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), 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 winning 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.
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a...
for a limited engagement of 17 weeks. Directed by Miranda Cromwell, WendellPierce played Willy, Sharon D. Clarke played Linda, Khris Davis played Biff...
William "Bunk" Moreland is a fictional character in The Wire, played by WendellPierce. Bunk's character is based on a retired Baltimore detective named Oscar...
Cameron Derek McGrath as Mr. Paulsen Daniel Bellomy as Jeremy Wall WendellPierce as Robert Zane Benjamin Ayres as Gavin Andrews Jake Epstein as Brian...
paid by colleagues and friends, including Reddick's The Wire co-stars WendellPierce and Isiah Whitlock Jr., Members of the Destiny 2 community, as well...
introduced a performance from the cast of The Who's Tommy Taylor Tomlinson & WendellPierce – presented Best Featured Actress in a Play Ashley Park & Renée Elise...
up adopting his daughter, and leave New York. Robert Zane, played by WendellPierce, is Rachel's father, a well known Harvard-educated attorney and former...
featuring the first African-American Loman family on Broadway alongside WendellPierce, Sharon D. Clarke, Khris Davis and André De Shields. Belcher made his...
the cast are black, consistent with the demographics of Baltimore. WendellPierce, who plays Detective Bunk Moreland, was the first actor to be cast....
by Phillip Youmans in his feature directorial debut. The film stars WendellPierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan and Braelyn Kelly. Set in rural...
relationship with McNulty. In the homicide division, Bunk Moreland (WendellPierce) was a gifted, dry-witted detective partnered with McNulty. On the other...
starred as Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic alongside WendellPierce and the titular character on the Shanghai leg of the Othello tour. Imhangbe...
Hamilton and stars Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, WendellPierce and Novella Nelson. In 1976, former Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie)...
(John Doman) and Acting Commissioner Ervin Burrell (Frankie Faison). WendellPierce portrayed homicide detective Bunk Moreland, who became more involved...
Superman Returns, Laurence Fishburne in the DC Extended Universe, and WendellPierce in the upcoming DC Universe (DCU) film Superman (2025). In television...
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