9.0
9.0
The Groveland Four
2018
as Self - Narrator
Courtney B. Vance
Also known as: Courtney Vance
Acting
Born:March 12, 1960(age 66)
Birthplace:Detroit, Michigan, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Harvard University, Yale School of Drama, Detroit Country Day School
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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 (58 movies)
7.9
7.9
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
7.8
7.8
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Narrator (voice)
7.7
7.7
12 Angry Men
1997
as Foreman
7.4
7.4
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
7.2
7.2
The Piano Lesson
1995
as Lymon
7.2
7.2
Lilo & Stitch
2025
as Cobra Bubbles
7.1
7.1
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Lt. Glenn
7.1
7.1
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
7.0
7.0
The Fight
2005
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Dangerous Minds
1995
as Mr. George Grandey
6.9
6.9
Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Agent O'Hara
6.9
6.9
Let It Shine
2012
as Jacob
6.7
6.7
Heist 88
2023
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Ben Is Back
2018
as Mr. Beeby
6.6
6.6
The Boys Next Door
1996
as Lucien P. Singer
6.6
6.6
Hurricane Season
2010
as Mr. Randolph
6.6
6.6
Hamburger Hill
1987
as Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
6.5
6.5
The Last Supper
1995
as Luke
6.4
6.4
Project Power
2020
as Captain Craine
6.4
6.4
Joyful Noise
2012
as Pastor Dale
6.4
6.4
Space Cowboys
2000
as Roger Hines
6.3
6.3
The Photograph
2020
as Louis Morton
6.3
6.3
Cookie's Fortune
1999
as Otis Tucker
6.3
6.3
Extraordinary Measures
2010
as Marcus Temple
6.2
6.2
Beyond the Law
1993
as Conroy Price
6.2
6.2
Panther
1995
as Bobby Seale
6.2
6.2
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
as Jim
6.1
6.1
Final Destination 5
2011
as Agent Block
6.1
6.1
Uncorked
2020
as Louis
6.0
6.0
Partners of the Heart
2002
as Vivien Thomas (voice)
6.0
6.0
Blind Faith
1998
as John Williams
6.0
6.0
Terminator Genisys
2015
as Miles Dyson
5.9
5.9
The Divide
2012
as Delvin
5.8
5.8
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Reverend Henry Biggs
5.7
5.7
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
as Reader
5.7
5.7
Office Christmas Party
2016
as Walter Davis
5.6
5.6
D-Tox
2002
as Reverend Jones
5.5
5.5
The Mummy
2017
as Colonel Greenway
5.5
5.5
The Acting Class
2000
as Self
5.3
5.3
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
1994
as Thomas
5.2
5.2
Holy Matrimony
1994
as Cooper
5.0
5.0
In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992
as Justice Butler
4.9
4.9
Ambushed
1998
as Jerry Robinson
4.8
4.8
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
4.7
4.7
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
as Eddie Jones
3.7
3.7
The Affair
1995
as Travis Holloway
3.0
3.0
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Officer James Halloran
2.3
2.3
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998
as Officer James Halloran
1.0
1.0
First Affair
1983
as Male Student #2
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
2020
as Self - Narrator
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Host
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002
as Clarence Brandley
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Wayne 'Thunder' Carter
Death Wish
2024
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