Courtney B. Vance
Known For
Acting
Born
1960-03-12 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Mayor's Assistant
Law & Order
as Benjamin Greer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Closer
as Chief Tommy Delk
The Closer
as Chief Tommy Delk (archive footage) (uncredited)
ER
as Russell Banfield
Scandal
as Clarence Parker
The View
as Self
The View
as Self - Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Ron Carver
NOVA
as Narrator
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Revenge
as Benjamin Brooks
Sherri
as Self - Guest
American Crime Story
as Johnnie Cochran
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Zeus
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest