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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
as James Greer
2026
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Wendell Pierce
Also known as 웬델 피어스, Wendell Edward Pierce, وندل پیرس
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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2026
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They Fight
as Slim
2026
2025
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Superman
as Perry White
2025
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Thunderbolts*
London premiereas Congressman Gary
2025
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Highest 2 Lowest
as Gabe
2025
2022
B
Becoming Frederick Douglass
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
2022
D
Don't Hang Up
as Chris Daniels
2022
2020
B
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
2019
P
Piercing
as The Doctor
2019
C
Clemency
as Jonathan Williams
2019
B
Burning Cane
2019
2018
2
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
as Narrator (voice)
2018
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One Last Thing
as Dylan
2018
2017
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Rodents of Unusual Size
as Narrator (voice)
2017
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The Forever Tree
as Doctor Willow
2017
2016
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Grease Live
as Coach Calhoun
2016
C
Confirmation
as Clarence Thomas
2016
B
Bad Moms
as Principal Daryl Burr
2016
2015
T
The Runner
as Frank Legrand
2015
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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Andy Kirk (voice)
2015
T
The Gift
as Detective Mills
2015
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Runaway Hearts
as Paul
2015
2014
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Elsa & Fred
as Armande
2014
F
Foreclosure
as Virgil
2014
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Selma
as Rev. Hosea Williams
2014
2013
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Four
as Joe
2013
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Parker
as Carlson
2013
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Möbius
as Bob
2013
2012
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as J. Jenks
2012
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Lay the Favorite
as Dave the Rave
2012
2011
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The Mortician
as Clinger
2011
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Horrible Bosses
as Detective Hagan
2011
A
A Plea for Modernism
as Narrator (voice)
2011
2010
N
Night Catches Us
as David Gordon
2010
N
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
as Narrator (voice)
2010
L
Love Ranch
as Naasih Mohammed
2010
2009
B
Beyond All Boundaries
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
2009
S
Something with Bite
as Wilbur Orwell
2009
2007
P
Pariah
as Arthur
2007
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The Wire Odyssey
as Self
2007
T
Tapping the Wire
as Self
2007
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Life Support
as Slick
2007
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I Think I Love My Wife
as Sean
2007
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The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
2007
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2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
2007
2006
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Stay Alive
as Detective Thibodeaux
2006
2004
L
Land of Plenty
as Henry
2004
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Ray
as Wilbur Brassfield
2004
A
A Hole in One
as Dan
2004
2003
T
The Fighting Temptations
as Reverend Lewis
2003
2002
B
Brown Sugar
as Simon
2002
2001
T
The Gilded Six Bits
as Otis D. Slimmons
2001
1999
T
The 24 Hour Woman
as Roy Labelle
1999
A
Abilene
as Reverend Tillis
1999
1998
B
Bulworth
as Fred
1998
1997
T
The Advocate's Devil
as Justin
1997
1996
G
Get on the Bus
as Wendell Perry
1996
N
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
as John Saunders
1996
S
Sleepers
as Little Caesar
1996
1995
H
Hackers
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
1995