Wendell Pierce
Birthday
1963/12/08 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
웬델 피어스, Wendell Edward Pierce, وندل پیرس
Biography
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 a...Read more
Acting
(2004) Land of Plenty
as Henry
(2004) Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
(2006) Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
(1994) It Could Happen to You
as Bo Williams
(1995) Hackers
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
(2022) Becoming Frederick Douglass
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
(2003) The Fighting Temptations
as Reverend Lewis
(2010) Night Catches Us
as David Gordon
(2010) New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
as Narrator (voice)
(2001) The Gilded Six Bits
as Otis D. Slimmons
(2007) Pariah
as Arthur
(1992) Unnatural Pursuits
as Cabbie
(2011) The Mortician
as Clinger
(1999) The 24 Hour Woman
as Roy Labelle
(2022) Don't Hang Up
as Chris Daniels
(2013) Four
as Joe
(2013) Parker
as Carlson
(2013) Möbius
as Bob
(2007) The Wire Odyssey
as Self
(2014) Elsa & Fred
as Armande
(2015) The Runner
as Frank Legrand
(2004) A Hole in One
as Dan
(2015) Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Andy Kirk (voice)
(1996) Get on the Bus
as Wendell
(2014) Foreclosure
as Virgil
(1997) The Advocate's Devil
as Justin
(1991) A Matter of Degrees
as Wells Dennard
(1996) Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
as John Saunders
(2007) Tapping the Wire
as Self
(2014) Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
(2015) The Gift
as Detective Mills
(2018) 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
as Narrator (voice)
(2025) Superman
as Perry White
(1993) Strapped
as District Attorney
(1998) Bulworth
as Fred
(1993) Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Policeman
(2016) Grease Live
as Coach Calhoun
(1986) The Money Pit
as Paramedic
(2016) Confirmation
as Clarence Thomas
(1992) Malcolm X
as Ben Thomas
(2016) Bad Moms
as Principal Daryl Burr
(2012) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as J. Jenks
(2019) Piercing
as The Doctor
(1989) Family Business
as Prosecutor
(1991) The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
(2007) Life Support
as Slick
(2002) Brown Sugar
as Simon
(1996) Sleepers
as Little Caesar
(1995) Waiting to Exhale
as Michael
(2017) Rodents of Unusual Size
as Narrator (voice)
(1995) Bye Bye Love
as Hector
(2010) Love Ranch
as Naasih Mohammed
(2011) Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
(2007) I Think I Love My Wife
as Sean
(2019) Clemency
as Jonathan Williams
(2009) Beyond All Boundaries
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
(2018) One Last Thing
as Dylan
(2019) Burning Cane
as Reverend Tillman
King of the South
as ---
(2014) Runaway Hearts
as Paul
(1999) Abilene
as Reverend Tillis
(2020) Between the World and Me
as Self
(2017) The Forever Tree
as Doctor Willow
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
(2021) Some Old Black Man
as Calvin Jones
(2007) The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
(1991) A Rage in Harlem
as Louis
(2012) Lay the Favorite
as Dave the Rave
(1989) Casualties of War
as MacIntire
(2011) A Plea for Modernism
as Narrator (voice)
(2025) Thunderbolts*
as ---
Untitled Jack Ryan Film
as James Greer
(2007) 2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
(1999) Third Watch
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
(1990) Law & Order
as Roger Porter
(2005) Numb3rs
as ---
(2002) The Wire
as Bunk Moreland
(1999) Judging Amy
as Harry Benton
(1990) Capital News
as Conrad White
(2000) Girlfriends
as ---
(2001) My Wife and Kids
as Dr. Boucher
(2005) Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Richard Link
(2007) Women's Murder Club
as ---
(1994) New York Undercover
as ---
(1985) The Equalizer
as Dr. Wolff
(2005) Close to Home
as ---
(2008) Fear Itself
as Wiilbur Orwell
(2008) In Plain Sight
as ---
(1995) New York News
as ---
(1996) Moloney
as Calvin Patterson
(2009) Drop Dead Diva
as Neal David
(2000) The Weber Show
as Wendell Simms
(2010) Treme
as Antoine Batiste
(1998) The Brian Benben Show
as ---
(1997) The Gregory Hines Show
as ---
(2013) The Michael J. Fox Show
as Harris Green
(2024) Elsbeth
as Captain C.W. Wagner
(2015) The Odd Couple
as Teddy
(2013) Ray Donovan
as Ronald Keith
(2011) Suits
as Robert Zane
(2018) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
as Detective Lee Tucker
Great Museums
as ---
(2009) Archer
as Verl (voice)
(2007) Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Detective
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(2018) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as James Greer
(1990) Law & Order
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
(1990) Law & Order
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
(1990) Law & Order
as Mr. Wade
(2014) Chicago P.D.
as Ray Price
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as ---
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(2021) The Watch
as Death (voice)
(2000) God, the Devil and Bob
as Mike (voice)
(2003) Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(2006) When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self
(2009) Hawthorne
as Dr. Michael Schilling
(2014) The Night Shift
as Walt
(2022) Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self - Guest
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest