Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Acting

Born March 12, 1960 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 Degree…

Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Scandal

Scandal

2012

Acting(98)

2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelf

2025Lilo & StitchCobra Bubbles

2024Death WishPilot (voice)

2024GrotesquerieMarshall Tryon

2023Percy Jackson and the OlympiansZeus

2023Heist 88Jeremy Horne

2022SherriSelf - Guest

2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf

202261st StreetFranklin Roberts

2021Amend: The Fight for AmericaSelf

2020Between the World and MeSelf

2020Lovecraft CountryGeorge Freeman

2020Project PowerCaptain Craine

2020UncorkedLouis

2020The PhotographLouis Morton

2020Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams StorySelf - Narrator

2019On BroadwaySelf (archive footage)

2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest

2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Host

2018Ben Is BackMr. Beeby

2018The Groveland FourSelf - Narrator

2018Isle of DogsNarrator (voice)

2017The MummyColonel Greenway

2017GeniusC.L. Franklin

2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSir Lord Keenan Coefield

2016Office Christmas PartyWalter Davis

2016American Crime StoryJohnnie Cochran

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Terminator GenisysMiles Dyson

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

2013Masters of SexDr. Charles Hendricks

2013GracelandSam Campbell

2012Let It ShineJacob

2012ScandalClarence Parker

2012Finding Your RootsSelf

2012Joyful NoisePastor Dale

2012The DivideDelvin

2011RevengeBenjamin Brooks

2011Final Destination 5Agent Block

2010Hurricane SeasonMr. Randolph

2010Extraordinary MeasuresMarcus Temple

2009FlashForwardStanford Wedeck

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2008Nothing but the TruthAgent O'Hara

2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysCorey (segment "Fences")

2005The CloserChief Tommy Delk

2005The FightNarrator (voice)

2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)

2003Gary the Rat

2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2002Partners of the HeartVivien Thomas (voice)

2002Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley StoryClarence Brandley

2002D-ToxReverend Jones

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRon Carver

2000Boston PublicWalter Harrelson

2000Space CowboysRoger Hines

2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

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

1998The Wild ThornberrysMakai (voice)

1998Any Day Now

1998AmbushedJerry Robinson

199712 Angry MenForeman

1997The ViewSelf

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

1994ERRussell Banfield

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

1992Picket FencesWarren Grier

1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)

1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)

1992The Emperor's New ClothesScribe (voice)

1991Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersReader

1990Law & OrderMayor's Assistant

1990The Hunt for Red OctoberPetty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)

1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)

1987thirtysomething

1987Hamburger HillSpc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson

1983First AffairMale Student #2

1974NOVANarrator

1951Hallmark Hall of FameLucien P. Singer

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Audience Member