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Courtney B. Vance

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1960-03-12 (Age: 66)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Courtney B. Vance

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.

Filmography (64)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Girl Dad

2026
⭐ 0 Role: Self

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

2026
⭐ 7.2 Role: Cobra Bubbles

Lilo & Stitch

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Pilot (voice)

Death Wish

2024
⭐ 6.7 Role: Jeremy Horne

Heist 88

2023
⭐ 7.9 Role: Self

Between the World and Me

2020
⭐ 6.4 Role: Captain Craine

Project Power

2020
⭐ 6.1 Role: Louis

Uncorked

2020
⭐ 6.3 Role: Louis Morton

The Photograph

2020
⭐ 0 Role: Self - Narrator

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

2020
⭐ 8.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

On Broadway

2019
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Self - Host

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

2019
⭐ 6.6 Role: Mr. Beeby

Ben Is Back

2018
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self - Narrator

The Groveland Four

2018
⭐ 7.8 Role: Narrator (voice)

Isle of Dogs

2018