Lilo & Stitch2025
As Cobra Bubbles
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Courtney B. Vance
Born
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.
Filmography (64)
12 Angry Men1997
As Foreman
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Terminator Genisys2015
As Miles Dyson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Mummy2017
As Colonel Greenway
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Isle of Dogs2018
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
D-Tox2002
As Reverend Jones
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Final Destination 52011
As Agent Block
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Hunt for Red October1990
As Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dangerous Minds1995
As Mr. George Grandey
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Space Cowboys2000
As Roger Hines
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Project Power2020
As Captain Craine
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Office Christmas Party2016
As Walter Davis
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Divide2012
As Delvin
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hamburger Hill1987
As Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Extraordinary Measures2010
As Marcus Temple
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ben Is Back2018
As Mr. Beeby
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Let It Shine2012
As Jacob
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Panther1995
As Bobby Seale
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Joyful Noise2012
As Pastor Dale
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Nothing but the Truth2008
As Agent O'Hara
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Preacher's Wife1996
As Reverend Henry Biggs
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Beyond the Law1993
As Conroy Price
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Last Supper1995
As Luke
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Holy Matrimony1994
As Cooper
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Photograph2020
As Louis Morton
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks2017
As Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Heist 882023
As Jeremy Horne
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Adventures of Huck Finn1993
As Jim
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hurricane Season2010
As Mr. Randolph
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Tuskegee Airmen1995
As Lt. Glenn
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Girl Dad2026
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Death Wish2024
As Pilot (voice)
Cookie's Fortune1999
As Otis Tucker
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006
As Corey (segment "Fences")
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America2019
As Self - Host
The Affair1995
As Travis Holloway
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Ambushed1998
As Jerry Robinson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Uncorked2020
As Louis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Boys Next Door1996
As Lucien P. Singer
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004
As Other Voices (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Between the World and Me2020
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Acting Class2000
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
In the Line of Duty: Street War1992
As Justice Butler
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Love and Action in Chicago1999
As Eddie Jones
TMDb 4.9 / 10
On Broadway2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet1998
As Officer James Halloran
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes1992
As (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Naked City: A Killer Christmas1998
As Officer James Halloran
TMDb 3.8 / 10
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause2026
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story2000
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Blind Faith1998
As John Williams
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Percy & Thunder1993
As Wayne 'Thunder' Carter
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Piano Lesson1995
As Lymon
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Emperor's New Clothes1992
As Scribe (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
First Affair1983
As Male Student #2
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems1992
As (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story2002
As Clarence Brandley
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Fight2005
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad1994
As Thomas
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Groveland Four2018
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Partners of the Heart2002
As Vivien Thomas (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers1991
As Reader
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story2020
As Self - Narrator
Filmography and biography: TMDb