Courtney B. Vance: movies and TV shows
Courtney B. Vance has 103 credits in the archive: 65 films and 38 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1995 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Girl Dad | Film | 1.0 | 66 | |
| 2026 | W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause | Self | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie | Marshall Tryon | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie | TV | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2024 | Death Wish | Pilot (voice) | Film | — | 64 |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Zeus | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2023 | Heist 88 | Jeremy Horne | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2023 | Heist 88 | Film | 6.7 | 63 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 62 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 62 |
| 2022 | 61st Street | Franklin Roberts | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2021 | Amend: The Fight for America | Self | TV | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2020 | Project Power | Captain Craine | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | George Freeman | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2020 | The Photograph | Louis Morton | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2020 | Uncorked | Louis | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Self | Film | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2020 | Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 60 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 59 |
| 2019 | On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 59 |
| 2019 | Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Host | Film | — | 59 |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2018 | Ben Is Back | Mr. Beeby | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2018 | The Groveland Four | Self - Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | Genius | C.L. Franklin | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2017 | The Mummy | Colonel Greenway | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2017 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Sir Lord Keenan Coefield | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | Johnnie Cochran | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2016 | Office Christmas Party | Walter Davis | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | Miles Dyson | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 54 |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Dr. Charles Hendricks | TV | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2013 | Graceland | Sam Campbell | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Clarence Parker | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2012 | Let It Shine | Jacob | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2012 | The Divide | Delvin | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 2012 | Joyful Noise | Pastor Dale | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2011 | Revenge | Benjamin Brooks | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 | Agent Block | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | Marcus Temple | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 2010 | Hurricane Season | Mr. Randolph | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 49 |
| 2009 | FlashForward | Stanford Wedeck | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2008 | Nothing but the Truth | Agent O'Hara | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Corey (segment "Fences") | Film | — | 46 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Chief Tommy Delk | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Chief Tommy Delk (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2005 | The Fight | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2003 | Gary the Rat | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Film | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 2002 | D-Tox | Reverend Jones | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 2002 | Partners of the Heart | Vivien Thomas (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2002 | Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | Clarence Brandley | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ron Carver | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Walter Harrelson | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Roger Hines | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 2000 | The Acting Class | Self | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Film | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Otis Tucker | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1999 | Love and Action in Chicago | Eddie Jones | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Makai (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1998 | Any Day Now | TV | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1998 | Ambushed | Jerry Robinson | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1998 | Blind Faith | John Williams | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Officer James Halloran | Film | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1998 | Naked City: A Killer Christmas | Officer James Halloran | Film | 3.8 | 38 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 37 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 37 |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Foreman | Film | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife | Reverend Henry Biggs | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Lucien P. Singer | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1995 | Dangerous Minds | Mr. George Grandey | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1995 | Panther | Bobby Seale | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Lt. Glenn | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1995 | The Last Supper | Luke | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1995 | The Affair | Travis Holloway | Film | 4.2 | 35 |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson | Lymon | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1994 | ER | Russell Banfield | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony | Cooper | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1994 | Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | Thomas | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Jim | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1993 | Beyond the Law | Conroy Price | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1993 | Percy & Thunder | Wayne 'Thunder' Carter | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1992 | Picket Fences | Warren Grier | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1992 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Scribe (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1992 | In the Line of Duty: Street War | Justice Butler | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1991 | Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers | Reader | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Mayor's Assistant | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Benjamin Greer | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas) | Film | 7.4 | 30 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | TV | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1987 | Hamburger Hill | Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1983 | First Affair | Male Student #2 | Film | 4.0 | 23 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 14 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lucien P. Singer | TV | 8.8 | 8 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member | TV | 7.1 | 15 |