Robert Wisdom

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.

Cast

The Heist

(Slim)

Freedom Writers

(Dr. Carl Cohn)

The Collector

(Roy)

Mozart and the Whale

(Blume)

Masked and Anonymous

(Lucius)

Killer Diller

(Moker)

Mighty Joe Young

(Kweli)

Haven

(Mr. Sterling)

Live from Baghdad

(Bernard Shaw)

The Hawk Is Dying

(Billy Bob)

Sahara

(Tambul)

Storytelling

(Mr. Scott)

Clean Slate

(Mort)

That Thing You Do!

(Bobby Washington)

The Loft

(Detective Cohagan)

Rampart

(Captain)

Three Businessmen

(Leroy Jasper)

Jamaica Beat

(Inspector Sterling)

Coastlines

(Bob Johnson)

Lifeform

(Colonel Jessie Pratt)

Rocky Road

(Michael Jones)

Ray

(Jack Lauderdale)

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

(Eddie)

Freelancers

(Terrence Burke)

The Forgotten

(Carl Dayton)

Cosmic Slop

(Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment'))

The Dark Knight Rises

(Army Captain at Bridge)

Duplex

(Officer Dan)

Live Cargo

(Roy)

Face/Off

(Tito Biondi)

Dreams In Nightmares

(Virgil)

Stir

(Detective Williams)

Unforgettable

(Detective Pope)

Sex and Death 101

(Alpha)

Sympathy for Delicious

(Prendell)

Passion Play

(Malcolm)

If These Walls Could Talk

(Policeman)

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

(Alderman Brown)

Beast of Burden

(Mallory)

Motherless Brooklyn

(Billy Rose)

Hollywood Palms

(The Dutchman)

Volcano

(O.E.M. Staffer #2)

Vacation Friends

(Harold)

A Journal for Jordan

(Sgt. T.J. Canedy)

The District

(Mr. Broyles)

The Wire

(Major Howard 'Bunny' Colvin)

The Wire

(Howard "Bunny" Colvin)

Boomtown

(Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott))

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(Father Theo Burdett)

Dharma & Greg

(Prospero)

NCIS

(Warden Gene Halsey)

Kingpin

Close to Home

Lie to Me

(Bonds)

Cracker

(Detective Danny Watlington)

Happy Town

(Detective Roger Hobbs)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(Waiter)

Legends

(Conrad Tomlin)

Nashville

(Coleman Carlisle)

Chicago P.D.

(Ron Perry)

Burn Notice

(Vaughn Anderson)

Black Bird

(Edmund Beaumont)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

(Dak'Reh)

Poltergeist: The Legacy

(Daniel Euwara)

ER

(Dr. Hammond)

12 Monkeys

(Jeremy)

Supernatural

(Uriel)

Rosewood

(Gerald Kelly)

Accused

(Mitch Becker)

Barry

(Jim Moss)

The Alienist

(Cyrus Montrose)

Prison Break

(Norman "Lechero" St. John)

The Hot Zone

(Vernon Tucker)

Grey's Anatomy

(Mr. Hamilton)

Helstrom

(Henry / Caretaker)

Ballers

(Dennis)

Watchmen

(Seymour)

How I Met Your Mother

(McCracken)

Flaked

(George)

The Sentinel

(Lieutenant Williams)