1960-03-12 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Courtney Bernard Vance 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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Heist 88 | Jeremy Horne | 2023-10-01 |
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Uncorked | Louis | 2020-03-27 |
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The Photograph | Louis Morton | 2020-02-14 |
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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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Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story | Self - Narrator | 2020-02-06 |
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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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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 Groveland Four | Self - Narrator | 2018-06-25 |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Sir Lord Keenan Coefield | 2017-04-22 |
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The Mummy | Colonel Greenway | 2017-06-06 |
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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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Extraordinary Measures | Marcus Temple | 2010-01-21 |
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Hurricane Season | Mr. Randolph | 2009-12-08 |
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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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D-Tox | Reverend Jones | 2002-01-04 |
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | Clarence Brandley | 2002-04-21 |
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Partners of the Heart | Vivien Thomas (voice) | 2002-06-01 |
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Space Cowboys | Roger Hines | 2000-08-04 |
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The Acting Class | Self | 2000-04-29 |
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000-05-31 | |
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Love and Action in Chicago | Eddie Jones | 1999-09-15 |
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Cookie's Fortune | Otis Tucker | 1999-03-24 |
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Blind Faith | John Williams | 1998-11-23 |
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Officer James Halloran | 1998-10-04 |
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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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12 Angry Men | Foreman | 1997-08-17 |
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The Preacher's Wife | Reverend Henry Biggs | 1996-12-13 |
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The Boys Next Door | Lucien P. Singer | 1996-02-04 |
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The Tuskegee Airmen | Lt. Glenn | 1995-08-25 |
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Dangerous Minds | Mr. George Grandey | 1995-08-11 |
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The Last Supper | Luke | 1995-09-08 |
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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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Panther | Bobby Seale | 1995-05-03 |
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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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Beyond the Law | Conroy Price | 1993-04-22 |
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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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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | 1992-06-10 |
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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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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 |
