Robert Wisdom
Date of birth: 1953-09-14
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Bob Wisdom, Robert Ray Wisdom, روبرت ويسدم
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.
Movie Credits
The Heist
2000-04-17
Two brothers turn against each other when confronted with the possibility of getting millions of dol
Freedom Writers
2007-01-05
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pur
The Collector
2009-07-09
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country ho
Mozart and the Whale
2005-09-10
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabota
Masked and Anonymous
2003-07-25
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by
Killer Diller
2004-01-01
A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a grou
Mighty Joe Young
1998-12-25
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from po
Haven
2004-09-10
During a weekend, two shady businessmen flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. But
Live from Baghdad
2002-12-07
A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.
The Hawk Is Dying
2007-03-30
A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-
Sahara
1995-04-25
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara de
Storytelling
2001-11-21
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil
Clean Slate
1994-05-06
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking
That Thing You Do!
1996-10-04
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with
The Loft
2014-10-14
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital
Rampart
2011-11-23
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles
Three Businessmen
1998-10-14
An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in
Jamaica Beat
1997-05-09
When a renowned New York photographer and her new husband arrive for a holiday in a close-knit Jamai
Coastlines
2002-01-15
An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of hi
Lifeform
1996-09-24
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings wi
Rocky Road
2001-02-14
This modern dramedy explores the problems and prejudices one interracial couple experiences from the
Ray
2004-10-29
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001-10-10
At the Blue Iguana, L.A.'s most notorious strip club, the lives of five exotic dancers converge, cla
Freelancers
2012-08-10
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner
The Forgotten
2004-09-24
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is st
Cosmic Slop
1994-11-08
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crime
Duplex
2003-09-26
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs
Live Cargo
2016-04-15
Nadine and Lewis move to a small Bahamian island hoping to restore their relationship in the wake of
Face/Off
1997-06-27
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the
Dreams in Nightmares
2024-08-01
After an abrupt layoff, Z embarks on a trip across the Midwestern United States in search of a frien
Stir
1997-07-01
A woman searches for clues that led to the murder of her scientist husband whom was experimenting wi
Unforgettable
2017-03-06
Barely coping with the end of her marriage, Tessa Connover learns that her ex-husband, David, is now
Sex and Death 101
2007-06-15
A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with an
Sympathy for Delicious
2010-04-09
A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.
Passion Play
2011-01-10
An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.
If These Walls Could Talk
1996-09-11
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004-01-20
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop
Beast of Burden
2018-02-23
Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hi
Motherless Brooklyn
2019-10-31
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solv
Hollywood Palms
2000-12-31
Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie looks at how people
Volcano
1997-04-25
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causi
Vacation Friends
2021-08-27
When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the St
A Journal for Jordan
2021-12-22
Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to
Osmosis Jones
2001-08-10
A white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying