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  • BIRTH 12/03/1960
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 21
  • MOVIES 35
  • PRODUCTION 1

Courtney B. Vance

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.

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Courtney B. Vance

Shows (21)

Grotesquerie
Grotesquerie
Marshall Tryon
American Crime Story
American Crime Story
Johnnie Cochran
Revenge
Revenge
Benjamin Brooks
ER
ER
Russell Banfield
Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country
George Freeman / Uncle George
Masters of Sex
Masters of Sex
Dr. Charles Hendricks
FlashForward
FlashForward
Stanford Wedeck
Law & Order
Law & Order
Benjamin Greer / Mayor's Assistant
The Closer
The Closer
Chief Tommy Delk / Chief Tommy Delk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Genius (2017)
Genius (2017)
C.L. Franklin
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ron Carver
61st Street
61st Street
Franklin Roberts
Graceland
Graceland
Sam Campbell
The Wild Thornberrys
The Wild Thornberrys
Makai (voice)
Boston Public
Boston Public
Walter Harrelson
NOVA
NOVA
Narrator
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
American Experience
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Lucien P. Singer
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest

Movies (35)

The Mummy
The Mummy
Colonel Greenway
Heist 88
Heist 88
Jeremy Horne
Terminator Genisys
Terminator Genisys
Miles Dyson
Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch
Cobra Bubbles
Project Power
Project Power
Captain Craine
Final Destination 5
Final Destination 5
Agent Jim Block
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
Narrator (voice)
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October
Seaman Jones
Office Christmas Party
Office Christmas Party
Walter Davis
Dangerous Minds
Dangerous Minds
Mr. George Grandey
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
Foreman
Space Cowboys
Space Cowboys
Roger Hines
Extraordinary Measures
Extraordinary Measures
Marcus Temple
Ben Is Back
Ben Is Back
Mr. Beeby
The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife
Reverend Henry Biggs
The Divide
The Divide
Delvin
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill
Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
Let It Shine
Let It Shine
Jacob
D-Tox
D-Tox
Reverend Jones
The Photograph
The Photograph
Louis Morton
Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth
Agent O'Hara
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season
Mr. Randolph
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Jim
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
Lymon
Uncorked
Uncorked
Louis
The Last Supper
The Last Supper
Luke
Holy Matrimony
Holy Matrimony
Cooper
Cookie's Fortune
Cookie's Fortune
Otis Tucker
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Officer James Halloran
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of…
Other Voices (voice)
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law
Conroy Price
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen
Lt. Glenn
Ambushed
Ambushed
Jerry Robinson
Panther
Panther
Bobby Seale
Joyful Noise
Joyful Noise
Pastor Dale

Production

Heist 88
Heist 88