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Wendell Pierce
Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor of stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying Detective Bunk Moreland in the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008.
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Born 8 December 1963 · Q727730
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2026· 6 entries
“s been a gift to develop a closer relationship with his father.”
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“but the poetic truth is that the goodness of humanity has shown up”
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“The Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington DC) May19-June 21, 2026. “Beware my lord of jealousy””
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“Tonight: America’s Best & Brightest. You should know this man. MUST SEE!!!!!!!”
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2025· 6 entries
“There are those who do not have our best interest at heart. Exercise your right of self determination. For the ancestors! There is blood on that ballot box. Honor them. #NoKings”
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“In America today there is an effort to erase Black history. Revisionist history seeks to eliminate the murderous violence against our community and denigrate Black achievement. Our community is under attack. We need to defend our humanity!”
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“Pop & Snaps gonna get Paid!”
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“If You Don’t Know, You Better Ask Some………Pop & Snaps 🔥🔥 @RaisingKanan @STARZ March 7 We’re Back!!!”
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“Today we honor the man who exemplified the best of the American aesthetic and values: in spirit, philosophy, and deeds. A profound leader of a movement that changed our country and the world. A man of faith whose humanity gave evidence of the divine.”
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“President Trump takes office at 12 noon. A convicted felon who led a violent insurrection to overthrow the American government where law enforcement was attacked and people lost their lives. He will immediately pardon many who were convicted of crimes on January 6th.”
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2022· 1 entry
Returning with Pierce, Sharon D
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2020· 1 entry
Pierce recorded "The Ever Fonky Lowdown" with Wynton Marsalis
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2019· 2 entries
And on Broadway in New York in 2022, for which he earned nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
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Pierce starred in the acclaimed Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic Theatre in London and its successful transfer to the West End
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2016· 3 entries
Pierce was arrested and charged with simple battery for an alleged attack against a female Bernie Sanders supporter outside Atlanta Loews Hotel
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Pierce started appearing on several albums recorded in New Orleans
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One song with Kermit Ruffins on Irvin Mayfield's 2017 album A Beautiful World, and one with Stanton Moore on his 2017 album With You In Mind
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2015· 2 entries
Pierce returned to the stage to star in the Billie Holiday Theatre production of Jackie Alexander's Brothers from the Bottom in New York
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The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken on his experiences with the Beckett play Waiting for Godot, and the flooding of New Orleans in 2005
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2013· 1 entry
Fast Company named Pierce one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business"
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2012· 2 entries
Inspired in part by Michelle Obama's initiative to bring more supermarkets to food deserts where residents lack easy access to fresh produce, Pierce, along with partners Troy Henry and James Hatchett, started Sterling Fa
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And once escorted Gwen Ifill to a White House state dinner
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2009· 1 entry
Pierce became the host of the nationally syndicated, Peabody Award-winning radio program Jazz at Lincoln Center, which featured live recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center's House of Swing
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2005· 1 entry
Including Pierce's family home, which was flooded by 14 feet (4
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1985· 2 entries
Studied at Juilliard School, Bachelor of Fine Arts (1981–1985).
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“I waited tables a total of two weeks.”
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1981· 2 entries
Was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts
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From both Benjamin Franklin High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (most NOCCA students attend traditional secondary school in the mornings and the arts school in the afternoons)
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-12-08.
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1944· 1 entry
“s experience: My father fought in World War II, loved this country when this country wasn”
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1911· 1 entry
“The Secret of Efficient Expression”
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