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.
Law & Order
1990 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
Suits
2011 · TV
Chicago P.D.
2014 · TV
The Wire
2002 · TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · TV
Elsbeth
2024 · TV
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026 · Movie
Numb3rs
2005 · TV
Sherri
2022 · TV
Third Watch
1999 · TV
Superman
2025 · Movie
Ray Donovan
2013 · TV
Judging Amy
1999 · TV
Close to Home
2005 · TV
Girlfriends
2000 · TV
Tamron Hall
2019 · TV
Archer
2009 · TV
The Equalizer
1985 · TV
Thunderbolts*
2025 · Movie
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · TV
Harley Quinn
2019 · TV
In Plain Sight
2008 · TV
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007 · TV
New York Undercover
1994 · TV
The Night Shift
2014 · TV
My Wife and Kids
2001 · TV
They Fight
2026 · Movie
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · TV
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 · Movie
Treme
2010 · TV
Fear Itself
2008 · TV
Sleepers
1996 · Movie
The Odd Couple
2015 · TV
The American Revolution
2025 · TV
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013 · TV
Highest 2 Lowest
2025 · Movie
Hackers
1995 · Movie
Hawthorne
2009 · TV
New York News
1995 · TV
Women's Murder Club
2007 · TV
Horrible Bosses
2011 · Movie
Parker
2013 · Movie
Ray
2004 · Movie
Malcolm X
1992 · Movie
Bad Moms
2016 · Movie
Capital News
1990 · TV
The Watch
2021 · TV
The Gift
2015 · Movie
God, the Devil and Bob
2000 · TV
Casualties of War
1989 · Movie
The Money Pit
1986 · Movie
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018 · TV
It Could Happen to You
1994 · Movie
The Weber Show
2000 · TV
Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Movie
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · TV
Selma
2014 · Movie
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 · Movie
Bulworth
1998 · Movie
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · Movie
The Fighting Temptations
2003 · Movie
Brown Sugar
2002 · Movie
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006 · TV
The Brian Benben Show
1998 · TV
The Runner
2015 · Movie
Stay Alive
2006 · Movie
Möbius
2013 · Movie
Family Business
1989 · Movie
Lay the Favorite
2012 · Movie
Between the World and Me
2020 · Movie
Beyond All Boundaries
2009 · Movie
Love Ranch
2010 · Movie
Grease Live
2016 · Movie
Great Museums
· TV
Clemency
2019 · Movie
Bye Bye Love
1995 · Movie
Confirmation
2016 · Movie
The Wire: The Last Word
2007 · Movie
The Advocate's Devil
1997 · Movie
Land of Plenty
2004 · Movie
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Movie
Pariah
2007 · Movie
Piercing
2019 · Movie
Get on the Bus
1996 · Movie
Burning Cane
2019 · Movie
Foreclosure
2014 · Movie
Elsa & Fred
2014 · Movie
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022 · Movie
One Last Thing
2018 · Movie
The Wire Odyssey
2007 · Movie
Night Catches Us
2010 · Movie
Strapped
1993 · Movie
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007 · Movie
Tapping the Wire
2007 · Movie
Life Support
2007 · Movie
Unnatural Pursuits
1992 · Movie
Something with Bite
2009 · Movie
The 24 Hour Woman
1999 · Movie
Don't Hang Up
2022 · Movie
Runaway Hearts
2015 · Movie
Four
2013 · Movie
A Hole in One
2004 · Movie
The Forever Tree
2017 · Movie
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996 · Movie
The Mortician
2011 · Movie
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017 · Movie
The Gilded Six Bits
2001 · Movie
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015 · Movie
Abilene
1999 · Movie
A Plea for Modernism
2011 · Movie
The Thrill Is On
· Movie
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010 · Movie
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018 · Movie
