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Acting

Wendell Pierce

Career: Active from 1991 to 2026, busiest in 2015 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Wire
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 81 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Wendell Pierce Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.2, average 3.4
Historical
1.4, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 4
Political Drama 3
Legal Thriller 3
Character-Driven Humor 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Character Study 3
Nostalgic Appeal 2
Redemption 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Melancholic Tone 2
90s Sitcom 2
Comfort Watch 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

The People v. Gorilla Grodd

TV show · as Perry White

Great Museums

TV show

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Affair

as Detective Marcus Hill

The Thrill Is On

as B.B. King

2020s

11 titles · average score 62

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

44

as James Greer

They Fight

42

as Slim

And Damn He Could Play

as Narrator

Superman

75

as Perry White

Thunderbolts*

76

as Congressman Gary

Highest 2 Lowest

65

as Gabe

The American Revolution

76

TV show · as (voice)

Elsbeth

68

TV show · as C.W. Wagner

Becoming Frederick Douglass

as Frederick Douglass (voice)

Don't Hang Up

as Chris Daniels

The Watch

50

TV show · as Death (voice)

2010s

39 titles · average score 63

Burning Cane

66

as Reverend Tillman

Piercing

60

as The Doctor

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

73

TV show · as James Greer

One Last Thing

43

as Dylan

Confirmation

76

as Clarence Thomas

The Odd Couple

51

TV show · as Teddy

The Runner

36

as Frank Legrand

Parker

50

as Carlson

The Michael J. Fox Show

64

TV show · as Harris Green

Four

55

as Joe

Suits

81

TV show · as Robert Zane

Night Catches Us

69

as David Gordon

2000s

28 titles · average score 62

Something with Bite

60

as Wilbur Orwell

Archer

84

TV show · as Verl (voice)

Life Support

67

as Slick

Pariah

64

as Arthur

2000: Bunk and McNulty

as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland

Stay Alive

36

as Detective Thibodeaux

Land of Plenty

61

as Henry

The Fighting Temptations

46

as Reverend Lewis

The Wire

92

TV show · as Bunk Moreland

Brown Sugar

69

as Simon

The Weber Show

TV show · as Wendell Simms

Girlfriends

49

TV show · as Anthony Jackson

1990s

28 titles · average score 67

Third Watch

81

TV show · as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones

Judging Amy

76

TV show · as Harry Benton

The 24 Hour Woman

49

as Roy Labelle

The Brian Benben Show

TV show

The Gregory Hines Show

TV show

The Advocate's Devil

51

as Justin

TV show · as Calvin Patterson

Sleepers

69

as Little Caesar

Hackers

53

as S.S. Agent Richard Gill

It Could Happen to You

67

as Bo Williams

New York Undercover

76

TV show

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Mr. Wade / Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant

1980s

4 titles · average score 58

Casualties of War

74

as MacIntire

Family Business

40

as Prosecutor

The Money Pit

56

as Paramedic

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Dr. Wolff