Wendell Pierce Lands 4 Simultaneous Roles Across Othello, Elsbeth, Jack Ryan and Raising Kanan
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Updated · Variety · May 25
Wendell Pierce Lands 4 Simultaneous Roles Across Othello, Elsbeth, Jack Ryan and Raising Kanan
1 articles · Updated · Variety · May 25
Wendell Pierce said he has turned his long-running "trifecta" goal into a four-part feat this month, appearing at once in stage, TV, film and another TV drama.
This weekend puts three of those roles in play together: Shakespeare Theatre Company's "Othello," the "Elsbeth" Season 3 finale on CBS, and Prime Video's new "Jack Ryan: Ghost War."
A fourth role arrives June 12, when Starz premieres the final season of "Power Book III: Raising Kanan," giving Pierce simultaneous turns as both a police captain and a robber.
Pierce traced the ambition to a 2019 moment in London when he realized he was concurrently in "Death of a Salesman," Amazon's "Jack Ryan" series and Tribeca-winning film "Burning Cane."
The 40-year veteran said the overlap reflects his ideal "journeyman actor" career—working across theater, television and cinema while adding classical text each year to sharpen his craft.
After achieving his career 'quadfecta,' what artistic mountain will veteran actor Wendell Pierce set out to conquer next?
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How does performing Shakespeare's Othello nightly influence his three concurrent on-screen roles in film and television?