Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce was born in New Orleans and is an actor and Tony Award-winning producer. He starred in all five seasons of the acclaimed HBO drama The Wire and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He also starred in the HBO series Treme and has appeared in many feature films including Selma , Ray , Waiting to Exhale and Hackers . Since Hurricane Katrina, Pierce has been helping to rebuild the flood-ravaged Pontchartrain Park...See more

Wendell Pierce was born in New Orleans and is an actor and Tony Award-winning producer. He starred in all five seasons of the acclaimed HBO drama The Wire and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He also starred in the HBO series Treme and has appeared in many feature films including Selma , Ray , Waiting to Exhale and Hackers . Since Hurricane Katrina, Pierce has been helping to rebuild the flood-ravaged Pontchartrain Park neighborhood in New Orleans. Rod Dreher has been a writer, columnist and critic for a variety of publications, including National Review , The Wall Street Journal , and the Dallas Morning News. He is the author of Crunchy Cons and The Little Way of Ruthie Leming. See less