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Wendell Pierce

Birth Name:
Wendell Pierce
Birth Place:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Profession
Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Wendell Pierce

Fast Facts

  • Founded the non-profit Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp․ to build affordable solar and geothermal homes for victims of Hurricane Katrina
  • Was the Presidential Scholar of the Arts at the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts
  • Won a Los Angeles Film Festival Audience Award for best performance in a narrative for "Four" in 2012
  • Won the 2008 NAACP Image Award for best actor in a television drama for his role as Slick in HBO's "Life Support․"
  • Graduated from the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts and the Juilliard School of Drama
  • Made his screen acting debut as a paramedic in the film "The Money Pit" in 1986
  • Quote: "[on his home town of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina] "When the entire world is destroyed, and you realize you're just a moment away from losing everything, then you see the ugly side of human nature․""
  • Best known for playing Detective William "Bunk" Moreland in "The Wire" and Antoine Batiste in "Treme․"
  • Hosts "Jazz at Lincoln Center," a Peabody Award-winning radio program featuring live recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center's House of Swing

Awards

  • 2004Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2007Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2008Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:Winner
  • 2011Vision Award - Best Performance - Drama:Nominated
  • 2011Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Series, Drama:Nominated
  • 2012Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2012Jury Prize - Outstanding Performance:Winner
  • 2013Independent Spirit Award - Best Male Lead:Nominated
  • 2013Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2014BFCC Award - Best Ensemble:Winner
  • 2014Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2014SDFCS Award - Best Ensemble:Nominated
  • 2014WAFCA Award - Best Acting Ensemble:Nominated
  • 2015Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2015GAFCA Award - Best Ensemble:Nominated
  • 2015Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2017Black Reel - Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series:Nominated
  • 2017Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television:Nominated
  • 2019Audience AwardNominated
  • 2019Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2019Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role:Nominated
  • 2019Best Actor - U.S. Narrative Feature:Winner
  • 2020Black Reel - Outstanding Independent Feature:Nominated
  • 2020Independent Spirit Award - Best Supporting Male:Nominated
  • 2020John Cassavetes AwardNominated
  • 2020Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2023Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special:Nominated
  • 2024AAFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
  • 2024Astra TV Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie:Nominated
  • 2024Black Reel - Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2024Actor Award for Television - Black Cinema & Television:Winner
  • 2024Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2026Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie or Limited Series:Nominated
  • 2026Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:Nominated
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