
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), 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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.021 |
Birthday | 1963-12-08 |
Place of Birth | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
Also Known As | 웬델 피어스, Wendell Edward Pierce, وندل پیرس, |

2004

Land of Plenty
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2004

Ray
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Stay Alive
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1994

It Could Happen to You
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1995

Hackers
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2022

Becoming Frederick Douglass
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The Fighting Temptations
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2010

Night Catches Us
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2010

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
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2001

The Gilded Six Bits
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2007

Pariah
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Unnatural Pursuits
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2011

The Mortician
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1999

The 24 Hour Woman
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Don't Hang Up
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2013

Four
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Parker
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2013

Möbius
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2007

The Wire Odyssey
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2014

Elsa & Fred
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2015

The Runner
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2004

A Hole in One
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2015

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
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1996

Get on the Bus
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2014

Foreclosure
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1997

The Advocate's Devil
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1991

A Matter of Degrees
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1996

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
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2007

Tapping the Wire
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2014

Selma
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2015

The Gift
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2018

27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
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2025

Superman
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1993

Strapped
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1998

Bulworth
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
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2016

Grease Live
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The Money Pit
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2016

Confirmation
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Malcolm X
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2016

Bad Moms
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2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
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2019

Piercing
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Family Business
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The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
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2007

Life Support
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2002

Brown Sugar
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1996

Sleepers
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1995

Waiting to Exhale
6.3/170
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2017

Rodents of Unusual Size
7.6/8
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1995

Bye Bye Love
5.9/74
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2010

Love Ranch
5.4/50
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2011

Horrible Bosses
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2007

I Think I Love My Wife
5.4/187
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2019

Clemency
6.3/111
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2009

Beyond All Boundaries
6.5/4
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2018

One Last Thing
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Burning Cane
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2014

Runaway Hearts
7/2
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1999

Abilene
0/0
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2020

Between the World and Me
7.9/7
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2017

The Forever Tree
2/1
In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life.
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The Thrill Is On
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A drama centered on the friendship between B.B King and young musician Michael Zanetis.
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2021

Some Old Black Man
0/0
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2007

The Wire: The Last Word
1.5/2
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
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1991

A Rage in Harlem
5.5/53
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2012

Lay the Favorite
5.254/232
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1989

Casualties of War
7.2/900
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2011

A Plea for Modernism
0/0
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2025

Thunderbolts*
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Jack Ryan: The Movie
0/0
Described as the next evolutionary step to the Amazon series of the same name.
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2007

2000: Bunk and McNulty
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