Courtney B. Vance

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-03-12 (65 years old)

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Lilo & Stitch

    Lilo & Stitch

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • ER

    ER

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Genius

    Genius

  • Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

  • American Crime Story

    American Crime Story

  • Terminator Genisys

    Terminator Genisys

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Boston Public

    Boston Public

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Picket Fences

    Picket Fences

  • Grotesquerie

    Grotesquerie

  • FlashForward

    FlashForward

  • Graceland

    Graceland

  • Final Destination 5

    Final Destination 5

  • Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • The Hunt for Red October

    The Hunt for Red October

  • The Mummy

    The Mummy

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Hamburger Hill

    Hamburger Hill

  • Project Power

    Project Power

  • Death Wish

    Death Wish

  • Office Christmas Party

    Office Christmas Party

  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

  • Lovecraft Country

    Lovecraft Country

  • First Affair

    First Affair

  • Space Cowboys

    Space Cowboys

  • Any Day Now

    Any Day Now

  • Joyful Noise

    Joyful Noise

  • Uncorked

    Uncorked

  • Heist 88

    Heist 88

  • Let It Shine

    Let It Shine

  • Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

  • The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

  • Percy & Thunder

    Percy & Thunder

  • Hurricane Season

    Hurricane Season

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Extraordinary Measures

    Extraordinary Measures

  • The Fight

    The Fight

  • 61st Street

    61st Street

  • Panther

    Panther

  • Amend: The Fight for America

    Amend: The Fight for America

  • Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

  • The Preacher's Wife

    The Preacher's Wife

  • Ambushed

    Ambushed

  • The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen

  • Love and Action in Chicago

    Love and Action in Chicago

  • Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

  • Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

  • Ben Is Back

    Ben Is Back

  • Cookie's Fortune

    Cookie's Fortune

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  • Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

    Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

  • The Adventures of Huck Finn

    The Adventures of Huck Finn

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • The Divide

    The Divide

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

  • The Boys Next Door

    The Boys Next Door

  • D-Tox

    D-Tox

  • The Piano Lesson

    The Piano Lesson

  • Naked City: A Killer Christmas

    Naked City: A Killer Christmas

  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

  • Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

  • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

    Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

  • Between the World and Me

    Between the World and Me

  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

  • In the Line of Duty: Street War

    In the Line of Duty: Street War

  • The Photograph

    The Photograph

  • Gary the Rat

    Gary the Rat

  • On Broadway

    On Broadway

  • The Acting Class

    The Acting Class

  • Blind Faith

    Blind Faith

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • The Groveland Four

    The Groveland Four

  • The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

  • Partners of the Heart

    Partners of the Heart