Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1960-03-12 (64 years)
- Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA
- Also Known As-
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
Lilo & Stitch
As: Cobra Bubbles
- 2024
Grotesquerie
As: Marshall Tryon
- 2023
Heist 88
As: Jeremy Horne
- 2022
61st Street
As: Franklin Roberts
- 2020
Lovecraft Country
As: George Freeman
- 2020
Project Power
As: Captain Craine
- 2020
Uncorked
As: Louis
- 2020
The Photograph
As: Louis Morton
2018Ben Is Back
As: Mr. Beeby
- 2018
Isle of Dogs
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2017
The Mummy
As: Colonel Greenway
2017Genius
As: C.L. Franklin
2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
As: Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
2016Office Christmas Party
As: Walter Davis
2016American Crime Story
As: Johnnie Cochran
- 2015
Terminator Genisys
As: Miles Dyson
2013Masters of Sex
As: Dr. Charles Hendricks
2013Graceland
As: Sam Campbell
2012Let It Shine
As: Jacob
2012Scandal
As: Clarence Parker
2012Joyful Noise
As: Pastor Dale
2012The Divide
As: Delvin
2011Revenge
As: Benjamin Brooks
- 2011
Final Destination 5
As: Agent Jim Block
2010Extraordinary Measures
As: Marcus Temple
2009Hurricane Season
As: Mr. Randolph
2009FlashForward
As: Stanford Wedeck
2008Nothing But the Truth
As: Agent O'Hara
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
As: Corey (segment "Fences")
2005The Closer
As: Chief Tommy Delk
2005The Fight
As: Narrator (voice)
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
As: Other Voices (voice)
2002Partners of the Heart
As: Vivien Thomas (voice)
2002Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
As: Clarence Brandley
2002D-Tox
As: Reverend Jones
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As: Ron Carver
2000Boston Public
As: Walter Harrelson
2000Space Cowboys
As: Roger Hines
1999Love and Action in Chicago
As: Eddie Jones
1999Cookie's Fortune
As: Otis Tucker
1998Naked City: A Killer Christmas
As: Officer James Halloran
1998Blind Faith
As: John Williams
1998Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
As: Officer James Halloran
1998The Wild Thornberrys
As: Makai (voice)
1998Ambushed
As: Jerry Robinson
199712 Angry Men
As: Foreman
1996The Preacher's Wife
As: Reverend Henry Biggs
1996The Boys Next Door
As: Lucien P. Singer
1995The Affair
As: Travis Holloway
1995The Last Supper
As: Luke
1995The Tuskegee Airmen
As: Lt. Glenn
1995Dangerous Minds
As: Mr. George Grandey
1995Panther
As: Bobby Seale
1995The Piano Lesson
As: Lymon
1994ER
As: Russell Banfield
1994Holy Matrimony
As: Cooper
1994Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
As: Thomas
1993Percy & Thunder
As: Wayne 'Thunder' Carter
1993Beyond the Law
As: Conroy Price
1993The Adventures of Huck Finn
As: Jim
1992In the Line of Duty: Street War
As: Justice Butler
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
As: (voice)
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
As: (voice)
1991Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
As: Reader
1990Law & Order
As: Mayor's Assistant
- 1990
Law & Order
As: Benjamin Greer
- 1990
The Hunt for Red October
As: Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
1988American Experience
As: Narrator (voice)
1987Hamburger Hill
As: Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
1983First Affair
As: Male Student #2
1974NOVA
As: Narrator