- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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 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)…
Filmography
movieSuperman
2025 · Pa Kent
movieF.U.A.I.
2024 · Producer
tvLady in the Lake
2024 · Bob Bauer
movieCrime Story
2021 · Tommy
movieBird Box
2018 · Rick
movieASIA A
2018 · Noah
movieGotti
2018 · Angelo Ruggiero
movie59 Seconds
2018 · Robert
movieThe Devil's Candy
2016 · Ray
tvStranger Things
2016 · Ray
tvHeroes Reborn
2015 · Casper Abraham
movie13 Sins
2014 · Vogler
movieHomefront
2013 · Werks
tvMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Grill
tvThe Blacklist
2013 · Lawrence Devlin
movieThe Grief Tourist
2013 · Carl Marznap
movieBroken Blood
2013 · Earl Wayne
movieBeautiful Creatures
2013 · Mr. Lee
movieButter
2012 · Ned Eaten
movieBrake
2012 · Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice)
movieBending The Rules
2012 · Happy
movieMysterious Island
2012 · Gideon Spilett
movieOn the Inside
2011 · Ben Marshal
movieCreature
2011 · Grover
movieThe Smell of Success
2011 · Cleveland Clod
movieFlypaper
2011 · Jelly
movieDrive Angry
2011 · Roy
tvThe Cape
2011 · Goggles
tvThe Walking Dead
2010 · Otis
tvHawaii Five-0
2010 · Richard Branch
tvJustified
2010 · Glen Fogle
movieLeaves of Grass
2009 · Big Joe Sharpe
movieDon McKay
2009 · Mel
movieIn the Electric Mist
2009 · Lou Girard
tvThe Mentalist
2008 · J.J. LaRoche
tvTrue Blood
2008 · Finn
movieThe Echo
2008 · Joseph
tvCanterbury's Law
2008
movieCaptivity
2007 · Ben Dexter
movieWhen A Man Falls In The Forest
2007 · Travis Gilmore
tvBones
2005 · Haze Jackson
movieNobody Wants Your Film
2005 · Self
movieDrop Dead Sexy
2005 · Spider
movieConstantine
2005 · Father Hennessy
tvMedium
2005 · Peter Winant
tvHouse
2004 · George
tvDeadwood
2004 · Mose Manuel
movieMonster
2003 · Gene / Stuttering "John"
tvThe Handler
2003
movieL.A. Confidential
2003 · Sid Hudgens
movieIdentity
2003 · Malcolm Rivers
movieTrapped
2002 · Marvin
movie13 Moons
2002 · Owen
movieS1m0ne
2002 · Max Sayer
tvAlias
2001 · Campbell / Schapker
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Marty Gleason
movieNurse Betty
2000 · Ballard
movieThe Cell
2000 · Dr. Reid
movieMumford
1999 · Henry Follett
movieThe Legend of 1900
1998 · Max Tooney
Love from Ground Zero
1998 · Walter
movieDoctor Dolittle
1998 · Patient at Hammersmith (uncredited)
movieCold Around the Heart
1997 · Johnny 'Cokebottles' Costello
movieThe End of Violence
1997 · Frank Cray
movieMurder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997 · Clifford Banks
movieA Further Gesture
1997 · Scott
movieBeautiful Girls
1996 · Stanley "Stinky" Womack
movieThe Cottonwood
1996 · Mark Salli
movieHeavy
1995 · Victor Modino
movieUnder the Hula Moon
1995 · Bob
tvMurder One
1995
movieNobody's Fool
1994 · Rub Squeers
tvChicago Hope
1994 · Walter Platt
movieNatural Born Killers
1994 · Deputy Warden Kavanaugh
movieCity Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994 · Bud
movieChina Moon
1994 · Daryl Jeeters
tvThe X-Files
1993 · Gerry Schnauz
tvHighlander: The Series
1992 · Mikey
movieTill Death Us Do Part
1992 · Michael Brockington
movieJFK
1991 · Lee Bowers
movieDead in the Water
1991 · Lou Rescetti
movieSweet Poison
1991 · Coyle
movieJacob's Ladder
1990 · Paul
movieWild at Heart
1990 · Buddy
movieCome See the Paradise
1990 · Augie Farrell
movieFear
1990 · Jay Anthony Lapedes ("Shadow Man")
movieHomer and Eddie
1989 · Cashier
tvI Know My First Name Is Steven
1989 · Irving Murphy
movieK-9
1989 · Benny the Mule
tvQuantum Leap
1989 · Hank Pilcher
movieMississippi Burning
1988 · Lester Cowens
movieRed Heat
1988 · Night Clerk
movieShy People
1987 · Paul
movieBarfly
1987 · Joe
movieAngel Heart
1987 · Det. Deimos
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Cruz