Wendell Pierce
Acting
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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Wendell Pierce
Gabe
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Perry White
... 2025
Congressman Gary
... 2025
Frederick Douglass (voice)
... 2022
Chris Daniels
... 2022
... 2020
Jonathan Williams
... 2019
Reverend Tillman
... 2019
The Doctor
... 2019
Narrator (voice)
... 2018
Dylan
... 2018
Narrator (voice)
... 2017
Doctor Willow
... 2017
Principal Daryl Burr
... 2016
Clarence Thomas
... 2016
Coach Calhoun
... 2016
Frank Legrand
... 2015
Detective Mills
... 2015
Andy Kirk (voice)
... 2015
Rev. Hosea Williams
... 2014
Armande
... 2014
Virgil
... 2014
Paul
... 2014
Joe
... 2013
Bob
... 2013
Carlson
... 2013
... 2012
Dave the Rave
... 2012
Detective Hagan
... 2011
Clinger
... 2011
Narrator (voice)
... 2011
David Gordon
... 2010
Naasih Mohammed
... 2010
Narrator (voice)
... 2010
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
... 2009
... 2007
Self
... 2007
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
... 2007
Self
... 2007
Arthur
... 2007
Slick
... 2007
... 2007
Detective Thibodeaux
... 2006
Wilbur Brassfield
... 2004
Henry
... 2004
Dan
... 2004
Reverend Lewis
... 2003
Simon
... 2002
Otis D. Slimmons
... 2001
Reverend Tillis
... 1999
Roy Labelle
... 1999
Fred
... 1998
Justin
... 1997
Little Caesar
... 1996
Wendell
... 1996
John Saunders
... 1996
Michael
... 1995
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
... 1995
Hector
... 1995
Bo Williams
... 1994
District Attorney
... 1993
Policeman
... 1993
Ben Thomas
... 1992
Cabbie
... 1992
Wells Dennard
... 1991
Louis
... 1991
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
... 1991
Prosecutor
... 1989
MacIntire
... 1989
Paramedic
... 1986
B.B. King
James Greer