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Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance’s screen credits include Agent Block in Final Destination 5, Miles Dyson in Terminator Genisys, and Colonel Greenway in The Mummy.
Born March 12, 1960 Detroit, Michigan, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2026Girl DadActor
- 2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelf
- 2025Lilo & StitchCobra Bubbles
- 2024Death WishPilot (voice)
- 2023Heist 88Producer · Jeremy Horne
- 2020Between the World and MeSelf
- 2020Project PowerCaptain Craine
- 2020UncorkedLouis
- 2020The PhotographLouis Morton
- 2020Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams StorySelf - Narrator
- 2019On BroadwaySelf (archive footage)
- 2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Host
- 2018Ben Is BackMr. Beeby
- 2018The Groveland FourSelf - Narrator
- 2018Isle of DogsNarrator (voice)
- 2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSir Lord Keenan Coefield
- 2016Office Christmas PartyWalter Davis
- 2012Let It ShineJacob
- 2012Joyful NoisePastor Dale
- 2012The DivideDelvin
- 2010Hurricane SeasonMr. Randolph
- 2010Extraordinary MeasuresMarcus Temple
- 2008Nothing But the TruthAgent O'Hara
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysCorey (segment "Fences")
- 2005The FightNarrator (voice)
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
- 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesActor
- 2002Partners of the HeartVivien Thomas (voice)
- 2002Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley StoryClarence Brandley
- 2002D-ToxReverend Jones
- 2000Space CowboysRoger Hines
- 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryActor
- 2000The Acting ClassSelf
- 1999Love and Action in ChicagoEddie Jones
- 1999Cookie's FortuneOtis Tucker
- 1998Naked City: A Killer ChristmasOfficer James Halloran
- 1998Blind FaithJohn Williams
- 1998Naked City: Justice with a BulletOfficer James Halloran
- 1998AmbushedJerry Robinson
- 199712 Angry MenForeman
- 1996The Preacher's WifeReverend Henry Biggs
- 1996The Boys Next DoorLucien P. Singer
- 1995The AffairTravis Holloway
- 1995The Last SupperLuke
- 1995The Tuskegee AirmenLt. Glenn
- 1995Dangerous MindsMr. George Grandey
- 1995PantherBobby Seale
- 1995The Piano LessonLymon
- 1994Holy MatrimonyCooper
- 1994Race to Freedom: The Underground RailroadThomas
- 1993Percy & ThunderWayne 'Thunder' Carter
- 1993Beyond the LawConroy Price
- 1993The Adventures of Huck FinnJim
- 1992In the Line of Duty: Street WarJustice Butler
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)
- 1992The Emperor's New ClothesScribe (voice)
- 1991Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersReader
- 1990The Hunt for Red OctoberPetty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
- 1987Hamburger HillSpc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
- 1983First AffairMale Student #2
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