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.
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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.
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Known for
![Heist 88](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4ueFteb6V38fnSWTN4jIbLOlMlM.jpg)
Heist 88
![Sherri](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tNpISQ0ymMpZmfRCeJXceAjyzev.jpg)
Sherri
![61st Street](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4Y0979GAXgFNsIxN2jsXokb8o5e.jpg)
61st Street
![Amend: The Fight for America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a7i3jJe9rI7RSvlGoMB7aYI7XVt.jpg)
Amend: The Fight for America
![Between the World and Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rHntazEQuvO0wSplvOxf5wNdvFO.jpg)
Between the World and Me
![Lovecraft Country](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fz7bdjxPColvEWCGr5Kiclzc86d.jpg)
Lovecraft Country
![Project Power](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/TnOeov4w0sTtV2gqICqIxVi74V.jpg)
Project Power
![Uncorked](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/neUgCuBhafxYQyXTKxwjQejqqa7.jpg)
Uncorked
![The Photograph](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cdqZqIcWt0Ne2Io2OA9iWqqMuCA.jpg)
The Photograph
![Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8KRxJMtZUznhdwfy9fGRUPYYbDq.jpg)
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
![On Broadway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sSKXZyWQF2r9kwoZPfcLFgmx1Wy.jpg)
On Broadway
![Tamron Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pOqHc6Q47uGqnCps1DGVMaWyd9v.jpg)
Tamron Hall
![Ben Is Back](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eSPiprXuWqwMGi6t8BkdiTz9Ou3.jpg)
Ben Is Back
![The Groveland Four](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rTN9OCg0p74KnGwiDtNCYpmwseh.jpg)
The Groveland Four
![Isle of Dogs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c0nUX6Q1ZB0P2t1Jo6EeFSVnOGQ.jpg)
Isle of Dogs
![The Mummy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zxkY8byBnCsXodEYpK8tmwEGXBI.jpg)
The Mummy
![Genius](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/waCykVbku2Amh0revf535SOnlmm.jpg)
Genius
![The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/njFJjXhK94NXAxo9MJrskFpqWMg.jpg)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
![Office Christmas Party](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7r3w3cPTbNEIr1imb8zXyeIJCJe.jpg)
Office Christmas Party
![American Crime Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dqzY6BTXsbDzX5vxrZEXjG8U4rX.jpg)
American Crime Story
![Terminator Genisys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oZRVDpNtmHk8M1VYy1aeOWUXgbC.jpg)
Terminator Genisys
![Variety Studio: Actors on Actors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pgWZXYG0gTKkwRH9pTxoscFmq4H.jpg)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
![Masters of Sex](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bC42ksckQpjfck2BZ5McaEDN4pk.jpg)
Masters of Sex
![Graceland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oX3Hp4snTJH1chqnC8La0MkJJlZ.jpg)
Graceland
![Let It Shine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kuVKuMxyDLBYKsqMgOCf0zNtzV6.jpg)
Let It Shine
![Scandal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4XmF8PMSqtHCGNoL15oHbjr5ZuO.jpg)
Scandal
![Finding Your Roots](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d4CSYByEefe43AXMlMyKEihEPGU.jpg)
Finding Your Roots
![The Divide](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hnwX5cUuzBDM0OWJB2UtnjkrHDm.jpg)
The Divide
![Revenge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qx7XytRgg1F03NN5BoK8jx3Cyft.jpg)
Revenge
![Final Destination 5](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5uRF7zATPr0hIMfDcMEfnhMGw6a.jpg)
Final Destination 5
![Extraordinary Measures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3KoxLZ2yeGSIHgQdE0PUU8Z6J7w.jpg)
Extraordinary Measures
![Hurricane Season](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/axzk9UTvnV68brpqmmVNp4z2kj5.jpg)
Hurricane Season
![FlashForward](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7iu2HJ8ZSNbBgFLi42JNcuPjBax.jpg)
FlashForward
![Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onSD9UXfJwrMXWhq7UY7hGF2S1h.jpg)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
![Nothing But the Truth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ueJXKG3PFoDPEhcKtIjP52fCRQ5.jpg)
Nothing But the Truth
![The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pqn9Vtk7OWxhmA3fALM6I1aRgRS.jpg)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
![The Closer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sVE1SSDlXNCBh3sPYkIUTKfxOAk.jpg)
The Closer
![The Fight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mfygj4y7l2PCUeiFPivTijJBZF2.jpg)
The Fight
![Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9A3hG4XsV49t1Cc3QAnBk6bTW5a.jpg)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
![Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rfz1gmZll4iH4HYct5rHSEZ4KYj.jpg)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
![Partners of the Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ozOxllMeSQ8wtVPKpQynE4aW8i7.jpg)
Partners of the Heart
![Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9UkUPvRnEDwvd21CUauS7zDEr2i.jpg)
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
![D-Tox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AdLg3zOxCcyWQYKSK86q20dibq.jpg)
D-Tox
![Law & Order: Criminal Intent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/68MUdrxeokhmd8pvlAjkD6yIfHR.jpg)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
![Boston Public](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yUEMfetlqwab7mOzrZIoAOGwfKi.jpg)
Boston Public
![Space Cowboys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hPzt1bbA1sUDQOl6Vujmyz2hjLN.jpg)
Space Cowboys
![The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1ggBfSFjGYBAn0HwDJyJCfMTsLa.jpg)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
![The Acting Class](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yKn3JXSWWtbI7PX9sAYrheqS8hz.jpg)
The Acting Class
![Love and Action in Chicago](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fMfXhbNisCwl8ASiUK9dCr5tf5X.jpg)
Love and Action in Chicago
![Cookie's Fortune](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3ZCLVOfEyGowLWsgOF4vn6vjRsJ.jpg)
Cookie's Fortune
![Naked City: A Killer Christmas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2nNguFMGuOPfGagiJXL9o755LgN.jpg)
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
![Blind Faith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/21AgqtJ4iYQYCY0sxx5ubgqhz04.jpg)
Blind Faith
![The Wild Thornberrys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6SHAvvwmOFJwFhbkAqa6MjsiO7P.jpg)
The Wild Thornberrys
![Any Day Now](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2jWMZngwlcrkGapMstew5iJS1fH.jpg)
Any Day Now
![Ambushed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b59zw8tjPXrDDFRmfBhkmfZjRCU.jpg)
Ambushed
![12 Angry Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/whDdYx3lh1LHTN0VlPFt51fX29g.jpg)
12 Angry Men
![The View](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zn5ZtKXYo8XOoXUgtQxw7q2CjVt.jpg)
The View
![The Preacher's Wife](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z1mU4g9poAgoDQRNLcfNdj3iiMs.jpg)
The Preacher's Wife
![The Boys Next Door](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t2tlnYQdRcRzOz8qOvyXD6bynWa.jpg)
The Boys Next Door
![The Affair](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xetJCX2Vr9for03Tsa8fzRtofDc.jpg)
The Affair
![The Last Supper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oIgPiiM0qD1mCo1SYG3Sd0vmKTa.jpg)
The Last Supper
![The Tuskegee Airmen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8xgYqh9XlFLusp4R8u5ocZM0WjV.jpg)
The Tuskegee Airmen
![Dangerous Minds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yWHWC8fJRp2kLgiFrEa8o3krOH9.jpg)
Dangerous Minds
![Panther](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gxGOkt6WBhSIdZiQqyVEccRURVv.jpg)
Panther
![The Piano Lesson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qNSk9cKItq2bBSz2auq8WHDyab5.jpg)
The Piano Lesson
![ER](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rAxd8H0zGH61RWMPVZiR9zT4Nqk.jpg)
ER
![Holy Matrimony](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/guuXfnxgXWPFrvgPbqySnujnjqb.jpg)
Holy Matrimony
![Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/19gdTgeo7XOtBpuRZ1Id4gpudj7.jpg)
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
![Percy & Thunder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4MBkwVbOOyEqgsgh5hOweGPQMUo.jpg)
Percy & Thunder
![Beyond the Law](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iNepOVr7DJOukyR6jhl5kFrMQwz.jpg)
Beyond the Law
![The Adventures of Huck Finn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zTI7eEh6vf4BqDawKKLn4aHvZYz.jpg)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
![In the Line of Duty: Street War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iZAxylPDgyJ3RmxcApaejtcehuB.jpg)
In the Line of Duty: Street War
![Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g2B0MLrXmMd79zJvbyzzQ7MV6W.jpg)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
![Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hTWq7SfldGOuwf2sKVyNISvY4oc.jpg)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
![Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wnErKRknRBIr7aTI0wXDNuRuV4E.jpg)
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
![Law & Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![The Hunt for Red October](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yVl7zidse4KiWtGMqHFtZCx4X3N.jpg)
The Hunt for Red October
![American Experience](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iABtkX1IZXijc4VIbkgOLMDjmCT.jpg)
American Experience
![thirtysomething](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gC4CW183RUTvOg5nkLfOnERJ5ov.jpg)
thirtysomething
![Hamburger Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a84FDoIm64qcyKq6BEMB9Ycldpt.jpg)
Hamburger Hill
![NOVA](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/giUBXYnDAaJgNqA6iE3BMVE2EHp.jpg)
NOVA
![Hallmark Hall of Fame](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dSeAHZYT2JLidmA9hfH15Ae3NPk.jpg)
Hallmark Hall of Fame