Wendell Pierce
Born 1963
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 trom…
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Movies 75
- Film
They Fight(2026)
as Slim
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War(2026)
as James Greer
Highest 2 Lowest(2025)
as Gabe
Superman(2025)
as Perry White
Thunderbolts*(2025)
as Congressman Gary
Becoming Frederick Douglass(2022)
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Don't Hang Up(2022)
as Chris Daniels
Between the World and Me(2020)
as Self
Clemency(2019)
as Jonathan Williams
Burning Cane(2019)
as Reverend Tillman
Piercing(2019)
as The Doctor
27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon(2018)
as Narrator (voice)
One Last Thing(2018)
as Dylan
Rodents of Unusual Size(2017)
as Narrator (voice)
The Forever Tree(2017)
as Doctor Willow
Bad Moms(2016)
as Principal Daryl Burr
Confirmation(2016)
as Clarence Thomas
Grease Live(2016)
as Coach Calhoun
The Runner(2015)
as Frank Legrand
The Gift(2015)
as Detective Mills
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band(2015)
as Andy Kirk (voice)
Runaway Hearts(2015)
as Paul
Selma(2014)
as Rev. Hosea Williams
Elsa & Fred(2014)
as Armande
Foreclosure(2014)
as Virgil
Four(2013)
as Joe
Möbius(2013)
as Bob
Parker(2013)
as Carlson
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2(2012)
as J. Jenks
Lay the Favorite(2012)
as Dave the Rave
Horrible Bosses(2011)
as Detective Hagan
The Mortician(2011)
as Clinger
A Plea for Modernism(2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Night Catches Us(2010)
as David Gordon
Love Ranch(2010)
as Naasih Mohammed
New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music(2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries(2009)
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Fear Itself: Something with Bite(2009)
as Wilbur Orwell
The Wire: The Last Word(2007)
as Self
The Wire Odyssey(2007)In catalog
as Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty(2007)
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Tapping the Wire(2007)
as Self
Pariah(2007)
as Arthur
Life Support(2007)
as Slick
I Think I Love My Wife(2007)
as Sean
Stay Alive(2006)
as Detective Thibodeaux
Ray(2004)
as Wilbur Brassfield
Land of Plenty(2004)
as Henry
A Hole in One(2004)
as Dan
The Fighting Temptations(2003)
as Reverend Lewis
Brown Sugar(2002)
as Simon
The Gilded Six Bits(2001)
as Otis D. Slimmons
Abilene(1999)
as Reverend Tillis
The 24 Hour Woman(1999)
as Roy Labelle
Bulworth(1998)
as Fred
The Advocate's Devil(1997)
as Justin
Sleepers(1996)
as Little Caesar
Get on the Bus(1996)
as Wendell Perry
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story(1996)
as John Saunders
Waiting to Exhale(1995)
as Michael
Hackers(1995)
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Bye Bye Love(1995)
as Hector
It Could Happen to You(1994)
as Bo Williams
Strapped(1993)
as District Attorney
Manhattan Murder Mystery(1993)
as Policeman
Malcolm X(1992)
as Ben Thomas
Unnatural Pursuits(1992)
as Cabbie
- Film
A Matter of Degrees(1991)
as Wells Dennard
A Rage in Harlem(1991)
as Louis
- Film
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway(1991)
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Family Business(1989)
as Prosecutor
Casualties of War(1989)
as MacIntire
The Money Pit(1986)
as Paramedic
- Film
King of the South
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
Cast Away activity
Wendell Piercehasn’t been picked in any published slate yet.
