Pruitt Taylor Vince
Acting
Born: Jul 05, 1960
From: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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). …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASIA A | Noah | 2018 | 9.0 |
| 13 Sins | Vogler | 2014 | 6.318 |
| The Grief Tourist | Carl Marznap | 2013 | 4.7 |
| Bending The Rules | Happy | 2012 | 5.444 |
| Butter | Ned Eaten | 2012 | 5.862 |
| The Smell of Success | Cleveland Clod | 2011 | 5.6 |
| Flypaper | Jelly | 2011 | 6.39 |
| On the Inside | Ben Marshal | 2011 | 5.3 |
| Leaves of Grass | Big Joe Sharpe | 2009 | 6.0 |
| Don McKay | Mel | 2009 | 4.9 |
| In the Electric Mist | Lou Girard | 2009 | 6.1 |
| When A Man Falls In The Forest | Travis Gilmore | 2007 | 4.42 |
| Captivity | Ben Dexter | 2007 | 4.861 |
| Constantine | Father Hennessy | 2005 | 7.122 |
| Identity | Malcolm Rivers | 2003 | 7.178 |
| Trapped | Marvin | 2002 | 6.164 |
| Mumford | Henry Follett | 1999 | 6.519 |
| The Legend of 1900 | Max Tooney | 1998 | 8.244 |
| The End of Violence | Frank Cray | 1997 | 5.39 |
| Heavy | Victor Modino | 1995 | 6.7 |
| Under the Hula Moon | Bob | 1995 | 4.333 |
| Nobody's Fool | Rub Squeers | 1994 | 6.891 |
| JFK | Lee Bowers | 1991 | 7.602 |
| Jacob's Ladder | Paul | 1990 | 7.368 |
| Fear | Jay Anthony Lapedes ("Shadow Man") | 1990 | 5.714 |
| K-9 | Benny the Mule | 1989 | 6.161 |
| Homer and Eddie | Cashier | 1989 | 5.649 |
| Mississippi Burning | Lester Cowens | 1988 | 7.679 |
| Barfly | Joe | 1987 | 6.885 |
| Shy People | Paul | 1987 | 6.32 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1960 |
| From | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, … |