Pruitt Taylor Vince

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-07-05 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Pruitt Taylor Vince

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. He attended Louisiana State University. For most of his life, Vince has had a condition called nystagmus, the involuntary movement of the eye. Vinc...

Acting

2018

ASIA A

as Noah

2005

Constantine

as Father Hennessy

1988

Mississippi Burning

as Lester Cowens

1991

JFK

as Lee Bowers

1990

1989

K-9

as Benny the Mule

1998

The Legend of 1900

as Max Tooney

2003

Identity

as Malcolm Rivers

1987

Barfly

as Joe

1994

Nobody's Fool

as Rub Squeers

2007

1999

Mumford

as Henry Follett

1995

Heavy

as Victor Modino

2002

Trapped

as Marvin

2009

Leaves of Grass

as Big Joe Sharpe

2009

Don McKay

as Mel

2007

Captivity

as Ben Dexter

2009

2011

The Smell of Success

as Cleveland Clod

2011

Flypaper

as Jelly

2012

1997

The End of Violence

as Frank Cray

1989

Homer and Eddie

as Cashier

1987

Shy People

as Paul

1990

Fear

as Jay Anthony Lapedes ("Shadow Man")

2011

On the Inside

as Ben Marshal

2012

Butter

as Ned Eaten

2014

13 Sins

as Vogler

2013

The Grief Tourist

as Carl Marznap

1992

Till Death Us Do Part

as Michael Brockington

2005

2012

Brake

as Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice)

2000

The Cell

as Dr. Reid

2011

Creature

as Grover

1988

Red Heat

as Night Clerk

2011

1987

Angel Heart

as Det. Deimos

2013

1990

1991

Dead in the Water

as Lou Rescetti

1996

Beautiful Girls

as Stanley "Stinky" Womack

2025

Superman

as Jonathan 'Pa' Kent

1994

Natural Born Killers

as Deputy Warden Kavanaugh

1997

1997

Cold Around the Heart

as Johnny 'Cokebottles' Costello

2002

13 Moons

as Owen

2000

Nurse Betty

as Ballard

2002

S1m0ne

as Max Sayer

2018

Gotti

as Angelo Ruggiero

2003

L.A. Confidential

as Sid Hudgens

2003

Monster

as Gene / Stuttering "John"

2018

59 Seconds

as Robert

2010

Mysterious Island

as Gideon Spilett

2013

Homefront

as Werks

2018

Bird Box

as Rick

1994

China Moon

as Daryl Jeeters

1998

Doctor Dolittle

as Patient at Hammersmith (uncredited)

2008

The Echo

as Joseph

1996

The Cottonwood

as Mark Salli

1990

Come See the Paradise

as Augie Farrell

2021

Crime Story

as Tommy

1991

Sweet Poison

as Coyle

Production

2024

F.U.A.I.

as Producer

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