A long list of legends helped Courtney B. Vance along the way

James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, and more. Courtney B. Vance shares the long list of legends who helped him along the way.

Feb. 24, 2025 3:09 PM PT

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James Earl Jones. Cecily Tyson. Meryl Streep. Moses Gunn. Natalie Cole: Legendary actor Courtney B. Vance shared the long list of legends who helped him along the way in life and his career with The Times’ @ducassi while on the carpet of the SAG Awards (who preempted Vance saying his wife, Angela Bassett).

Vance also serves as President and Chairman of the Board of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.

Entertainment & Arts

Nicholas Ducassi

Nicholas Ducassi is an audience editor for Entertainment and Arts at the Los Angeles Times. He has interviewed artists at the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more, including Eva Longoria, Seth Meyers, America Ferrera, Henry Winkler, Helen Mirren and Jamie Lee Curtis. His videos have garnered more than 100 million views and nominations from the Television Academy and the L.A. Press Club.