Actor and author Wendell Pierce grew up in New Orleans’ Pontchartrain Park neighborhood, and his parents still lived there in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Pierce’s parents were able to ...

(CNN) — Despite calls from far and wide for “The Wire” to come back, actor Wendell Pierce is firm in his stance that the acclaimed show should stay untouched and in the past. ”’The Wire’ is something ...

WDSU's Travers Mackel joined local actor Wendell Pierce and Dr. Courtney Jackson on a panel to talk about the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. No weather data available ...

The university said today the actor "is declining to join us." — -- Wendell Pierce will no longer give the commencement speech at Rutgers University-Newark, the school announced today. The actor, ...

Meghan Markle’s on-screen dad, Wendell Pierce, came to her defense in a series of social media posts. “Her grace is something you know nothing about,” he wrote, in part.

This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the country’s costliest natural disasters — measured not only in dollars, but in human lives. Actor Wendell Pierce urges Americans to heed the lessons of ...