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My Take
Courtney B. Vance is my favorite kind of actor: the Harvard-trained, stage-hardened professional who makes everyone around him better. He spent years earning his craft in theater, and the Tony win proves it, before television finally handed him a role big enough for his gravity; his Emmy-winning turn as the defense attorney in the O.J. Simpson series was a masterclass in controlled charisma. He never chases the spotlight; he walks in carrying decades of discipline and the spotlight finds him. At sixty-plus his presence keeps deepening, and I would happily watch him read a phone book.
Overview
Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. He started his career on stage before moving to film and television. Vance has received various accolades, including a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Courtney B. Vance
- Name (Japanese)
- コートニー・B・ヴァンス
- Reading
- こーとにー・B・ゔぁんす
- Born
- March 12, 1960 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / television actor / stage actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 1987 Theatre World Award
- 2013 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Clarence Derwent Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.