Pruitt Taylor Vince

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• The Legend of 1900Movie · 1998

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. Vince made his film debut in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law, but his scenes were edited out. He had prominent supporting roles in several 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 harbouring 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. 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. 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. In 2012, he appeared in a full episode of Justified. He took a comic role as "Jelly" in Flypaper. In 2018, he appeared on an episode of The Blacklist as Lawrence Devlin. 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.

Filmography

1. 2025Supermanas Pa Kent
2. 2024Lady in the Lakeas Bob Bauer · 7 episodes
3. 2018Bird Boxas Rick
4. 2018Gottias Angelo Ruggiero
5. 2016The Devil's Candyas Ray
6. 2016Stranger Thingsas Ray · 2 episodes
7. 2015Heroes Rebornas Casper Abraham · 7 episodes
8. 201413 Sinsas Vogler
9. 2013Homefrontas Werks
10. 2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.as Grill · 4 episodes
11. 2013The Blacklistas Lawrence Devlin · 2 episodes
12. 2013Beautiful Creaturesas Mr. Lee
13. 2012Butteras Ned Eaten
14. 2012Brakeas Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice)
15. 2011Creatureas Grover
16. 2011Flypaperas Jelly
17. 2011Drive Angryas Roy
18. 2010The Walking Deadas Otis · 2 episodes
19. 2010Hawaii Five-0as Richard Branch · 1 episode
20. 2010Justifiedas Glen Fogle · 1 episode
21. 2009Leaves of Grassas Big Joe Sharpe
22. 2009In the Electric Mistas Lou Girard
23. 2008The Mentalistas J.J. LaRoche · 13 episodes
24. 2008True Bloodas Finn · 5 episodes
25. 2008The Echoas Joseph
26. 2007Captivityas Ben Dexter
27. 2005Bonesas Haze Jackson · 1 episode
28. 2005Constantineas Father Hennessy
29. 2005Mediumas Peter Winant · 1 episode
30. 2004Houseas George · 1 episode
31. 2004Deadwoodas Mose Manuel · 7 episodes
32. 2003Monsteras Gene / Stuttering "John"
33. 2003Identityas Malcolm Rivers
34. 2002Trappedas Marvin
35. 2002S1m0neas Max Sayer
36. 2001Aliasas Campbell / Schapker · 1 episode
37. 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigationas Marty Gleason · 1 episode
38. 2000Nurse Bettyas Ballard
39. 2000The Cellas Dr. Reid
40. 1999Mumfordas Henry Follett
41. 1998The Legend of 1900as Max Tooney
42. 1998Doctor Dolittleas Patient at Hammersmith (uncredited)
43. 1996Beautiful Girlsas Stanley "Stinky" Womack
44. 1995Heavyas Victor Modino
45. 1994Nobody's Foolas Rub Squeers
46. 1994Natural Born Killersas Deputy Warden Kavanaugh
47. 1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Goldas Bud
48. 1994China Moonas Daryl Jeeters
49. 1993The X-Filesas Gerry Schnauz · 1 episode
50. 1992Highlander: The Seriesas Mikey · 1 episode
51. 1991JFKas Lee Bowers
52. 1990Jacob's Ladderas Paul
53. 1990Wild at Heartas Buddy
54. 1989K-9as Benny the Mule
55. 1989Quantum Leapas Hank Pilcher · 1 episode
56. 1988Mississippi Burningas Lester Cowens
57. 1988Red Heatas Night Clerk
58. 1987Barflyas Joe
59. 1987Angel Heartas Det. Deimos
60. 1984Miami Viceas Cruz · 1 episode