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Wendell Pierce (born December 8, 1962) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Detective Bunk Moreland on HBO drama The Wire.
Biography
Pierce was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended Benjamin Franklin High School.[1]
Television acting career
He starred in all five seasons of the HBO drama The Wire as Detective Bunk Moreland. He was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2007.[2]
He also played a crooked policeman on Third Watch named Conrad "Candyman" Jones. An interview with him is featured in Spike Lee's 2006 HBO documentary When the Levees Broke, regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His latest role is in HBO's Treme, created by David Simon, creator of The Wire. Pierce plays Antoine Batiste, a trombone player.
Movie acting career
He also appeared in Spike Lee's 1996 movie, Get on the Bus, and Forrest Whitaker's Waiting to Exhale a year earlier. Pierce also appeared with Forrest Whitaker as an undertaker's assistant in the 1991 film, "A Rage In Harlem" and had a small role in the 1998 film Bulworth. Pierce also had a role in the 1996 film Sleepers, playing Rizzo's older brother Little Caesar. In addition Pierce played Secret Service Agent Richard Gill in the 1995 film Hackers and co-starred with Arye Gross in the film A Matter of Degrees released in 1990. Pierce is also in the 2003 film The Fighting Temptations as Reverend Lewis, and 2006 horror movie Stay Alive. He played Slick in the 2007 film Life Support; Slick is the HIV positive husband of the main character Ana (played by Queen Latifah). The film was co-written by Jim McKay, who has directed for The Wire, and was distributed by HBO. Pierce earned in May 2010 the lead role in the Indepedent horror-thriller film Foreclosure.[3]
References
- ^ Associated Press (2008). "Actor wants to revive Pontchartrain Park". KATC Channel 3. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "2007 Image Award nominees and winners". Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ Michael Imperioli Sends Horror into Foreclosure
External links
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- Pierce Opens Up About 'Treme,' Jazz and New Orleans - Interview with Wendell Pierce.
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