Courtney Bernard Vance (* 12. März 1960 in Detroit, Michigan) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Vance hatte seine ersten Filmrollen in Hamburger Hill und Jagd auf Roter Oktober. Beachtenswerte Rollen hatte er in den Filmen Cookie’s Fortune – Aufruhr in Holly Springs von Robert Altman, in Rendezvous mit einem Engel (an der Seite von Denzel Washington und Whitney Houston) und in Clint Eastwoods Space Cowboys.

Seine Fernsehrollen beinhalten Filme wie Blind Faith (dafür erhielt Vance eine Nominierung als bester Schauspieler für den Independent Spirit Award), 12 Angry Men (an der Seite von Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott und Ossie Davis) und The Tuskegee Airmen (mit Laurence Fishburne). Gastauftritte hatte er unter anderem in der Fernsehserie Boston Public. Von 2001 bis 2006 spielte er eine Hauptrolle in der Fernsehserie Criminal Intent – Verbrechen im Visier. Für seine Serienrolle als Johnnie Cochran in der ersten Staffel von American Crime Story gewann er 2016 den Emmy als bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Miniserie oder einem Fernsehfilm.

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.

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