Wendell Pierce
Known for: Acting
Born: December 8, 1963
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 a…
Known for
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
Don't Hang Up
2022
Four
2013
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
One Last Thing
2018
Burning Cane
2019
The Forever Tree
2017
The Thrill Is On
A Plea for Modernism
2011
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
2009
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
Confirmation
2016
King of the South
Runaway Hearts
2015
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
Night Catches Us
2010
Pariah
2007
Life Support
2007
They Fight
2026
It Could Happen to You
1994
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
Parker
2013
Elsa & Fred
2014
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Foreclosure
2014
The Advocate's Devil
1997
A Matter of Degrees
1991
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
Clemency
2019
The Mortician
2011
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
Land of Plenty
2004
The Fighting Temptations
2003
The Runner
2015
A Hole in One
2004
Piercing
2019
Abilene
1999
Stay Alive
2006
Brown Sugar
2002
Between the World and Me
2020
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
Hackers
1995
The Gift
2015
Get on the Bus
1996
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Casualties of War
1989
Thunderbolts*
2025
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Lay the Favorite
2012
Möbius
2013
Grease Live
2016
Bad Moms
2016
Bye Bye Love
1995
Horrible Bosses
2011
Ray
2004
Tapping the Wire
2007
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
Strapped
1993
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Family Business
1989
A Rage in Harlem
1991
Love Ranch
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
The Money Pit
1986
Malcolm X
1992
The Wire Odyssey
2007
Selma
2014
Superman
2025
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Sleepers
1996
Bulworth
1998
Third Watch
1999
Law & Order
1990
Numb3rs
2005
The Wire
2002
Judging Amy
1999
Capital News
1990
Girlfriends
2000
My Wife and Kids
2001
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Women's Murder Club
2007
New York Undercover
1994
The Equalizer
1985
Close to Home
2005
Fear Itself
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
New York News
1995
Moloney
1996
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Weber Show
2000
Treme
2010
The Brian Benben Show
1998
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
Elsbeth
2024
The Odd Couple
2015
Ray Donovan
2013
Suits
2011
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
Great Museums
Archer
2009
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Tamron Hall
2019
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Watch
2021
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
Hawthorne
2009
The Night Shift
2014
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Sherri
2022
Harley Quinn
2019
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The American Revolution
2025