Robert Wisdom | |
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 Wisdom in 2008 | |
| Born | Robert Ray Wisdom September 14, 1953 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | St. Albans School |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Robert Ray Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in The Wire , Norman "Lechero" St. John in Prison Break , and Jim Moss in Barry.
Wisdom was born on September 14, 1953 in Washington, D.C. to immigrant Jamaican parents. He is a graduate of St. Albans School and Columbia University, where he was a star sprinter on the university's track team. [1] [2] [3]
He appeared in four of the five seasons (primarily seasons three and four) of the HBO program The Wire as Howard "Bunny" Colvin. [4] Wisdom had initially auditioned for the role of Stringer Bell. [5] He has also starred in the 2004 films Barbershop 2: Back in Business and Ray , and the 2007 film Freedom Writers . He landed a regular role on season 3 of Prison Break playing the role of a Panamanian drug kingpin named Lechero. [6] He also had recurring roles in the television series Supernatural , Happy Town , and Burn Notice . [7] Wisdom was once a producer for NPR's All Things Considered .
From 2012 to 2013, Wisdom was a series regular in season one of the ABC drama series Nashville , as Coleman Carlisle. [8]
From 2022 to 2023, Wisdom starred in the HBO black-comedy series Barry, as Jim Moss, [9] for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Mort | |
| 1996 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | Gambler Cenobite | |
| That Thing You Do! | Bobby Washington | ||
| Invader | Colonel Jessie Pratt | ||
| No Easy Way | Motel Manager | ||
| 1997 | Volcano | O.E.M. Staffer #2 | |
| Face/Off | Tito Biondi | ||
| Stir | Detective Williams | ||
| Jamaica Beat | Inspector Sterling | ||
| 1998 | Three Businessmen | Leroy Jasper | |
| Mighty Joe Young | Kwell | ||
| 1999 | How to Get Laid at the End of the World | Quonset Jones | |
| 2000 | The Heist | Slim | Video |
| Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Eddie | ||
| 2001 | Rocky Road | Michael Jones | |
| Storytelling | Mr. Scott | ||
| Osmosis Jones | Big Germ | Voice | |
| Hollywood Palms | The Dutchman | ||
| D.C. Smalls | Miles | Short | |
| 2002 | Coastlines | Bob Johnson | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Lucius | |
| Duplex | Officer Dan | ||
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Alderman Lalowe Brown | |
| Killer Diller | Moker | ||
| Haven | Mr. Sterling | ||
| Ray | Jack Lauderdale | ||
| The Forgotten | Carl Dayton | ||
| Crazy like a Fox | Roy Fowler | ||
| 2005 | Mozart and the Whale | Blume | |
| 2006 | The Hawk Is Dying | Billy Bob | |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | Dr. Carl Cohn | |
| Sex and Death 101 | Alpha | ||
| 2008 | Ball Don't Lie | Officer Perkins | |
| 2009 | The Collector | Roy | |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious | Prendell | |
| Passion Play | Malcolm | ||
| 2011 | Bright | Irwin | Short |
| Rampart | Captain | ||
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Army Captain Parker | |
| Freelancers | Terrence Burke | ||
| 2014 | The Loft | Detective Cohagan | |
| 2016 | Live Cargo | Roy | |
| 2017 | Unforgettable | Detective Pope | |
| 2018 | Beast of Burden | Mallory | |
| Revival! | Jesus' Father Co-Worker | ||
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Billy Rose | |
| 2021 | Vacation Friends | Harold Conway | |
| A Journal for Jordan | Sgt. T.J. Canedy | ||
| 2024 | Dreams in Nightmares [11] | Virgil |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Bill | Johnny Olina-Olu | Episode: "Street Smart" |
| 1993 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Waiter | Episode: "The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb" |
| 1995 | Sahara | Sergeant Major Tambul | Television film |
| 1996 | The Sentinel | Lieutenant Williams | Episode: "The Debt" |
| If These Walls Could Talk | Policeman | Television film | |
| 1997–1999 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Daniel Euwara | Recurring cast (season 2), guest (season 3-4) |
| Cracker | Detective Danny Watlington | Main cast | |
| 1998 | Arli$$ | - | Episode: "His Name Is Arliss Michaels" |
| Dharma & Greg | Prospero | Episode: "It Takes a Village" | |
| 1999 | Wasteland | Professor James | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2000 | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Oscar Valdez | Television film |
| 2001 | ER | Dr. Hammond | Episode: "Piece of Mind" |
| The District | Mr. Broyles | Episode: "To Serve and Protect" | |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Eric Green | Episode: "Safari, So Good" |
| Live from Baghdad | Bernard Shaw | Television film | |
| 2003 | The Agency | Mr. Banga | Episode: "Absolute Bastard" |
| Kingpin | Rolando | 2 episodes | |
| Boomtown | Daryl "Chronic" Norcott | Episode: "Execution" | |
| Judging Amy | D.A. Matthews | Episode: "Tricks of the Trade" | |
| 2003–2008 | The Wire | Howard "Bunny" Colvin | Guest (season 2 & 5), main cast (season 3-4) |
| 2004 | Century City | - | Episode: "Only You" |
| 2005 | Inconceivable | Earl Godcheaux | Episode: "Balls in Your Court" |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Reverend Scofield | Episode: "Eminent Domain" |
| The Nine | Clarence Jones | Episode: "Man of the Year" | |
| 2007–2008 | Prison Break | Norman "Lechero" St. John | Main cast (season 3) |
| 2008–2009 | Supernatural | Uriel | Recurring cast (season 4) |
| 2009 | NCIS | Warden Gene Halsey | Episode: "Caged" |
| Lie to Me | Bonds | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| How I Met Your Mother | McCracken | Episode: "Murtaugh" | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Father Theo Burdett | Episode: "Hell" | |
| 2010 | Happy Town | Roger Hobbs | Main cast |
| Hawthorne | Calvin Jenkins | Episode: "Afterglow" | |
| 2010–2011 | Burn Notice | Vaughn Anderson | Recurring cast (season 4), guest (season 5) |
| 2011 | Nikita | CIA Director Abbott | Episode: "Pandora" |
| Prime Suspect | Chuck Reingold | Episode: "Shame" | |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Cop Actor | Episode: "Paul Rudd Wears a Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt" |
| 2012–2013 | Nashville | Coleman Carlisle | Main cast (season 1), guest (season 2) |
| 2013 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Hamilton | Episode: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" |
| 2014 | Legends | Conrad Tomlin | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Chicago P.D. | Commander Ron Perry | Recurring cast (season 1-2) |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | Jeremy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015–2019 | Ballers | Dennis Jerret | Recurring cast |
| 2016–2017 | Rosewood | Gerald Kelly | Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2 |
| Flaked | George Flack | Recurring cast | |
| 2017 | Seven Bucks Digital Studios | Dennis Jerret | Episode: "Get Pumped Up for "Ballers" Season 3 with the Rock" |
| 2018–2020 | The Alienist | Cyrus Montrose | Main cast |
| 2019 | Blue Bloods | Inspector Andre Clifford | Episode: "Blues" |
| The Fix | Buck Neal | Recurring cast | |
| The Hot Zone | Col. Vernon Tucker | Recurring cast (season 1) | |
| Watchmen | Seymour | Recurring cast | |
| 2020 | Helstrom | Caretaker | Main cast |
| 2021 | The Big Leap | Earl Reyes | Recurring cast |
| 2022 | Black Bird | Edmund Beaumont | Recurring cast |
| 2022–2023 | Barry | Jim Moss | Recurring cast (season 3), main cast (season 4) |
| 2023 | Accused | Mitch Becker | Episode: "Scott's Story" |
| Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Dak’Rah | Episode: "Under the Cloak of War" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Spider-Man: Web of Shadows | Luke Cage | |
| 2009 | The Lord of the Rings: Conquest | Uruk-Hai Officer #2 | |
| 2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Jonas Savimbi | |
| 2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Prime Minister |
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