Wendell Pierce
- Atuação
- 8 de dezembro de 1963 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- And Damn He Could Play · Narrator
- O Sonho Pela Redenção · Slim
- Jack Ryan de Tom Clancy: Guerra Fantasma · James Greer
- The American Revolution · Voz
- Luta de Classes · Gabe
- Superman · Perry White
- Thunderbolts* · Congressman Gary
- Elsbeth · C.W. Wagner
- Becoming Frederick Douglass · Frederick Douglass (Voz)
- Sherri · Em pessoa
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten · Em pessoa
- Don't Hang Up · Chris Daniels
- The Watch · Death (Voz)
- Between the World and Me · Em pessoa
- Clemência · Jonathan Williams
- Arlequina · Lex Luthor (Voz)
- The Tamron Hall Show · Em pessoa
- Burning Cane · Reverend Tillman, Produção
- Piercing · The Doctor
- 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon · Narrator (Voz)
- Jack Ryan de Tom Clancy · James Greer
- Uma Última Vez · Dylan
- Unsolved · Detective Lee Tucker
- Rodents of Unusual Size · Narrator (Voz)
- The Forever Tree · Doctor Willow
- Perfeita é a Mãe! · Principal Burr
- Confirmação · Clarence Thomas
- Grease: Ao Vivo · Coach Calhoun
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Em pessoa
- Fator de Risco · Frank Legrand
- O Presente · Detective Mills
- Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band · Andy Kirk (Voz)
- The Odd Couple · Teddy
- Runaway Hearts · Paul
- Selma: Uma Luta pela Igualdade · Rev. Hosea Williams
- Plantão Noturno · Walt
- Elsa & Fred: Um Amor de Paixão · Armande
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Em pessoa
- Foreclosure · Virgil
- Chicago P.D.: Distrito 21 · Ray Price
- O Show de Michael J. Fox · Harris Green
- Four · Joe
- Ray Donovan · Ronald Keith
- Quebra de Conduta · Bob
- Parker · Carlson
- A Saga Crepúsculo: Amanhecer - Parte 2 · J. Jenks
- O Dobro ou Nada · Dave the Rave
- Quero Matar Meu Chefe · Detective Hagan
- Homens de Terno · Robert Zane
- The Mortician · Clinger
- A Plea for Modernism · Narrator (Voz)
- Night Catches Us · David Gordon
- Rancho do Amor · Naasih Mohammed
- New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music · Narrator (Voz)
- Treme · Antoine Batiste
- Beyond All Boundaries · Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
- Archer · Verl (Voz)
- Sob Medida · Neal David
- Hawthorne · Dr. Michael Schilling
- Something with Bite · Wilbur Orwell
- Antologia do Medo · Wiilbur Orwell
- Testemunha Ocular · Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
- The Wire: The Last Word · Em pessoa
- The Wire Odyssey · Em pessoa
- 2000: Bunk and McNulty · Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
- Affaires de Femmes
- Tapping the Wire · Em pessoa
- Pariah · Arthur
- Juntos Pela Vida · Slick
- Acho que Amo Minha Mulher · Sean
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! · Detective
- Quando os Diques Se Romperam: Um Réquiem em Quatro Atos- · Em pessoa
- Stay Alive: Jogo Mortal · Detective Thibodeaux
- Em Nome da Justiça · Sam Carter
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury · Richard Link
- Numb3rs · William Bradford
- Ray · Wilbur Brassfield
- Medo e Obsessão · Henry
- A Hole in One · Dan
- Resistindo às Tentações · Reverend Lewis