New York Undercover
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Detective
My Wife and Kids
Dr. Boucher
The Night Shift
Walt
Treme
Antoine Batiste
The Odd Couple
Teddy
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Richard Link
The Michael J. Fox Show
Harris Green
The American Revolution
(voice)
Fear Itself
Wiilbur Orwell
New York News
Capital News
Conrad White
Highest 2 Lowest
Gabe
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
J. Jenks
Ray
Wilbur Brassfield
Women's Murder Club
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self - Guest
Sleepers
Little Caesar
Hawthorne
Dr. Michael Schilling
Parker
Carlson
Malcolm X
Ben Thomas
Hackers
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
God, the Devil and Bob
Mike (voice)
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Detective Lee Tucker
Bad Moms
Principal Daryl Burr
The Gift
Detective Mills
Horrible Bosses
Detective Hagan
The Money Pit
Paramedic
The Watch
Death (voice)
Selma
Rev. Hosea Williams
It Could Happen to You
Bo Williams
Moloney
Calvin Patterson
Casualties of War
MacIntire
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
Bulworth
Fred
Möbius
Bob
The Weber Show
Wendell Simms
The Gregory Hines Show
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
James Greer
Stay Alive
Detective Thibodeaux
Waiting to Exhale
Michael
Brown Sugar
Simon
Clemency
Jonathan Williams
The Brian Benben Show
Family Business
Prosecutor
Elsa & Fred
Armande
Love Ranch
Naasih Mohammed
Great Museums
Lay the Favorite
Dave the Rave
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Policeman
Grease Live
Coach Calhoun
The Fighting Temptations
Reverend Lewis
Confirmation
Clarence Thomas
The Runner
Frank Legrand
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean
Get on the Bus
Wendell Perry
Bye Bye Love
Hector
Strapped
District Attorney
Beyond All Boundaries
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
The Advocate's Devil
Justin
The Mortician
Clinger
Piercing
The Doctor
A Rage in Harlem
Louis
Land of Plenty
Henry
Between the World and Me
Self
They Fight
Slim
Tapping the Wire
Self
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
The 24 Hour Woman
Roy Labelle
Night Catches Us
David Gordon
Unnatural Pursuits
Cabbie
A Hole in One
Dan
Life Support
Slick
Pariah
Arthur
Runaway Hearts
Paul
The Wire Odyssey
Self
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
John Saunders
One Last Thing
Dylan
A Matter of Degrees
Wells Dennard
Four
Joe
Abilene
Reverend Tillis
Burning Cane
Reverend Tillman
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (voice)
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
King of the South
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Andy Kirk (voice)
Don't Hang Up
Chris Daniels
Foreclosure
Virgil
Rodents of Unusual Size
Narrator (voice)
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
The Forever Tree
Doctor Willow
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Narrator (voice)
The Gilded Six Bits
Otis D. Slimmons
The Thrill Is On
B.B. King
A Plea for Modernism
Narrator (voice)
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Narrator (voice)