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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
Lilo & Stitch
Character:Cobra Bubbles
Release Date:17/05/2025
Death Wish
Character:
Release Date:17/10/2024
Heist 88
Character:Jeremy Horne
Release Date:01/10/2023
Between the World and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2020
Project Power
Character:Captain Craine
Release Date:14/08/2020
Uncorked
Character:Louis
Release Date:27/03/2020
The Photograph
Character:Louis Morton
Release Date:14/02/2020
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:06/02/2020
On Broadway
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/10/2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:05/03/2019
Ben Is Back
Character:Mr. Beeby
Release Date:05/12/2018
The Groveland Four
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:25/06/2018
Isle of Dogs
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/03/2018
The Mummy
Character:Colonel Greenway
Release Date:06/06/2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Character:Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Release Date:22/04/2017
Office Christmas Party
Character:Walter Davis
Release Date:25/11/2016
Terminator Genisys
Character:Miles Dyson
Release Date:23/06/2015
Let It Shine
Character:Jacob
Release Date:15/06/2012
Joyful Noise
Character:Pastor Dale
Release Date:13/01/2012
The Divide
Character:Delvin
Release Date:13/01/2012
Final Destination 5
Character:Agent Block
Release Date:12/08/2011
Hurricane Season
Character:Mr. Randolph
Release Date:09/02/2010
Extraordinary Measures
Character:Marcus Temple
Release Date:21/01/2010
Nothing But the Truth
Character:Agent O'Hara
Release Date:19/12/2008
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Character:Corey (segment "Fences")
Release Date:02/05/2006
The Fight
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/01/2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Character:Other Voices (voice)
Release Date:04/09/2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Character:
Release Date:10/02/2003
Partners of the Heart
Character:Vivien Thomas (voice)
Release Date:01/06/2002
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Character:Clarence Brandley
Release Date:21/04/2002
D-Tox
Character:Reverend Jones
Release Date:04/01/2002
Space Cowboys
Character:Roger Hines
Release Date:04/08/2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Character:
Release Date:31/05/2000
The Acting Class
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/2000
Love and Action in Chicago
Character:Eddie Jones
Release Date:15/09/1999
Cookie's Fortune
Character:Otis Tucker
Release Date:24/03/1999
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Character:Officer James Halloran
Release Date:13/12/1998
Blind Faith
Character:John Williams
Release Date:23/11/1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Character:Officer James Halloran
Release Date:04/10/1998
Ambushed
Character:Jerry Robinson
Release Date:20/06/1998
12 Angry Men
Character:Foreman
Release Date:17/08/1997
The Preacher's Wife
Character:Reverend Henry Biggs
Release Date:13/12/1996
The Boys Next Door
Character:Lucien P. Singer
Release Date:04/02/1996
The Affair
Character:Travis Holloway
Release Date:14/10/1995
The Last Supper
Character:Luke
Release Date:08/09/1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
Character:Lt. Glenn
Release Date:25/08/1995
Dangerous Minds
Character:Mr. George Grandey
Release Date:11/08/1995
Panther
Character:Bobby Seale
Release Date:03/05/1995
The Piano Lesson
Character:Lymon
Release Date:05/02/1995
Holy Matrimony
Character:Cooper
Release Date:08/04/1994
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Character:Thomas
Release Date:19/02/1994
Percy & Thunder
Character:Wayne 'Thunder' Carter
Release Date:07/09/1993
Beyond the Law
Character:Conroy Price
Release Date:22/04/1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Character:Jim
Release Date:02/04/1993
In the Line of Duty: Street War
Character:Justice Butler
Release Date:25/10/1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Character:(voice)
Release Date:10/06/1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Character:(voice)
Release Date:01/02/1992
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Character:Reader
Release Date:01/01/1991
The Hunt for Red October
Character:Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
Release Date:02/03/1990
Hamburger Hill
Character:Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
Release Date:07/08/1987
First Affair
Character:Male Student #2
Release Date:25/10/1983
Television Appearances
Grotesquerie
Character:Marshall Tryon
Sherri
Character:Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:Self
61st Street
Character:Franklin Roberts
Amend: The Fight for America
Character:Self
Lovecraft Country
Character:George Freeman
Tamron Hall
Character:Self - Guest
Genius
Character:C.L. Franklin
American Crime Story
Character:Johnnie Cochran
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Masters of Sex
Character:Dr. Charles Hendricks
Graceland
Character:Sam Campbell
Scandal
Character:Clarence Parker
Finding Your Roots
Character:Self
Revenge
Character:Benjamin Brooks
FlashForward
Character:Stanford Wedeck
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The Closer
Character:Chief Tommy Delk
The Closer
Character:Chief Tommy Delk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gary the Rat
Character:
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Ron Carver
Boston Public
Character:Walter Harrelson
The Wild Thornberrys
Character:Makai (voice)
Any Day Now
Character:
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
ER
Character:Russell Banfield
Picket Fences
Character:Warren Grier
Law & Order
Character:Mayor's Assistant
Law & Order
Character:Benjamin Greer
American Experience
Character:Narrator (voice)
thirtysomething
Character:
NOVA
Character:Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Lucien P. Singer
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member
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