Wendell Pierce

TV Actor

Wendell Pierce was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on December 8th, 1963 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 60, Wendell Pierce biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Wendell Edward Pierce, Saints Wendell
Date of Birth
December 8, 1963
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Age
60 years old
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Networth
$7 Million
Profession
Actor, Autobiographer, Businessperson, Film Actor, Film Producer, Radio Personality, Television Actor
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Wendell Pierce Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 60 years old, Wendell Pierce has this physical status:

Height
173cm
Weight
90kg
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Average
Measurements
Not Available
Wendell Pierce Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Juilliard School
Wendell Pierce Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Not Available
Children
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Dating / Affair
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Parents
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Wendell Pierce Career

Pierce has been in over 30 films, appeared in nearly 50 television shows, and has performed in dozens of stage productions. He worked on the HBO dramas The Wire and Treme. When first cast in The Wire, Pierce and his castmates doubted the show would be a hit: "I remember the first time we all sat around and watched the pilot. We all turned to each other and said, 'Man, I don't think this shit is going anywhere.'" In 2012, he played J. Jenks in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.

For his role in Treme, Pierce learned to play the trombone, though he relied on "sound double" Stafford Agee of the Rebirth Brass Band. Agee played off-camera for Pierce, syncing his trombone with Pierce's motions for authenticity.

Pierce was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his portrayal of Joe, a married and closeted gay man who steps out on his family with a young white man he met online, in Four. The film was released on September 13, 2013, around the same time that The Michael J. Fox Show debuted on NBC, in which Pierce played Michael J. Fox's character's boss until the show's cancellation some five months later.

From 2015 to 2017, Pierce starred, alongside Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon, in a revival of the sitcom The Odd Couple on CBS playing the role of Teddy.

When Mike Henry stepped down as the voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy in June 2020, in light of the George Floyd protests, Pierce launched a campaign to become Henry's replacement. He lost the role to YouTube personality Arif Zahir.

Pierce has been in numerous stage productions. He was lauded for his performance as Holt Fay in Queenie at the John F. Kennedy Center. He has performed on Broadway in staged productions of The Piano Lesson, Serious Money, and The Boys of Winter. He has performed off-Broadway in The Cherry Orchard (for which he was nominated for a VIV Award for Lead Actor), Waiting for Godot (which was set on a New Orleans rooftop post-Hurricane Katrina), and Broke-ology performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Other performances include Cymbeline (at The Public Theater), The Good Times Are Killing Me, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Tis Pity She's a Whore, and Ms. Ever's Boys performed at the ACT Theatre.

Pierce is also a theater producer and produced the Broadway show, Clybourne Park. The show was nominated for four Tony Awards; and won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2012.

In 2015, Pierce returned to the stage to star in the Billie Holiday Theatre production of Jackie Alexander's Brothers from the Bottom in New York.

In 2019, 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. For this performance, he received a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Actor.

In 2009, 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. That show was replaced by Jazz Night in America from NPR, hosted by jazz bassist Christian McBride.

In 2016, Pierce started appearing on several albums recorded in New Orleans. He recorded the song "Make America Great Again" with Delfeayo Marsalis in 2016, 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. In 2020, Pierce recorded "The Ever Fonky Lowdown" with Wynton Marsalis.

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The best 100 TV shows ever created have been rediscovered (and no surprise)... But does YOUR favorite appear on the list?

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2023
The Daily Mail's Weekend magazine has reached yet another magnificent milestone - this month we turn 30! We asked you to share our top ten TV shows so we could compile our definitive list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows voted for by you.

Kamala Harris will hold a $10,000-a-head 'grassroots' reception in Martha's Vineyard with Meghan Markle's Suits co-star Wendell Pierce, an Obama official and a bank executive, as well as a bank executive

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 10, 2023
On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris will be on ritzy Martha's Vineyard for a 'grassroots' fundraiser that will be held in one of the country's richest areas. According to the Vineyard Gazette, a group of influential Democratic fundraisers and actor Wendell Pierce will host 'A Grassroots Reception.' Tickets range from $50 to $10,000. Martha's Vineyard is known as a playground for the wealthy and famous. Both Barack and Michelle Obama have their own home in the United States. Pierce, a long-serving television and film actor, appeared on Suits with Meghan Markle, where he portrayed her character's father.

Lance Reddick's tributes: Wendell Pierce, a co-star of The Wire, leaves a heartfelt note

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 17, 2023
Lance Reddick, a Hollywood actor, died on Friday at the age of 60. And then, tributes to The Wire actor were posted on social media just a few weeks later. Wendell Pierce, the Wire costar, was one of the first to write his note. Straight after learning of his friend's death, Pierce sent out a tweet soon. In a heartfelt message, the actor wrote, 'A man of great strength and grace.' As an actor, he was a natural performer.' The epitome of class. Our artistic family is suddenly ill. An unimaginable loss for his personal family and loved ones.' My brother, Godspeed. Here's your opportunity. ' RIP.'
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