1960-03-12 Detroit, Michigan, USA
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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Lilo & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles | 2025-05-17 |
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Death Wish | 2024-10-17 | |
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Heist 88 | Jeremy Horne | 2023-10-01 |
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Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story | Self - Narrator | 2020-02-06 |
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Uncorked | Louis | 2020-03-27 |
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Between the World and Me | Self | 2020-11-21 |
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Project Power | Captain Craine | 2020-08-14 |
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The Photograph | Louis Morton | 2020-02-14 |
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On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-12 |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Host | 2019-03-05 |
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The Groveland Four | Self - Narrator | 2018-06-25 |
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Isle of Dogs | Narrator (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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Ben Is Back | Mr. Beeby | 2018-12-05 |
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The Mummy | Colonel Greenway | 2017-06-06 |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Sir Lord Keenan Coefield | 2017-04-22 |
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Office Christmas Party | Walter Davis | 2016-11-25 |
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Terminator Genisys | Miles Dyson | 2015-06-23 |
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Let It Shine | Jacob | 2012-06-15 |
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Joyful Noise | Pastor Dale | 2012-01-13 |
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The Divide | Delvin | 2012-01-13 |
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Final Destination 5 | Agent Block | 2011-08-12 |
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Hurricane Season | Mr. Randolph | 2010-02-09 |
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Extraordinary Measures | Marcus Temple | 2010-01-21 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Agent O'Hara | 2008-12-19 |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Corey (segment "Fences") | 2006-05-02 |
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The Fight | Narrator (voice) | 2005-01-24 |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | Clarence Brandley | 2002-04-21 |
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D-Tox | Reverend Jones | 2002-01-04 |
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Partners of the Heart | Vivien Thomas (voice) | 2002-06-01 |
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The Acting Class | Self | 2000-04-29 |
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Space Cowboys | Roger Hines | 2000-08-04 |
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000-05-31 | |
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Cookie's Fortune | Otis Tucker | 1999-03-24 |
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Love and Action in Chicago | Eddie Jones | 1999-09-15 |
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Naked City: A Killer Christmas | Officer James Halloran | 1998-12-13 |
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Ambushed | Jerry Robinson | 1998-06-20 |
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Officer James Halloran | 1998-10-04 |
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Blind Faith | John Williams | 1998-11-23 |
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12 Angry Men | Foreman | 1997-08-17 |
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The Boys Next Door | Lucien P. Singer | 1996-02-04 |
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The Preacher's Wife | Reverend Henry Biggs | 1996-12-13 |
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The Piano Lesson | Lymon | 1995-02-05 |
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The Affair | Travis Holloway | 1995-10-14 |
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Dangerous Minds | Mr. George Grandey | 1995-08-11 |
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Panther | Bobby Seale | 1995-05-03 |
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The Tuskegee Airmen | Lt. Glenn | 1995-08-25 |
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The Last Supper | Luke | 1995-09-08 |
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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | Thomas | 1994-02-19 |
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Holy Matrimony | Cooper | 1994-04-08 |
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Percy & Thunder | Wayne 'Thunder' Carter | 1993-09-07 |
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The Adventures of Huck Finn | Jim | 1993-04-02 |
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Beyond the Law | Conroy Price | 1993-04-22 |
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In the Line of Duty: Street War | Justice Butler | 1992-10-25 |
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | (voice) | 1992-02-01 |
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | 1992-06-10 |
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Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers | Reader | 1991-01-01 |
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The Hunt for Red October | Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas) | 1990-03-02 |
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Hamburger Hill | Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson | 1987-08-07 |
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First Affair | Male Student #2 | 1983-10-25 |
