Courtney B. Vance Biography (1960?-)

Full name, Courtney Bernard Vance; born March 12, 1960 (some sources cite 1959), in Detroit (some sources cite Birmingham), MI; son of Conroy (a benefitsadministrator and grocery store manager) and Leslie (a librarian) Vance; married Angela Bassett (an actress), October 12, 1997. Addresses: Agent: Adena Chawke, Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401; AdamVenit, Endeavor Talent Agency, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (some sources cite 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210).; Manager: Dolores Robinson, Dolores Robinson Entertainment, 112South Almont Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048.; Publicist: Jessica Cohen, Bragman/Nyman/Cafarelli, 8687 Melrose Ave., Eighth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer
Birth Details: March 12, 1960?; Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Doc Johnson, Hamburger Hill, Paramount, 1987
Sonar operator Jones, The Hunt for Red October, Paramount, 1990
Jim, The Adventures of Huck Finn (also known as The Adventuresof Huckleberry Finn), Buena Vista, 1993
Journalist, The Emperor's New Clothes, 1993
Cooper, Holy Matrimony, Buena Vista, 1994
Bobby Seale, Panther, Gramercy Pictures, 1995
George Grandey, Dangerous Minds (also known as My Posse Don't Do Homework), Buena Vista, 1995
Luke, The Last Supper, Columbia, 1995
Reverend Henry Biggs, The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996
Eddie Jones, Love and Action in Chicago, MTI Home Video, 1999
Otis Tucker, Cookie's Fortune, October Films, 1999
Himself, The Acting Class, 2000
Roger Hines, Space Cowboys, Warner Bros., 2000
Willie Jones, D-Tox (also known as Eye See You and Im Auge der Angst), DEJ Productions/Universal, 2002
Film Work
Coproducer, Love and Action in Chicago, MTI Home Video, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Assistant district attorney Ron Carver, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001-
Miniseries
Martin Luther King, Parting the Waters, ABC, 2000
Voice, Jazz, PBS, 2001
Movies
Second male student, First Affair, CBS, 1983
Justice Butler, In the Line of Duty: Street War (also known as In the Line of Duty: The Two Tonys and Urban Crossfire), NBC, 1992
Wayne "Thunder" Carter, "Percy and Thunder," TNT Screenworks, TNT,1993
Conroy Price, Beyond the Law (also known as Fixing the Shadow, Secret Investigation Division, and The Sid), HBO, 1994
Thomas, Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (also known as Underground to Canada and Underground to Freedom), syndicated, 1994
(As Courtney Vance) Lieutenant Jeffrey Glenn, The Tuskegee Airmen,HBO, 1995
Travis Holloway, The Affair (also known as Black Tuesday),HBO, 1995
Jury foreman, 12 Angry Men, Showtime, 1997
Jerry Robinson, Ambushed, HBO, 1998
John Williams, Blind Faith, Showtime, 1998

Officer James "Jimmy" Halloran, Naked City: Justice with a Bullet,Showtime, 1998
Officer James "Jimmy" Halloran, Naked City: A Killer Christmas, Showtime, 1998
Clarence Brandley, Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story, Showtime, 2002
Specials
Lymon, "The Piano Lesson," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1995
Lucien P. Singer, "The Boys Next Door," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1996
Narrator, "Born to Trouble: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Culture Shock, PBS, 2000
Voice, The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (documentary), Cinemax, 2000
Reader, Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (documentary), HBO, 2003
Voice, War Letters (documentary), PBS, 2003
Narrator, "The Fight" (documentary), The American Experience, PBS,2004
Voices, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson(documentary), PBS, 2005
Awards Presentations
The 41st Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1987
Presenter, The Ninth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2003
Episodic
Curtis Caldwell, "Trust Me," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989
Voice of scribe, "The Emperor's New Clothes," Long Ago and Far Away (animated), PBS, 1989
(Uncredited) Mr. McKee, "By Hooker, by Crook," Law & Order, NBC, 1990
Benjamin "Bud" Greer, "Rage," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
Warren Grier, "Final Judgment," Picket Fences, CBS, 1995
Warren Grier, "Without Mercy," Picket Fences, CBS, 1995
Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996
Walter Harrelson, "Chapter Five," Boston Public, Fox, 2000
Pilots
(As Courtney Vance) Mr. James Jackson, "Unfinished Symphony," Any DayNow, Lifetime, 1998
Walter Harrelson, "Chapter One," Boston Public, Fox, 2000
Stage Appearances
Attendant, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, MA, 1982
A Raisin in the Sun, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1983
Fences, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1985
Cory, Fences, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1986, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, New York City, 1987-88
Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, New York Shakespeare Festival, PublicTheatre, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1988
Thami Mbikwarna, My Children! My Africa!, New York Theatre Workshop, Perry Street Theatre, New York City, 1989-90
Paul, Six Degrees of Separation, Lincoln Center Theater Company, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1990, then Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 1990-92
Walter Burns, His Girl Friday, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, 2005
Also appeared in other productions, including Butterfly, Geronimo Jones, Hamlet, Jazz Wives Jazz Lives, A Lesson from Aloes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and Temptation.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes, 1992
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems, 1992
(In archive footage) Reverend Henry Biggs, Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits, 2000
Audiobooks
Bo Jackson and Dick Schaap, Bo Knows Bo, Random House Audio, 1991
Hank Aaron and Lonnie Wheeler, I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story, HarperAudio, 1991
Anne Rice, The Feast of All Saints, Random House Audio, 1992
Clancy Carlile, Children of the Dust, Publishing Mills, 1995
Nuclear Waste Documentary Project, Half Lives, 1995
E. Lynn Harris, And This Too Shall Pass, Random House Audio, 1996
David Pesci, Amistad, Publishing Mills, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 15, Gale, 1997

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, October 24, 1997, p. 14
InStyle, February, 1998, p. 205
Jet, January 13, 1997, p. 33; October 27, 1997, p. 64
People Weekly, January 20, 1997, pp. 96-97; October 6, 1997, p. 55

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