Courtney B. Vance
Skådespelare, Producent
12 mars 1960 (66 år)
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.
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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| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch · as Cobra Bubbles |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie · as Marshall Tryon |
| 2024 | Presumed Innocent · as Cast |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians · as Zeus |
| 2023 | Heist 88 · as Jeremy Horne |
| 2022 | 61st Street · as Franklin Roberts |
| 2022 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder · as Merlin Kelly |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country · as George Freeman |
| 2020 | Project Power · as Captain Craine |
| 2020 | Uncorked · as Louis |
| 2020 | The Photograph · as Louis Morton |
| 2018 | Ben Is Back · as Mr. BeebyPå Plex |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | The Mummy · as Colonel Greenway |
| 2017 | Genius (2017) · as C.l. Franklin |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks · as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield |
| 2016 | Office Christmas Party · as Walter Davis |
| 2016 | American Crime Story · as Johnnie Cochran |
| 2016 | Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story · as Johnnie Cochran |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys · as Miles Dyson |
| 2014 | State of Affairs · as Marshall Payton |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex · as Dr. Charles Hendricks |
| 2013 | Graceland · as Sam Campbell |
| 2012 | Revenge: The First Chapter · as Benjamin Brooks |
| 2012 | Let It Shine · as Jacob |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) · as Clarence Parker |
| 2012 | Joyful Noise · as Pastor Dale |
| 2011 | Revenge · as Benjamin Brooks |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 · as Agent Block |
| 2011 | The Divide · as Delvin |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures · as Marcus Temple |
| 2009 | Hurricane Season · as Mr. RandolphPå Plex |
| 2009 | FlashForward · as Stanford Wedeck |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth · as Agent O'haraPå Plex |
| 2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man · as Kingsley |
| 2007 | State of Mind · as William Banks |
| 2005 | In the Cutz · as Guest |
| 2005 | The Closer · as Chief Tommy Delk |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson · as Other Voices (voice) |
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| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Partners of the Heart · as Vivien Thomas (voice)På Plex |
| 2002 | Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story · as Clarence Brandley |
| 2002 | Eye See You · as Reverend JonesPå Plex |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent · as Ron Carver |
| 2000 | Boston Public · as Walter Harrelson |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys · as Roger Hines |
| 2000 | Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits · as Reverend Henry Biggs (segment "step By Step") |
| 1999 | Love and Action in Chicago · as Eddie Jones |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune · as Otis Tucker |
| 1998 | Naked City: A Killer Christmas · as Officer James Halloran |
| 1998 | Blind Faith · as John WilliamsPå Plex |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet · as Officer James Halloran |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys · as Makai (voice) |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Ambushed · as Jerry Robinson |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men · as Foreman |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife · as Reverend Henry Biggs |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door · as Lucien P. Singer |
| 1995 | The Affair · as Travis Holloway |
| 1995 | The Last Supper · as Luke |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen · as Lt. Glenn |
| 1995 | Dangerous Minds · as Mr. George Grandey |
| 1995 | Panther · as Bobby Seale |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson · as LymonPå Plex |
| 1994 | ER · as Russell Banfield |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony · as Cooper |
| 1994 | Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad · as Thomas |
| 1993 | Percy & Thunder · as Wayne 'thunder' Carter |
| 1993 | Beyond the Law · as Conroy PricePå Plex |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn · as Jim |
| 1992 | Picket Fences · as Warren Grier |
| 1992 | In the Line of Duty: Street War · as Justice ButlerPå Plex |
| 1991 | The Emperor's New Clothes · as Scribe (voice) |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Benjamin Greer |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October · as Petty Officer Ronald 'jonesy' Jones (uss Dallas) |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Hamburger Hill · as Spc. Abraham 'doc' Johnson |
| 1985 | American Masters · as W.e.b. Du Bois |
| 1983 | First Affair · as Male Student #2 |
| 1974 | NOVA · as Narrator |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Lucien P. Singer |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Heist 88 · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Love and Action in Chicago · as Co-Producer |