Wendell Pierce films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 26 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Wire, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Malcolm X.

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Starring Wendell Pierce

The Wire
2002 · TV
8.4/10 · TMDB
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions...
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East...
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Sleepers
1996 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Malcolm X
1992 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965...
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Ray
2004 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the...
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Selma
2014 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights...
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Superman
2025 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
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Thunderbolts*
2025 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
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Casualties of War
1989 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
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Grease Live
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
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Elsbeth
2024 · TV
7.0/10 · TMDB
After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
Clemency
2019 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately...
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Horrible Bosses
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice...
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
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Bad Moms
2016 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
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It Could Happen to You
1994 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4...
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The Money Pit
1986 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their...
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Highest 2 Lowest
2025 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Bulworth
1998 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
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Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined...
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Hackers
1995 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the...
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Parker
2013 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
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Stay Alive
2006 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
After the mysterious, brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of "Stay Alive," an ultra-realistic 3-D videogame based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman, known as "The...
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Family Business
1989 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to...
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The Fighting Temptations
2003 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to...
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I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point that he takes lunch late to look at them. When old...
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Lay the Favorite
2012 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
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The Runner
2015 · Film
4.8/10 · TMDB
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Jack Ryan is reluctantly pulled back into espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy. Racing against time, he joins CIA allies Mike November & James Greer and sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe to battle a...

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