Wendell Pierce is an Obie Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals on HBO’s groundbreaking series “The Wire” and “Treme,” and “Suits” on USA. He currently stars in Amazon Prime’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.” He reprises his Olivier-nominated portrayal of Willy Loman from the Death of a Salesman London production. Other Broadway credits: The Boys of Winter, The Piano Lesson, Serious Money and Clybourne Park (Tony Award for Best Play, Producer). Off-Broadway: Broke-ology (Lincoln Center); ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Cymbeline, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Tartuffe (The Public Theater); Waiting for Godot, The Cherry Orchard (Classical Theater of Harlem); Brothers From the Bottom (Billie Holiday Theatre); Cost of Living (Williamstown, 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama); The Oedipus Cycle (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens). Film: Ray, Selma, Malcolm X, Waiting to Exhale, Get on the Bus, Clemency (Sundance Grand Jury Prize), Burning Cane (Best Actor, Tribeca Film Festival). He is the narrator of Stanley Nelson and Lynne Robinson’s “Becoming Frederick Douglass” on PBS. He was a 1981 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Training: The Juilliard School. He is a founding member of Black Theatre United.
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Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman
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Wendell Pierce, Radio Golf
Get ready for the return of POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN. Lionsgate has announced the digital release of Season 3 on June 10. Don't miss the latest thrilling installment of this popular series.
The Audible adaptation of David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face, announced last year, will premiere on May 2, 2024. The cast for the audible drama includes Jason Biggs, Daniel Dae Kim (CK), Ashley Park, Wendell Pierce, Benedict Wong, Noah Bean, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, Ronan Farrow, Fritz Friedman, Joel De La Fuente, Margaret Fung, Gish Jen, Francis Jue, and more.
According to various sources, Wendell Pierce will play the Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief Perry White in James Gunn's Superman, opposite David Corenswet (Clark Kent) Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), and Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), who work underneath Pierce's White at the Daily Planet.
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the Boston premiere of playwright Martyna Majok’s play COST OF LIVING. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!
From February 2nd to 18th, fortunate theatregoers can witness the world premiere of Into the Side of a Hill by award-winning playwright James Anthony Tyler at Flint Repertory Theatre.
CBS' The Good Wife spin-off, Elsbeth, has added Jane Krakowski, Linda Lavin, Blair Underwood, and Retta as guest stars. In the new series, Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point. Wendell Pierce also stars.
The NAACP Image Award Nominations have been announced, with The Color Purple leading with a total of 16 nominations, with nods for Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, and more. Check out the full list of nominations now!
Danielle Brooks will receive the Breakthrough Performer Award at Hollywood Creative Alliance's Astra Film Awards. Comedian Rick Glassman will host the ceremony, which will be internationally broadcast on ABS-CBN in 247 countries and territories.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 8, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Check out photos from the special advancing screening with Grammy and Tony-Award winner Patina Miller, MeKai Curtis, London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Hailey Kilgore, Shanley Caswell, Antonio Ortiz, Grantham Coleman, Tony Danza, Wendell Pierce, and Erika Woods. Other attendees included “Real Housewives of the Potomac” star Candiace Dillard Bassett.
Emmy & SAG Award winner Michael Imperioli will make his Broadway debut opposite Jeremy Strong in AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. We have all the details on when the play will arrive, which theatre it will play, and more!
Just last night, Black Theatre United (BTU) held its inaugural Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Supported by Business for Good (BFG), the evening in celebration of the indelible mark that Black culture has had and continues to have on Broadway. Check out photos from inside the big night!
The complete cast has been set for the world premiere of Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Black Theatre United (BTU) announced today a star-studded lineup of honorary co-chairs for its upcoming inaugural Gala on Monday, October 30 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, which includes Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Cookie Johnson, Al Roker & Deborah Roberts, Blair Underwood, Congresswoman Ayanna Presley, Tommi A. Vincent and Troy Vincent Sr.
A Wonderful World, A New Musical about the Life and Loves of Louis Armstrong recently played at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. See photos from opening night below!
Emmy, Grammy & Academy Award winner Common has been added to the list of honorees at Black Theatre United's inaugural Gala on Monday, October 30 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
The new season will include Tony Danza reprising his role of Italian mobster Stefano Marchetti, and of course, returning series regulars including the formidable Patina Miller as “Raquel Thomas” and MeKai Curtis in the titular role of “Kanan Stark.” Broadway alum Hailey Kilgore will also return to the series as “Jukebox.”
Kristin Chenoweth, Annaleigh Ashford, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Ashley Park, and more have been nominated for Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards. Other nominees included Sheryl Lee Ralph, Daniel Radcliffe, Rachel Brosnahan, Hocus Pocus 2, Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and more.
In this video, watch as Tony nominee Wendell Pierce chats about his extensive career on and off stage.
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Wendell Pierce has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Wendell Pierce has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.
Wendell Pierce's first West End show was Death of a Salesman which opened in 2019
Wendell Pierce has been nominated for the following awards: Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Death of a Salesman, and Best Play (Tony Awards) for Radio Golf.
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