Courtney B. Vance

Courtney Vance (2007)

Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American actor .

Life

Courtney B. Vance with his wife Angela Bassett

He received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and his Master of fine Arts from Yale School of Drama . While he was studying at Harvard, he already worked for the Boston Shakespeare Company . Working there he managed to be nominated twice for the Tony Award (both times in plays that won a Tony Award themselves). He received the first nomination for his role in August Wilson's play Fences , which also won a Pulitzer Prize , and his second for the lead role in John Guard's Six Degrees of Separation .

His film roles have earned him a lot of praise and honor. Vance had his first film roles in Hamburger Hill and Hunt for Red October . He had notable roles in the films Cookie's Fortune by Robert Altman , in Rendezvous with an Angel (alongside Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston ) and in Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys .

His television roles include Blind Faith (for which Vance received a Best Actor nomination for the Independent Spirit Award ), 12 Angry Men ( opposite Jack Lemmon , George C. Scott, and Ossie Davis ), and The Tuskegee Airmen (with Laurence Fishburne ). He had guest appearances in the television series Boston Public, among others . From 2001 to 2006 he played a leading role in the television series Criminal Intent . For his series role as Johnnie Cochran in the first season of American Crime Story , he won the 2016 Emmy for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie.

He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997 . The couple had twins in 2006.

Filmography (selection)

• 1987: Hamburger Hill
• 1990: The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
• 1990, 1995: Law & Order (TV series, 2 episodes, various roles)
• 1992: Made of Steel - Hard as Steel (Beyond the Law)
• 1993: The Adventures of Huck Finn (The Adventures of Huck Finn)
• 1992: Gang War (In the Line of Duty: Street War)
• 1994: Holy Days (Holy Matrimony)
• 1995: Picket Fences - Tatort Gartenzaun ( Picket Fences , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1995: Dangerous Minds (Dangerous Minds)
• 1995: Last Supper - Die Henkersmahlzeit (The Last Supper)
• 1995: The Honor to Fly (The Tuskegee Airmen)
• 1995: Panther
• 1996: Rendezvous with an Angel (The Preacher's Wife)
• 1997: The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)
• 1997: The Devil's Advocate (The Devil's Advocate)
• 1998: Ambushed - Dark Rituals (Ambushed)
• 1998: NY - Streets of Death (Naked City: A Killer Christmas)
• 1998: Naked City - Justice with a Bullet (Naked City: Justice with a Bullet)
• 1999: Cookie's Fortune riot in Holly Springs (Cookie's Fortune)
• 2000: Boston Public (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2000: Space Cowboys
• 2001–2006: Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, 111 episodes)
• 2002: D-Tox - In the Eye of Fear (D-Tox)
• 2002: Whitewash: The Clarence Bradley Story
• 2008: Nothing but the Truth (Nothing But the Truth)
• 2008–2009: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2009–2010: FlashForward (TV series, 22 episodes)
• 2010: exceptional situation (Extraordinary Measures)
• 2010–2011: The Closer (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2011: The Divide (The Divide)
• 2011: Final Destination 5
• 2012: Joyful Noise
• 2012: Revenge (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2012: Let It Shine - Show what you can do! ( Let It Shine , TV movie)
• 2013: Graceland (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2014: Masters of Sex (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2014–2015: State of Affairs (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015: Scandal (TV series, episode 4x14)
• 2015: Terminator: Genisys
• 2016: American Crime Story (TV series, 10 episodes)
• 2016: Office Christmas Party
• 2017: The Mummy (The Mummy)
• 2018: Isle of Dogs - Ataris Reise ( Isle of Dogs , voice)
• 2018: Ben is Back
• since 2020: Lovecraft Country (TV series)

Awards

• 1987: Clarence Derwent Award for Fences

Web links

Commons : Courtney Vance  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Courtney B. Vance in the Internet Movie Database (English)