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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 14, 1953
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
- Bob Wisdom
- Robert Ray Wisdom
- روبرت ويسدم
Robert Wisdom
1.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.5
Jed Haverford
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
2025
6.5
Virgil
Dreams in Nightmares
2024
7.0
Mitch Becker
Accused
2023
8.1
Edmund Beaumont
Black Bird
2022
8.0
Dak'Reh
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022
6.9
Sgt. T.J. Canedy
A Journal for Jordan
2021
7.0
Harold
Vacation Friends
2021
6.7
Henry / Caretaker
Helstrom
2020
6.7
Billy Rose
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
7.6
Seymour
Watchmen
2019
Credits
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
as Jed Haverford
2025
7.5
Dreams in Nightmares
as Virgil
2024
6.5
Accused
as Mitch Becker
2023
7.0
Black Bird
as Edmund Beaumont
2022
8.1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
as Dak'Reh
2022
8.0
A Journal for Jordan
as Sgt. T.J. Canedy
2021
6.9
Vacation Friends
as Harold
2021
7.0
Helstrom
as Henry / Caretaker
2020
6.7
Motherless Brooklyn
as Billy Rose
2019
6.7
Watchmen
as Seymour
2019
7.6
The Hot Zone
as Vernon Tucker
2019
7.1
Barry
as Jim Moss
2018
7.9
Beast of Burden
as Mallory
2018
4.3
The Alienist
as Cyrus Montrose
2018
7.5
Unforgettable
as Detective Pope
2017
5.9
Live Cargo
as Roy
2016
5.8
Flaked
as George
2016
6.8
Rosewood
as Gerald Kelly
2015
6.5
Ballers
as Dennis
2015
6.8
12 Monkeys
as Jeremy
2015
7.4
The Loft
as Detective Cohagan
2014
6.4
Legends
as Conrad Tomlin
2014
6.4
Chicago P.D.
as Ron Perry
2014
8.4
Nashville
as Coleman Carlisle
2012
6.6
Freelancers
as Terrence Burke
2012
5.1
The Dark Knight Rises
as Army Captain at Bridge
2012
7.8
Rampart
as Captain
2011
5.4
Passion Play
as Malcolm
2011
4.8
Happy Town
as Detective Roger Hobbs
2010
5.9
Sympathy for Delicious
as Prendell
2010
5.7
The Collector
as Roy
2009
6.6
Lie to Me
as Bonds
2009
7.9
Burn Notice
as Vaughn Anderson
2007
7.5
Sex and Death 101
as Alpha
2007
6.1
The Hawk Is Dying
as Billy Bob
2007
4.6
Freedom Writers
as Dr. Carl Cohn
2007
7.9
Close to Home
as Reverend Scofield
2005
5.9
How I Met Your Mother
as McCracken
2005
8.1
Supernatural
as Uriel
2005
8.3
Mozart and the Whale
as Blume
2005
6.2
Prison Break
as Norman "Lechero" St. John
2005
8.1
Grey's Anatomy
as Mr. Hamilton
2005
8.2
Ray
as Jack Lauderdale
2004
7.4
The Forgotten
as Carl Dayton
2004
5.9
Haven
as Mr. Sterling
2004
5.2
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Alderman Brown
2004
6.0
Killer Diller
as Moker
2004
5.2
Duplex
as Officer Dan
2003
6.1
NCIS
as Warden Gene Halsey
2003
7.6
Masked and Anonymous
as Lucius
2003
5.0
Kingpin
2003
6.1
Live from Baghdad
as Bernard Shaw
2002
6.7
Boomtown
as Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott)
2002
6.2
The Wire
as Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
2002
8.6
Coastlines
as Bob Johnson
2002
5.0
Storytelling
as Mr. Scott
2001
6.5
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
as Eddie
2001
5.3
The Agency
as Mr. Banga
2001
6.5
🎬
Rocky Road
as Michael Jones
2001
6.0
Hollywood Palms
as The Dutchman
2000
4.7
The District
as Mr. Broyles
2000
6.8
The Heist
as Slim
2000
4.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Father Theo Burdett
1999
7.9
Mighty Joe Young
as Kweli
1998
6.3
Three Businessmen
as Leroy Jasper
1998
6.2
Dharma & Greg
as Prospero
1997
6.4
Cracker
as Detective Danny Watlington
1997
6.9
Stir
as Detective Williams
1997
3.5
Face/Off
as Tito Biondi
1997
7.0
Jamaica Beat
as Inspector Sterling
1997
6.0
Volcano
as O.E.M. Staffer #2
1997
5.9
That Thing You Do!
as Bobby Washington
1996
6.9
Lifeform
as Colonel Jessie Pratt
1996
5.3
If These Walls Could Talk
as Policeman
1996
6.6
Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Daniel Euwara
1996
6.0
The Sentinel
as Lieutenant Williams
1996
7.1
Sahara
as Tambul
1995
6.4
Cosmic Slop
as Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment')
1994
4.3
ER
as Dr. Hammond
1994
7.8
Clean Slate
as Mort
1994
5.8
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Waiter
1989
8.2