Wendell Pierce
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
Movie
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as J. Jenks
2012
Movie
Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
2011
TV
Suits
as Robert Zane
2011
Movie
Superman
as Perry White
2025
Movie
Bad Moms
as Principal Daryl Burr
2016
Movie
Sleepers
as Little Caesar
1996
Movie
Thunderbolts*
as Congressman Gary
2025
Movie
The Gift
as Detective Mills
2015
Movie
Parker
as Carlson
2013
TV
The Wire
as Bunk Moreland
2002
TV
Chicago P.D.
as Ray Price
2014
Movie
Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
2014
Movie
Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
2004
Movie
Malcolm X
as Ben Thomas
1992
TV
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as James Greer
2018
Movie
Hackers
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
1995
TV
Archer
as Verl (voice)
2009
Movie
The Money Pit
as Paramedic
1986
Movie
Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Policeman
1993
TV
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
Movie
Casualties of War
as MacIntire
1989
Movie
It Could Happen to You
as Bo Williams
1994
TV
Ray Donovan
as Ronald Keith
2013
Movie
Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
2006
