Courtney B. Vance

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.

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

Occupation

film actor / television actor / stage actor / actor

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

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/CourtneyBVance
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BBB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Michigan
• film actor
• television actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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