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Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance's biography

Courtney B. Vance is 62 years old film actor born at Detroit. He was born on Saturday 12th of March 1960. According to year of birth 1960 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 12th of March means he is Pisces. Pisces is a Watery Sign. They are very intuitive people. They are empathic, emotional and highly spiritual in nature.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be film actor. You can know him also as television actor, stage actor, film producer. He is recently known as actor.

Courtney B. Vance's family

Courtney B. Vance's spouse

She is known as film actor. His spouse was born on Saturday 16th of August 1958 in New York City.

Courtney B. Vance's ex spouse

Courtney B. Vance's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Harvard University, Yale School of Drama, Detroit Country Day School.

Detailed informations about his schools

  • Graduated from Harvard University.
  • Attended Detroit Country Day School in Birmingham, Michigan; graduated 1978.

Courtney B. Vance's career

His main focus is to be film actor. You could see him also in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

Awards and competitions

Courtney B. Vance's Awards

  • 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."
  • Won an off-Broadway Obie award in 1990 for his theater work in "My Children! My Africa!"
  • 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.

Courtney B. Vance's Nominations

  • 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.

What Courtney B. Vance has done for a first time

  • 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.
  • 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.

Courtney B. Vance's quotes

  • I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man. I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.
  • I've done a lot of movies, but my favorite was 'Blind Faith.'
  • When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke.
  • The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You're a fixer, you make things better.
  • 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.
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