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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
James Greer
Highest 2 Lowest
Gabe
Superman
Perry White
Thunderbolts*
Congressman Gary
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (voice)
Don't Hang Up
Chris Daniels
Between the World and Me
Self
Clemency
Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane
Reverend Tillman
Piercing
The Doctor
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Narrator (voice)
One Last Thing
Dylan
Rodents of Unusual Size
Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
Doctor Willow
Bad Moms
Principal Daryl Burr
Confirmation
Clarence Thomas
Grease Live
Coach Calhoun
The Runner
Frank Legrand
The Gift
Detective Mills
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Andy Kirk (voice)
Runaway Hearts
Paul
Selma
Rev. Hosea Williams
Elsa & Fred
Armande
Foreclosure
Virgil
Four
Joe
Möbius
Bob
Parker
Carlson
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
J. Jenks
Lay the Favorite
Dave the Rave
Horrible Bosses
Detective Hagan
The Mortician
Clinger
A Plea for Modernism
Narrator (voice)
Night Catches Us
David Gordon
Love Ranch
Naasih Mohammed
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Narrator (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
The Wire Odyssey
Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Tapping the Wire
Self
Pariah
Arthur
Life Support
Slick
I Think I Love My Wife
Sean
Stay Alive
Detective Thibodeaux
Ray
Wilbur Brassfield
Land of Plenty
Henry
A Hole in One
Dan
The Fighting Temptations
Reverend Lewis
Brown Sugar
Simon
The Gilded Six Bits
Otis D. Slimmons
Abilene
Reverend Tillis
The 24 Hour Woman
Roy Labelle
Bulworth
Fred
The Advocate's Devil
Justin
Sleepers
Little Caesar
Get on the Bus
Wendell Perry
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
John Saunders
Waiting to Exhale
Michael
Hackers
S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Bye Bye Love
Hector
It Could Happen to You
Bo Williams
Strapped
District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Policeman
Malcolm X
Ben Thomas
Unnatural Pursuits
Cabbie
A Matter of Degrees
Wells Dennard
A Rage in Harlem
Louis
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Family Business
Prosecutor
Casualties of War
MacIntire
The Money Pit
Paramedic