
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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Acting (68 movies)

Land of Plenty
2004

Ray
2004

Stay Alive
2006

It Could Happen to You
1994

Hackers
1995

Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022

The Fighting Temptations
2003

Night Catches Us
2010

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010

The Gilded Six Bits
2001

Pariah
2007

Unnatural Pursuits
1992

The Mortician
2011

The 24 Hour Woman
1999

Don't Hang Up
2022

Four
2013

Parker
2013

Möbius
2013

The Wire Odyssey
2007

Elsa & Fred
2014

The Runner
2015

A Hole in One
2004

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015

Get on the Bus
1996

Foreclosure
2014

The Advocate's Devil
1997

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996

Tapping the Wire
2007

Selma
2014

The Gift
2015

27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018

Superman
2025

Strapped
1993

Bulworth
1998

Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993

Grease Live
2016

The Money Pit
1986

Confirmation
2016

Malcolm X
1992

Bad Moms
2016

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012

Piercing
2019

Family Business
1989

Life Support
2007

Brown Sugar
2002

Sleepers
1996

Waiting to Exhale
1995

Rodents of Unusual Size
2017

Bye Bye Love
1995

Love Ranch
2010

Horrible Bosses
2011

I Think I Love My Wife
2007

Clemency
2019

Beyond All Boundaries
2009

One Last Thing
2018

Burning Cane
2019

Runaway Hearts
2015

Abilene
1999

Between the World and Me
2020

The Forever Tree
2017

The Wire: The Last Word
2007

A Rage in Harlem
1991

Lay the Favorite
2012

Casualties of War
1989

A Plea for Modernism
2011

Thunderbolts*
2025

2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007

Highest 2 Lowest
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Burning Cane | 2019 | Producer |