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…
Filmography
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They Fight
They Fight
2026
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
The American Revolution
2025
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Superman
2025
Thunderbolts*
2025
Elsbeth
2024
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
Sherri
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Don't Hang Up
2022
The Watch
2021
Between the World and Me
2020
Clemency
2019
Harley Quinn
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
Burning Cane
2019
Piercing
2019
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
One Last Thing
2018
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
The Forever Tree
2017
Bad Moms
2016
Confirmation
2016
Grease Live
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Runner
2015
The Gift
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
The Odd Couple
2015
Runaway Hearts
2015
Selma
2014
The Night Shift
2014
Elsa & Fred
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Foreclosure
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
Four
2013
Ray Donovan
2013
Möbius
2013
Parker
2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Lay the Favorite
2012
Horrible Bosses
2011
Suits
2011
The Mortician
2011
A Plea for Modernism
2011
Night Catches Us
2010
Love Ranch
2010
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
Treme
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Archer
2009
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Hawthorne
2009
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
2009
Fear Itself
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
The Wire Odyssey
2007
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
Women's Murder Club
2007
Tapping the Wire
2007
Pariah
2007
Life Support
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
Stay Alive
2006
Close to Home
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Ray
2004
Land of Plenty
2004
A Hole in One
2004
The Fighting Temptations
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
The American Revolution
2025
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Superman
2025
Thunderbolts*
2025
Elsbeth
2024
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
Sherri
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Don't Hang Up
2022
The Watch
2021
Between the World and Me
2020
Clemency
2019
Harley Quinn
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
Burning Cane
2019
Piercing
2019
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
One Last Thing
2018
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
Rodents of Unusual Size
2017
The Forever Tree
2017
Bad Moms
2016
Confirmation
2016
Grease Live
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Runner
2015
The Gift
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
The Odd Couple
2015
Runaway Hearts
2015
Selma
2014
The Night Shift
2014
Elsa & Fred
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Foreclosure
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
Four
2013
Ray Donovan
2013
Möbius
2013
Parker
2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Lay the Favorite
2012
Horrible Bosses
2011
Suits
2011
The Mortician
2011
A Plea for Modernism
2011
Night Catches Us
2010
Love Ranch
2010
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
Treme
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Archer
2009
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Hawthorne
2009
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
2009
Fear Itself
2008
In Plain Sight
2008
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
The Wire Odyssey
2007
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
Women's Murder Club
2007
Tapping the Wire
2007
Pariah
2007
Life Support
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
Stay Alive
2006
Close to Home
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Ray
2004
Land of Plenty
2004
A Hole in One
2004
The Fighting Temptations
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003