Courtney B. Vance
Born March 12, 1960 (Age: 66)
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
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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Filmography
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
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as Self
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Age: 66
Lilo & Stitch
2025
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as Cobra Bubbles
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Age: 65
Between the World and Me
2020
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as Self
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Age: 60
The Photograph
2020
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as Louis Morton
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Age: 59
No Image
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
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as Self - Host
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Age: 58
Ben Is Back
2018
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as Mr. Beeby
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Age: 58
Isle of Dogs
2018
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 58
The Mummy
2017
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as Colonel Greenway
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Age: 57
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
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as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
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Age: 57
Office Christmas Party
2016
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as Walter Davis
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Age: 56
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2016
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as Johnnie Cochran
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Age: 55
Terminator Genisys
2015
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as Miles Dyson
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Age: 55
Joyful Noise
2012
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as Pastor Dale
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Age: 51
The Divide
2012
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as Delvin
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Age: 51
Final Destination 5
2011
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as Agent Block
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Age: 51
Hurricane Season
2010
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as Mr. Randolph
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Age: 49
Extraordinary Measures
2010
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as Marcus Temple
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Age: 49
Nothing But the Truth
2008
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as Agent O'Hara
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Age: 48
The Fight
2005
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 44
Partners of the Heart
2002
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as Vivien Thomas (voice)
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Age: 42
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002
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as Clarence Brandley
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Age: 42
D-Tox
2002
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as Reverend Jones
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Age: 41
Space Cowboys
2000
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as Roger Hines
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Age: 40
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
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as
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Age: 40
The Acting Class
2000
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as Self
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Age: 40
Cookie's Fortune
1999
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as Otis Tucker
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Age: 39
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998
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as Officer James Halloran
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Age: 38
Blind Faith
1998
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as John Williams
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Age: 38
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
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as Officer James Halloran
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Age: 38
Ambushed
1998
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as Jerry Robinson
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Age: 38
12 Angry Men
1997
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as Foreman
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Age: 37
The Preacher's Wife
1996
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as Reverend Henry Biggs
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Age: 36
The Boys Next Door
1996
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as Lucien P. Singer
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Age: 35
The Last Supper
1995
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as Luke
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Age: 35
Dangerous Minds
1995
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as Mr. George Grandey
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Age: 35
Panther
1995
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as Bobby Seale
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Age: 35
Holy Matrimony
1994
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as Cooper
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Age: 34
Percy & Thunder
1993
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as Wayne 'Thunder' Carter
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Age: 33
Beyond the Law
1993
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as Conroy Price
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Age: 33
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
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as Jim
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Age: 33
In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992
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as Justice Butler
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Age: 32
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
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as (voice)
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Age: 32
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
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as (voice)
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Age: 31
The Emperor's New Clothes
1992
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as Scribe (voice)
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Age: 31
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
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as Reader
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Age: 30
The Hunt for Red October
1990
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as Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
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Age: 29
Hamburger Hill
1987
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as Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
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Age: 27