American actor. He is known for his roles in Suits as high-powered attorney Robert Zane, in HBO dramas such as Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire and trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme, and as Michael Davenport in Waiting to Exhale. Pierce also had a starring role as Teddy on the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple.
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Elsbeth (2024)
Starring as Captain C.W. Wagner
(16 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Gold, Frankincense, and Murder (Dec 5, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: Elsbeth Flips the Bird (Nov 14, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: Diamonds Are for Elsbeth (Nov 7, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: Devil's Night (Oct 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: The Wrong Stuff (Oct 24, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Subscription to Murder (Oct 17, 2024)
- Episode 1x10: A Fitting Finale (May 23, 2024)
- Episode 1x09: Sweet Justice (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 1x08: Artificial Genius (May 9, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: Something Blue (May 2, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: An Ear for an Ear (Apr 25, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Ball Girl (Apr 18, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Love Knocked Off (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Reality Shock (Apr 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: A Classic New York Character (Apr 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Feb 29, 2024)
Influential with Katty Kay (2023)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 1x01: Wendell Pierce (Nov 17, 2023)
Accused (2023)
Guest starring as Detective Trent Douglas
- Episode 1x04: Kendall's Story (Feb 14, 2023)
CBS Saturday Morning (2021)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 2x03: Yola, Chef Lulu Ranta, Wendell Pierce, Joe Maddon (Oct 8, 2022)
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)
Guest starring as Ishmael "Snaps" Henry
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Made You Look (Feb 9, 2024)
- Episode 3x09: Home To Roost (Feb 2, 2024)
- Episode 3x08: Reckonings (Jan 26, 2024)
- Episode 3x06: Into The Darkness (Jan 12, 2024)
- Episode 3x04: In Sheep's Clothing (Dec 22, 2023)
The Watch (2021)
Starring as Death
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Better to Light a Candle (Feb 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Nowhere in the Multiverse (Feb 7, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Twilight Canyons (Jan 17, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: The What? (Jan 10, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Ook (Jan 3, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: A Near Vimes Experience (Jan 3, 2021)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 3x187: Morgan Stickney, Wendell Pierce (Jun 1, 2023)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Starring as James Greer
(30 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: Proof of Concept (Jul 14, 2023)
- Episode 4x05: Wukong (Jul 14, 2023)
- Episode 4x04: Bethesda (Jul 7, 2023)
- Episode 4x03: Sacrifices (Jul 7, 2023)
- Episode 4x02: Convergence (Jun 30, 2023)
- Episode 4x01: Triage (Jun 30, 2023)
- Episode 3x08: Star on the Wall (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x07: Moscow Rules (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x06: Ghosts (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x05: Druz'ya I Vragi (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: Our Death's Keeper (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x03: Running With Wolves (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x02: Old Haunts (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x01: Falcon (Dec 21, 2022)
- Episode 2x08: Strongman (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Dios y Federación (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Persona Non Grata (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Blue Gold (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Dressed to Kill (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Orinoco (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Tertia Optio (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Cargo (Oct 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Inshallah (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: The Boy (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Sources and Methods (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: End of Honor (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: The Wolf (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Black 22 (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: French Connection (Aug 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Aug 31, 2018)
The Odd Couple (2015)
Starring as Teddy
(38 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Conscious Odd Coupling (Jan 30, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: The God Couple (Jan 30, 2017)
- Episode 3x11: Batman vs. the Penguin (Jan 16, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: Should She Stay or Should She Go (Jan 9, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: My Best Friend's Girl (Jan 2, 2017)
- Episode 3x08: Felix Navidad (Dec 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: The Odd Couples (Nov 28, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: Eisen Trouble (Nov 21, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: Miss England (Nov 14, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Taffy Days (Nov 7, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: I Kid, You Not (Oct 31, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: Food Fight (Oct 24, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: London Calling (Oct 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: The Ex-Factor (May 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x12: All the Residents' Men (May 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x11: Road Scholar (May 19, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: Odd Man Out (May 19, 2016)
- Episode 2x09: Chess Nuts (May 16, 2016)
- Episode 2x08: The Dinner Engagement (May 12, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: Make Room for Dani (May 9, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: An Oscar Named Desire (May 5, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Oscar's Overture (May 2, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Madison & Son (Apr 28, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: From Here to Maturity (Apr 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Unger the Influence (Apr 14, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: All About Eavesdropping (Apr 7, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: The Audit Couple (May 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x11: Jealous Island (May 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x10: Enlightening Strikes (May 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Sleeping Dogs Lie (Apr 30, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: The Unger Games (Apr 23, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Secret Agent Man (Apr 16, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Heal Thyself (Apr 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: The Wedding Deception (Apr 2, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: The Blind Leading the Blind Date (Mar 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: The Birthday Party (Mar 5, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: The Ghostwriter (Feb 26, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Feb 19, 2015)
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 2016-04-06: Wendell Pierce (Apr 6, 2016)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 2024-04-02: Tim Robinson, Wendell Pierce, Lindsay Mendez, Fred Armisen (Apr 2, 2024)
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Guest starring as Ray Price
(10 episodes)
- Episode 7x20: Silence of the Night (Apr 15, 2020)
- Episode 6x19: What Could Have Been (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 6x18: This City (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x17: Pain Killer (Mar 27, 2019)
- Episode 6x16: The Forgotten (Feb 27, 2019)
- Episode 6x15: Good Men (Feb 20, 2019)
- Episode 6x13: Night in Chicago (Feb 6, 2019)
- Episode 5x08: Politics (Nov 29, 2017)
- Episode 5x06: Fallen (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 5x01: Reform (Sep 27, 2017)
The Michael J. Fox Show (2013)
Starring as Harris Green
(22 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: Changes (Apr 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x21: Dinner (Apr 16, 2014)
- Episode 1x20: Brandon (Apr 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x19: Health (Apr 2, 2014)
- Episode 1x18: Biking (Mar 26, 2014)
- Episode 1x17: Co-Op (Mar 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x16: Surprise! (Mar 12, 2014)
- Episode 1x15: Sochi (Jan 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x14: Couples (Jan 16, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: Secret (Jan 9, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: Party (Jan 2, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: Christmas (Dec 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Thanksgiving (Nov 21, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Homecoming (Nov 14, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Bed Bugs (Nov 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Golf (Oct 31, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Teammates (Oct 24, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Interns (Oct 17, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Hobbies (Oct 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Art (Oct 3, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Neighbor (Sep 26, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 26, 2013)
Ray Donovan (2013)
Guest starring as Ronald Keith
(11 episodes)
- Episode 3x03: Come and Knock on Our Door (Jul 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x12: The Captain (Sep 28, 2014)
- Episode 2x11: Rodef (Sep 21, 2014)
- Episode 2x10: Volcheck (Sep 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: Snowflake (Sep 7, 2014)
- Episode 2x08: Sunny (Aug 31, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Walk This Way (Aug 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: Irish Spring (Aug 10, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: S U C K (Aug 3, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Gem and Loan (Jul 27, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Uber Ray (Jul 20, 2014)
Suits (2011)
Guest starring as Robert Zane
(36 episodes)
- Episode 9x10: One Last Con (Sep 25, 2019)
- Episode 9x09: Thunder Away (Sep 18, 2019)
- Episode 9x06: Whatever It Takes (Aug 21, 2019)
- Episode 8x16: Harvey (Feb 27, 2019)
- Episode 8x15: Stalking Horse (Feb 20, 2019)
- Episode 8x13: The Greater Good (Feb 6, 2019)
- Episode 8x12: Whale Hunt (Jan 30, 2019)
- Episode 8x11: Rocky 8 (Jan 23, 2019)
- Episode 8x10: Managing Partner (Sep 19, 2018)
- Episode 8x09: Motion to Delay (Sep 12, 2018)
- Episode 8x07: Sour Grapes (Aug 29, 2018)
- Episode 8x04: Revenue Per Square Foot (Aug 8, 2018)
- Episode 8x03: Promises, Promises (Aug 1, 2018)
- Episode 8x02: Pecking Order (Jul 25, 2018)
- Episode 8x01: Right-Hand Man (Jul 18, 2018)
- Episode 7x16: Good-Bye (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 7x15: Tiny Violin (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 7x10: Donna (Sep 13, 2017)
- Episode 7x09: Shame (Sep 6, 2017)
- Episode 7x08: 100 (Aug 30, 2017)
- Episode 7x04: Divide and Conquer (Aug 2, 2017)
- Episode 6x11: She's Gone (Jan 25, 2017)
- Episode 6x10: P.S.L. (Sep 14, 2016)
- Episode 6x07: Shake the Trees (Aug 24, 2016)
- Episode 6x02: Accounts Payable (Jul 20, 2016)
- Episode 5x16: 25th Hour (Mar 2, 2016)
- Episode 5x11: Blowback (Jan 27, 2016)
- Episode 5x04: No Puedo Hacerlo (Jul 15, 2015)
- Episode 5x03: No Refills (Jul 8, 2015)
- Episode 5x02: Compensation (Jul 1, 2015)
- Episode 4x11: Enough Is Enough (Jan 28, 2015)
- Episode 4x10: This Is Rome (Aug 20, 2014)
- Episode 3x09: Bad Faith (Sep 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x05: Shadow of a Doubt (Aug 13, 2013)
- Episode 2x14: He's Back (Feb 7, 2013)
- Episode 2x13: Zane vs. Zane (Jan 31, 2013)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 2024-05-27: Wendell Pierce, Liza Koshy (May 27, 2024)
In Plain Sight (2008)
Guest starring as Dr. Warren McBride
- Episode 1x07: Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Jul 13, 2008)
Women's Murder Club (2007)
Guest starring as Bill Schroeder
- Episode 1x11: Father's Day (Apr 29, 2008)
Numb3rs (2005)
Guest starring as William Bradford
(4 episodes)
- Episode 5x05: Scan Man (Oct 31, 2008)
- Episode 3x23: Money for Nothing (May 11, 2007)
- Episode 3x17: One Hour (Feb 23, 2007)
- Episode 3x14: Take Out (Feb 2, 2007)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 12x27: Colin Powell; Jack Kingston, Katrina Vanden Heuvel And Wendell Pierce; Matthew Segal (Sep 19, 2014)
The Wire (2002)
Starring as Det. William "Bunk" Moreland
(54 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: -30- (Mar 9, 2008)
- Episode 5x09: Late Editions (Mar 2, 2008)
- Episode 5x08: Clarifications (Feb 24, 2008)
- Episode 5x07: Took (Feb 17, 2008)
- Episode 5x06: The Dickensian Aspect (Feb 10, 2008)
- Episode 5x05: React Quotes (Feb 3, 2008)
- Episode 5x04: Transitions (Jan 27, 2008)
- Episode 5x03: Not for Attribution (Jan 20, 2008)
- Episode 5x02: Unconfirmed Reports (Jan 13, 2008)
- Episode 5x01: More with Less (Jan 6, 2008)
- Episode 4x13: Final Grades (Dec 10, 2006)
- Episode 4x12: That's Got His Own (Dec 3, 2006)
- Episode 4x11: A New Day (Nov 26, 2006)
- Episode 4x10: Misgivings (Nov 19, 2006)
- Episode 4x09: Know Your Place (Nov 12, 2006)
- Episode 4x08: Corner Boys (Nov 5, 2006)
- Episode 4x07: Unto Others (Oct 29, 2006)
- Episode 4x05: Alliances (Oct 8, 2006)
- Episode 4x04: Refugees (Oct 1, 2006)
- Episode 4x03: Home Room (Sep 24, 2006)
- Episode 4x02: Soft Eyes (Sep 17, 2006)
- Episode 4x01: Boys of Summer (Sep 10, 2006)
- Episode 3x12: Mission Accomplished (Dec 19, 2004)
- Episode 3x07: Back Burners (Nov 7, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: Homecoming (Oct 31, 2004)
- Episode 3x05: Straight and True (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 3x04: Hamsterdam (Oct 10, 2004)
- Episode 3x03: Dead Soldiers (Oct 3, 2004)
- Episode 3x02: All Due Respect (Sep 26, 2004)
- Episode 3x01: Time After Time (Sep 19, 2004)
- Episode 2x12: Port in a Storm (Aug 24, 2003)
- Episode 2x11: Bad Dreams (Aug 17, 2003)
- Episode 2x10: Storm Warnings (Aug 10, 2003)
- Episode 2x09: Stray Rounds (Aug 3, 2003)
- Episode 2x08: Duck and Cover (Jul 27, 2003)
- Episode 2x07: Backwash (Jul 13, 2003)
- Episode 2x06: All Prologue (Jul 6, 2003)
- Episode 2x05: Undertow (Jun 29, 2003)
- Episode 2x04: Hard Cases (Jun 22, 2003)
- Episode 2x03: Hot Shots (Jun 15, 2003)
- Episode 2x02: Collateral Damage (Jun 8, 2003)
- Episode 2x01: Ebb Tide (Jun 1, 2003)
- Episode 1x13: Sentencing (Sep 8, 2002)
- Episode 1x12: Cleaning Up (Sep 1, 2002)
- Episode 1x11: The Hunt (Aug 18, 2002)
- Episode 1x10: The Cost (Aug 11, 2002)
- Episode 1x08: Lessons (Jul 28, 2002)
- Episode 1x07: One Arrest (Jul 21, 2002)
- Episode 1x06: The Wire (Jul 7, 2002)
- Episode 1x05: The Pager (Jun 30, 2002)
- Episode 1x04: Old Cases (Jun 23, 2002)
- Episode 1x03: The Buys (Jun 16, 2002)
- Episode 1x02: The Detail (Jun 9, 2002)
- Episode 1x01: The Target (Jun 2, 2002)
The Weber Show (2000)
Starring as Wendell Simms
(17 episodes)
- Episode 1x17: Dog Eat Dog (Aug 28, 2001)
- Episode 1x16: ... and then he got a rash (Aug 28, 2001)
- Episode 1x15: ... and then they hoped for a second season (Apr 26, 2001)
- Episode 1x14: ... and then Jack had two dates (Apr 19, 2001)
- Episode 1x13: ... and then Jack became the voice of the cougars (Apr 5, 2001)
- Episode 1x12: ... and then the sex freaked Jack out (Mar 29, 2001)
- Episode 1x11: ... and then they tried to make some rules (Mar 22, 2001)
- Episode 1x10: ... and then Jack forgot his dream (Mar 15, 2001)
- Episode 1x09: ... and then Jack found out (Jan 25, 2001)
- Episode 1x08: ... and then they got a motorcycle with a sidecar (Jan 11, 2001)
- Episode 1x07: ... and then Wendell wore Candy Stripes (Jan 4, 2001)
- Episode 1x06: ... and then Larry brought Charlton Heston home (Dec 14, 2000)
- Episode 1x05: ... and then he looked at Wendell's thing (Dec 7, 2000)
- Episode 1x04: ... and then he had to give a thumbs up (Nov 16, 2000)
- Episode 1x03: ... and then she gave him the bird (Nov 9, 2000)
- Episode 1x02: ... and then he gave her some old linguini (Nov 2, 2000)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 26, 2000)
New York Undercover (1994)
Guest starring as Doctor Anthony Fisher
- Episode 2x15: Bad Blood (Jan 18, 1996)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 2024-06-16: The 77th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 16, 2024)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Wendell Pierce
- Episode 2023-06-27: Cast of "Final Season of Jack Ryan," Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch (Jun 27, 2023)