Pruitt Taylor Vince

Following his Murder One role, Vince had starring roles in the films The Legend of 1900 (1998) and Mumford (1999). In the 2000s, Vince had starring roles in the films Nurse Betty (2000), Simone (2002), Trapped (2002), Identity (2003), Constantine (2005), and Captivity (2007). He had a recurring role as Mose Manuel on the HBO Western series Deadwood (2005–2006). In the 2010s, Vince had starring roles in the films Flypaper (2011), 13 Sins (2014), The Devil's Candy (2017), and Bird Box (2018). He portrayed Angelo Ruggiero in the biographical crime film Gotti (2018). On television, he had recurring roles as J.J. LaRoche on the CBS series The Mentalist (2010–2013), Casper Abraham on the NBC series Heroes Reborn (2015), and Grill on the ABC superhero series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In the 2020s, he had a supporting role as Jonathan Kent in the superhero film Superman (2025) and a main role as Bob Bauer in the Apple TV+ miniseries Lady in the Lake (2024).

• Name — Pruitt Taylor Vince • Born — 5 July 1960 • Birthplace — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. • Education — Louisiana State University • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1986–present

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 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. 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.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1988 — Miami Vice — Cruz — Episode: "Bad Timing" • 1989 — I Know My First Name is Steven — Irving Murphy — TV movie • 1990 — In the Heat of the Night — Leonard Grissom — Episode: "Perversions of Justice" • 1991 — Sweet Poison — Coyle — TV movie • Dead in the Water — Lou Rescetti — TV movie • 1992 — Till Death Us Do Part — Michael Brockington — TV movie • Quantum Leap — Hank Pilcher — Episode: "Moments to Live - May 4, 1985" • 1993 — Sisters — Joe Abruzzia — Episode: "Things Are Tough All Over" • 1995 — Chicago Hope — Walter Platt — Episode: "Small Sacrifices" • The Marshal — Two-Cats — Episode: "Buy Hard" • Highlander — Mikey — Episode: "The Innocent" • 1996 — The X-Files — Gerry Schnauz — Episode: "Unruhe" • 1997 — Night Sins — Olie Swain — TV movie • Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer — Clifford Banks — TV mini-series • Murder One — Clifford Banks — 6 episodes • 2001 — Gideon's Crossing — James Tooley — Episode: "The Lottery" • Thieves — Roy Lichter — Episode: "Dey Got De Degas" • 2003 — L.A. Confidential — Sid Hudgens — TV movie • The Handler — Ray / Sergei — Episode: "Street Boss" • Alias — Campbell / Schapker — Episode: "Breaking Point" • 2004 — Touching Evil — Cyril Kemp — 5 episodes • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Marty Gleason — Episode: "Swap Meet" • 2005–2006 — Deadwood — Mose Manuel — 10 episodes • 2006 — House — George — Episode: "Que Sera Sera" • 2008 — Canterbury's Law — Louis Minot — Episode: "Baggage" • 2010 — Infamous — The Patriarch — 3 episodes, also director • Memphis Beat — Martin Matthews — Episode: "I Want to Be Free" • 2010–2013 — The Mentalist — J.J. LaRoche — 12 episodes • 2011 — The Cape — Goggles — Episode: "Goggles and Hicks" • The Walking Dead — Otis — 3 episodes • 2012 — Justified — Glen Fogle — Episode: "Harlan Roulette" • Bones — Haze Jackson — Episode: "The Prisoner in the Pipe" • Hawaii Five-0 — Richard Branche — Episode: "Ha'alele" • 2014 — True Blood — Finn — 5 episodes • 2015 — Heroes Reborn — Casper Abraham — 7 episodes • 2017 — Stranger Things — Ray Carroll — 2 episodes • 2017–2018 — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Grill — Recurring; 4 episodes • 2018 — The Blacklist — Lawrence Devlin — 2 episodes • 2024 — Lady in the Lake — Bob Bauer — Miniseries

• Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result • 1997 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series — Murder One • Viewers for Quality Television Awards — Best Recurring Player

Pruitt Taylor Vince is recorded as having received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.