Wendell Pierce
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 60 |
Web site | twitter.com |
Date of birth | December 8,1963 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | New Orleans |
Louisiana | |
United States | |
Height | 173 (cm) |
Books | The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, a Play, and the City that Would Not be Broken |
Parents | Amos Pierce |
Althea Pierce | |
Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance | |
Official site | twitter.com |
Education | Juilliard School |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 420956 |
Suits
Treme
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Waiting to Exhale
Selma
The Odd Couple
The Michael J. Fox Show
It Could Happen to You
Hackers
The Fighting Temptations
Casualties of War
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
The Runner
Cursed
Horrible Bosses
Sleepers
Get on the Bus
A Rage in Harlem
Stay Alive
The Gregory Hines Show
The Gift
One Last Thing
I Think I Love My Wife
The Brian Benben Show
Malcolm X
Capital News
Bulworth
Land of Plenty
The 24 Hour Woman
Family Business
A Hole in One
The Mortician
The Devil's Advocate
Bye Bye Love
Parker
Ray
A Matter of Degrees
Moloney
Elsa & Fred
Grease: Live
Piercing
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Night Catches Us
Bad Moms
The Ten Million Dollar Getaway
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Runaway Hearts
Confirmation
Lay the Favorite
Love Ranch
Wendell Pierce Life story
Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles both on the stage and screen.
Matthew Perry death: Stars remember 'brilliant' actor
... The Wire actor Wendell Pierce, who also starred in The Odd Couple, said: " For two years Matthew Perry was my boss, my colleague, and a giving, kind, funny man...
Treat Williams: Everwood and Hair actor dies in road accident
... Actor Wendell Pierce described Williams on social media as a " passionate, adventurous, creative man" whose " adventurous spirit was infectious"...
Michael K Williams: Drug dealer pleads guilty over The Wire actor's death
... Omar represented the duality of a black experience never before given such honest screen time, represented in his exchanges with Wendell Pierce s detective Bunk, a black schoolfriend who reminded him of the different paths life afforded them...
Piccadilly Theatre: Ceiling collapses, injuring audience members
... The venue in Denman Street was packed on Wednesday for a performance of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman, starring US actor Wendell Pierce...
Death of a Salesman: How Arthur Miller's play was was 'turned on its head'
...The Wire s Wendell Pierce plays Willy Loman in the new production of Arthur Miller s play Finding ways to keep classic plays fresh is an ongoing challenge for theatre directors...
Treat Williams: Everwood and Hair actor dies in road accident
By Tom HousdenBBC News
Actor Treat Williams , who starred in The Film musical Hair and the US television series Everwood, has died in a road accident aged 71.
Williams was thrown from his motorbike in Vermont on Monday after being hit by an SUV turning left, police said.
He was airlifted to hospital with critical injuries, but pronounced dead on arrival.
The Actor recorded over 130 screen credits in a career that spanned 50 Years .
" As you can imagine, We Are shocked and greatly bereaved at This Time , " A Family statement published by Variety magazine said.
" Treat was full of love for His Family , for his life and for his craft, and was truly at The Top of his game in all of it. "
Williams' agent of 15 years, Barry McPherson, described him as " the nicest guy" who was " so talented".
" He was an actor's actor, " McPherson told People magazine, adding that Williams had been at " The Heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s".
Actor Wendell Pierce described Williams on Social Media as a " passionate, adventurous, creative man" whose " adventurous Spirit Was infectious".
Following his 1979 breakthrough in Hair as hippie George Berger, Williams appeared in Stephen Spielberg's 1941 (1979), Once Upon A Time In America (1984), Dead Heat (1988), Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) and Deep Rising (1998).
He was also known for his stage acting, with roles in Stephen Sondheim 's Follies and as Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of Grease.
In the early 2000s, Williams appeared as widowed Dr Andy Brown in four series of the US TV drama Everwood, and he also took on roles in Chesapeake Shores , Blue Bloods and Chicago Fire .
He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in the 1996 TV movie The Late Shift , and received three Golden Globes nominations during the 1980s.
Born Richard Treat Williams in Connecticut in 1951, he is Survived By his wife Pam Van Sant, whom he married in 1988. The couple had Two Children .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com