Courtney Bernard Vance net worth is
$4 Million
Courtney Bernard Vance Wiki Biography
Courtney Bernard Vance was born on the 13th March 1960, in Detroit, Michigan USA, and is an actor perhaps best known for his regular role in the television series “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2001 – 2011) as NCO Prosecutor Ron Carver. He was also a permanent actor in the television series “FlashForward” (2009 – 2010). In 2011, he was cast in the television series “The Closer” as Police Chief Tommy Delk. Vance is a member of the board of directors of The Actors Center in New York City. Courtney B. Vance has been active in the entertainment industry since 1983.
How much is the wealth of the actor? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of Courtney B. Vance’s net worth is as much as $4 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016.
Courtney B. Vance Net Worth $4 Million
To begin with, Vance was raised in Detroit, was educated at Detroit Country Day School, and later matriculated at Harvard University from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While still a student, he was also working as an actor at the Boston Shakespeare Company. Later, he graduated from Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Concerning his professional career, Vance has been nominated for a Tony Award three times, winning the Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Hap Hairston in “Lucky Guy” directed by Nora Ephron. He was nominated as the Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Corey in August Wilson’s play “Fences”, and for the Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Paul in “Six Degrees of Separation” by John Guare. In 1987, he won a Clarence Derwent Award for his role of Cory Maxson in “Fences”.
The actor made his film debut in the war movie “Hamburger Hill: Hill 937” (1987) directed by John Irvin. Later, he took part in such films as “The Hunt for Red October” (1990), “The Last Supper” (1995), “Dangerous Minds” (1995) and “The Preacher’s Wife” (1996). In addition to films he worked on television, participating as a guest star in several television productions. The role that made him famous was as the assistant District Attorney Ron Carver in “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2001 – 2011), which added significantly to his net worth.
Courtney also took part in the fifteenth and final season of “ER” in which he played Russell Banfield, the husband of Catherine Banfield. In 2009, he joined the cast of the ABC television series “FlashForward”, in which he created the character of Stanford Wedeck. In 2013, he participated in the pilot episode of the television series “Graceland”, in which he played the role of Agent Sam Campbell. In 2015, he portrayed Miles Dyson in “Terminator Genisys”, and in 2016 the role of Johnnie Cochran in FX’s “American Crime Story”, which tells the story of the murder case of O. J. Simpson; the series received critical acclaim for its writing, directing, and acting, including Vance’s performance. Currently, he is working on the set of the upcoming film “The Mummy” (2017) directed and co-produced by Alex Kurtzman.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, Vance has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997, and they have twins.
Full Name | Courtney B. Vance |
Net Worth | $4 Million |
Date Of Birth | March 12, 1960 |
Place Of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
Profession | Actor, Producer |
Education | Detroit Country Day School, Harvard University, Yale School of Drama |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Angela Bassett (m.1997-) |
Children | Bronwyn Vance, Slater Vance |
Parents | Leslie Vance, Conroy Vance |
Siblings | Cecilie Vance, Cecilie Vance |
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/CourtneyBVance |
Twitter | https://twitter.com/courtneybvance?lang=en |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005524 |
Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie (2016), Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (2013), Obie Award for Performance (1990) |
Nominations | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead (1998), CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries (1995), NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, BET Award for Best Actor on Television,Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2016) |
Movies | “Hamburger Hill: Hill 937” (1987), “The Hunt for Red October” (1990), “The Last Supper” (1995), “Dangerous Minds” (1995), “The Preacher's Wife” (1996), “The Mummy” (2017) |
TV Shows | "Lucky Guy" (2013), “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2001 – 2011), “FlashForward” (2009 – 2010), “The Closer”, “ER” (2009), “FlashForward” (2009), “Graceland” (2013), “Terminator Genisys” (2015), “American Crime Story” (2016) |
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1 | I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it. |
2 | The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You're a fixer; you make things better. |
3 | When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke. |
4 | I've done a lot of movies, but my favorite was 'Blind Faith.' |
5 | I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. |
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1 | Release of the book, "Friends: A Love Story" by Courtney and his wife, Angela Bassett. [December 2006] |
2 | In 1987, he competed with fellow "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" actor, Jamey Sheridan, for the same Supporting Actor Tony Award, which neither of them won. Sheridan's nomination that year was for playing the "All My Sons" role of "Chris Keller," which happened to be the character name of Christopher Meloni (another "Law & Order" actor) in the HBO series "Oz." The following year (1988) the same Tony Award for supporting actor was awarded to B. D. Wong, a featured actor on both "Law & Order" and "Oz.". |
3 | Received a Tony Award (his first win after three nominations) for the Broadway play "Lucky Guy," in which he co-starred with Tom Hanks and Richard Masur. |
4 | He and his wife, Angela Bassett, became the parents of twins a daughter Bronwyn Golden and son Slater Josiah, who were born on January 27, 2006, in California through a surrogate. |
5 | It was at Harvard that he first became interested in theater, appearing in several college productions and becoming a member of the Boston Shakespeare Company. |
6 | Won an off-Broadway Obie award in 1990 for his theater work in "My Children! My Africa!" |
7 | Attended Detroit Country Day School in Birmingham, Michigan; graduated 1978. |
8 | Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1987 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "Fences;" and in 1991 as Best Actor (Play) for John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation." |
9 | A 1986 graduate of Yale Drama school. |
10 | Graduated from Harvard University. |
All pictures
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Boston Public | 2000 | TV Series | Walter Harrelson |
Space Cowboys | 2000 | | Roger Hines |
Love and Action in Chicago | 1999 | | Eddie Jones |
Cookie's Fortune | 1999 | | Otis Tucker |
Naked City: A Killer Christmas | 1998 | TV Movie | Officer James Halloran |
The Wild Thornberrys | 1998 | TV Series | Makai |
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | 1998 | TV Movie | Officer James Halloran |
Any Day Now | 1998 | TV Series | Mr. James Jackson |
Ambushed | 1998 | | Jerry Robinson |
Blind Faith | 1998 | | John Williams |
12 Angry Men | 1997 | TV Movie | Foreman |
The Preacher's Wife | 1996 | | Reverend Henry Biggs |
The Boys Next Door | 1996 | TV Movie | Lucien P. Singer |
The Affair | 1995 | TV Movie | Travis Holloway |
The Last Supper | 1995/I | | Luke |
The Tuskegee Airmen | 1995 | TV Movie | Lt. Glenn (as Courtney Vance) |
Dangerous Minds | 1995 | | Mr. George Grandey |
Panther | 1995/I | | Bobby Seale |
Picket Fences | 1995 | TV Series | Warren Grier |
The Piano Lesson | 1995 | TV Movie | Lymon |
Law & Order | 1990-1995 | TV Series | Benjamin 'Bud' Greer / Mayor's Assistant |
Holy Matrimony | 1994 | | Cooper |
Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | 1994 | TV Movie | Thomas |
Percy & Thunder | 1993 | TV Movie | Thunder |
Beyond the Law | 1993 | | Conroy Price |
The Adventures of Huck Finn | 1993 | | Jim |
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems | 1992 | Video | |
In the Line of Duty: Street War | 1992 | TV Movie | Justice Butler |
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | 1992 | Video | |
The Emperor's New Clothes | 1991 | TV Short | Scribe (voice, as Courtney Vance) |
The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | | Seaman Jones |
Thirtysomething | 1989 | TV Series | Curtis |
Hamburger Hill | 1987 | | Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson |
First Affair | 1983 | TV Movie | Male Student |
The Mummy | 2017 | post-production | Colonel Gideon Forster |
Civil | 2017 | TV Movie pre-production | John Thorne |
Office Christmas Party | 2016 | post-production | Walter |
American Crime Story | 2016 | TV Series | Johnnie Cochran |
Terminator Genisys | 2015 | | Miles Dyson |
Scandal | 2015 | TV Series | Clarence Parker |
State of Affairs | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Marshall Payton |
Masters of Sex | 2014 | TV Series | Dr. Charles Hendricks |
Graceland | 2013 | TV Series | Sam Campbell |
Let It Shine | 2012 | TV Movie | Pastor Jacob DeBarge |
Revenge | 2012 | TV Series | Benjamin Brooks |
Joyful Noise | 2012 | | Pastor Dale |
Final Destination 5 | 2011 | | Agent Block |
The Closer | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Chief Tommy Delk |
The Divide | 2011 | | Delvin |
Flashforward | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Stanford Wedeck / Narrator |
Extraordinary Measures | 2010 | | Marcus Temple |
Hurricane Season | 2009 | | Mr. Randolph |
ER | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Russell Banfield |
The Spectacular Spider-Man | 2009 | TV Series | Roderick Kingsley |
Nothing But the Truth | 2008/I | | Agent O'Hara |
State of Mind | 2007 | TV Series | William Banks |
Nova | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Ron Carver |
American Experience | 2002-2004 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Dr. Vivien Thomas |
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | 2002 | TV Movie | Clarence Brandley |
Eye See You | 2002 | | Reverend Jones |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Love and Action in Chicago | 1999 | co-producer | |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Flashforward | 2010 | TV Series special thanks - 1 episode | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Extra | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The Insider | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Himself |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson, American Crime Story | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Johnnie Cochran |
The Talk | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Larry King Now | 2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Wendy Williams Show | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Good Morning America | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The View | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Entertainment Tonight | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Broadway.com Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
The 67th Annual Tony Awards | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Winner: Best Featured Actor in a Play |
Charlie Rose | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | 2010 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
Live from Studio Five | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Rachael Ray | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Tavis Smiley | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
In the Cutz | 2006 | TV Series | Guest |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2004 | Documentary | Other Voices (voice) |
4th Annual BET Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
Criminal Intent: The Beginning | 2003 | Video short | Himself |
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003 | Documentary | Reader |
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
American Experience | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Reader |
Jazz | 2001 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
The Acting Class | 2000 | | Himself |
Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Culture Shock | 2000 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
The 45th Annual Tony Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play |
Working in the Theatre | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The 41st Annual Tony Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie | American Crime Story (2016) |
2016 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | TV Movie/Mini Lead Actor | American Crime Story (2016) |
2016 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series | American Crime Story (2016) |
2013 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actor | Let It Shine (2012) |
2001 | Video Premiere Award | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Actor | Love and Action in Chicago (1999) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | BET Award | BET Awards | Best Actor | American Crime Story (2016) |
2016 | TCA Award | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Drama | American Crime Story (2016) |
2015 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Masters of Sex (2013) |
2008 | Vision Award | NAMIC Vision Awards | Best Performance - Drama | State of Mind (2007) |
2003 | Vision Award | NAMIC Vision Awards | Best Dramatic Performance | Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002) |
2002 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) |
1999 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Blind Faith (1998) |
1999 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Guest Actor in a Cable Series | Any Day Now (1998) |
1998 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 12 Angry Men (1997) |
1996 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | The Affair (1995) |
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