Chris Vance (actor)

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Chris Vance is an English actor. He is known for his starring roles in television, such as Jack Gallagher in the Fox series Mental (2009), as James Whistler in Fox's series Prison Break (2007–2008), and for playing Frank Martin in TNT's Transporter: The Series. Vance has recurred on the television series Burn Notice, Dexter, Rizzoli & Isles, and Supergirl. He played Commander Harry Langford on Hawaii Five-0, and Dalton Walsh in the fifth season of Amazon Prime Video's police drama series Bosch.

Early years

Of Irish descent, Vance attended St Bede's Secondary School in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, and played youth football for West Bromwich Albion and Bristol Rovers. He then attended Newcastle University, graduating with an honours degree in civil engineering.{{Cite web |last=Addison-Swan |first=Catherine |date=2022-08-15 |title=Famous faces who studied at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/famous-alumni-newcastle-northumbria-university-24759685 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=ChronicleLive |language=en}}

Career

Vance began his acting career at the age of 25 appearing in stage productions, initially in repertory theatre before appearing in Patrick Marber's play Closer and David Edgar's play Albert Speer, both at the Royal National Theatre, the latter being directed by Trevor Nunn. He then made guest appearances in British television series including Kavanagh QC, Peak Practice, The Bill and Doctors.

In 2002, Vance moved to Australia and appeared in the Australian television series Stingers and Blue Heelers, before achieving success in the role of Sean Everleigh in All Saints. In 2007, he moved to the United States and appeared in the third and fourth seasons of Prison Break, portraying James Whistler.[http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21976351-5012990,00.html Perth Sunday Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607114716/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21976351-5012990,00.html |date=7 June 2009 }} News.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2007.

In June 2008, Vance moved to Colombia in order to film the Fox series Mental, but the show was cancelled after 13 episodes. He guest–starred in an antagonistic role as Mason Gilroy on the USA Network series Burn Notice for five episodes toward the end of season 3. He appeared on Showtime series' fifth season of Dexter as Cole, chief of security for a popular motivational speaker who becomes implicated in a series of heinous female torture-murders in Southern Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Chris-Vance-Dexter-1021936.aspx|title=Chris Vance Joins Dexter for Multi-Episode Arc|publisher=TVGuide.com|accessdate=August 16, 2010|date=2010-08-16}} From 2012-2014, he played Frank Martin in Transporter: The Series, a French-Canadian production.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Television and film roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1998 \| Kavanagh QC \| Yob \| Episode: "Briefs Trooping Gaily"
2001 \| Peak Practice \| SHO / John \| 2 episodes
2002 \| {{sortname\|The\|Bill}} \| Computer Expert \| Episode: "011"
2003 \| Doctors \| John \| Episode: "As Time Goes By"
2003 \| Blue Heelers \| Andrew Purkiss \| Episode: "Safety Last"
2004 \| Stingers \| Sean Hunter \| Recurring role (season 8), 6 episodes
2005 \| {{sortname\|The\|Secret Life of Us}} \| Piers \| 3 episodes
2005–2007 \| All Saints \| Sean Everleigh \| Main role (seasons 9–10)
2006 \| Macbeth \| Detective Caithness \| Film
2007–2008 \| Prison Break \| James Whistler \| Main role (season 3); guest role (season 4)
2009 \| Mental \| Jack Gallagher \| Main role
2010 \| Burn Notice \| Mason Gilroy \| Recurring role (season 3), 5 episodes
2010 \| Dexter \| Cole Harmon \| 3 episodes
2011 \| Fairly Legal \| Paul Shelton \| Episode: "Ultravinyl"
2011–2016 \| Rizzoli & Isles \| Lt. Colonel Charles "Casey" Jones \| Recurring role (seasons 2–4), 10 episodes
2012–2014 \| Transporter: The Series \| Frank Martin \| Lead role
2013 \| Crossing Lines \| Wolf \| Episode: "The Animals"
2015–2016 \| Supergirl \| Non \| Recurring role (season 1), 9 episodes
2016–2020 \| Hawaii Five-0 \| Commander Harry Langford \| Recurring role (seasons 7–10), 5 episodes
2019 \| Bosch \| Dalton Walsh \| 4 episodes (season 5)
2022 \| ''The Equalizer \| Mason Quinn \| 2 episodes

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|+ Television and film roles

Year

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! Role

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1998

| Kavanagh QC

| Yob

| Episode: "Briefs Trooping Gaily"

2001

| Peak Practice