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Courtney B. Vance

Actor | * 03/12/1960 (64) | Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
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Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. He started his career on stage before moving to film and television. Vance has received various accolades, including a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. Having trained at the Yale School of Drama, he soon made his Broadway debut the original production of August Wilson's Fences (1985), earning his first Tony Award nomination. He continued acting in theatre in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation (1990) and Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy (2013), the later of which earned him 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 Tuskegee Airmen (1995), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), a... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack ...

The Hunt for Red October

FSK: 12+ years

1990 | 3.7/5 | 2h 15min
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with ...

Space Cowboys

FSK: 12+ years

2000 | 3.2/5 | 2h 10min
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers lik ...

Hamburger Hill

FSK: 16+ years

1987 | 3.3/5 | 1h 52min
War, Action, Drama
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Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must ...

Dangerous Minds

FSK: 12+ years

1995 | 3.5/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations. ...

American Crime Story

FSK: 16+ years

2016- | 3.8/5
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Courtney B. Vance

Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Clarence Derwent Awards Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Courtney B. Vance as Actor(57)

as Cobra Bubbles2023 Lilo & Stitch
as Jeremy Horne2023 Heist 88
as Self (archive footage)2021 On Broadway
as himself2020 Between the World and Me
as Louis Morton2020 The Photograph
as Louis2020 Uncorked
as Captain Craine2020 Project Power
as Self - Narrator2020 Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
as Self - Narrator2018 The Groveland Four
as Mr. Beeby2018 Ben Is Back
as Narrator (voice)2018 Isle of Dogs
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Colonel Greenway2017 The Mummy
as Walter Davis2016 Office Christmas Party
as Miles Dyson2015 Terminator Genisys
as Delvin2012 The Divide
as Pastor Dale2012 Joyful Noise
as Jacob2012 Let It Shine
as Agent Block2011 Final Destination 5
as Marcus Temple2010 Extraordinary Measures
as Mr. Randolph2009 Hurricane Season
as Agent O'Hara2008 Nothing But the Truth
as Narrator2005 American Experience: The Fight
as Other Voices (voice)2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as Reverend Jones2002 D-Tox
as Vivien Thomas (voice)2002 Partners of the Heart
as Clarence Brandley2002 Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2000 The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Roger Hines2000 Space Cowboys
as himself2000 The Acting Class
as Eddie Jones1999 Love and Action in Chicago
as Otis Tucker1999 Cookie's Fortune
as Officer James Halloran1998 Naked City: A Killer Christmas
as John Williams1998 Blind Faith
as Jerry Robinson1998 Ambushed
as Officer James Halloran1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Foreman1997 12 Angry Men
as Lucien P. Singer1996 The Boys Next Door
as Reverend Henry Biggs1996 The Preacher's Wife
as Bobby Seale1995 Panther
as Lymon1995 The Piano Lesson
as Travis Holloway1995 The Affair
as Lt. Glenn1995 The Tuskegee Airmen
as George Grandey1995 Dangerous Minds
as Luke1995 The Last Supper
as Cooper1994 Holy Matrimony
as Thomas1994 Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
as Wayne 'Thunder' Carter1993 Percy & Thunder
as Jim1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Conroy Price1993 Beyond the Law
as (voice)1992 Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)1992 Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as Justice Butler1992 In the Line of Duty: Street War
as Reader1991 Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
as Ronald Jones1990 The Hunt for Red October
as Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson1987 Hamburger Hill

TV Shows/Series with Courtney B. Vance as Actor(26)

as Franklin Roberts2022 61st Street
2021 Amend: The Fight for America
as George Freeman2020 Lovecraft Country
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as C.L. Franklin2017 Genius
as Johnnie Cochran2016 American Crime Story
as Sam Campbell2013 Graceland
as Dr. Charles Hendricks2013 Masters of Sex
as himself2012 Finding Your Roots
as Benjamin Brooks2011 Revenge
as Stanford Wedeck2009 FlashForward
as Chief Tommy Delk (archive footage) (uncredited)2005 The Closer
as Chief Tommy Delk2005 The Closer
as Ron Carver2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Walter Harrelson2000 Boston Public
as Makai (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
1998 Any Day Now
as himself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Russell Banfield1994 ER
as Mayor's Assistant1990 Law & Order
as Benjamin Greer1990 Law & Order
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience
1987 thirtysomething
as Narrator1974 NOVA
as Lucien P. Singer??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Courtney B. Vance as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Heist 88

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Full Name: Courtney Vance
Born: Saturday, 03/12 1960 (March) in Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 64 years + 38 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Harvard University, Yale School of Drama, Detroit Country Day School
Spouses (current/former): Angela Bassett
Other names for Courtney B. Vance (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Courtney Bernard Vance"
Courtney B. Vance frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Lee Sellars (10x, Actor)
William H. Burns (10x, Actor)
Mark Casella (10x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (9x, Crew)
Bruce MacVittie (9x, Actor)
Catrina Ganey (9x, Actress)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (9x, Actor)
Daniel Oreskes (9x, Actor)
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7096, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024