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Courtney B. Vance

Birth Place: Detroit, MI, USA

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Courtney was honored with a Tony Award nomination, the Theater World Award and the Clarence Derwent Award for his Broadway debut performance in August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences, starring James Earl Jones and directed by the late Lloyd Richards. Courtney also starred in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation with the luminous Stockard Channing, directed by Jerry Zaks, for which he received his second Tony Award nomination. He was also the recipient of an Obie Award for his work in Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa! At the Public Theater, Courtney also starred in Vaclav Havel's Temptation with David Strathairn and Romeo & Juliet, in which he played Mercutio. He and his wife returned to the stage at Minneapolis' renowned Guthrie Theater to star in John Guare's U.S. premiere of the stage adaptation of His Girl Friday andThe Front Page. Courtney's film & TV work include: CBS' "Extraordinary Measures,"Hurricane Season, Final Destination 5, The Divide, The Preacher's Wife, Space Cowboys, Hamburger Hill, Huck Finn and The Hunt for Red October, ABC/Disney's "Flash Forward," Showtime's "Blind Faith" and "Twelve Angry Men" with the late George C. Scott & Jack Lemmon, August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" for Hallmark, HBO's Emmy-nominated "The Tuskegee Airmen," TNT's "The Closer," NBC's "ER" (playing husband to his real life wife Angela Bassett) and NBC's long-running "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," in which he played asst. DA Ron Carver.

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STAGE CREDITS

Lucky Guy Lucky Guy
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2013
Hap Hairston
Six Degrees Of Separation
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1990
Paul
My Children! My Africa!
[Off-Broadway]
1989
Thami Mbikwarna
Romeo and Juliet
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Mercutio
Fences
[Broadway]
1987
Cory

Movies

First Affair
[ 1983 ] Male Student #2
Hamburger Hill
[ 1987 ] Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
The Hunt for Red October
[ 1990 ] Seaman Jones
In the Line of Duty: Street War
[ 1992 ] Justice Butler
Beyond the Law
[ 1993 ] Conroy Price
Percy & Thunder
[ 1993 ] Thunder
The Adventures of Huck Finn
[ 1993 ] Jim
Holy Matrimony
[ 1994 ] Cooper
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
[ 1994 ] Thomas
Dangerous Minds
[ 1995 ] Mr. George Grandey
Panther
[ 1995 ] Bobby Seale
The Affair
[ 1995 ] Travis Holloway
The Last Supper
[ 1995 ] Luke
The Piano Lesson
[ 1995 ] Lymon
The Tuskegee Airmen
[ 1995 ] Lt. Glenn
The Boys Next Door
[ 1996 ] Lucien P. Singer
The Preacher's Wife
[ 1996 ] Reverend Henry Biggs
12 Angry Men
[ 1997 ] Foreman
Ambushed
[ 1998 ] Jerry Robinson
Blind Faith
[ 1998 ] John Williams
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
[ 1998 ] Officer James Halloran
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
[ 1998 ] Officer James Halloran
Cookie's Fortune
[ 1999 ] Otis Tucker
Love and Action in Chicago
[ 1999 ] Eddie
Space Cowboys
[ 2000 ] Roger Hines
The Acting Class
[ 2000 ]
D-Tox
[ 2002 ] Reverend Jones
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
[ 2002 ] Clarence Brandley
Nothing But the Truth
[ 2008 ] Agent O'Hara
Hurricane Season
[ 2009 ] Mr. Randolph
Extraordinary Measures
[ 2010 ] Marcus Temple
Final Destination 5
[ 2011 ] Agent Block
The Divide
[ 2011 ] Delvin
Joyful Noise
[ 2012 ] Pastor Dale
Let It Shine
[ 2012 ] Jacob
Terminator Genisys
[ 2015 ] Miles Dyson
Civil
[ 2016 ] John Thorne
Office Christmas Party
[ 2016 ] Walter Davis
Libby and Malcolm
[ 2017 ] Malcolm Black
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
[ 2017 ] Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield
The Mummy
[ 2017 ] Colonel Greenway
Ben Is Back
[ 2018 ] Neal Beeby
Compliance
[ 2018 ]
Isle of Dogs
[ 2018 ] The Narrator - Voice
Project Power
[ 2020 ] Captain Craine
The Photograph
[ 2020 ] Louis Morton
Uncorked
[ 2020 ] Louis

TV Shows

Thirtysomething
Curtis
Law & Order
[ 1990-1995 ] Benjamin 'Bud' Greer, Mayor's Assistant
Picket Fences
Warren Grier
Any Day Now
Mr. James Jackson
The Wild Thornberrys
Makai
Boston Public
Walter Harrelson
In the Cutz
Guest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
[ 2001-2006 ] ADA Ronald 'Ron' Carver, ADA Ron Carver
State of Mind
William Banks
ER
[ 2008-2009 ] Russell Banfield
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Kingsley
Flashforward
[ 2009-2010 ] Stanford Wedeck, Narrator
The Closer
[ 2010-2011 ] Chief Tommy Delk
Revenge
Benjamin Brooks
Graceland
Deputy Director Sam Campbell
Masters of Sex
Dr. Charles Hendricks
Scandal
Clarence Parker
State of Affairs
[ 2014-2015 ] Marshall Payton
American Crime Story
Johnnie Cochran
Lovecraft Country
George Freeman
Genius
C.L. Franklin
61st Street
[ 2022-2023 ] Franklin Roberts
Grotesquerie
Marshall Tryon
Grotesquerie
Marshall Tryon
Grotesquerie
Marshall Tryon
Grotesquerie
Marshall Tryon

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy

Tony Awards - 1991 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Courtney B. Vance , Six Degrees of Separation

Tony Awards - 1987 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Courtney B. Vance, Fences

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Courtney B. Vance been in?

Courtney B. Vance has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Courtney B. Vance been in?

Courtney B. Vance has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Courtney B. Vance been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Lucky Guy, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Lucky Guy, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Six Degrees of Separation and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Fences.

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