Pruitt Taylor Vince
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1960-07-05 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as
- پرویت تیلور وینس
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).
Known For
TV Shows (26)
The Mentalist
2008
as J.J. LaRoche
Stranger Things
2016
as Ray
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Marty Gleason
House
2004
as George
The Blacklist
2013
as Lawrence Devlin
Bones
2005
as Haze Jackson
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Richard Branch
The Walking Dead
2010
as Otis
The X-Files
1993
as Gerry Schnauz
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Grill
Miami Vice
1984
as Cruz
Medium
2005
as Peter Winant
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Mikey
True Blood
2008
as Finn
Chicago Hope
1994
as Walter Platt
Quantum Leap
1989
as Hank Pilcher
Justified
2010
as Glen Fogle
Deadwood
2004
as Mose Manuel
Murder One
1995
Heroes Reborn
2015
as Casper Abraham
Alias
2001
as Campbell / Schapker
Lady in the Lake
2024
as Bob Bauer
The Handler
2003
The Cape
2011
as Goggles
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
as Irving Murphy
Canterbury's Law
2008
Movies (69)
Superman
2025
as Pa Kent
Constantine
2005
as Father Hennessy
Bird Box
2018
as Rick
Homefront
2013
as Werks
Identity
2003
as Malcolm Rivers
13 Sins
2014
as Vogler
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Patient at Hammersmith (uncredited)
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Mr. Lee
The Legend of 1900
1998
as Max Tooney
The Cell
2000
as Dr. Reid
Jacob's Ladder
1990
as Paul
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Deputy Warden Kavanaugh
Drive Angry
2011
as Roy
Monster
2003
as Gene / Stuttering "John"
Red Heat
1988
as Night Clerk
Wild at Heart
1990
as Buddy
Flypaper
2011
as Jelly
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Lester Cowens
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Rub Squeers
JFK
1991
as Lee Bowers
Shy People
1987
as Paul
Angel Heart
1987
as Det. Deimos
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Augie Farrell
Broken Blood
2013
as Earl Wayne
Beautiful Girls
1996
as Stanley "Stinky" Womack
The Grief Tourist
2013
as Carl Marznap
Nurse Betty
2000
as Ballard
Mysterious Island
2012
as Gideon Spilett
K-9
1989
as Benny the Mule
Barfly
1987
as Joe
Captivity
2007
as Ben Dexter
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Lou Girard
Cold Around the Heart
1997
as Johnny 'Cokebottles' Costello
Brake
2012
as Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice)
Trapped
2002
as Marvin
Butter
2012
as Ned Eaten
The Devil's Candy
2016
as Ray
Love from Ground Zero
1998
as Walter
Drop Dead Sexy
2005
as Spider
China Moon
1994
as Daryl Jeeters
Leaves of Grass
2009
as Big Joe Sharpe
Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
as Self
S1m0ne
2002
as Max Sayer
Till Death Us Do Part
1992
as Michael Brockington
Gotti
2018
as Angelo Ruggiero
The Smell of Success
2011
as Cleveland Clod
59 Seconds
2018
as Robert
Creature
2011
as Grover
Dead in the Water
1991
as Lou Rescetti
The End of Violence
1997
as Frank Cray
On the Inside
2011
as Ben Marshal
L.A. Confidential
2003
as Sid Hudgens
Don McKay
2009
as Mel
The Cottonwood
1996
as Mark Salli
Fear
1990
as Jay Anthony Lapedes ("Shadow Man")
Bending The Rules
2012
as Happy
Sweet Poison
1991
as Coyle
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Bud
Heavy
1995
as Victor Modino
The Echo
2008
as Joseph
A Further Gesture
1997
as Scott
ASIA A
2018
as Noah
Crime Story
2021
as Tommy
When A Man Falls In The Forest
2007
as Travis Gilmore
Mumford
1999
as Henry Follett
13 Moons
2002
as Owen
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997
as Clifford Banks
Under the Hula Moon
1995
as Bob
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Cashier
About Pruitt Taylor Vince
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 o… With 95 credits spanning from 1984 to 2025, Pruitt Taylor Vince has appeared in 69 films and 26 TV shows.
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