Courtney B Vance

Also Credited As:

Courtney Vance, Courtney Bernard Vance
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Biography

A history major as a Harvard undergraduate, Vance began acting in college and joined Shakespeare and Company, a theater company in nearby Lenox, Massachusetts. He went on to further hone his thesping skills at the Yale School of Drama. While there, Vance originated the role of Cory, son of a formidable James Earl Jones, in the Yale Rep production of August Wilson's award-winning "Fences". In 1987, he made his Broadway debut reprising the role. …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

Courtney Bernard Vance on March 12, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Percy and Thunder

Wayne "Thunder" Carter

FlashForward: What Did You See?

Narrator

The Fight

Narrator

The Affair

Travis Holloway

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

Clarence Brandley

Ambushed

Jerry Robinson

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Jim

12 Angry Men

Juror No 1

Naked City: A Killer Christmas

Officer Jimmy Halloran

Blind Faith

John Williams

Naked City: Justice With a Bullet

Officer Jimmy Halloran

The Preacher's Wife

Henry Biggs

Love and Action in Chicago

Eddie Jones

The Piano Lesson

Lymon

Dangerous Minds

Mr George Grandey

Joyful Noise

Pastor Dale

Panther

Bobby Seale

Beyond the Law

Conroy Prince

The Divide

Delvin

In the Line of Duty: Street War

Justice Butler

The Tuskegee Airmen

Lieutenant Jeffrey Glenn

The Last Supper

Luke

Extraordinary Measures

Marcus Temple

The Boys Next Door

Lucien P Singer

Graceland

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