Wendell Pierce(I)

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Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional attorney, gives her singular point of view to make observations to catch criminals alongside the NYPD.

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Elsbeth (2024– )

Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. He is known for roles in HBO dramas such as Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire and trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme; as well as portraying James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, high-powered attorney Robert Zane in Suits, and Michael Davenport in Waiting to Exhale. Pierce also had roles in the films Malcolm X, Ray, and Selma, and performed the lead role of Willy Loman in the 2019 revival of a play Death of a Salesman on the West End in London at the Piccadilly Theatre, which earned him a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. He has been thrice nominated for Independent Spirit Awards.

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Awards
- 7 wins & 25 nominations total

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Known for

The Wire

9.3

TV Series

Detective William 'Bunk' Moreland

Selma

7.5

Rev. Hosea Williams

2014

The Money Pit

6.4

Paramedic

1986

Horrible Bosses

6.9

Detective Hagan

2011

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Actor

Power Book III: Raising Kanan
7.7
TV Series
- Ishmael 'Snaps' Henry
- 2023–2025
Elsbeth
7.6
TV Series
- Captain C.W. Wagner
- 2024–2025
Thunderbolts*
7.6
- Congressman Gary
- 2025
Harley Quinn
8.4
TV Series
- Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2025
Yellow Face
Podcast Series
- ANNOUNCER
- NWOAOC
- 2024
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
8.0
TV Series
- James Greer
- 2018–2023
Accused
7.0
TV Series
- Detective Trent Douglas
- 2023
Eureka!
5.7
TV Series
- Sandy
- Cliff (voice)
- 2022–2023
Upgrade Soul
7.6
Podcast Series
- Hank (voice)
- 2022
Don't Hang Up
6.1
- Chris Daniels
- 2022
The Watch
5.5
TV Series
- Death (voice)
- 2020–2021
Chicago P.D.
8.1
TV Series
- Alderman Ray Price
- Ray Price
- 2017–2020
Suits
8.4
TV Series
- Robert Zane
- 2013–2019
Burning Cane
5.5
- Reverend Tillman
- 2019
Clemency
6.5
- Jonathan Williams
- 2019

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Height
- 5′ 8¼″ (1.73 m)
Born
- December 8, 1963
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Other works
(9/06) Stage: Appeared (as "Jim Bono") in "Fences" by August Wilson, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA.
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Trivia
According to the Marketplace radio program, in December, 2011, he opened Sterling Express, the first in a chain of grocery stores selling fresh produce and other staples in his hometown of New Orleans.

Quotes
The Wire (2002) really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of. If you see me on the street, feel free for the rest of my life to call me Bunk.