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Courtney B. Vance

Courtney Bernard Vance is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in Fences, Six Degrees of Separation, and Lucky Guy 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), and Isle of Dogs (2018).

English

Lovecraft Country

2020
as George Freeman

FlashForward

2009
as Stan Wedeck

Genius (2017)

2017
as C. L. Franklin

61st Street

2022
as Franklin Roberts

Guest Star

Episode Any Day Now
Unfinished Symphony
1998
Episode The Closer
High Crimes
2010
Episode Law & Order
By Hooker, by Crook
1990
Episode Lovecraft Country
I Am.
2020
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
The Piano Lesson
1995
Episode ER
The Beginning of the End
2009
Episode Boston Public
Chapter One
2000
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Amy Poehler, Courtney B. Vance, Willie Jones
2021
Episode NOVA
Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius
2007
Episode Picket Fences
Without Mercy
1995
Episode Thirtysomething
Trust Me
1989
Episode Picket Fences
Final Judgement
1995
Episode Boston Public
Chapter Five
2000
Episode The Closer
Unknown Trouble
2011
Episode The Spectacular Spider-Man
Accomplices
2009
Episode The Talk
Courtney B. Vance; Piers Morgan
2016
Episode American Experience
The Fight
2004
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Will Arnett, Courtney B. Vance, Laurie Metcalf, Buckingham McVie
2017
Episode Law & Order
Rage
1995
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
John Travolta, Courtney B. Vance, Amy Cuddy, John Moreland
2016
Episode The Closer
High Crimes
2010
Episode ER
Separation Anxiety
2009
Episode Graceland
Pilot
2013
Episode ER
Love Is a Battlefield
2009
Episode The Closer
Executive Order
2010