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Wendell Pierce is an American actor, producer and businessman, a Juilliard-trained character actor with acclaimed work on stage and screen. He first won wide recognition as Detective Bunk Moreland on HBO's The Wire (2002 to 2008), then played trombonist Antoine Batiste on Treme (2010 to 2013), attorney Robert Zane on Suits (2013 to 2019) and James Greer on Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018 to 2023). He portrayed Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). On film he has appeared in Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015), Clemency (2019) and Superman (2025), and earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), which he also produced. He made his Broadway debut in The Boys of Winter (1985), followed by Serious Money in 1988. As a theatre producer he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play for August Wilson's Radio Golf (2007) and won for Clybourne Park (2012). He played Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman in London's West End in 2019 and on Broadway in 2022, earning Laurence Olivier and Tony nominations. Pierce brings gravitas, warmth and New Orleans storytelling to the stage.
- Active since 1986
- Born in New Orleans
- Category: Actor
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- Appeared on Broadway in John Pielmeier's 1985
- Starred in Ray as Wilbur Brassfield
- Starred in Selma as Hosea Williams
- Starred in Superman as Perry White
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Our estimate puts Wendell Pierce in the $25K–$50K range (estimate).
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