Age: 62
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Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles on both stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying the role of Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. His other notable television roles include the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the attorney Robert Zane in Suits (2013–2019), and Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). He earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for his film roles in Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), on which he also served as a producer. Other notable film roles include Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015), and Clemency (2019). Pierce made his Broadway debut in John Pielmeier's 1985 play The Boys of Winter, followed by Caryl Churchill's Serious Money in 1988. As a theatrical producer, he earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination for August Wilson's Radio Golf (2007), then won for Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park (2012). He performed the lead role of Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman on the West End in London in 2019 and on Broadway in New York in 2022, for which he earned Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Wendell Pierce
Perry White
for Perry White in Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2026)
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Clark Kent begins his life as Superman, splitting time between daring rescues and bumbling Daily Planet reporting. The world marvels at his power yet whispers of invasion and false gods. Lex Luthor seizes the paranoia, branding himself humanity's true protector while secretly developing kryptonite weapons through Project Cadmus. His crowning creation is Metallo, a wounded war hero transformed into a cyborg built to rival Superman. Their clash tears through Metropolis in a battle broadcast across the globe, fueling the very fears Lex has stoked. Kryptonite nearly breaks Clark, but his refusal to kill--even when victory seems impossible--turns the tide. Instead of destroying Metallo, he saves him, providing he is neither God nor weapon, but a man choosing compassion over conquest. Though the city breathes easier, Lex emerges untarnished, celebrated as Metropolis' visionary leader. Lois Lane, however, grows suspicious, quietly collecting evidence that Lex's hand was in every shadow. Post Credits: In a stark laboratory, Lex seals the glowing kryptonite rock in a containment case stamped with the LexCorp logo. The camera drifts across a wall of projects — files labeled "Cadmus," "Metallo," and "AMAZO Prototype." It lingers on a faded photo of a crashed spacecraft, marked 'Recovered: Smallville, 1980s.'
