
Wendell Pierce
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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 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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Late Night with Seth Meyers

Chicago P.D.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Judging Amy

Real Time with Bill Maher

After Midnight

Law & Order

Harley Quinn

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Third Watch

Girlfriends

Close to Home

The Equalizer

The Night Shift

New York News

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.

Archer

Drop Dead Diva

Fear Itself

God, the Devil and Bob

Ray Donovan

My Wife and Kids

The Watch

Sleepers

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Selma

The Wire Odyssey

The Money Pit

Malcolm X

Highest 2 Lowest

Casualties of War

Unnatural Pursuits

Tapping the Wire

Ray

Grease Live

Horrible Bosses

Bad Moms

Treme

Bye Bye Love

Thunderbolts*

Suits

The Gift

Stay Alive

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

The Michael J. Fox Show

The Wire

The Fighting Temptations

The Odd Couple

It Could Happen to You

Clemency

The Weber Show

Elsbeth

Moloney

Untitled Jack Ryan Film

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Accused

The Gregory Hines Show

The Brian Benben Show
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