Wendell Pierce: movies and TV shows
Wendell Pierce has 129 credits in the archive: 77 films and 52 TV series, from 1985 to 2026. Highest rated: The Wire (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1985 – 2026 · busiest year: 2007 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War | James Greer | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2026 | They Fight | Slim | Film | 1.0 | 62 |
| 2025 | Superman | Perry White | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2025 | Thunderbolts* | Congressman Gary | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest | Gabe | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2024 | Elsbeth | C.W. Wagner | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 58 |
| 2022 | Be My Guest with Ina Garten | Self - Guest | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2022 | Becoming Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass (voice) | Film | 4.7 | 58 |
| 2022 | Don't Hang Up | Chris Daniels | Film | — | 58 |
| 2021 | The Watch | Death (voice) | TV | 5.4 | 57 |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Self | Film | 7.9 | 56 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Lex Luthor (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 55 |
| 2019 | Burning Cane | Reverend Tillman | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2019 | Burning Cane | Film | 5.7 | 55 | |
| 2019 | Piercing | The Doctor | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2019 | Clemency | Jonathan Williams | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | James Greer | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2018 | Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. | Detective Lee Tucker | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2018 | One Last Thing | Dylan | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2018 | 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 54 |
| 2017 | The Forever Tree | Doctor Willow | Film | 2.0 | 53 |
| 2017 | Rodents of Unusual Size | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 53 |
| 2016 | Bad Moms | Principal Daryl Burr | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2016 | Grease Live | Coach Calhoun | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2016 | Confirmation | Clarence Thomas | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | TV | 6.1 | 51 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2015 | The Odd Couple | Teddy | TV | 5.8 | 51 |
| 2015 | The Gift | Detective Mills | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2015 | The Runner | Frank Legrand | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 2015 | Runaway Hearts | Paul | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Andy Kirk (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 50 |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Ray Price | TV | 8.4 | 50 |
| 2014 | The Night Shift | Walt | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2014 | Selma | Rev. Hosea Williams | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Armande | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 2014 | Foreclosure | Virgil | Film | — | 50 |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | Ronald Keith | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 2013 | Parker | Carlson | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2013 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Harris Green | TV | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2013 | Möbius | Bob | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 2013 | Four | Joe | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | J. Jenks | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Dave the Rave | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 2011 | Suits | Robert Zane | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses | Detective Hagan | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 2011 | A Plea for Modernism | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 47 |
| 2011 | The Mortician | Clinger | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 2010 | Treme | Antoine Batiste | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2010 | Love Ranch | Naasih Mohammed | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 2010 | Night Catches Us | David Gordon | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 2010 | New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 46 |
| 2009 | Archer | Verl (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Neal David | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 2009 | Hawthorne | Dr. Michael Schilling | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2009 | Something with Bite | Wilbur Orwell | Film | — | 45 |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Sgt. Thomas McPhatter | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2008 | Fear Itself | Wiilbur Orwell | TV | 6.7 | 44 |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Detective | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | TV | 7.8 | 43 | |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Sean | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 2007 | Pariah | Arthur | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 2007 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self | Film | 1.5 | 43 |
| 2007 | The Wire Odyssey | Self | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self | Film | 7.8 | 43 |
| 2007 | Life Support | Slick | Film | 5.6 | 43 |
| 2007 | 2000: Bunk and McNulty | Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland | Film | — | 43 |
| 2006 | Stay Alive | Detective Thibodeaux | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Self | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | William Bradford | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Sam Carter | TV | 5.9 | 41 |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Richard Link | TV | 8.1 | 41 |
| 2004 | Ray | Wilbur Brassfield | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 2004 | Land of Plenty | Henry | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 2004 | A Hole in One | Dan | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 39 |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Reverend Lewis | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 2002 | The Wire | Bunk Moreland | TV | 8.6 | 38 |
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | Simon | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 2001 | My Wife and Kids | Dr. Boucher | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 2001 | The Gilded Six Bits | Otis D. Slimmons | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 2000 | Girlfriends | Anthony Jackson | TV | 7.3 | 36 |
| 2000 | The Weber Show | Wendell Simms | TV | 8.2 | 36 |
| 2000 | God, the Devil and Bob | Mike (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Harry Benton | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones | TV | 7.9 | 35 |
| 1999 | The 24 Hour Woman | Roy Labelle | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1999 | Abilene | Reverend Tillis | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Fred | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1998 | The Brian Benben Show | TV | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1997 | The Gregory Hines Show | TV | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1997 | The Advocate's Devil | Justin | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Little Caesar | Film | 7.6 | 32 |
| 1996 | Moloney | Calvin Patterson | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | Wendell Perry | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1996 | Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | John Saunders | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1995 | Hackers | S.S. Agent Richard Gill | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1995 | New York News | TV | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Michael | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1995 | Bye Bye Love | Hector | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | TV | 7.3 | 30 | |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Bo Williams | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Policeman | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1993 | Strapped | District Attorney | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Ben Thomas | Film | 7.6 | 28 |
| 1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Cabbie | Film | — | 28 |
| 1991 | The General Motors Playwrights Theater | Sergeant Kelly | TV | — | 27 |
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Louis | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1991 | A Matter of Degrees | Wells Dennard | Film | 4.4 | 27 |
| 1991 | The 10 Million Dollar Getaway | Parnell "Stacks" Edwards | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Roger Porter | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Ola-Gimju Nwaka | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Mr. Wade | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1990 | Capital News | Conrad White | TV | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | MacIntire | Film | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1989 | Family Business | Prosecutor | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 24 |
| 1986 | The Money Pit | Paramedic | Film | 6.5 | 22 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Dr. Wolff | TV | 7.1 | 21 |
| Great Museums | TV | — | — | ||
| Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair | Detective Marcus Hill | Film | — | — | |
| King of the South | Film | — | — | ||
| The Thrill Is On | B.B. King | Film | — | — |