Wendell Pierce
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1963-12-08 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as
- 웬델 피어스 · Wendell Edward Pierce · وندل پیرس
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 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.
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Known For
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
as James Greer
Law & Order
1990
as Roger Porter / Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant / Ola-Gimju Nwaka / Mr. Wade
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Suits
2011
as Robert Zane
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Ray Price
TV Shows (47)
Law & Order
1990
as Roger Porter / Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant / Ola-Gimju Nwaka / Mr. Wade
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Suits
2011
as Robert Zane
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Ray Price
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as James Greer
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The Wire
2002
as Bunk Moreland
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Third Watch
1999
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Archer
2009
as Verl (voice)
Numb3rs
2005
as William Bradford
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Judging Amy
1999
as Harry Benton
The Equalizer
1985
as Dr. Wolff
Ray Donovan
2013
as Ronald Keith
Elsbeth
2024
as C.W. Wagner
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Harley Quinn
2019
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Close to Home
2005
as Sam Carter
Girlfriends
2000
as Anthony Jackson
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Neal David
New York Undercover
1994
In Plain Sight
2008
as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
My Wife and Kids
2001
as Dr. Boucher
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Detective
The Night Shift
2014
as Walt
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Richard Link
Treme
2010
as Antoine Batiste
The Odd Couple
2015
as Teddy
Fear Itself
2008
as Wiilbur Orwell
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
Hawthorne
2009
as Dr. Michael Schilling
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
as Harris Green
New York News
1995
Women's Murder Club
2007
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
as Detective Lee Tucker
Capital News
1990
as Conrad White
The Weber Show
2000
as Wendell Simms
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
as Mike (voice)
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self - Guest
The Watch
2021
as Death (voice)
Moloney
1996
as Calvin Patterson
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
as Self
The Brian Benben Show
1998
Great Museums
Movies (75)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
as James Greer
Superman
2025
as Perry White
Thunderbolts*
2025
as Congressman Gary
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as J. Jenks
Sleepers
1996
as Little Caesar
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Gabe
Horrible Bosses
2011
as Detective Hagan
Hackers
1995
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Ray
2004
as Wilbur Brassfield
It Could Happen to You
1994
as Bo Williams
Malcolm X
1992
as Ben Thomas
Parker
2013
as Carlson
Bad Moms
2016
as Principal Daryl Burr
The Gift
2015
as Detective Mills
Casualties of War
1989
as MacIntire
The Money Pit
1986
as Paramedic
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Michael
Selma
2014
as Rev. Hosea Williams
Stay Alive
2006
as Detective Thibodeaux
Piercing
2019
as The Doctor
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Policeman
Family Business
1989
as Prosecutor
Brown Sugar
2002
as Simon
Bulworth
1998
as Fred
Love Ranch
2010
as Naasih Mohammed
Möbius
2013
as Bob
Lay the Favorite
2012
as Dave the Rave
Confirmation
2016
as Clarence Thomas
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Reverend Lewis
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Sean
The Runner
2015
as Frank Legrand
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Louis
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Hector
Grease Live
2016
as Coach Calhoun
Clemency
2019
as Jonathan Williams
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Get on the Bus
1996
as Wendell Perry
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Armande
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
Strapped
1993
as District Attorney
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
The Advocate's Devil
1997
as Justin
Abilene
1999
as Reverend Tillis
Life Support
2007
as Slick
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Roy Labelle
Land of Plenty
2004
as Henry
The Mortician
2011
as Clinger
Four
2013
as Joe
Night Catches Us
2010
as David Gordon
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
A Matter of Degrees
1991
as Wells Dennard
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
They Fight
2026
as Slim
One Last Thing
2018
as Dylan
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Andy Kirk (voice)
King of the South
Foreclosure
2014
as Virgil
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
as John Saunders
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Cabbie
A Hole in One
2004
as Dan
Don't Hang Up
2022
as Chris Daniels
Burning Cane
2019
as Reverend Tillman
Pariah
2007
as Arthur
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
as Otis D. Slimmons
Runaway Hearts
2015
as Paul
A Plea for Modernism
2011
as Narrator (voice)
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
2017
as Doctor Willow
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
2009
as Wilbur Orwell
About Wendell Pierce
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 Clar… With 122 credits spanning from 1985 to 2026, Wendell Pierce has appeared in 75 films and 47 TV shows.
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- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026) — as James Greer
- Superman (2025) — as Perry White
- Thunderbolts* (2025) — as Congressman Gary
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) — as J. Jenks
- Sleepers (1996) — as Little Caesar
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