
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 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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Acting History
2025
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf as Jed Haverford
2024Dreams in Nightmares as Virgil
2023Accused as Mitch Becker
2022Black Bird as Edmund Beaumont
2022Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Dak'Reh
2021A Journal for Jordan as Sgt. T.J. Canedy
2021Vacation Friends as Harold
2020Helstrom as Henry / Caretaker
2019Motherless Brooklyn as Billy Rose
2019Watchmen as Seymour
2019The Hot Zone as Vernon Tucker
2018Barry as Jim Moss
2018Beast of Burden as Mallory
2018The Alienist as Cyrus Montrose
2017Unforgettable as Detective Pope
2016Live Cargo as Roy
2016Flaked as George
2015Rosewood as Gerald Kelly
2015Ballers as Dennis
201512 Monkeys as Jeremy
2014The Loft as Detective Cohagan
2014Legends as Conrad Tomlin
2014Chicago P.D. as Ron Perry
2012Nashville as Coleman Carlisle
2012Freelancers as Terrence Burke
2012The Dark Knight Rises as Army Captain at Bridge
2011Rampart as Captain
2011Passion Play as Malcolm
2010Happy Town as Detective Roger Hobbs
2010Sympathy for Delicious as Prendell
2009The Collector as Roy
2009Lie to Me as Bonds
2007Burn Notice as Vaughn Anderson
2007Sex and Death 101 as Alpha
2007The Hawk Is Dying as Billy Bob
2007Freedom Writers as Dr. Carl Cohn
2005Close to Home as Reverend Scofield
2005How I Met Your Mother as McCracken
2005Supernatural as Uriel
2005Mozart and the Whale as Blume
2005Prison Break as Norman "Lechero" St. John
2005Grey's Anatomy as Mr. Hamilton
2004Ray as Jack Lauderdale
2004The Forgotten as Carl Dayton
2004Haven as Mr. Sterling
2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Alderman Brown
2004Killer Diller as Moker
2003Duplex as Officer Dan
2003NCIS as Warden Gene Halsey
2003Masked and Anonymous as Lucius
2003Kingpin
2002Live from Baghdad as Bernard Shaw
2002Boomtown as Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott)
2002The Wire as Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
2002Coastlines as Bob Johnson
2001Storytelling as Mr. Scott
2001Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Eddie
2001The Agency as Mr. Banga
2001Rocky Road as Michael Jones
2000Hollywood Palms as The Dutchman
2000The District as Mr. Broyles
2000The Heist as Slim
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Father Theo Burdett
1998Mighty Joe Young as Kweli
1998Three Businessmen as Leroy Jasper
1997Dharma & Greg as Prospero
1997Cracker as Detective Danny Watlington
1997Stir as Detective Williams
1997Face/Off as Tito Biondi
1997Jamaica Beat as Inspector Sterling
1997Volcano as O.E.M. Staffer #2
1996That Thing You Do! as Bobby Washington
1996Lifeform as Colonel Jessie Pratt
1996If These Walls Could Talk as Policeman
1996Poltergeist: The Legacy as Daniel Euwara
1996The Sentinel as Lieutenant Williams
1995Sahara as Tambul
1994Cosmic Slop as Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment')
1994ER as Dr. Hammond
1994Clean Slate as Mort
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Waiter









