Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

1960-03-12 Detroit, Michigan, USA 61 Credits

Biography

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 (201...

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Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2025

as Cobra Bubbles

7.1
Acting

The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

Heist 88

Heist 88

2023

as Jeremy Horne

6.7
Acting

A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.

Heist 88

Heist 88

2023

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

2020

as Self

7.9
Acting

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of tha...

Project Power

Project Power

2020

as Captain Craine

6.4
Acting

An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers...

Uncorked

Uncorked

2020

as Louis

6.1
Acting

Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.

The Photograph

The Photograph

2020

as Louis Morton

6.4
Acting

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a...

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

2020

as Self - Narrator

Acting

Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four, Williams grew up ...

On Broadway

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.7
Acting

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inc...

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

2019

as Self - Host

Acting

Actor Courtney B. Vance hosts this special celebrating Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s work with focus on his five quintessential documentary series abou...

Ben Is Back

Ben Is Back

2018

as Mr. Beeby

6.6
Acting

19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming...

The Groveland Four

The Groveland Four

2018

as Self - Narrator

9.0
Acting

July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The Groveland Four...

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Narrator (voice)

7.9
Acting

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must ...

The Mummy

The Mummy

2017

as Colonel Greenway

5.5
Acting

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our c...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017

as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

6.5
Acting

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line ...

Office Christmas Party

Office Christmas Party

2016

as Walter Davis

5.7
Acting

When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his c...

Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys

2015

as Miles Dyson

5.9
Acting

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unkn...

Let It Shine

Let It Shine

2012

as Jacob

6.9
Acting

A young teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help his friend out and win the girl of his dreams by going through several events of betrayal, ...

Joyful Noise

Joyful Noise

2012

as Pastor Dale

6.4
Acting

G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

The Divide

The Divide

2012

as Delvin

5.9
Acting

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away a...

Final Destination 5

Final Destination 5

2011

as Agent Block

6.1
Acting

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge coll...

Extraordinary Measures

Extraordinary Measures

2010

as Marcus Temple

6.3
Acting

Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe disease—a con...

Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

2009

as Mr. Randolph

6.7
Acting

Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach A...

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

2008

as Agent O'Hara

6.9
Acting

When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her sourc...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Corey (segment "Fences")

Acting

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

The Fight

The Fight

2005

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

Explores the famous 1938 heavyweight bout between German Max Schmeling and American Joe Louis and finds two men who, in the shadow of war, became relu...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1
Acting

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

4.8
Acting

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors wer...

Partners of the Heart

Partners of the Heart

2002

as Vivien Thomas (voice)

6.0
Acting

Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and changed...

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

2002

as Clarence Brandley

Acting

Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl F...

D-Tox

D-Tox

2002

as Reverend Jones

5.6
Acting

A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. ...

Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys

2000

as Roger Hines

6.4
Acting

Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel...

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Acting

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses ...

The Acting Class

The Acting Class

2000

as Self

5.5
Acting

A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential a...

Love and Action in Chicago

Love and Action in Chicago

1999

as Eddie Jones

5.0
Acting

Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a rene...

Cookie's Fortune

Cookie's Fortune

1999

as Otis Tucker

6.4
Acting

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Naked City: A Killer Christmas

Naked City: A Killer Christmas

1998

as Officer James Halloran

2.7
Acting

An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time..

Blind Faith

Blind Faith

1998

as John Williams

6.4
Acting

In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie ...

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

1998

as Officer James Halloran

3.7
Acting

A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey ...

Ambushed

Ambushed

1998

as Jerry Robinson

4.9
Acting

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for ...

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1997

as Foreman

7.7
Acting

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result ...

The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife

1996

as Reverend Henry Biggs

5.8
Acting

Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived nei...

The Boys Next Door

The Boys Next Door

1996

as Lucien P. Singer

6.6
Acting

Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due to the pressures of his job taking care of four d...

The Affair

The Affair

1995

as Travis Holloway

3.8
Acting

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of h...

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

1995

as Luke

6.5
Acting

A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

as Lt. Glenn

7.1
Acting

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. ...

Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

1995

as Mr. George Grandey

7.0
Acting

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After...

Panther

Panther

1995

as Bobby Seale

6.2
Acting

Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Pa...

The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson

1995

as Lymon

7.2
Acting

1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a g...

Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony

1994

as Cooper

5.3
Acting

A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

1994

as Thomas

7.0
Acting

A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

Percy & Thunder

Percy & Thunder

1993

as Wayne 'Thunder' Carter

Acting

A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Beyond the Law

Beyond the Law

1993

as Conroy Price

6.2
Acting

Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the ...

The Adventures of Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993

as Jim

6.2
Acting

Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his lat...

In the Line of Duty: Street War

In the Line of Duty: Street War

1992

as Justice Butler

5.0
Acting

In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the d...

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992

as (voice)

Acting

This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen All...

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992

as (voice)

Acting

This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen All...

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

1991

as Reader

5.7
Acting

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World...

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)

7.4
Acting

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...

Hamburger Hill

Hamburger Hill

1987

as Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson

6.6
Acting

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of...

First Affair

First Affair

1983

as Male Student #2

1.0
Acting

A young girl attending Harvard on a scholarship finds herself falling for the husband of her English professor.