Courtney B. Vance


    Starbirth:
    March 12, 1960
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in the original productions of August Wilson's Fences in 1985, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy in 2013 for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He is known for his roles in films such as Hamburger Hill (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Isle of Dogs (2018). Vance is also known for work on television on shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver. He also guest-starred on Law & Order, Picket Fences, The Closer, Revenge, Scandal, and Masters of Sex. He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He recently appeared in the HBO television film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), National Geographic's limited series Genius: Aretha (2020), and the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country (2020) the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997. Vance is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, and is an active supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2019, Vance was appointed as the President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Courtney B. Vance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Heist 88 Jeremy Horne 2023
Between the World and Me Self 2020
Project Power Captain Craine 2020
Uncorked Louis 2020
The Photograph Louis Morton 2020
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Self - Narrator 2020
On Broadway Self (archive footage) 2019
Ben Is Back Mr. Beeby 2018
The Groveland Four Self - Narrator 2018
Isle of Dogs Narrator (voice) 2018
The Mummy Colonel Greenway 2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Sir Lord Keenan Coefield 2017
Office Christmas Party Walter Davis 2016
Terminator Genisys Miles Dyson 2015
Let It Shine Jacob 2012
The Divide Delvin 2012
Joyful Noise Pastor Dale 2012
Final Destination 5 Agent Block 2011
Extraordinary Measures Marcus Temple 2010
Hurricane Season Mr. Randolph 2009
Nothing But the Truth Agent O'Hara 2008
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Corey (segment "Fences") 2006
The Fight Narrator (voice) 2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Other Voices (voice) 2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
Partners of the Heart Vivien Thomas (voice) 2002
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story Clarence Brandley 2002
D-Tox Reverend Jones 2002
Space Cowboys Roger Hines 2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story 2000
The Acting Class Self 2000
Love and Action in Chicago Eddie Jones 1999
Cookie's Fortune Otis Tucker 1999
Naked City: A Killer Christmas Officer James Halloran 1998
Blind Faith John Williams 1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet Officer James Halloran 1998
Ambushed Jerry Robinson 1998
12 Angry Men Foreman 1997
The Preacher's Wife Reverend Henry Biggs 1996
The Boys Next Door Lucien P. Singer 1996
The Affair Travis Holloway 1995
The Last Supper Luke 1995
The Tuskegee Airmen Lt. Glenn 1995
Dangerous Minds Mr. George Grandey 1995
Panther Bobby Seale 1995
The Piano Lesson Lymon 1995
Holy Matrimony Cooper 1994
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Thomas 1994
Percy & Thunder Wayne 'Thunder' Carter 1993
Beyond the Law Conroy Price 1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn Jim 1993
In the Line of Duty: Street War Justice Butler 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (voice) 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (voice) 1992
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers Reader 1991
The Hunt for Red October Ronald Jones 1990
Hamburger Hill Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson 1987
Lilo & Stitch Cobra Bubbles
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Law & Order Mayor's Assistant <mt>
ER Russell Banfield <mt>
FlashForward Stanford Wedeck <mt>
Boston Public Walter Harrelson <mt>
thirtysomething <blank> <mt>
The View Self <mt>
Any Day Now <blank> <mt>
NOVA Narrator <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame Lucien P. Singer <mt>
American Crime Story Johnnie Cochran <mt>
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Ron Carver <mt>
Graceland Sam Campbell <mt>
Revenge Benjamin Brooks <mt>
American Experience Narrator (voice) <mt>
Lovecraft Country George Freeman <mt>
61st Street Franklin Roberts <mt>
Genius C.L. Franklin <mt>
The Closer Chief Tommy Delk <mt>
The Closer Chief Tommy Delk (archive footage) (uncredited) <mt>
Amend: The Fight for America <blank> <mt>
Finding Your Roots Self <mt>
The View Self - Guest <mt>
The Wild Thornberrys Makai (voice) <mt>
Tamron Hall Self - Guest <mt>
Law & Order Benjamin Greer <mt>
Masters of Sex Dr. Charles Hendricks <mt>
Sherri Self - Guest <mt>
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self <mt>
Grotesquerie <blank> <mt>
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest <mt>
Scandal Clarence Parker <mt>
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