Courtney B. Vance
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 (201
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.
Born
Mar 12, 1960
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
64 acting
1 crew
Popularity
1.6
Known For
Lilo & Stitch
2025
as Cobra Bubbles
Terminator Genisys
2015
as Miles Dyson
Final Destination 5
2011
as Agent Block
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
The Mummy
2017
as Colonel Greenway
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Narrator (voice)
12 Angry Men
1997
as Foreman
The Divide
2012
as Delvin
Hamburger Hill
1987
as Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
Dangerous Minds
1995
as Mr. George Grandey
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