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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Highest 2 Lowest
Character:Gabe
Release Date:14/08/2025
Adventures in the Making of Superman
Character:Self
Release Date:11/08/2025
Superman
Character:Perry White
Release Date:09/07/2025
Thunderbolts*
Character:Congressman Gary
Release Date:30/04/2025
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Character:Frederick Douglass (voice)
Release Date:11/10/2022
Don't Hang Up
Character:Chris Daniels
Release Date:20/03/2022
Between the World and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2020
Clemency
Character:Jonathan Williams
Release Date:27/12/2019
Burning Cane
Character:Reverend Tillman
Release Date:25/04/2019
Piercing
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:03/01/2019
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/12/2018
One Last Thing
Character:Dylan
Release Date:13/06/2018
Rodents of Unusual Size
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/11/2017
The Forever Tree
Character:Doctor Willow
Release Date:02/05/2017
Bad Moms
Character:Principal Daryl Burr
Release Date:28/07/2016
Confirmation
Character:Clarence Thomas
Release Date:16/04/2016
Grease Live
Character:Coach Calhoun
Release Date:31/01/2016
The Runner
Character:Frank Legrand
Release Date:07/08/2015
The Gift
Character:Detective Mills
Release Date:31/07/2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Character:Andy Kirk (voice)
Release Date:01/04/2015
Runaway Hearts
Character:Paul
Release Date:30/01/2015
Selma
Character:Rev. Hosea Williams
Release Date:25/12/2014
Elsa & Fred
Character:Armande
Release Date:07/03/2014
Foreclosure
Character:Virgil
Release Date:03/02/2014
Four
Character:Joe
Release Date:13/09/2013
Möbius
Character:Bob
Release Date:17/02/2013
Parker
Character:Carlson
Release Date:23/01/2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Character:J. Jenks
Release Date:13/11/2012
Lay the Favorite
Character:Dave the Rave
Release Date:22/06/2012
Horrible Bosses
Character:Detective Hagan
Release Date:08/07/2011
The Mortician
Character:Clinger
Release Date:15/02/2011
A Plea for Modernism
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2011
Night Catches Us
Character:David Gordon
Release Date:03/12/2010
Love Ranch
Character:Naasih Mohammed
Release Date:30/06/2010
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:18/04/2010
Beyond All Boundaries
Character:Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Release Date:09/11/2009
The Wire: The Last Word
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2007
The Wire Odyssey
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2007
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Character:Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Release Date:05/12/2007
Tapping the Wire
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2007
Pariah
Character:Arthur
Release Date:19/04/2007
Life Support
Character:Slick
Release Date:10/03/2007
I Think I Love My Wife
Character:Sean
Release Date:07/03/2007
Stay Alive
Character:Detective Thibodeaux
Release Date:24/03/2006
Ray
Character:Wilbur Brassfield
Release Date:29/10/2004
Land of Plenty
Character:Henry
Release Date:10/09/2004
A Hole in One
Character:Dan
Release Date:02/05/2004
The Fighting Temptations
Character:Reverend Lewis
Release Date:19/09/2003
Brown Sugar
Character:Simon
Release Date:05/10/2002
The Gilded Six Bits
Character:Otis D. Slimmons
Release Date:18/02/2001
Abilene
Character:Reverend Tillis
Release Date:13/03/1999
The 24 Hour Woman
Character:Roy Labelle
Release Date:29/01/1999
Bulworth
Character:Fred
Release Date:15/05/1998
The Advocate's Devil
Character:Justin
Release Date:05/10/1997
Sleepers
Character:Little Caesar
Release Date:18/10/1996
Get on the Bus
Character:Wendell
Release Date:16/10/1996
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Character:John Saunders
Release Date:02/04/1996
Waiting to Exhale
Character:Michael
Release Date:22/12/1995
Hackers
Character:S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Release Date:14/09/1995
Bye Bye Love
Character:Hector
Release Date:16/03/1995
It Could Happen to You
Character:Bo Williams
Release Date:16/07/1994
Strapped
Character:District Attorney
Release Date:21/08/1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Character:Policeman
Release Date:02/05/1993
Malcolm X
Character:Ben Thomas
Release Date:18/11/1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Character:Cabbie
Release Date:01/01/1992
A Matter of Degrees
Character:Wells Dennard
Release Date:13/09/1991
A Rage in Harlem
Character:Louis
Release Date:03/05/1991
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Character:Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Release Date:06/03/1991
Family Business
Character:Prosecutor
Release Date:06/12/1989
Casualties of War
Character:MacIntire
Release Date:18/08/1989
The Money Pit
Character:Paramedic
Release Date:26/03/1986
Television Appearances
The American Revolution
Character:voice
Elsbeth
Character:C.W. Wagner
Sherri
Character:Self - Guest
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Character:Self - Guest
The Watch
Character:Death (voice)
Harley Quinn
Character:Lex Luthor (voice)
Tamron Hall
Character:Self - Guest
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Character:James Greer
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Character:Detective Lee Tucker
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Odd Couple
Character:Teddy
The Night Shift
Character:Walt
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Chicago P.D.
Character:Ray Price
The Michael J. Fox Show
Character:Harris Green
Ray Donovan
Character:Ronald Keith
Suits
Character:Robert Zane
Treme
Character:Antoine Batiste
Archer
Character:Verl (voice)
Drop Dead Diva
Character:Neal David
Hawthorne
Character:Dr. Michael Schilling
Fear Itself
Character:Wiilbur Orwell
In Plain Sight
Character:Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
Women's Murder Club
Character:
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Character:Detective
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Character:Self
Close to Home
Character:Sam Carter
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character:Richard Link
Numb3rs
Character:William Bradford
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
The Wire
Character:Bunk Moreland
My Wife and Kids
Character:Dr. Boucher
The Weber Show
Character:Wendell Simms
Girlfriends
Character:Anthony Jackson
God, the Devil and Bob
Character:Mike (voice)
Third Watch
Character:Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Judging Amy
Character:Harry Benton
The Brian Benben Show
Character:
The Gregory Hines Show
Character:
Moloney
Character:Calvin Patterson
New York News
Character:
New York Undercover
Character:
Law & Order
Character:Roger Porter
Law & Order
Character:Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Law & Order
Character:Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Law & Order
Character:Mr. Wade
Capital News
Character:Conrad White
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
The Equalizer
Character:Dr. Wolff
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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