Robert Wisdom

Born: 1953-09-14

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.


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as Army Captain at Bridge
Released: 2012-07-17

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's...

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The Loft

as Detective Cohagan
Released: 2014-10-14

For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on...

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as Tito Biondi
Released: 1997-06-27

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes...

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Volcano

as O.E.M. Staffer #2
Released: 1997-04-25

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth,...

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Vacation Friends

as Harold
Released: 2021-08-27

When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to...

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Freedom Writers

as Dr. Carl Cohn
Released: 2007-01-05

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and...

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Sex and Death 101

as Alpha
Released: 2007-06-15

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex...

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Ray

as Jack Lauderdale
Released: 2004-10-29

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven....

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The Collector

as Roy
Released: 2009-07-09

Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's...

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as Bobby Washington
Released: 1996-10-04

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can,...

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The Forgotten

as Carl Dayton
Released: 2004-09-24

Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She...

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Mighty Joe Young

as Kweli
Released: 1998-12-25

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas...

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Rampart

as Captain
Released: 2011-11-23

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he...

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Barbershop 2: Back in Business

as Alderman Brown
Released: 2004-01-20

The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty...

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Duplex

as Officer Dan
Released: 2003-09-26

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady...

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Unforgettable

as Detective Pope
Released: 2017-03-06

Barely coping with the end of her marriage, Tessa Connover learns that her ex-husband, David, is...

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If These Walls Could Talk

as Policeman
Released: 1996-09-11

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who...

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Beast of Burden

as Mallory
Released: 2018-02-23

Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel,...

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as Billy Rose
Released: 2019-10-31

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to...

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Dancing at the Blue Iguana

as Eddie
Released: 2001-10-10

A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.

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Sahara

as Tambul
Released: 1995-04-25

After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the...

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Freelancers

as Terrence Burke
Released: 2012-08-10

The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former...

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A Journal for Jordan

as Sgt. T.J. Canedy
Released: 2021-12-22

Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins...

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Storytelling

as Mr. Scott
Released: 2001-11-08

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal...

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Masked and Anonymous

as Lucius
Released: 2003-07-25

Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.

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Passion Play

as Malcolm
Released: 2011-01-10

An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

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Haven

as Mr. Sterling
Released: 2004-09-10

During a weekend, two shady businessmen flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution....

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Mozart and the Whale

as Blume
Released: 2005-09-10

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions...

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Live from Baghdad

as Bernard Shaw
Released: 2002-12-07

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of...

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Clean Slate

as Mort
Released: 1994-05-06

Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia,...

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Sympathy for Delicious

as Prendell
Released: 2010-04-09

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

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Coastlines

as Bob Johnson
Released: 2002-01-15

An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife...

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Killer Diller

as Moker
Released: 2004-01-01

A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a...

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Live Cargo

as Roy
Released: 2016-04-15

Nadine and Lewis move to a small Bahamian island hoping to restore their relationship in the...

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The Hawk Is Dying

as Billy Bob
Released: 2007-03-30

A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild,...

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Lifeform

as Colonel Jessie Pratt
Released: 1996-09-24

When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it...

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Three Businessmen

as Leroy Jasper
Released: 1998-10-14

An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by...

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Stir

as Detective Williams
Released: 1997-07-01

A woman searches for clues that led to the murder of her scientist husband whom was...

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Cosmic Slop

as Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment')
Released: 1994-11-08

In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the...

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Hollywood Palms

as The Dutchman
Released: 2000-12-31

Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie looks at how...

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The Heist

as Slim
Released: 2000-04-17

Two brothers turn against each other when confronted with the possibility of getting millions of...

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Dreams In Nightmares

as Virgil
Released: 2024-08-01

After an abrupt layoff, Z embarks on a trip across the Midwestern United States in search of a...

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Jamaica Beat

as Inspector Sterling
Released: 1997-05-09

When a renowned New York photographer and her new husband arrive for a holiday in a close-knit...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Hamilton
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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NCIS

as Warden Gene Halsey
First aired: 2003-09-23

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...

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Supernatural

as Uriel
First aired: 2005-09-13

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Father Theo Burdett
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Prison Break

as Norman "Lechero" St. John
First aired: 2005-08-29

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his...

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How I Met Your Mother

as McCracken
First aired: 2005-09-19

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four...

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Chicago P.D.

as Ron Perry
First aired: 2014-01-08

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Waiter
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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The Wire

as Major Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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The Wire

as Howard "Bunny" Colvin
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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ER

as Dr. Hammond
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Burn Notice

as Vaughn Anderson
First aired: 2007-06-28

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate...

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Lie to Me

as Bonds
First aired: 2009-01-21

The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body...

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12 Monkeys

as Jeremy
First aired: 2015-01-16

The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race...

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Rosewood

as Gerald Kelly
First aired: 2015-09-23

Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated...

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The Sentinel

as Lieutenant Williams
First aired: 1996-03-20

The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for...

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Ballers

as Dennis
First aired: 2015-06-21

Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar...

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Barry

as Jim Moss
First aired: 2018-03-25

A listless hitman is enthralled by theatre acting and becomes eager to leave his old life behind...

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The District

as Mr. Broyles
First aired: 2000-10-07

The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1,...

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Nashville

as Coleman Carlisle
First aired: 2012-10-10

Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate...

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

as Dak'Reh
First aired: 2022-05-05

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before...

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Black Bird

as Edmund Beaumont
First aired: 2022-07-07

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a...

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The Alienist

as Cyrus Montrose
First aired: 2018-01-22

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr....

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Dharma & Greg

as Prospero
First aired: 1997-09-24

Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30,...

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Accused

as Mitch Becker
First aired: 2023-01-22

In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an...

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Legends

as Conrad Tomlin
First aired: 2014-08-13

Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a...

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Close to Home

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-20

Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros....

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Boomtown

as Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott)
First aired: 2002-09-29

Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many...

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The Hot Zone

as Vernon Tucker
First aired: 2019-05-27

In this anthology series, heroic scientists risk all to deal with deadly outbreaks.

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Watchmen

as Seymour
First aired: 2019-10-20

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the...

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Cracker

as Detective Danny Watlington
First aired: 1997-09-18

Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled...

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Kingpin

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-02-02

Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the...

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Flaked

as George
First aired: 2016-03-11

In his funky California beach enclave, Chip's the go-to guy for personal insights. But he isn't...

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Poltergeist: The Legacy

as Daniel Euwara
First aired: 1996-04-21

The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to...

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Helstrom

as Henry / Caretaker
First aired: 2020-10-16

Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The...

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Happy Town

as Detective Roger Hobbs
First aired: 2010-04-28

The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace...

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