Person
Wendell Pierce
Born 8 December 1963 62 years old New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Who else is 62? → TMDB ↗
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.
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21age in their first credit on record (1985)
41years on screen and counting
6credits in 2015, their busiest year
112dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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King of the South
The Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
as Detective Marcus Hill
Age: 62 They Fight
2026as Slim
Age: 62 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026as James Greer
Age: 61 Highest 2 Lowest
2025as Gabe
Age: 61 Superman
2025as Perry White
Age: 61 Thunderbolts*
2025as Congressman Gary
Age: 58 Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022as Frederick Douglass (voice)
Age: 58 Don't Hang Up
2022as Chris Daniels
Age: 56 Clemency
2019as Jonathan Williams
Age: 55 Burning Cane
2019as Reverend Tillman
Age: 55 Piercing
2019as The Doctor
Age: 55 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018as Narrator (voice)
Age: 54 One Last Thing
2018as Dylan
Age: 53 Rodents of Unusual Size
2017as Narrator (voice)
Age: 53 The Forever Tree
2017as Doctor Willow
Age: 52 Bad Moms
2016as Principal Daryl Burr
Age: 52 Confirmation
2016as Clarence Thomas
Age: 52 Grease Live
2016as Coach Calhoun
Age: 51 The Runner
2015as Frank Legrand
Age: 51 The Gift
2015as Detective Mills
Age: 51 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015as Andy Kirk (voice)
Age: 51 Runaway Hearts
2015as Paul
Age: 51 Selma
2014as Rev. Hosea Williams
Age: 50 Elsa & Fred
2014as Armande
Age: 50 Foreclosure
2014as Virgil
Age: 49 Four
2013as Joe
Age: 49 Möbius
2013as Bob
Age: 49 Parker
2013as Carlson
Age: 48 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012as J. Jenks
Age: 48 Lay the Favorite
2012as Dave the Rave
Age: 47 Horrible Bosses
2011as Detective Hagan
Age: 47 The Mortician
2011as Clinger
Age: 47 A Plea for Modernism
2011as Narrator (voice)
Age: 46 Night Catches Us
2010as David Gordon
Age: 46 Love Ranch
2010as Naasih Mohammed
Age: 46 New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010as Narrator (voice)
Age: 45 Beyond All Boundaries
2009as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Age: 45 Fear Itself: Something with Bite
2009as Wilbur Orwell
Age: 43 2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Age: 43 Pariah
2007as Arthur
Age: 43 Life Support
2007as Slick
Age: 43 I Think I Love My Wife
2007as Sean
Age: 42 Stay Alive
2006as Detective Thibodeaux
Age: 40 Ray
2004as Wilbur Brassfield
Age: 40 Land of Plenty
2004as Henry
Age: 40 A Hole in One
2004as Dan
Age: 39 The Fighting Temptations
2003as Reverend Lewis
Age: 38 Brown Sugar
2002as Simon
Age: 37 The Gilded Six Bits
2001as Otis D. Slimmons
Age: 35 Abilene
1999as Reverend Tillis
Age: 35 The 24 Hour Woman
1999as Roy Labelle
Age: 34 Bulworth
1998as Fred
Age: 33 The Advocate's Devil
1997as Justin
Age: 32 Sleepers
1996as Little Caesar
Age: 32 Get on the Bus
1996as Wendell Perry
Age: 32 Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996as John Saunders
Age: 32 Waiting to Exhale
1995as Michael
Age: 31 Hackers
1995as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
Age: 31 Bye Bye Love
1995as Hector
Age: 30 It Could Happen to You
1994as Bo Williams
Age: 29 Strapped
1993as District Attorney
Age: 29 Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993as Policeman
Age: 28 Malcolm X
1992as Ben Thomas
Age: 28 Unnatural Pursuits
1992as Cabbie
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Age: 27 A Matter of Degrees
1991as Wells Dennard
Age: 27 A Rage in Harlem
1991as Louis
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Age: 27 The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
Age: 25 Family Business
1989as Prosecutor
Age: 25 Casualties of War
1989as MacIntire
Age: 22 The Money Pit
1986as Paramedic
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TV credits
Great Museums
Age: 61 The American Revolution
2025as (voice)
Age: 60 Elsbeth
2024as C.W. Wagner
Age: 57 The Watch
2021as Death (voice)
Age: 55 Harley Quinn
2019as Lex Luthor (voice)
Age: 54 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018as James Greer
Age: 54 Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018as Detective Lee Tucker
Age: 51 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Age: 51 The Odd Couple
2015as Teddy
Age: 50 The Night Shift
2014as Walt
Age: 50 Chicago P.D.
2014as Ray Price
Age: 49 The Michael J. Fox Show
2013as Harris Green
Age: 49 Ray Donovan
2013as Ronald Keith
Age: 47 Suits
2011as Robert Zane
Age: 46 Treme
2010as Antoine Batiste
Age: 45 Archer
2009as Verl (voice)
Age: 45 Drop Dead Diva
2009as Neal David
Age: 45 Hawthorne
2009as Dr. Michael Schilling
Age: 44 Fear Itself
2008as Wiilbur Orwell
Age: 44 In Plain Sight
2008as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
Age: 43 Women's Murder Club
2007
Age: 43 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007as Detective
Age: 41 Close to Home
2005as Sam Carter
Age: 41 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005as Richard Link
Age: 41 Numb3rs
2005as William Bradford
Age: 38 The Wire
2002as Bunk Moreland
Age: 37 My Wife and Kids
2001as Dr. Boucher
Age: 36 The Weber Show
2000as Wendell Simms
Age: 36 Girlfriends
2000as Anthony Jackson
Age: 36 God, the Devil and Bob
2000as Mike (voice)
Age: 35 Third Watch
1999as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
Age: 35 Judging Amy
1999as Harry Benton
Age: 34 The Brian Benben Show
1998No poster
Age: 33 The Gregory Hines Show
1997No poster
Age: 32 Moloney
1996as Calvin Patterson
Age: 31 New York News
1995
Age: 30 New York Undercover
1994No poster
Age: 27 The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991as Sergeant Kelly
Age: 26 Law & Order
1990as Roger Porter
Age: 26 Law & Order
1990as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
Age: 26 Law & Order
1990as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
Age: 26 Law & Order
1990as Mr. Wade
Age: 26 Capital News
1990as Conrad White
Age: 21 The Equalizer
1985as Dr. Wolff