Courtney B. Vance

Courtney Bernard Vance born March 12 1960 is an American actor Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in the original productions of August Wilsons Fences in 1985 John Guares Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephrons Lucky Guy in 2013 for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play He is known for his roles in films such as Hamburger Hill 1987 The Hunt for Red October 1990 The Preachers Wife 1996 Cookies Fortune 1999 Terminator Genisys 2015 and Isle of Dogs 2018 Vance is also known for work on television on shows such as Law Order Criminal Intent where he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver He also gueststarred on Law Order Picket Fences The Closer Revenge Scandal and Masters of Sex He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX limited series The People v O J Simpson American Crime Story 2016 for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie He recently appeared in the HBO television film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2017 National Geographics limited series Genius Aretha 2020 and the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country 2020 the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997 Vance is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City and is an active supporter of Boys Girls Clubs of America In 2019 Vance was appointed as the President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation Description above from the Wikipedia article Courtney B Vance licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia