American character actor (born 1960)
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Born (1960-07-05 ) July 5, 1960 (age 64) Education Louisiana State University Occupation Actor Years active 1986–present Spouses
Anne Schneider (m. 1985, divorced)
Julianne Mattelig m. 2003, divorced)
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date missing )
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 .
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 , 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 mentally ill serial killer 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 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
Television
References
^ "Pruitt Taylor-Vince Biography" . Yahoo! Movies . Archived from the original on June 26, 2007.
^ "Famous People with Nystagmus" . 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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