Acting
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 (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.
Filmography
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Film · 2026
Girl Dad
Film · 2026
Lilo & Stitch
Film · 2025
Death Wish
Film · 2024
Grotesquerie
Series · 2024
Grotesquerie
Series · 2024
Heist 88
Film · 2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Series · 2023
Sherri
Series · 2022
61st Street
Series · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Amend: The Fight for America
Series · 2021
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
Film · 2020
Project Power
Film · 2020
The Photograph
Film · 2020
Uncorked
Film · 2020
Between the World and Me
Film · 2020
Lovecraft Country
Series · 2020
On Broadway
Film · 2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Film · 2019
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
The Groveland Four
Film · 2018
Isle of Dogs
Film · 2018
Ben Is Back
Film · 2018
The Mummy
Film · 2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Film · 2017
Genius
Series · 2017
Office Christmas Party
Film · 2016
American Crime Story
Series · 2016
Terminator Genisys
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Graceland
Series · 2013
Masters of Sex
Series · 2013
Joyful Noise
Film · 2012
The Divide
Film · 2012
Let It Shine
Film · 2012
Finding Your Roots
Series · 2012
Scandal
Series · 2012
Final Destination 5
Film · 2011
Revenge
Series · 2011
Extraordinary Measures
Film · 2010
Hurricane Season
Film · 2010
FlashForward
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Nothing But the Truth
Film · 2008
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Film · 2006
The Fight
Film · 2005
The Closer
Series · 2005
The Closer
Series · 2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Film · 2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Film · 2003
Gary the Rat
Series · 2003
D-Tox
Film · 2002
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Film · 2002
Partners of the Heart
Film · 2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
Space Cowboys
Film · 2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Film · 2000
The Acting Class
Film · 2000
Boston Public
Series · 2000
Cookie's Fortune
Film · 1999
Love and Action in Chicago
Film · 1999
Ambushed
Film · 1998
Blind Faith
Film · 1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Film · 1998
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Film · 1998
Any Day Now
Series · 1998
The Wild Thornberrys
Series · 1998
12 Angry Men
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The Preacher's Wife
Film · 1996
The Boys Next Door
Film · 1996
The Tuskegee Airmen
Film · 1995
The Last Supper
Film · 1995
Dangerous Minds
Film · 1995
Panther
Film · 1995
The Affair
Film · 1995
The Piano Lesson
Film · 1995
Holy Matrimony
Film · 1994
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Film · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Film · 1993
Beyond the Law
Film · 1993
Percy & Thunder
Film · 1993
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Film · 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Film · 1992
In the Line of Duty: Street War
Film · 1992
The Emperor's New Clothes
Film · 1992
Picket Fences
Series · 1992
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Film · 1991
The Hunt for Red October
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
American Experience
Series · 1988
Hamburger Hill
Film · 1987
thirtysomething
Series · 1987
First Affair
Film · 1983
NOVA
Series · 1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944