Courtney B. Vance
Popularity:0.56
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1960-03-12
Place of Birth:Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Also Known As:کورتنی بی. ونس

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (1991)
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War...

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The...

Holy Matrimony (1994)
A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.

Hamburger Hill (1987)
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered...

D-Tox (2002)
A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming....

Space Cowboys (2000)
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test...

The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived...

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program....

12 Angry Men (1997)
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result...

Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Extraordinary Measures (2010)
Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe...

The Last Supper (1995)
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

Dangerous Minds (1995)
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school....

The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his...

Panther (1995)
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...

Nothing But the Truth (2008)
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her...

Joyful Noise (2012)
G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

The Divide (2012)
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away...

Lilo & Stitch (2025)
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

Beyond the Law (1993)
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the...

The Boys Next Door (1996)
Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due to the pressures of his job taking care of four...

On Broadway (2019)
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to...

The Affair (1995)
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of...

Ambushed (1998)
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for...

Let It Shine (2012)
A young teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help his friend out and win the girl of his dreams by going through several events of betrayal,...

Heist 88 (2023)
A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.

Blind Faith (1998)
In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie...

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992)
This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen...

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992)
This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen...

Percy & Thunder (1993)
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (1998)
A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey...

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994)
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl...

Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)
An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time..

The Groveland Four (2018)
July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The...

Terminator Genisys (2015)
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the...

Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story (2020)
Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four,...

Final Destination 5 (2011)
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension...

Office Christmas Party (2016)
When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his...

The Mummy (2017)
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our...

Isle of Dogs (2018)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line...

In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the...

Ben Is Back (2018)
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and...

The Fight (2005)
Explores the famous 1938 heavyweight bout between German Max Schmeling and American Joe Louis and finds two men who, in the shadow of war, became...

The Piano Lesson (1995)
1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a...

Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips...

Project Power (2020)
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Partners of the Heart (2002)
Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and...

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

The Photograph (2020)
When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds...

Uncorked (2020)
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.

Between the World and Me (2020)
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements...

Hurricane Season (2009)
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach...

The Acting Class (2000)
A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential...

First Affair (1983)
A young girl attending Harvard on a scholarship finds herself falling for the husband of her English professor.

Boston Public (2000)
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

Law & Order (1990)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

thirtysomething (1987)
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

The View (1997)
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

Any Day Now (1998)
Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as...

NOVA (1974)
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and...

Finding Your Roots (2012)
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense...

The View (1997)
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

ER (1994)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

FlashForward (2009)
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For...

The Wild Thornberrys (1998)
Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in...

Graceland (2013)
In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI,...

Revenge (2011)
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her...

American Crime Story (2016)
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

Tamron Hall (2019)
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining...

American Experience (1988)
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Law & Order (1990)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

Sherri (2022)
Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop...

Lovecraft Country (2020)
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip...

Masters of Sex (2013)
William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and...

Grotesquerie (2024)
A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or...

Scandal (2012)
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under...

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

61st Street (2022)
Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a drug bust gone...

Genius (2017)
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships,...

The Closer (2005)
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile...

The Closer (2005)
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile...

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors....

The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

The Jennifer Hudson Show (1970)
A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or...