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Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in HBO dramas, such as Detective Bunk Moreland in ''The Wire'', trombonist Antoine Batiste in ''Treme'', and Michael Davenport in ''Waiting to Exhale''. Currently Pierce has a starring role as Teddy on the CBS sitcom ''The Odd Couple''. ==Early life== Pierce was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of three sons of a teacher and a decorated World War II veteran who worked as a maintenance engineer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wendell Pierce profile )〕 His father's segregated Army unit helped Marines win the Battle of Saipan in 1944. Pierce said of his father's experience: "When the country wasn’t loving my father, my father was loving his country. It's the ultimate act of patriotism."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seen and Heard in New York: Wendell Pierce, Cory Booker, Alan Rickman )〕 Pierce was raised in the black middle-class community of Pontchartrain Park, the first African-American post-war suburb. His father, along with many black veterans, moved into the neighborhood after returning home from the war. The neighborhood was wiped out during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, including Pierce's family home, which was flooded with 14 feet of water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pierce's New Orleans )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why "Treme" Star Wendell Pierce is Getting into the Supermarket Business )〕 After attending Benjamin Franklin High School, Pierce graduated from the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts, where he was a Presidential Scholar of the Arts. As a young actor, he appeared in ''The Winter's Tale'' at the Tulane Shakespeare Festival. He produced and hosted ''Think About It'', a youth-themed talk show, for the local NBC affiliate station, and also hosted a weekly jazz show on WYLD-FM Radio called ''Extensions from Congo Square''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wendell Pierce Award Winning Actor and President of the Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp. )〕 He then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division from 1981 to 1985, where he graduated as a member of Group 14 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wendell Pierce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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