Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Writers: Susannah Grant,
Cast: Dylan Baker, Eric Stonestreet, Erika Christensen, Grace Gummer, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Kerry Washington, Treat Williams, Wendell Pierce, Zoe Lister-Jones,
Director: Joel Edgerton
Writers: Joel Edgerton,
Cast: Adam Lazarre-White, Allison Tolman, Beau Knapp, Busy Philipps, Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, Rebecca Hall, Tim Griffin, Wendell Pierce,
Director: Michael Radford
Writers: Anna Pavignano,
Cast: Chris Noth, Christopher Plummer, Erika Alexander, George Segal, Jared Gilman, Marcia Gay Harden, Reg Rogers, Scott Bakula, Shirley MacLaine, Wendell Pierce,
Director: Taylor Hackford
Writers: John J. McLaughlin,
Cast: Bobby Cannavale, Carlos Carrasco, Clifton Collins Jr., Emma Booth, Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Micah A. Hauptman, Michael Chiklis, Patti LuPone, Wendell Pierce,
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Writers: Rick Famuyiwa,
Cast: Boris Kodjoe, Erik Weiner, Melissa Martínez, Nicole Ari Parker, Queen Latifah, Reggi Wyns, Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Wendell Pierce, Yasiin Bey,
Director: Andrew Bergman
Writers: Jane Anderson,
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Isaac Hayes, J.E. Freeman, Nicolas Cage, Red Buttons, Rosie Perez, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, Víctor Rojas, Wendell Pierce,
Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: David Rabe,
Cast: Don Harvey, Erik King, Jack Gwaltney, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Thuy Thu Le, Ving Rhames, Wendell Pierce,