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 acclaime ... d 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Wire
as Bunk Moreland
Episodes: 60
First Aired: Jun 02, 2002
The Odd Couple
as Teddy
Episodes: 38
First Aired: Feb 19, 2015
Treme
as Antoine Batiste
Episodes: 36
First Aired: Apr 11, 2010
Suits
as Robert Zane
Episodes: 36
First Aired: Jun 23, 2011
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as James Greer
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Aug 30, 2018
Elsbeth
as Captain C.W. Wagner
Episodes: 23
First Aired: Feb 29, 2024
The Michael J. Fox Show
as Harris Green
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 26, 2013
Moloney
as Calvin Patterson
Episodes: 21
First Aired: Sep 19, 1996
The Weber Show
as Wendell Simms
Episodes: 17
First Aired: Oct 26, 2000
Capital News
as Conrad White
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Apr 09, 1990
Chicago P.D.
as Ray Price
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jan 08, 2014
Third Watch
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 23, 1999
The Watch
as Death (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 03, 2021
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Richard Link
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 03, 2005
The Equalizer
as Dr. Wolff
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 18, 1985
Fear Itself
as Wiilbur Orwell
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 05, 2008
God, the Devil and Bob
as Mike (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 09, 2000
Law & Order
as Roger Porter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Judging Amy
as Harry Benton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1999
My Wife and Kids
as Dr. Boucher
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 2001
Drop Dead Diva
as Neal David
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 12, 2009
Ray Donovan
as Ronald Keith
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 30, 2013
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
as Detective Lee Tucker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 27, 2018
Archer
as Verl (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 2009
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Detective
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 11, 2007
Law & Order
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Law & Order
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Law & Order
as Mr. Wade
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Hawthorne
as Dr. Michael Schilling
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 16, 2009
The Night Shift
as Walt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 27, 2014
The Gregory Hines Show
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 15, 1997
The Brian Benben Show
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Sep 21, 1998
Numb3rs
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 23, 2005
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Aug 21, 2006
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 21, 2003
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Girlfriends
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 2000
Women's Murder Club
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 12, 2007
New York Undercover
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1994
Close to Home
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2005
In Plain Sight
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 01, 2008
New York News
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1995
Great Museums
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 2022
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