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Wendell Pierce
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In short · Acting since 1986, 5 decades active, 70 credits.
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Power Book III: Raising Kanan
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Man of Tomorrow
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62 credits
Man of Tomorrow(2027)
Perry White
Film
They Fight(2026)
Slim
Film
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War(2026)
James Greer
Film
Thunderbolts*(2025)
Congressman Gary
Film
Highest 2 Lowest(2025)
Gabe
Film
Superman(2025)
Perry White
Film
Elsbeth(2024)
Captain C.W. Wagner
TV
Don't Hang Up(2022)
Chris Daniels
Film
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom(2022)
Frederick Douglass
Film
Power Book III: Raising Kanan(2021)
Ishmael 'Snaps' Henry
TVThe Watch(2020)
Death
TV
Burning Cane(2019)
Reverend Tillman
Film
Clemency(2019)
Jonathan Williams
Film
One Last Thing(2018)
Dylan
Film
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan(2018)
James Greer (30 Episodes)
TVJack Ryan(2018)
James Greer
TV
Piercing(2018)
The Doctor
Film
Rodents of Unusual Size(2017)
Narrator
Film
Confirmation(2016)
Clarence Thomas
Film
Bad Moms(2016)
Principal Burr
Film
Runaway Hearts(2015)
Paul Levinson
Film
The Odd Couple(2015)
Teddy
TV
The Runner(2015)
Frank Legrand
Film
The Gift(2015)
Detective Mills
Film
Foreclosure(2014)
Virgil
Film
Elsa & Fred(2014)
Armande
Film
Selma(2014)
Rev. Hosea Williams
Film
Parker(2013)
Carlson
Film
The Michael J. Fox Show(2013)
Actor
TV
Four(2012)
Joe
Film
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- New Orleans: Soul of a CitySelf - New Orleans Native & Actor · 2025
- Inside the Black BoxSelf · 2022
- Living a NightmareSelf - Bought Larry Hughes Home · 2020
- Between the World and MeSelf · 2020
- Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf (1 Episode) · 2014
- The Big UneasySelf - Narration · 2010
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsSelf (4 Episodes) · 2006
- LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest (1 Episode) · 1988
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