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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

6.2

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991-01-01

The Hunt for Red October

7.385

The Hunt for Red October
1990-03-02

5.3

Holy Matrimony
1994-04-08

6.58

Hamburger Hill
1987-08-07

5.574

D-Tox
2002-01-04

6.39

Space Cowboys
2000-08-04

The Preacher's Wife

5.8

The Preacher's Wife
1996-12-13

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.086

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

7.7

12 Angry Men
1997-08-17

Cookie's Fortune

6.4

Cookie's Fortune
1999-03-24

Extraordinary Measures

6.3

Extraordinary Measures
2010-01-21

The Last Supper

6.5

The Last Supper
1995-09-08

Dangerous Minds

7.023

Dangerous Minds
1995-08-11

The Adventures of Huck Finn

6.2

The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993-04-02

6.3

Panther
1995-05-03

Nothing But the Truth

6.931

Nothing But the Truth
2008-12-19

6.4

Joyful Noise
2012-01-13

5.9

The Divide
2012-01-13

7.2

Lilo & Stitch
2025-05-17

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

5.2

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

6.277

Beyond the Law
1993-04-22

The Boys Next Door

6.7

The Boys Next Door
1996-02-04

8.7

On Broadway
2019-10-12

4

The Affair
1995-10-14

4.95

Ambushed
1998-06-20

6.974

Let It Shine
2012-06-15

6.7

Heist 88
2023-10-01

6.2

Blind Faith
1998-11-23

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

8

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992-02-01

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

8

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992-06-10

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

3.8

Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998-12-13

The Groveland Four

9

The Groveland Four
2018-06-25

Terminator Genisys

5.962

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

6.159

Final Destination 5
2011-08-12

Office Christmas Party

5.725

Office Christmas Party
2016-11-25

5.521

The Mummy
2017-06-06

7.8

Isle of Dogs
2018-03-23

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.3

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

6.601

Ben Is Back
2018-12-05

7.3

The Fight
2005-01-24

The Piano Lesson

7.6

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

6.417

Project Power
2020-08-14

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

7.2

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

6.3

The Photograph
2020-02-14

6.1

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

4

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

7.6

Boston Public
2000-10-23

7.284

Law & Order
1990-09-13

thirtysomething

6.3

thirtysomething
1987-09-29

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

7.5

Any Day Now
1998-08-18

7.1

NOVA
1974-03-03

Finding Your Roots

6.5

Finding Your Roots
2012-03-24

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7.8

ER
1994-09-19

7.018

FlashForward
2009-09-24

The Wild Thornberrys

6.997

The Wild Thornberrys
1998-09-01

7.2

Graceland
2013-06-06

7.5

Revenge
2011-09-21

American Crime Story

7.577

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

The Tamron Hall Show

4.7

The Tamron Hall Show
2019-09-09

American Experience

6.5

American Experience
1988-10-04

7.284

Law & Order
1990-09-13

2.6

Sherri
2022-09-12

Lovecraft Country

7.118

Lovecraft Country
2020-08-16

7.1

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

7.3

Grotesquerie
2024-09-25

7.193

Scandal
2012-04-05

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.01

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

6.2

61st Street
2022-04-10

7.486

Genius
2017-04-25

7.8

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.8

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

7.4

Picket Fences
1992-09-18

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

7.253

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023-12-19

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.103

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

0

Grotesquerie
2024-09-25