Robert Wisdom

For the 19th century politician in colonial Australia, see Robert Wisdom (politician).

Robert Wisdom
Wisdom in 2008
Born	Robert Ray Wisdom (1953-09-14) September 14, 1953
Education	St. Albans School
Alma mater	Columbia University (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present

Robert Ray Wisdom is an American actor best known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in The Wire, Norman "Lechero" St. John in Prison Break, and Harold Conway in the 2021 Hulu movie Vacation Friends.

Life and career

Wisdom was born to Jamaican parents. He is a graduate of St. Albans School and Columbia University, where he was a star sprinter on the school's track team. He appeared in four of the five seasons (primarily seasons three and four) of the HBO program The Wire as Howard "Bunny" Colvin. Wisdom had initially auditioned for the role of Stringer Bell. 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. He also had recurring roles in the television series Supernatural, Happy Town, and Burn Notice. 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.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Clean Slate	Mort		1995	“Sahara”	Tabulei
1996	That Thing You Do!	Bobby Washington
1996	Invader	Colonel Jessie Pratt
1996	No Easy Way	Motel Manager
1997	Face/Off	Tito Biondi
1997	Volcano	O.E.M. Staffer #2
1997	Stir	Detective Williams
1997	Jamaica Beat	Inspector Sterling
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Kwell
1998	Three Businessmen	Leroy Jasper
1999	How to Get Laid at the End of the World	Quonset Jones
2000	The Heist	Slim	Video
2000	Dancing at the Blue Iguana	Eddie
2001	Hollywood Palms	The Dutchman
2001	Rocky Road	Michael Jones	Credited as Bob Wisdom
2001	Storytelling	Mr. Scott
2001	Osmosis Jones	Big Germ (voice)
2002	Coastlines	Bob Johnson
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Lucius
2003	Duplex	Officer Dan
2004	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Alderman Lalowe Brown
2004	Killer Diller	Moker
2004	Haven	Mr. Sterling
2004	Ray	Jack Lauderdale
2004	The Forgotten	Carl Dayton
2004	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
2007	Sex and Death 101	Alpha
2007	Saw IV	Officer Peter
2008	Ball Don't Lie	Officer Perkins
2009	The Collector	Roy
2010	Sympathy for Delicious	Prendell
2010	Passion Play	Malcolm
2011	Rampart	Captain
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Army Captain Parker
2012	Freelancers	Terrence Burke
2014	The Loft	Detective Cohagan
2016	Live Cargo	Roy
2017	Unforgettable	Detective Pope
2018	Beast of Burden	Mallory
2019	Motherless Brooklyn	Billy Rose
2021	Vacation Friends	Harold Conway
2021	A Journal for Jordan	TBA	Post-production

Television
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"
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Policeman	Television film
1997–99	Cracker	Detective Danny Watlington	15 episodes
1997–99	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Daniel Euwara	3 episodes
1998	Arli$$		Episode: "His Name Is Arliss Michaels"
1998	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"
2001	The District	Mr. Broyles	Episode: "To Serve and Protect"
2002	NYPD Blue	Eric Green	Episode: "Safari, So Good"
2002	Live from Baghdad	Bernard Shaw	Television film
2003	The Agency	Mr. Banga	Episode: "Absolute Bastard"
2003	Kingpin	Rolando	2 episodes
2003	Boomtown	Chronic / Daryl C. Norcott	Episode: "Execution"
2003	Judging Amy	D.A. Matthews	Episode: "Tricks of the Trade"
2003–08	The Wire	Howard "Bunny" Colvin	25 episodes
2005	Inconceivable	Earl Godcheaux	Episode: "Balls in Your Court"
2007	Close to Home	Reverend Scofield	Episode: "Eminent Domain"
2007	The Nine	Clarence Jones	Episode: "Man of the Year"
2007–08	Prison Break	Norman "Lechero" St. John	13 episodes
2008–09	Supernatural	Uriel	4 episodes
2009	NCIS	Warden Gene Halsey	Episode: "Caged"
2009	Lie to Me	Bonds	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	How I Met Your Mother	McCracken	Episode: "Murtaugh"
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Father Theo	Episode: "Hell"
2010	Happy Town	Roger Hobbs	8 episodes
2010–11	Burn Notice	Vaughn Anderson	8 episodes
2010	Hawthorne	Calvin Jenkins	Episode: "Afterglow"
2011	Nikita	CIA Director Abbott	Episode: "Pandora"
2011	Prime Suspect	Chuck Reingold	Episode: "Shame"
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Cop Actor	Episode: "Paul Rudd Wears a Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt"
2012–13	Nashville	Coleman Carlisle	15 episodes
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Mr. Hamilton	Episode: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
2014	Legends	Conrad Tomlin	2 episodes
2014–15	Chicago P.D.	Commander Ron Perry	9 episodes
2015	12 Monkeys	Jeremy	Episode: "Pilot"
2015–19	Ballers	Dennis	22 episodes
2016–17	Rosewood	Gerald Kelly	7 episodes
2016–17	Flaked	George Flack	13 episodes
2018–20	The Alienist	Cyrus Montrose	14 episodes
2019	Blue Bloods	Inspector Andre Clifford	Episode: "Blues"
2019	The Fix	Buck Neal	7 episodes
2019	The Hot Zone	Col. Vernon Tucker	5 episodes
2019	Watchmen	Seymour	2 episodes
2020	Helstrom	Caretaker	8 episodes
2021	The Big Leap	Earl

Video games
Year	Title	Role
2008	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Luke Cage (voice)
2009	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	Uruk-Hai Officer #2 (voice)
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Jonas Savimbi (voice)
2014	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Prime Minister (voice)

External links

• Robert Wisdom at IMDb