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Courtney B. Vance
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Courtney B. Vance
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-03-12,Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

6.25

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991-01-01

The Hunt for Red October

7.382

The Hunt for Red October
1990-03-02

5.282

Holy Matrimony
1994-04-08

6.6

Hamburger Hill
1987-08-07

5.568

D-Tox
2002-01-04

6.386

Space Cowboys
2000-08-04

The Preacher's Wife

5.805

The Preacher's Wife
1996-12-13

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.095

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

7.695

12 Angry Men
1997-08-17

Cookie's Fortune

6.364

Cookie's Fortune
1999-03-24

Extraordinary Measures

6.298

Extraordinary Measures
2010-01-21

The Last Supper

6.523

The Last Supper
1995-09-08

Dangerous Minds

6.982

Dangerous Minds
1995-08-11

The Adventures of Huck Finn

6.179

The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993-04-02

6.298

Panther
1995-05-03

Nothing but the Truth

6.939

Nothing but the Truth
2008-12-19

6.397

Joyful Noise
2012-01-13

5.883

The Divide
2012-01-13

7.185

Lilo & Stitch
2025-05-17

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

5.188

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003-02-10

6.264

Beyond the Law
1993-04-22

The Boys Next Door

6.667

The Boys Next Door
1996-02-04

8.7

On Broadway
2019-10-12

4.031

The Affair
1995-10-14

5.056

Ambushed
1998-06-20

6.961

Let It Shine
2012-06-15

6.662

Heist 88
2023-10-01

6.219

Blind Faith
1998-11-23

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

8

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992-06-10

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

8

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992-02-01

Percy & Thunder

8

Percy & Thunder
1993-09-07

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

4.2

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998-10-04

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

6.5

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
1994-02-19

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

8

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002-04-21

Naked City: A Killer Christmas

3.833

Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998-12-13

The Groveland Four

9

The Groveland Four
2018-06-25

Terminator Genisys

5.958

Terminator Genisys
2015-06-23

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

0

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
2020-02-06

Final Destination 5

6.158

Final Destination 5
2011-08-12

Office Christmas Party

5.718

Office Christmas Party
2016-11-25

5.52

The Mummy
2017-06-06

7.845

Isle of Dogs
2018-03-23

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.32

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017-04-22

In the Line of Duty: Street War

5.4

In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992-10-25

6.595

Ben Is Back
2018-12-05

7.333

The Fight
2005-01-24

The Piano Lesson

7.563

The Piano Lesson
1995-02-05

Love and Action in Chicago

4.9

Love and Action in Chicago
1999-09-15

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

0

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02

6.424

Project Power
2020-08-14

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

7.161

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004-09-04

Partners of the Heart

7

Partners of the Heart
2002-06-01

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

9

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000-05-31

6.311

The Photograph
2020-02-14

6.121

Uncorked
2020-03-27

Between the World and Me

7.9

Between the World and Me
2020-11-21

Hurricane Season

6.6

Hurricane Season
2010-02-09

The Acting Class

6

The Acting Class
2000-04-29

4

First Affair
1983-10-25

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

0

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019-03-05

0

Death Wish
2024-10-17

The Emperor's New Clothes

7

The Emperor's New Clothes
1992-01-01

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

6

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026-05-19

1

Girl Dad
2026-05-30

7.657

Boston Public
2000-10-23

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

thirtysomething

6.273

thirtysomething
1987-09-29

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

7.5

Any Day Now
1998-08-18

7

NOVA
1974-03-03

Finding Your Roots

6.5

Finding Your Roots
2012-03-24

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.579

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7.831

ER
1994-09-19

7.023

FlashForward
2009-09-24

The Wild Thornberrys

7.008

The Wild Thornberrys
1998-09-01

7.153

Graceland
2013-06-06

7.546

Revenge
2011-09-21

American Crime Story

7.579

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

4.5

Tamron Hall
2019-09-09

American Experience

6.5

American Experience
1988-10-04

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

2.633

Sherri
2022-09-12

Lovecraft Country

7.141

Lovecraft Country
2020-08-16

7.092

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

7.288

Grotesquerie
2024-09-25

7.2

Scandal
2012-04-05

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.943

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

Amend: The Fight for America

7.1

Amend: The Fight for America
2021-02-17

6.167

61st Street
2022-04-10

7.455

Genius
2017-04-25

7.806

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.806

The Closer
2005-06-13

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

The Jennifer Hudson Show

5.6

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

7

Gary the Rat
2003-06-26

7.5

Picket Fences
1992-09-18

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

7.255

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023-12-19

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.074

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08