Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The wind in the reeds
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1963-12-08
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 123
- Total plays
- 421
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,802x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 9,184x
- Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
· 2016 · cited 9,062x
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,817x
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,626x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Wendell Edward Pierce , ( 1962-12-08 ) December 8, 1962 (age 63) , New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor businessman
- Years active
- 1985–present
via Wikipedia infobox
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1962) 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.
Pierce's other notable television roles include the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the attorney Robert Zane in Suits (2013–2019), and Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). He earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for his film roles in Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), on which he also served as a producer. Other notable film roles include Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015), and Clemency (2019).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wendell Pierce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.