Courtney B. Vance

Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. He was known for his roles in the movies Hamburger Hill and The Hunt for Red October, the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, in which he played Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver and The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, in which he played Johnnie Cochran.

He won a Tony Award in 2013 and an Emmy Award in 2016.

 Filmography 
+ Film Year Title Role Notes 1983 First Affair Male student  TV Movie 1987 Hamburger Hill Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson  1990 The Hunt for Red October Seaman Jones 1991  The Emperor's New Clothes Scribe (voice) TV Short  1992  In the Line of Duty: Street War Justice Butler  TV Movie  1993  The Adventures of Huck Finn Jim  1993 Beyond the Law  Conroy Price 1993  Percy & Thunder Thunder  TV Movie 1994 Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Thomas  TV Movie  1994 Holy Matrimony Cooper   1995  The Piano Lesson Lymon  TV Movie  1995 Panther Bobby Seale 1995  Dangerous Minds George Grandey 1995  The Tuskegee Airmen Lt. Glenn TV Movie  1995  The Last Supper Luke 1995 The Affair   Travis Holloway  1996  The Boys Next Door Lucien P. Singer  TV Movie 1996 The Preacher's Wife Reverend Henry Biggs 1997 12 Angry Men Foreman  TV Movie  1998  Blind Faith John Williams  1998  Ambushed Jerry Robinson  1998  Naked City: Justice with a Bullet Officer James Halloran  TV Movie  1998  Naked City: A Killer Christmas Officer James Halloran  TV Movie  1999  Cookie's Fortune Otis Tucker   1999  Love and Action in Chicago Eddie Jones  co-producer 2000  Space Cowboys Roger Hines 2002  Eye See You Reverend Jones  2002  Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story Clarence Brandley  TV Movie  2008 Nothing But the Truth Agent O'Hara  2009  Hurricane Season Mr. Randolph  2010  Extraordinary Measures Marcus Temple  2011  The Divide Delvin  2011  Final Destination 5 Agent Jim Block 2012  Joyful Noise Pastor Dale  2012  Let It Shine Pastor Jacob DeBarge  TV Movie  2013  Book of the Year producer, pre-production 2014  The Farm The Sheriff (rumored)  pre-production

Television
+ TV Series  Year Title Role Notes 1987  The 41st Annual Tony Awards Himself  Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play  1990-1995  Law & Order Benjamin 'Bud' Greer / Mayor's Assistant  Episode: By Hooker, by Crook (1990), Rage (1995) 1995  The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards  Himself  1995  Picket Fences Warren Grier  Episode:  Final Judgement, Without Mercy 1998  Any Day Now Mr. James Jackson  Episode:  Unfinished Symphony  1998  The Wild Thornberrys Makai (voice role)  Episode:  Naimina Enkiyio 2000  Boston Public Walter Harrelson   2002-2004  The American Experience Dr. Vivien Thomas / Narrator  Episode:  Partners of the Heart, The Fight  TV series/documentary  2001-2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent A.D.A. Ron Carver 2007  State of Mind William Banks   2008-2009  ER Russell Banfield  2009-2010 FlashForward Stanford Wedeck / Narrator  2010-2011 The Closer Chief Tommy Delk  2012  Revenge Benjamin Brooks  2013 Graceland Sam Campbell  post-production

References

Category:Tony Award winning actors
Category:American Emmy Award winning actors
Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American stage actors
Category:American voice actors
Category:Actors from Detroit