Wendell PierceFilmography

The Morgan Lacrosse Story

Synopsis: Filmmaker Luke David looks back on the team that changed the sport of lacrosse forever in this documentary detailing the inspirational story of the Morgan State University Bears. The Bears were America's first and only college lacrosse team at a historically black university, and few could have Read More

I Think I Love My Wife

Actors: Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Steve Buscemi, Edward Herrmann

Synopsis: Actor/comedian Chris Rock directs and stars in this American remake of Eric Rohmer' s classic French comedy Chloe in the Afternoon. Richard Cooper (Rock) is a high-powered investment banker with a beautiful wife and two wonderful children. Though on the surface it would appear that Richard could Read More

Life Support

Actors: Queen Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross

Synopsis: Produced by Jamie Foxx for HBO, this drama stars Queen Latifah as Ana a woman struggling to maintain a happy life despite being HIV-positive. Though her home-life seems happy with a loving husband and young daughter, Ana remains haunted by a past that produced Kelly (Rachel Nicks), a resentful Read More

Stay Alive

Actors: Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, Wendell Pierce

Synopsis: A group of teens discover that the next generation of survival horror games are more realistic than they thought when they begin dying in the same manner as their pixilated counterparts in director William Brent Bell's bloody tale of video games gone bad. In the days following the mysterious death Read More

The Wire: Season 04

Actors: Dominic West, Clarke Peters, Sonja Sohn

Synopsis: David Simon's masterful social commentary went back to school, quite literally, in the fourth season, which focuses on Baltimore's crumbling education system. A relevant link to its first three seasons is supplied by Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost), who left the police department to Read More

Pariah

Actors: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Wendell Pierce, Gameela Wright, Sahra Mellesse

Synopsis: A teenage girl struggles with her sexuality and her identity in this short coming-of-age drama from filmmaker Dee Rees. Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a seventeen-year-old African-American woman growing up in the Bronx. Alike's parents are devout Christians, and around them she's well mannered and Read More

Land of Plenty

Actors: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce, Richard Edson

Synopsis: Wim Wenders drama Land of Plenty stars John Diehl and Michelle Williams as two very different people who are brought together for an unconventional road trip. The film takes place after September 11, 2001, and the main characters are dealing with their grief in very different ways. Paul (Diehl) Read More

A Hole in One

Actors: Michelle Williams, Meat Loaf, Tim Guinee, Louis Zorich, Bill Raymond

Synopsis: A Hole in One is set in 1950s America. Anna (Michelle Williams), a passive young woman living in a small town, where she is betrothed to a powerful local hoodlum, Billy (Meat Loaf Aday), is searching for a key to her unhappiness. Her younger brother came home from the World War II a different man Read More

Ray

Actors: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Aunjanue Ellis, Curtis Armstrong

Synopsis: Directed by Taylor Hackford, this biopic profiles the life of legendary musician Ray Charles. Despite humble beginnings and the loss of his eyesight due to glaucoma at the age of six, Charles, depicted by Jamie Foxx, would nonetheless become an icon in both the music industry and the civil rights Read More

The Wire: Season 03

Actors: Dominic West, Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick

Synopsis: Season three of The Wire continues the series' even-handed dissection of the Baltimore "drug wars," as seen through the eyes of both the police investigators and the drug lords. With charismatic hoodlum Stringer Bell (Idris Elba) emerging as the unofficial leader of the Barksdale drug empire, and Read More

The Wire: Time After Time

Synopsis: Season Three of The Wire opens with the demolition of Baltimore's notorious Franklin Terrace towers, the home base of Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) crew, currently under the supervision of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). Rather than worry about expanding his control, through violence and Read More

Mitchellville

The Fighting Temptations

Actors: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Melba Moore, Mike Epps, Shirley Caesar

Synopsis: Director Jonathan Lynn followed up the surprise hit The Whole Nine Yards with this musical comedy starring Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. Gooding plays Darrin, a shallow New York advertising executive, who travels to a small town in the deep south upon receiving word that his aunt has Read More

The Wire: Season 02

Actors: Dominic West, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick

Synopsis: The Baltimore "drug wars" enter a new phase (with a few diversions along the way) as The Wire launches its second season of 12 hour-long episodes. Although he was instrumental in weakening the Barksdale drug empire during the previous season, narcotics-division detective James McNulty (Dominic West Read More

Brown Sugar

Actors: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe

Synopsis: A woman wonders if it's just friendship or real love she feels when a close male friend announces he's tying the knot in this romantic comedy. Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) became best friends when they were ten years old -- the same time that both first became aware of the first Read More

The Wire: Season 01

Actors: Dominic West, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Clarke Peters

Synopsis: Setting the tone for all seasons to come, season one of HBO's The Wire divides its attention equally between cops and dealers, offering a fascinatingly objective overview of the Baltimore drug scene. The weekly, hour-long series also pays homage to its spiritual predecessor, Homicide: Life on the Street Read More

My Wife and Kids [TV Series]

Actors: Damon Wayans, Tisha Campbell, George O. Gore, Parker McKenna Posey

Third Watch: Season 02

Actors: Skipp Sudduth, Michael Beach, Coby Bell, Molly Price, Kim Raver, Bobby Cannavale

The 24-Hour Woman

Actors: Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Karen Duffy, Diego Serrano

Synopsis: Writer/director Nancy Savoca, who wrote and directed Household Saints and True Love, handles the same duties in this tale of Grace Santos (Rosie Perez). The producer of a New York City local morning show targeted at women, Grace has an active professional life under the watch of her executive Read More

Law & Order: Disciple

Synopsis: A teenager is found dead in a hospital ER. The subsequent investigation leads to a bizarre religious ritual, "dictated by a saint." Once the D.A.'s office takes over the case, they must deal with a self-styled prophet with a powerful gift for mass persuasion -- which may prove problematic once the Read More

Abilene

Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Kim Hunter, James Morrison, Wendell Pierce, Park Overall

Synopsis: Reminiscent of David Lynch's acclaimed The Straight Story, this drama focuses on forgiveness, redemption, and a rider lawnmower. Ernest Borgnine stars as aging war veteran Hotis Brown, who learns that his brother -- to whom he has not talked in 50 years -- is dying. Too proud to accept a police Read More

Bulworth

Actors: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Oliver Platt, Paul Sorvino

Synopsis: Warren Beatty directed, co-produced (with Pieter Jan Brugge), co-scripted (with Jeremy Pikser), and stars in this political satire, a comedy-drama about a U.S. senator who decides to start speaking the truth. Despondent California Sen. Jay Bulworth (Beatty), up for re-election, is disillusioned by Read More

The Brian Benben Show [TV Series]

Actors: Brian Benben, Susan Blommaert, Charles Esten, Wendell Pierce, Luis Ramos

Synopsis: In this TV sitcom, veteran L.A. local-news anchor Brian Benben (portrayed by Brian Benben) and his co-anchor are replaced by chart-topping Ken-and-Barbie news "personalities" -- Tabitha Berkeley (Lisa Thornhill) and former VH1 veejay Chad Rockwell (Charles Esten). TV reporter Freddy Fontaine (Steven Gilborn Read More

The Advocate's Devil

Synopsis: When popular San Francisco Condors basketball star Joe Campbell (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape, nobody--not the public, not his teammates--can bring themselves to believe that the sweet, babyfaced "White Knight" is guilty of the crime. Still, the case against Joe seems pretty solid, thanks to Read More

Get on the Bus

Actors: Richard Belzer, Ossie Davis, De'Aundre Bonds, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Harry J. Lennix, Hill Harper, Bernie Mac, Wendell Pierce, Roger Guenveur Smith, Isaiah Washington, Steve White

Synopsis: Released one year to the day after the 1995 Million Man March, in which a million African-American men marched peacefully in Washington, D.C. in a bid for greater unity and understanding, Spike Lee's Get On the Bus follows a group of black men who take a charter bus from Los Angeles to the rally Read More

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story

Actors: Anthony LaPaglia, Ashley Crow, Ronny Cox, Lou Criscuolo, Sylvia Harman

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this inspirational made-for-television drama recounts the valiant struggle of North Carolina state basketball coach Jim Vavano to overcome cancer and to turn his players into champions. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Sleepers

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Bruno Kirby, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Vittorio Gassman

Synopsis: Barry Levinson directed this crime drama based on a controversial bestseller. Jason Patrick stars as Lorenzo, a New York reporter more commonly called "Shakes," a nickname courtesy of his three childhood pals from Hell's Kitchen -- Michael (Brad Pitt), John (Ron Eldard), and Tommy (Billy Crudup). Read More

Bye Bye, Love

Actors: Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser, Janeane Garofalo, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Three divorced fathers, played by Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine, and Randy Quaid, experience the joys and hardships of their former marriages, their relationships with their kids, and getting back into the dating scene in this whimsical comedy. Dave (Modine) is diligently playing the field, while Read More

Law & Order: Rage

Synopsis: Courtney B. Vance guest stars as Benjamin "Bud" Greer, a highly successful African-American Wall Street broker. The detectives and the D.A.'s office swoop down on Greer when he is suspected of murdering his white mentor. The Defense argues that Greer should be acquitted, using the controversial Read More

Hackers

Actors: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Lawrence Mason

Synopsis: In this high-tech thriller, Dade Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller) has been fascinated with computers all his life; at the age of 11, he was able to break into the computer network of several top Wall Street investment and banking firms, and he nearly caused a major stock market crash in the process. As Read More

Waiting to Exhale

Actors: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines

Synopsis: A surprise Hollywood hit, this film is based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan and centers on four well-to-do African-American women and their relationships with men and one another. All of them are "holding their breath" until the day they can feel comfortable in a committed Read More

It Could Happen to You

Actors: Red Buttons, Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Hayes

Synopsis: Loosely based on a true story, this uneven romantic comedy depicts the unexpected way in which a winning lottery ticket unites a pair of strangers. Waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) first meets police officer Charlie (Nicolas Cage) when he eats in her restaurant. Realizing that he doesn't have Read More

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Adler

Synopsis: There's a real murder and a real mystery in Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery, but these plot pegs are used mainly to allow Allen to explore modern urban relationships. Allen plays a N.Y.C. book editor, Larry Lipton, married to Carol (Diane Keaton, who replaced Mia Farrow at the last minute Read More

Malcolm X

Actors: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Albert Hall

Synopsis: Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative Read More

Law & Order: Consultation

Synopsis: A pregnant Nigerian woman dies while carrying 20 heroin-filled condoms in her stomach. In seeking the person or persons responsible for the woman's grisly demise, the detectives and the attorneys come up with two possibles: engineer Phillip Marietta (Andrew Robinson) and African tribal chieftain Read More

A Rage in Harlem

Actors: Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover

Synopsis: Bill Duke directs this quirky film adaptation of Chester Himes' crime novel -- a heavily plotted gangster tale with a sweet love story hidden underneath. The film begins in Natchez, Mississippi in 1956. During a police shoot-out with the mob leader Slim's (Badja Djola) gang, Slim's moll Imabelle (Robin Givens Read More

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

Synopsis: Seven mobsters make a nighttime heist on New York City's Kennedy Airport, in this retelling of the true story of the shocking Lufthansa robbery. This cash robbery--the largest in American history--unfolds in 1978, the scheme plotted by gangster Jimmy "The Gent" Burke. The film follows them as the Read More

A Matter of Degrees

Actors: Arye Gross, Tom Sizemore, Judith Hoag, Wendell Pierce, Christina Haag

Synopsis: A college student is torn between his friends' active-protest, anti-establishment mentality and the conservative values of his parents in this slow-moving drama. The film is leavened somewhat by a great soundtrack (Pixies, Throwing Muses, Minutemen) and appearances by Fred Schneider from the B-52's Read More

Family Business

Actors: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna de Soto, Janet Carroll, Victoria Jackson

Synopsis: You've probably already guessed that the Family Business in this all-star melodrama is the business of crime. Adapted from a novel by Vincent Patrick, the film stars Sean Connery as Jessie McMullen, the patriarch of a family of career criminals, including his son Vito (Dustin Hoffman) and grandson Read More

Casualties of War

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo

Synopsis: Casualties of War was based on a New Yorker article by Daniel Lang. This, in turn, was inspired by a true incident which illustrated the dehumanizing aspects of the Vietnam experience. Michael J. Fox plays Eriksson, a member of an American squadron stationed in the deepest jungles of Southeast Read More

Vietnam War Story 1

Synopsis: Vietnam War Story is a feature-length "omnibus" film culled from the three-episode TV series of the same name. The film consists of a trio of playlets involving members of the American armed forces during the Nam era. In "The Mine," a soldier (Eriq LaSalle) is unable to accept his best friend's Read More

The Money Pit

Actors: Shelley Long, Tom Hanks, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna

Synopsis: Adapting the themes of the 1948 film Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House, this comedy stars Tom Hanks as Walter Fielding, who with his love Anna (Shelley Long) decides to buy a suburban New York home for next-to-nothing. Both Anna and Walter are willing to fix what ails the house and since they Read More