# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/courtney-b-vance
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:40:12.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/courtney-b-vance"
name: "Courtney B. Vance"
slug: "courtney-b-vance"
description: "Courtney Bernard Vance is an American actor. He started his career on stage before moving to film and television. Vance has received various accolades, including a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Courtney_Vance_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1960-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.734030837004406
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump