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 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
2004
asHenry
2004
asWilbur Brassfield
2006
asDetective Thibodeaux
1994
asBo Williams
1995
asS.S. Agent Richard Gill
2022
asFrederick Douglass (voice)
2003
asReverend Lewis
2010
asDavid Gordon
2010
asNarrator (voice)
2001
asOtis D. Slimmons
2007
asArthur
1992
asCabbie
2011
asClinger
1999
asRoy Labelle
2022
asChris Daniels
2013
asJoe
2013
asCarlson
2013
asBob
2007
asSelf
2014
asArmande
2015
asFrank Legrand
2004
asDan
2015
asAndy Kirk (voice)
1996
asWendell
2014
asVirgil
1997
asJustin
1991
asWells Dennard
1996
asJohn Saunders
2007
asSelf
2014
asRev. Hosea Williams
2015
asDetective Mills
2018
asNarrator (voice)
2025
asPerry White
1993
asDistrict Attorney
1998
asFred
1993
asPoliceman
2016
asCoach Calhoun
1986
asParamedic
2016
asClarence Thomas
1992
asBen Thomas
2016
asPrincipal Daryl Burr
2012
asJ. Jenks
2019
asThe Doctor
1989
asProsecutor
1991
asParnell "Stacks" Edwards
2007
asSlick
2002
asSimon
1996
asLittle Caesar
1995
asMichael
2017
asNarrator (voice)
1995
asHector
2010
asNaasih Mohammed
2011
asDetective Hagan
2007
asSean
2019
asJonathan Williams
2009
asSgt. Thomas McPhatter
2018
asDylan
2019
asReverend Tillman
as 
2015
asPaul
1999
asReverend Tillis
2020
asSelf
2017
asDoctor Willow
asB.B. King
2007
asSelf
1991
asLouis
2012
asDave the Rave
1989
asMacIntire
2011
asNarrator (voice)
2025
asCongressman Gary
asJames Greer
2007
asDet. William 'Bunk' Moreland
2025
asGabe
2025
asSelf
asSlim
asOfficer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
asRoger Porter
asWilliam Bradford
asBunk Moreland
asHarry Benton
asConrad White
asAnthony Jackson
asDr. Boucher
asRichard Link
as
as
asDr. Wolff
asSam Carter
asWiilbur Orwell
asDr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
asasCalvin Patterson
asNeal David
asWendell Simms
asAntoine Batiste
asas 
asHarris Green
asC.W. Wagner
asTeddy
asRonald Keith
asRobert Zane
asDetective Lee Tucker
as
asVerl (voice)
asDetective
asSelf - Guest
asJames Greer
asCivil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
asOla-Gimju Nwaka
asMr. Wade
asRay Price
as
asSelf
asDeath (voice)
asMike (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asDr. Michael Schilling
asWalt
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asLex Luthor (voice)
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf - Guest
asvoice
Production
2019
asCrew
Directing
