Pruitt Taylor Vince

ActorProducer Jul 5 (age 65) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 1984–2025 (41 year career)

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Biography

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), JFK (1991), 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. Vince was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 5, 1960.…

Known For

Film

The Legend of 1900

Max Tooney

Film

Constantine

Father Hennessy

Film

Bird Box

Rick

Film

Superman

Pa Kent

Film

Identity

Malcolm Rivers

Film

JFK

Lee Bowers

Film

Natural Born Killers

Deputy Warden Kavanaugh

Film

Mississippi Burning

Lester Cowens

Filmography

Acting (94)

Movies (69)

Superman

2025

as Pa Kent

7.3

Adventures in the Making of Superman

as Self

Crime Story

as Tommy

Bird Box

as Rick

Gotti

as Angelo Ruggiero

59 Seconds

as Robert

ASIA A

as Noah

The Devil's Candy

as Ray

13 Sins

as Vogler

Homefront

as Werks

Beautiful Creatures

as Mr. Lee

The Grief Tourist

as Carl Marznap

Butter

as Ned Eaten

Brake

as Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice)

Bending The Rules

as Happy

Drive Angry

as Roy

The Smell of Success

as Cleveland Clod

Creature

as Grover

Flypaper

as Jelly

On the Inside

as Ben Marshal

Mysterious Island

as Gideon Spilett

Don McKay

as Mel

Leaves of Grass

as Big Joe Sharpe

In the Electric Mist

as Lou Girard

The Echo

as Joseph

Captivity

as Ben Dexter

When A Man Falls In The Forest

as Travis Gilmore

Constantine

as Father Hennessy

Drop Dead Sexy

as Spider

Nobody Wants Your Film

as Self

Identity

as Malcolm Rivers

Monster

as Gene / Stuttering "John"

L.A. Confidential

as Sid Hudgens

S1m0ne

as Max Sayer

Trapped

as Marvin

13 Moons

as Owen

The Cell

as Dr. Reid

Nurse Betty

as Ballard

Mumford

as Henry Follett

The Legend of 1900

as Max Tooney

Doctor Dolittle

as Patient at Hammersmith (uncredited)

5.7

Love from Ground Zero

1998

as Walter

The End of Violence

as Frank Cray

A Further Gesture

as Scott

Cold Around the Heart

1997

as Johnny 'Cokebottles' Costello

4.8

Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer

1997

as Clifford Banks

Beautiful Girls

1996

as Stanley "Stinky" Womack

6.6

The Cottonwood

1996

as Mark Salli

Under the Hula Moon

as Bob

Heavy

as Victor Modino

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994

as Bud

5.3

Natural Born Killers

1994

as Deputy Warden Kavanaugh

Nobody's Fool

as Rub Squeers

China Moon

as Daryl Jeeters

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

as Michael Brockington

JFK

as Lee Bowers

Dead in the Water

as Lou Rescetti

Sweet Poison

as Coyle

Jacob's Ladder

as Paul

Wild at Heart

as Buddy

Come See the Paradise

1990

as Augie Farrell

6.2

Fear

1990

as Jay Anthony Lapedes ("Shadow Man")

K-9

as Benny the Mule

Homer and Eddie

as Cashier

Mississippi Burning

as Lester Cowens

Red Heat

as Night Clerk

Angel Heart

as Det. Deimos

Barfly

as Joe

Shy People

as Paul

Television (25)

Lady in the Lake

as Bob Bauer

Stranger Things

as Ray

Heroes Reborn

as Casper Abraham

The Blacklist

as Lawrence Devlin

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Grill

The Cape

as Goggles

Hawaii Five-0

as Richard Branch

The Walking Dead

as Otis

Justified

as Glen Fogle

The Mentalist

as J.J. LaRoche

True Blood

as Finn

Bones

as Haze Jackson

Medium

as Peter Winant

House

as George

Deadwood

as Mose Manuel

The Handler

Alias

as Campbell / Schapker

6.8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Marty Gleason

Murder One

Chicago Hope

as Walter Platt

The X-Files

as Gerry Schnauz

Highlander: The Series

as Mikey

Quantum Leap

as Hank Pilcher

I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Irving Murphy

Miami Vice

as Cruz

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

F.U.A.I.

2024

Producer