8.0
8.0
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Andy Kirk (voice)
Wendell Pierce
Also known as: Wendell Edward Pierce
Nationality:United States
Education:Juilliard School, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
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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 of stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying Detective Bunk Moreland in the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. Pierce's 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 nomination for the Tony Award for Best Play 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 nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award and Best Leading Actor in a Play.
Filmography (66 movies)
7.9
7.9
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
7.6
7.6
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
as Narrator (voice)
7.4
7.4
Ray
2004
as Wilbur Brassfield
7.3
7.3
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
7.3
7.3
Thunderbolts*
2025
as Congressman Gary
7.3
7.3
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Policeman
7.1
7.1
Casualties of War
1989
as MacIntire
7.0
7.0
Grease Live
2016
as Coach Calhoun
7.0
7.0
Runaway Hearts
2015
as Paul
6.9
6.9
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
as James Greer
6.9
6.9
Confirmation
2016
as Clarence Thomas
6.8
6.8
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
6.7
6.7
The Gift
2015
as Detective Mills
6.7
6.7
It Could Happen to You
1994
as Bo Williams
6.6
6.6
Brown Sugar
2002
as Simon
6.6
6.6
Horrible Bosses
2011
as Detective Hagan
6.5
6.5
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
6.5
6.5
One Last Thing
2018
as Dylan
6.5
6.5
Bad Moms
2016
as Principal Daryl Burr
6.4
6.4
Hackers
1995
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
6.3
6.3
Get on the Bus
1996
as Wendell
6.3
6.3
Clemency
2019
as Jonathan Williams
6.3
6.3
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Michael
6.1
6.1
Land of Plenty
2004
as Henry
6.1
6.1
Parker
2013
as Carlson
6.0
6.0
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Armande
5.9
5.9
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Hector
5.8
5.8
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Reverend Lewis
5.8
5.8
Stay Alive
2006
as Detective Thibodeaux
5.7
5.7
Möbius
2013
as Bob
5.7
5.7
Burning Cane
2019
Producer
5.7
5.7
The Advocate's Devil
1997
as Justin
5.7
5.7
Strapped
1993
as District Attorney
5.7
5.7
Family Business
1989
as Prosecutor
5.7
5.7
Piercing
2019
as The Doctor
5.6
5.6
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Gabe
5.6
5.6
Life Support
2007
as Slick
5.4
5.4
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Louis
5.4
5.4
Love Ranch
2010
as Naasih Mohammed
5.3
5.3
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Sean
5.3
5.3
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
5.3
5.3
Four
2013
as Joe
5.3
5.3
Night Catches Us
2010
as David Gordon
5.2
5.2
Lay the Favorite
2012
as Dave the Rave
5.1
5.1
The Mortician
2011
as Clinger
4.8
4.8
The Runner
2015
as Frank Legrand
4.5
4.5
A Hole in One
2004
as Dan
3.5
3.5
A Matter of Degrees
1991
as Wells Dennard
3.0
3.0
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Roy Labelle
2.0
2.0
The Forever Tree
2017
as Doctor Willow
1.5
1.5
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
1.0
1.0
Pariah
2007
as Arthur
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
as Otis D. Slimmons
Don't Hang Up
2022
as Chris Daniels
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
as John Saunders
A Plea for Modernism
2011
as Narrator (voice)
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Adventures in the Making of Superman
2025
as Self
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Cabbie
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Foreclosure
2014
as Virgil
Abilene
1999
as Reverend Tillis
The Thrill Is On
TBA
as B.B. King
King of the South
TBA
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