Pruitt Taylor Vince
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1960, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Movies
- 72
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Superman | Pa Kent |
| 2021 | Crime Story | Tommy |
| 2019 | Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare | |
| 2018 | Bird Box | Rick |
| 2018 | ASIA A | Noah |
| 2018 | Gotti | Angelo Ruggiero |
| 2018 | 59 Seconds | Robert |
| 2016 | The Devil's Candy | Ray |
| 2014 | 13 Sins | Vogler |
| 2013 | Homefront | Werks |
| 2013 | The Grief Tourist | Carl Marznap |
| 2013 | Broken Blood | Earl Wayne |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Mr. Lee |
| 2012 | Butter | Ned Eaten |
| 2012 | Brake | Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice) |
| 2012 | Bending The Rules | Happy |
| 2012 | Mysterious Island | Gideon Spilett |
| 2011 | On the Inside | Ben Marshal |
| 2011 | Creature | Grover |
| 2011 | The Smell of Success | Cleveland Clod |
| 2011 | Flypaper | Jelly |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | Roy |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass | Big Joe Sharpe |
| 2009 | Don McKay | Mel |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Lou Girard |
| 2008 | The Echo | Joseph |
| 2007 | Captivity | Ben Dexter |
| 2007 | When A Man Falls In The Forest | Travis Gilmore |
| 2005 | Nobody Wants Your Film | Self |
| 2005 | Drop Dead Sexy | Spider |
| 2005 | Constantine | Father Hennessy |
| 2003 | Monster | Gene / Stuttering "John" |
| 2003 | L.A. Confidential | Sid Hudgens |
| 2003 | Identity | Malcolm Rivers |
| 2002 | Trapped | Marvin |
| 2002 | 13 Moons | Owen |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Max Sayer |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty | Ballard |
| 2000 | The Cell | Dr. Reid |
| 1999 | Mumford | Henry Follett |
| 1998 | The Legend of 1900 | Max Tooney |
| 1998 | Love from Ground Zero | Walter |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Patient at Hammersmith (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Cold Around the Heart | Johnny 'Cokebottles' Costello |
| 1997 | Night Sins | Olie Swain |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Frank Cray |
| 1997 | Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Clifford Banks |
| 1997 | A Further Gesture | Scott |
| 1996 | Beautiful Girls | Stanley "Stinky" Womack |
| 1996 | The Cottonwood | Mark Salli |
| 1995 | Heavy | Victor Modino |
| 1995 | Under the Hula Moon | Bob |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Rub Squeers |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Deputy Warden Kavanaugh |
| 1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Bud |
| 1994 | China Moon | Daryl Jeeters |
| 1992 | Till Death Us Do Part | Michael Brockington |
| 1991 | JFK | Lee Bowers |
| 1991 | Dead in the Water | Lou Rescetti |
| 1991 | Sweet Poison | Coyle |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Paul |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Buddy |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Augie Farrell |
| 1990 | Fear | Jay Anthony Lapedes ("Shadow Man") |
| 1989 | Homer and Eddie | Cashier |
| 1989 | K-9 | Benny the Mule |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Lester Cowens |
| 1988 | Red Heat | Night Clerk |
| 1987 | Shy People | Paul |
| 1987 | Barfly | Joe |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | Det. Deimos |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | F.U.A.I. | Producer |
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