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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 Wilson's Fences in 1985, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephron's 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 Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's 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 guest-starred 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 Geographic's 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.

Courtney B. Vance

Lucius Fox
for Lucius Fox in Batman: Gotham Knight (2025)
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This takes place in Bruce's 2nd year of being Batman. He is still getting used to being a bachelor by day and a vigilante by night. Bruce is going through a lot of stress. He is feeling the weight of his family's company, his personal life, and his Batman life. But even though he has a handful, he still puts in the effort to make Gotham a better place. Meanwhile, there is this struggling actor by the name of Basil Karlo. He was working on his latest movie when something happened. He was driving home, when, he crashed into a warehouse and fell into a tub of chemicals and clay. There Clayface was born. After that, he starts commiting crimes. Bruce tries to stop him but he can't seem to get a hold of him. Alfred suggest Bruce relaxes for a while. To do this, he goes to the circus. There he sees the "Flying Graysons". Unfortunately, Clayface was there to sabotage their act and cut the rope that John & Mary Grayson were on. They sadly fell to their deaths. This left a young Dick Grayson, an orphan. Bruce took Dick in because he knows what it is like to lose your parents at a young age. Dick wants revenge on clayface but Bruce won't let him. Bruce goes to capture Clayface once and for all. Unfortunately, Bruce gets captured by Clayface. But just in the knick of time, Robin comes in to save him. Together they both beat Clayface, and take him to Arkham. Bruce accepts Dick as his sidekick. It turns out Alfred told Dick about Bruce being Batman. That is the start of Batman & Robin