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Vince made his film debut in [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s ''[[Down by Law (film)|Down by Law]],'' but his scenes were edited out. He had prominent supporting roles in a number of major films, including a turn as a dimwitted [[Ku Klux Klan]] member in ''[[Mississippi Burning]]'' (1988), [[Lee Bowers]] in ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), and the main character's best friend in ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]'' (1994). His first lead role was in [[James Mangold]]'s independent film ''[[Heavy (film)|Heavy]]'' (1995), playing a sweet, silent overweight cook harboring a crush on a waitress played by [[Liv Tyler]]. He starred in [[Giuseppe Tornatore]]'s film ''[[The Legend of 1900]]'' (1998). |
Vince made his film debut in [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s ''[[Down by Law (film)|Down by Law]],'' but his scenes were edited out. He had prominent supporting roles in a number of major films, including a turn as a dimwitted [[Ku Klux Klan]] member in ''[[Mississippi Burning]]'' (1988), [[Lee Bowers]] in ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), and the main character's best friend in ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]'' (1994). His first lead role was in [[James Mangold]]'s independent film ''[[Heavy (film)|Heavy]]'' (1995), playing a sweet, silent overweight cook harboring a crush on a waitress played by [[Liv Tyler]]. He starred in [[Giuseppe Tornatore]]'s film ''[[The Legend of 1900]]'' (1998). |
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Vince often alternates between heroic and villainous characters. Vince played a Southern policeman in the [[neo-noir]] [[psychological horror]] film ''[[Angel Heart]]'' (1987), a kidnapper's assistant in the [[Crime film|crime]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film ''[[Trapped (2002 film)|Trapped]]'' (2002), and a deputy prison warden in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994). He played a lovable, small town pub owner in ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'' (1996); a [[serial killer]] with [[multiple personalities]] in the 2003 [[Mystery film|mystery]] thriller film ''[[Identity (2003 film)|Identity]]'' (a second collaboration with director Mangold); a pompous sheriff in ''[[Nurse Betty]]'' (2000); a gossip columnist in ''[[Simone (2002 film)|Simone]]'' (2002); and a dissolute [[Roman Catholic priest]] with [[psychic abilities]] in the 2005 [[Supernatural horror film|supernatural horror]] film ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Hansen |author-first=Regina |year=2011 |chapter=Mad Drunken Exorcists: The Decline of the Hero Priest |chapter-url=https://books.google. |
Vince often alternates between heroic and villainous characters. Vince played a Southern policeman in the [[neo-noir]] [[psychological horror]] film ''[[Angel Heart]]'' (1987), a kidnapper's assistant in the [[Crime film|crime]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film ''[[Trapped (2002 film)|Trapped]]'' (2002), and a deputy prison warden in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994). He played a lovable, small town pub owner in ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'' (1996); a [[serial killer]] with [[multiple personalities]] in the 2003 [[Mystery film|mystery]] thriller film ''[[Identity (2003 film)|Identity]]'' (a second collaboration with director Mangold); a pompous sheriff in ''[[Nurse Betty]]'' (2000); a gossip columnist in ''[[Simone (2002 film)|Simone]]'' (2002); and a dissolute [[Roman Catholic priest]] with [[psychic abilities]] in the 2005 [[Supernatural horror film|supernatural horror]] film ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Hansen |author-first=Regina |year=2011 |chapter=Mad Drunken Exorcists: The Decline of the Hero Priest |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtALOnale4QC&pg=PA270 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Regina |title=Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film: Essays on Belief, Spectacle, Ritual and Imagery |location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]] |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=270 |isbn=978-0-7864-8724-0 |lccn=2011007859}}</ref> He can also be seen in the dramatic film ''[[Love from Ground Zero]]'' (1998) playing as Walter. Other film titles include the psychological horror film ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' (1990), the neo-noir film ''[[China Moon]]'' (1994), the [[Action film#Action-thriller|action thriller]] film ''[[Homefront (2013 film)|Homefront]]'' (2013), and the supernatural horror film ''[[The Devil's Candy]]'' (2015). |
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Guest appearances on TV shows include ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Chicago Hope]]'', In the Heat of the Night, ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'', and the American remake of ''[[Touching Evil]]''. In 2011, he appeared as [[Otis (The Walking Dead)|Otis]] in the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] television series ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mitovich|first1=Matt Webb|title=Walking Dead Exclusive: Mentalist's Pruitt Taylor Vince Cops First Season 2 Role|url=http://tvline.com/2011/06/21/walking-dead-casting-pruitt-taylor-vince-otis/|website=TVLine|access-date=9 October 2016|date=22 June 2011}}</ref> He also had a guest role playing a 600-lb. patient in Fox's medical drama ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. From 2010 to 2014, he had a multi-episode appearance in ''[[The Mentalist]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-New-1024722.aspx |title= Keck's Exclusives: New Mentalist Character To Butt Heads with Jane |first= William |last= Keck|date=26 October 2010| work= [[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]}}</ref> In 2012, he appeared in a full episode of ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title= 'Justified' Season 3, Episode 3: 'Harlan Roulette' Recap|url=http://screenrant.com/justified-season-3-episode-3-harlan-roulette-recap-yman-149204/| website= ScreenRant.com |access-date=9 October 2016|date=1 February 2012}}</ref> He took a comic role as "Jelly" in ''[[Flypaper (2011 film)|Flypaper]]''. In 2018, he appeared on an episode of ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' as Lawrence Devlin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2413822/will-the-blacklist-kill-off-another-major-character-in-season-5|title=Will The Blacklist Kill Off Another Major Character In Season 5?|date=2018-05-03|work=CINEMABLEND|access-date=2018-05-05}}</ref> |
Guest appearances on TV shows include ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Chicago Hope]]'', In the Heat of the Night, ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'', and the American remake of ''[[Touching Evil]]''. In 2011, he appeared as [[Otis (The Walking Dead)|Otis]] in the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] television series ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mitovich|first1=Matt Webb|title=Walking Dead Exclusive: Mentalist's Pruitt Taylor Vince Cops First Season 2 Role|url=http://tvline.com/2011/06/21/walking-dead-casting-pruitt-taylor-vince-otis/|website=TVLine|access-date=9 October 2016|date=22 June 2011}}</ref> He also had a guest role playing a 600-lb. patient in Fox's medical drama ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. From 2010 to 2014, he had a multi-episode appearance in ''[[The Mentalist]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-New-1024722.aspx |title= Keck's Exclusives: New Mentalist Character To Butt Heads with Jane |first= William |last= Keck|date=26 October 2010| work= [[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]}}</ref> In 2012, he appeared in a full episode of ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title= 'Justified' Season 3, Episode 3: 'Harlan Roulette' Recap|url=http://screenrant.com/justified-season-3-episode-3-harlan-roulette-recap-yman-149204/| website= ScreenRant.com |access-date=9 October 2016|date=1 February 2012}}</ref> He took a comic role as "Jelly" in ''[[Flypaper (2011 film)|Flypaper]]''. In 2018, he appeared on an episode of ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' as Lawrence Devlin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2413822/will-the-blacklist-kill-off-another-major-character-in-season-5|title=Will The Blacklist Kill Off Another Major Character In Season 5?|date=2018-05-03|work=CINEMABLEND|access-date=2018-05-05}}</ref> |
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Pruitt Taylor Vince | |
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| Born | July 5, 1960 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Schneider (divorced) Julianne Mattelig (m. 2003) |
Pruitt Taylor Vince (born July 5, 1960) is an American character actor. He had roles in the films Mississippi Burning (1988), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Identity (2003), and Constantine (2005). He played J.J. Laroche in The Mentalist (2008–2015).
Vince has also appeared on many television series. In 1997, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Clifford Banks in the second season of the television series Murder One.
Early life
Vince was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He reportedly began studying acting due to a mistake; a computer error in his high school registration scheduled him in an acting class, and he decided to stay. He attended Louisiana State University.[1]
For most of his life, Vince has had a condition called nystagmus which is the involuntary movement of the eye.[2]
Career
Vince made his film debut in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law, but his scenes were edited out. He had prominent supporting roles in a number of major films, including a turn as a dimwitted Ku Klux Klan member in Mississippi Burning (1988), Lee Bowers in JFK (1991), and the main character's best friend in Nobody's Fool (1994). His first lead role was in James Mangold's independent film Heavy (1995), playing a sweet, silent overweight cook harboring a crush on a waitress played by Liv Tyler. He starred in Giuseppe Tornatore's film The Legend of 1900 (1998).
Vince often alternates between heroic and villainous characters. Vince played a Southern policeman in the neo-noir psychological horror film Angel Heart (1987), a kidnapper's assistant in the crime thriller film Trapped (2002), and a deputy prison warden in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994). He played a lovable, small town pub owner in Beautiful Girls (1996); a serial killer with multiple personalities in the 2003 mystery thriller film Identity (a second collaboration with director Mangold); a pompous sheriff in Nurse Betty (2000); a gossip columnist in Simone (2002); and a dissolute Roman Catholic priest with psychic abilities in the 2005 supernatural horror film Constantine.[3] He can also be seen in the dramatic film Love from Ground Zero (1998) playing as Walter. Other film titles include the psychological horror film Jacob's Ladder (1990), the neo-noir film China Moon (1994), the action thriller film Homefront (2013), and the supernatural horror film The Devil's Candy (2015).
Guest appearances on TV shows include Deadwood, Alias, The X-Files, Miami Vice, Quantum Leap, Chicago Hope, In the Heat of the Night, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Highlander: The Series, and the American remake of Touching Evil. In 2011, he appeared as Otis in the AMC television series The Walking Dead.[4] He also had a guest role playing a 600-lb. patient in Fox's medical drama House. From 2010 to 2014, he had a multi-episode appearance in The Mentalist.[5] In 2012, he appeared in a full episode of Justified.[6] He took a comic role as "Jelly" in Flypaper. In 2018, he appeared on an episode of The Blacklist as Lawrence Devlin.[7]
Awards
Vince received an Emmy Award in 1997 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as serial killer Clifford Banks during the second season of the television series Murder One.[8]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Down by Law | (scenes deleted), First role | |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | Det. Deimos | |
| 1987 | Shy People | Paul | |
| 1987 | Barfly | Joe | |
| 1988 | Red Heat | Night Clerk | |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Lester Cowens | |
| 1989 | K-9 | Benny the Mule | |
| 1989 | Homer and Eddie | Cashier | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Buddy | |
| 1990 | Fear | Shadow Man | |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Augie Farrell | |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Paul | |
| 1991 | JFK | Lee Bowers | |
| 1994 | China Moon | Daryl Jeeters | |
| 1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Bud | |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Deputy Warden Kavanaugh | |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Rub Squeers | |
| 1995 | Heavy | Victor Modino | |
| 1995 | Under the Hula Moon | Bob | |
| 1996 | The Cottonwood | Mark Salli | |
| 1996 | Beautiful Girls | Stanley 'Stinky' Womack | |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Frank Cray | |
| 1997 | A Further Gesture | Scott | |
| 1997 | Cold Around the Heart | Johnny 'Cokebottles' Costello | |
| 1998 | Dr. Dolittle | Patient at Hammersmith | Uncredited |
| 1998 | The Legend of 1900 | Max Tooney | |
| 1998 | Love from Ground Zero | Walter | |
| 1999 | Mumford | Henry Follett | |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty | Ballard | |
| 2000 | The Cell | Dr. Reid | |
| 2001 | Mental Hygiene | Mr. Adams | Short |
| 2002 | 13 Moons | Owen | |
| 2002 | Rebellion | Vito | |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Max Sayer | |
| 2002 | Trapped | Marvin | |
| 2002 | Trapped from Within | Himself | Video documentary short |
| 2003 | Identity | Malcolm Rivers | |
| 2003 | Monster | Gene / Stuttering "John" | |
| 2005 | Constantine | Father Hennessey | |
| 2005 | Drop Dead Sexy | Spider | |
| 2005 | Nobody Wants Your Film | Himself | Documentary |
| 2007 | When a Man Falls in the Forest | Travis | |
| 2007 | Captivity | Ben Dexter | |
| 2008 | The Echo | Joseph | |
| 2009 | The Smell of Success | Cleveland Clod | |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Lou Girard | |
| 2009 | Don McKay | Mel | |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass | Big Joe Sharpe | |
| 2011 | Stanley DeBrock | Earl Wayne | |
| 2011 | Flypaper | Wyatt 'Jelly' Jenkins | |
| 2011 | Cameraman | Jeremy | |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | Roy | |
| 2011 | On the Inside | Ben Marshal | |
| 2011 | Butter | Ned Eaten | |
| 2011 | Creature | Grover | |
| 2012 | Bending the Rules | Happy | |
| 2012 | Jules Verne's Mysterious Island | Gideon Spilett | |
| 2012 | Brake | Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice) | |
| 2013 | Broken Blood | Earl Wayne | |
| 2013 | The Making of Broken Blood | Himself | Video documentary short |
| 2013 | Homefront | Werks | |
| 2013 | Dark Tourist | Carl Marznap | |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Mr. Lee[9] | |
| 2013 | 13 Sins | Vogler[10] | |
| 2015 | The Devil's Candy | Ray Smilie | |
| 2016 | 59 Seconds | Robert | |
| 2018 | Gotti | Angelo Ruggiero | |
| 2018 | ASIA A | Noah | Short |
| 2018 | Bird Box | Rick | |
| TBA | Reckoning[citation needed] | Tommy | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Miami Vice | Cruz | Episode: "Bad Timing" |
| 1989 | I Know My First Name is Steven | Irving Murphy | TV movie |
| 1990 | In the Heat of the Night | Leonard Grissom | Episode: "Perversions of Justice" |
| 1991 | Sweet Poison | Coyle | TV movie |
| 1991 | Dead in the Water | Lou Rescetti | TV movie |
| 1992 | Till Death Us Do Part | Michael Brockington | TV movie |
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | Hank Pilcher | Episode: "Moments to Live - May 4, 1985" |
| 1993 | Sisters | Joe Abruzzia | Episode: "Things Are Tough All Over" |
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | Walter Platt | Episode: "Small Sacrifices" |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Two-Cats | Episode: "Buy Hard" |
| 1995 | Highlander | Mikey | Episode: "The Innocent" |
| 1996 | The X-Files | Gerry Schnauz | Episode: "Unruhe" |
| 1997 | Night Sins | Olie Swain | TV movie |
| 1997 | Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Clifford Banks | TV mini-series |
| 1997 | Murder One | Clifford Banks | 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | James Tooley | Episode: "The Lottery" |
| 2001 | Thieves | Roy Lichter | Episode: "Dey Got De Degas" |
| 2003 | L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens | TV movie |
| 2003 | The Handler | Ray / Sergei | Episode: "Street Boss" |
| 2003 | Alias | Campbell / Schapker | Episode: "Breaking Point" |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Cyril Kemp | 5 episodes |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Marty Gleason | Episode: "Swap Meet" |
| 2005–2006 | Deadwood | Mose Manuel | 10 episodes |
| 2006 | House | George | Episode: "Que Sera Sera" |
| 2008 | Canterbury's Law | Louis Minot | Episode: "Baggage" |
| 2009 | Medium | Peter Winant | Episode: "Deja Vu All Over Again" |
| 2010 | Infamous | The Patriarch | 3 episodes, also director |
| 2010 | Memphis Beat | Martin Matthews | Episode: "I Want to Be Free" |
| 2010–2013 | The Mentalist | J.J. LaRoche | 12 episodes |
| 2011 | The Cape | Goggles | Episode: "Goggles and Hicks" |
| 2011 | The Walking Dead | Otis | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Justified | Glen Fogle | Episode: "Harlan Roulette" |
| 2012 | Bones | Haze Jackson | Episode: "The Prisoner in the Pipe" |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Richard Branche | Episode: "Ha'alele" |
| 2014 | True Blood | Finn | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Heroes Reborn | Casper Abraham[11] | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | Stranger Things | Ray Carroll | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Grill[12] | Recurring; 4 episodes |
| 2018 | The Blacklist | Lawrence Devlin | 2 episodes |
| TBA | Lady in the Lake | TBA | Upcoming miniseries |
References
- ^ "Pruitt Taylor-Vince Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007.
- ^ "Famous People With Nystagmus". nystagmusnet.org. Nystagmus Network UK. Archived from the original on 2015-10-28.
- ^ Hansen, Regina (2011). "Mad Drunken Exorcists: The Decline of the Hero Priest". In Hansen, Regina (ed.). Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film: Essays on Belief, Spectacle, Ritual and Imagery. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-7864-8724-0. LCCN 2011007859.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (22 June 2011). "Walking Dead Exclusive: Mentalist's Pruitt Taylor Vince Cops First Season 2 Role". TVLine. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ Keck, William (26 October 2010). "Keck's Exclusives: New Mentalist Character To Butt Heads with Jane". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "'Justified' Season 3, Episode 3: 'Harlan Roulette' Recap". ScreenRant.com. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Will The Blacklist Kill Off Another Major Character In Season 5?". CINEMABLEND. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Pruitt Taylor Vince". emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Beautiful Creatures Interview - Pruitt Taylor Vince (2013)". Trailer Addict. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Ron Perlman, Pruitt Taylor Vince And More Sign On For Angry Little God - CINEMABLEND". CINEMABLEND. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Heroes Reborn adds Walking Dead actor". Digital Spy. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Agents of SHIELD announces new character in season 5". TheGlobalDispatch.com. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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