Robert Wisdom

Acting

Born September 14, 1953, 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

• 2026Dreams in Nightmares — Virgil
• The Terminal List: Dark Wolf — Jed Haverford
• Accused — Mitch Becker
• Black Bird — Edmund Beaumont
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Dak'Reh
• 2021A Journal for Jordan — Sgt. T.J. Canedy
• 2021Vacation Friends — Harold
• Helstrom — Henry / Caretaker
• 2019Motherless Brooklyn — Billy Rose
• The Fix — Buck Neal
• The Hot Zone — Vernon Tucker
• Watchmen — Seymour
• Barry — Jim Moss
• 2018Beast of Burden — Mallory
• The Alienist — Cyrus Montrose
• 2017Unforgettable — Detective Pope
• Flaked — George
• 2016Live Cargo — Roy
• 12 Monkeys — Jeremy
• Ballers — Dennis
• Rosewood — Gerald Kelly
• Chicago P.D. — Ron Perry
• Legends — Conrad Tomlin
• 2014The Loft — Detective Cohagan
• 2012Freelancers — Terrence Burke
• Nashville — Coleman Carlisle
• 2012The Dark Knight Rises — Army Captain at Bridge
• 2011Passion Play — Malcolm
• 2011Rampart — Captain
• Happy Town — Detective Roger Hobbs
• 2010Sympathy for Delicious — Prendell
• Lie to Me — Bonds
• 2009The Collector — Roy
• Burn Notice — Vaughn Anderson
• 2007Freedom Writers — Dr. Carl Cohn
• 2007Sex and Death 101 — Alpha
• 2007The Hawk Is Dying — Billy Bob
• Close to Home — Reverend Scofield
• Grey's Anatomy — Mr. Hamilton
• How I Met Your Mother — McCracken
• Inconceivable — Earl Godchaux
• 2005Mozart and the Whale — Blume
• Prison Break — Norman "Lechero" St. John
• Supernatural — Uriel
• 2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business — Alderman Brown
• Century City
• 2004Haven — Mr. Sterling
• 2004Killer Diller — Moker
• 2004Ray — Jack Lauderdale
• 2004The Forgotten — Carl Dayton
• 2003Duplex — Officer Dan
• Kingpin
• 2003Masked and Anonymous — Lucius
• NCIS — Gene Halsey
• Boomtown — Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott)
• 2002Coastlines — Bob Johnson
• 2002Live from Baghdad — Bernard Shaw
• The Wire — Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
• 2001Dancing at the Blue Iguana — Eddie
• 2001Osmosis Jones — Big Germ (voice)
• 2001Rocky Road — Michael Jones
• 2001Storytelling — Mr. Scott
• The Agency — Mr. Banga
• 2000Hollywood Palms — The Dutchman
• The District — Mr. Broyles
• 2000The Heist — Slim
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Father Theo Burdett
• 1998Mighty Joe Young — Kweli
• 1998Three Businessmen — Leroy Jasper
• Cracker — Detective Danny Watlington
• Dharma & Greg — Prospero
• 1997Face/Off — Tito Biondi
• 1997Jamaica Beat — Inspector Sterling
• 1997Stir — Detective Williams
• 1997Volcano — O.E.M. Staffer #2
• Arli$$ — Donny Thurman
• 1996If These Walls Could Talk — Policeman
• 1996Lifeform — Colonel Jessie Pratt
• Poltergeist: The Legacy — Daniel Euwara
• 1996That Thing You Do! — Bobby Washington
• The Sentinel — Lieutenant Williams
• 1995Sahara — Tambul
• 1994Clean Slate — Mort
• 1994Cosmic Slop — Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment')
• ER — Dr. Hammond
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Waiter