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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...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
NOVASeries • 1974
ERSeries • 1994
The CloserSeries • 2005
ScandalSeries • 2012
American ExperienceSeries • 1988
RevengeSeries • 2011
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansSeries • 2023
American Crime StorySeries • 2016
The Wild ThornberrysSeries • 1998
Boston PublicSeries • 2000
GeniusSeries • 2017
Masters of SexSeries • 2013
Lovecraft CountrySeries • 2020
Lilo & StitchMovie • 2025
Picket FencesSeries • 1992
thirtysomethingSeries • 1987
Terminator GenisysMovie • 2015
FlashForwardSeries • 2009
Space CowboysMovie • 2000
GracelandSeries • 2013
GrotesquerieSeries • 2024
Any Day NowSeries • 1998