Wendell Pierce Challenged Himself to an Annual Acting Trifecta. Now He’s Starring in a ‘Jack Ryan’ Movie, ‘Elsbeth’ and ‘Othello’ All at Once

May 25, 2026 11:18am PT Wendell Pierce Challenged Himself to an Annual Acting Trifecta. Now He’s Starring in a ‘Jack Ryan’ Movie, ‘Elsbeth’ and ‘Othello’ All at Once

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In 2019, Wendell Pierce was walking through London’s Piccadilly Circus to make it to that night’s performance of “Death of a Salesman,” when he stumbled upon a massive billboard. The ad was for the latest season of “Jack Ryan,” the Prime Video series in which he also stars. As he looked at himself on the Technicolor screen, it struck him that the London Film Festival was also screening his latest film, “Burning Cane,” for which he’d won best actor at Tribeca.

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