Wendell Pierce
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1962) 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) and 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.
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Acted in
Superman
2025
as Perry White
Thunderbolts*
2025
Elsbeth
2024
as Captain C.W. Wagner
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self - Guest
Don't Hang Up
2022
as Chris Daniels
Some Old Black Man
2021
as Calvin Jones
The Watch
2021
as Death (voice)
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Clemency
2019
as Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane
2019
as Reverend Tillman
Piercing
2019
as The Doctor
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as James Greer
One Last Thing
2018
as Dylan
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
as Detective Lee Tucker
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
2017
as Doctor Willow
Bad Moms
2016
as Principal Daryl Burr
Confirmation
2016
as Clarence Thomas
Grease Live
2016
as Coach Calhoun
The Runner
2015
as Frank Legrand
The Gift
2015
as Detective Mills
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Andy Kirk (voice)
The Odd Couple
2015
as Teddy
Selma
2014
as Rev. Hosea Williams
The Night Shift
2014
as Walt
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Armande
Foreclosure
2014
as Virgil
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Ray Price
Runaway Hearts
2014
as Paul
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
as Harris Green
Four
2013
as Joe
Ray Donovan
2013
as Ronald Keith
Möbius
2013
as Bob
Parker
2013
as Carlson
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as J. Jenks
Lay the Favorite
2012
as Dave the Rave
Horrible Bosses
2011
as Detective Hagan
Suits
2011
as Robert Zane
The Mortician
2011
as Clinger
A Plea for Modernism
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Night Catches Us
2010
as David Gordon
Love Ranch
2010
as Naasih Mohammed
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Treme
2010
as Antoine Batiste
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Archer
2009
as Verl (voice)
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Neal David
Hawthorne
2009
as Dr. Michael Schilling
Fear Itself
2008
as Wiilbur Orwell
In Plain Sight
2008
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
Women's Murder Club
2007
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Pariah
2007
as Arthur
Life Support
2007
as Slick
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Sean
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Detective
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
as Self
Stay Alive
2006
as Detective Thibodeaux
Close to Home
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Richard Link
Numb3rs
2005
Ray
2004
as Wilbur Brassfield
Land of Plenty
2004
as Henry
A Hole in One
2004
as Dan
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Reverend Lewis
Brown Sugar
2002
as Simon
The Wire
2002
as Bunk Moreland
My Wife and Kids
2001
as Dr. Boucher
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
as Otis D. Slimmons
The Weber Show
2000
as Wendell Simms
Girlfriends
2000
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
as Mike (voice)
Third Watch
1999
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Judging Amy
1999
as Harry Benton
Abilene
1999
as Reverend Tillis
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Roy Labelle
The Brian Benben Show
1998
Bulworth
1998
as Fred
The Advocate's Devil
1997
as Justin
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
Sleepers
1996
as Little Caesar
Get on the Bus
1996
as Wendell
Moloney
1996
as Calvin Patterson
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
as John Saunders
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Michael
New York News
1995
Hackers
1995
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Hector
New York Undercover
1994
It Could Happen to You
1994
as Bo Williams
Strapped
1993
as District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Policeman
Malcolm X
1992
as Ben Thomas
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Cabbie
A Matter of Degrees
1991
as Wells Dennard
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Louis
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Law & Order
1990
as Roger Porter
Law & Order
1990
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Law & Order
1990
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Law & Order
1990
as Mr. Wade
Capital News
1990
as Conrad White
Family Business
1989
as Prosecutor
Casualties of War
1989
as MacIntire
The Money Pit
1986
as Paramedic
The Equalizer
1985
as Dr. Wolff
King of the South
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
Untitled Jack Ryan Film
as James Greer
