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Robert Wisdom

Born 1953-09-14
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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 appeared in numerous films and television shows, including That Thing You Do!, Face/Off, Ray, The Manchurian Candidate, and The Good Wife. He has also had recurring roles on the television series The Practice, NYPD Blue, and The Shield. In 2012, Wisdom was cast as a series regular in the ABC drama series Nashville. He played the role of Coleman Carlisle, a music producer. The show ran for four seasons. In 2021, Wisdom starred in the Hulu comedy film Vacation Friends. He played the role of Harold Conway, a couple's therapist who becomes involved in a wild weekend with two other couples. The film was a critical and commercial success. Wisdom is a versatile actor who has played a wide range of roles. He is a respected member of the acting community and has won numerous awards for his work, including a NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Filmography 83

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