Wendell Pierce
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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
Filmography
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
as James Greer
They Fight
2026
as Slim
Superman
2025
as Perry White
Thunderbolts*
2025
as Congressman Gary
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Gabe
Adventures in the Making of Superman
2025
as himself
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
Elsbeth
2024
as C.W. Wagner
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Don't Hang Up
2022
as Chris Daniels
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self - Guest
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Watch
2021
as Death (voice)
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Piercing
2019
as The Doctor
Clemency
2019
as Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane
2019
as Reverend Tillman
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Harley Quinn
2019
as Lex Luthor (voice)
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
as Narrator (voice)
One Last Thing
2018
as Dylan
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
as Detective Lee Tucker
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as James Greer
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree
2017
as Doctor Willow
Grease Live
2016
as Coach Calhoun
Confirmation
2016
as Clarence Thomas
Bad Moms
2016
as Principal Burr
The Runner
2015
as Frank Legrand
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Andy Kirk (voice)
The Gift
2015
as Detective Mills
Runaway Hearts
2015
as Paul
The Odd Couple
2015
as Teddy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Armande
Foreclosure
2014
as Virgil
Selma
2014
as Rev. Hosea Williams
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Ray Price
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Night Shift
2014
as Walt
Four
2013
as Joe
Parker
2013
as Carlson
Möbius
2013
as Bob
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
as Harris Green
Ray Donovan
2013
as Ronald Keith
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as J. Jenks
Lay the Favorite
2012
as Dave the Rave
The Mortician
2011
as Clinger
Horrible Bosses
2011
as Detective Hagan
A Plea for Modernism
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Suits
2011
as Robert Zane
Night Catches Us
2010
as David Gordon
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Love Ranch
2010
as Naasih Mohammed
Treme
2010
as Antoine Batiste
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Something with Bite
2009
as Wilbur Orwell
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Neal David
Archer
2009
as Verl (voice)
Hawthorne
2009
as Dr. Michael Schilling
Fear Itself
2008
as Wiilbur Orwell
In Plain Sight
2008
as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
Pariah
2007
as Arthur
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Life Support
2007
as Slick
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Sean
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Women's Murder Club
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Detective
Stay Alive
2006
as Detective Thibodeaux
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
as Self
Numb3rs
2005
as William Bradford
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Richard Link
Close to Home
2005
as Sam Carter
Land of Plenty
2004
as Henry
Ray
2004
as Wilbur Brassfield
A Hole in One
2004
as Dan
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Reverend Lewis
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Brown Sugar
2002
as Simon
The Wire
2002
as Bunk Moreland
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
as Otis D. Slimmons
My Wife and Kids
2001
as Dr. Boucher
Girlfriends
2000
as Anthony Jackson
The Weber Show
2000
as Wendell Simms
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
as Mike (voice)
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Roy Labelle
Abilene
1999
as Reverend Tillis
Third Watch
1999
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Judging Amy
1999
as Harry Benton
Bulworth
1998
as Fred
The Brian Benben Show
1998
The Advocate's Devil
1997
as Justin
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
Get on the Bus
1996
as Wendell Perry
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
as John Saunders
Sleepers
1996
as Little Caesar
Moloney
1996
as Calvin Patterson
Hackers
1995
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Michael
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Hector
New York News
1995
It Could Happen to You
1994
as Bo Williams
New York Undercover
1994
Strapped
1993
as District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Policeman
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Cabbie
Malcolm X
1992
as Ben Thomas
A Matter of Degrees
1991
as Wells Dennard
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Louis
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
as Sergeant Kelly
Law & Order
1990
as Roger Porter
Capital News
1990
as Conrad White
Law & Order
1990
as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Law & Order
1990
as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Law & Order
1990
as Mr. Wade
Family Business
1989
as Prosecutor
Casualties of War
1989
as MacIntire
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
The Money Pit
1986
as Paramedic
The Equalizer
1985
as Dr. Wolff