About Courtney
Courtney Bernard Vance is an American actor born in Detroit, Michigan on March 12, 1960. He holds degrees from Harvard University and Yale School of Drama. He made his Broadway debut in August Wilson's Fences (1985) and won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Lucky Guy (2013). He earned two Primetime Emmy Awards: one for portraying Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) and another for his guest role as George Freeman in Lovecraft Country (2020).
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Known for
- Tony Award winner for Lucky Guy (2013)
- Primetime Emmy Award for The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016)
- Primetime Emmy Award for Lovecraft Country (2020)
- Broadway roles in Fences, Six Degrees of Separation, and Lucky Guy
- Television role in Law & Order: Criminal Intent as A.D.A. Ron Carver
- Film roles in The Hunt for Red October and The Preacher's Wife
- Actor
- US
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