
Robert Wisdom
Biography
Robert Ray Wisdom is an American actor, best known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in the HBO drama series The Wire, Norman "Lechero" St. John in the Fox drama series Prison Break, and Harold Conway in the 2021 Hulu comedy film Vacation Friends. Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C., to Jamaican parents. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and economics. He worked as a producer for NPR's All Things Considered before pursuing a career in acting. Wisdom has appeare…
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Filmography
Acting (85)
Movies (45)
Dreams in Nightmares
2024as Virgil
A Journal for Jordan
2021as Sgt. T.J. Canedy
Vacation Friends
2021as Harold
Motherless Brooklyn
2019as Billy Rose
Beast of Burden
2018as Mallory
Unforgettable
2017as Detective Pope
Live Cargo
2016as Roy
The Loft
2014as Detective Cohagan
The Dark Knight Rises
2012as Army Captain at Bridge
Freelancers
2012as Terrence Burke
Rampart
2011as Captain
Passion Play
2011as Malcolm
Sympathy for Delicious
2010as Prendell
The Collector
2009as Roy
Freedom Writers
2007as Dr. Carl Cohn
Sex and Death 101
2007as Alpha
The Hawk Is Dying
2007as Billy Bob
Mozart and the Whale
2005as Blume
Ray
2004as Jack Lauderdale
Haven
2004as Mr. Sterling
The Forgotten
2004as Carl Dayton
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004as Alderman Brown
Killer Diller
2004as Moker
Duplex
2003as Officer Dan
Masked and Anonymous
2003as Lucius
Coastlines
2002as Bob Johnson
Live from Baghdad
2002as Bernard Shaw
Osmosis Jones
2001as Big Germ (voice)
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001as Eddie
Storytelling
2001as Mr. Scott
Rocky Road
2001as Michael Jones
The Heist
2000as Slim
Hollywood Palms
2000as The Dutchman
Mighty Joe Young
1998as Kweli
Three Businessmen
1998as Leroy Jasper
Face/Off
1997as Tito Biondi
Volcano
1997as O.E.M. Staffer #2
Jamaica Beat
1997as Inspector Sterling
Stir
1997as Detective Williams
That Thing You Do!
1996as Bobby Washington
Lifeform
1996as Colonel Jessie Pratt
If These Walls Could Talk
1996as Policeman
Sahara
1995as Tambul
Clean Slate
1994as Mort
Cosmic Slop
1994as Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment')
Television (40)
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025as Jed Haverford
Accused
2023as Mitch Becker
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022as Dak'Reh
Black Bird
2022as Edmund Beaumont
Helstrom
2020as Henry / Caretaker
Watchmen
2019as Seymour
The Hot Zone
2019as Vernon Tucker
Barry
2018as Jim Moss
Barry
2018as Jim Moss
The Alienist
2018as Cyrus Montrose
Flaked
2016as George
Rosewood
2015as Gerald Kelly
12 Monkeys
2015as Jeremy
Ballers
2015as Dennis
Chicago P.D.
2014as Ron Perry
Legends
2014as Conrad Tomlin
Nashville
2012as Coleman Carlisle
Happy Town
2010as Detective Roger Hobbs
Lie to Me
2009as Bonds
Burn Notice
2007as Vaughn Anderson
Grey's Anatomy
2005as Mr. Hamilton
Supernatural
2005as Uriel
How I Met Your Mother
2005as McCracken
Prison Break
2005as Norman "Lechero" St. John
Close to Home
2005as Reverend Scofield
NCIS
2003as Warden Gene Halsey
Kingpin
2003
The Wire
2002as Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
The Wire
2002as Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
Boomtown
2002as Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott)
The Agency
2001as Mr. Banga
The District
2000as Mr. Broyles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Father Theo Burdett
Dharma & Greg
1997as Prospero
Cracker
1997as Detective Danny Watlington
Arli$$
1996as Donny Thurman
The Sentinel
1996as Lieutenant Williams
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996as Daniel Euwara
ER
1994as Dr. Hammond
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Waiter
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