Wendell Pierce

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-12-08 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Wendell Pierce

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 rol...

Acting

2004

2004

Ray

as Wilbur Brassfield

2006

Stay Alive

as Detective Thibodeaux

1994

1995

Hackers

as S.S. Agent Richard Gill

2022

Becoming Frederick Douglass

as Frederick Douglass (voice)

2003

The Fighting Temptations

as Reverend Lewis

2010

Night Catches Us

as David Gordon

2001

The Gilded Six Bits

as Otis D. Slimmons

2007

Pariah

as Arthur

1992

2011

The Mortician

as Clinger

1999

The 24 Hour Woman

as Roy Labelle

2022

Don't Hang Up

as Chris Daniels

2013

Four

as Joe

2013

Parker

as Carlson

2013

Möbius

as Bob

2007

2014

Elsa & Fred

as Armande

2015

The Runner

as Frank Legrand

2004

1996

Get on the Bus

as Wendell

2014

Foreclosure

as Virgil

1991

A Matter of Degrees

as Wells Dennard

2007

2014

Selma

as Rev. Hosea Williams

2015

The Gift

as Detective Mills

2025

Superman

as Perry White

1993

Strapped

as District Attorney

1998

Bulworth

as Fred

1993

2016

Grease Live

as Coach Calhoun

1986

The Money Pit

as Paramedic

2016

Confirmation

as Clarence Thomas

1992

Malcolm X

as Ben Thomas

2016

Bad Moms

as Principal Daryl Burr

2019

Piercing

as The Doctor

1989

Family Business

as Prosecutor

1991

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards

2007

Life Support

as Slick

2002

Brown Sugar

as Simon

1996

Sleepers

as Little Caesar

1995

2017

Rodents of Unusual Size

as Narrator (voice)

1995

Bye Bye Love

as Hector

2010

Love Ranch

as Naasih Mohammed

2011

Horrible Bosses

as Detective Hagan

2019

Clemency

as Jonathan Williams

2009

Beyond All Boundaries

as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter

2018

2019

Burning Cane

as Reverend Tillman

2014

1999

Abilene

as Reverend Tillis

2017

The Forever Tree

as Doctor Willow

-

The Thrill Is On

as B.B. King

2021

Some Old Black Man

as Calvin Jones

1991

2012

Lay the Favorite

as Dave the Rave

1989

Casualties of War

as MacIntire

2011

A Plea for Modernism

as Narrator (voice)

2025

Thunderbolts*

as Congressman Gary

2007

2000: Bunk and McNulty

as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland

2025

Production

2019

Burning Cane

as Producer

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