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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
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for Father Harrison in Malevolence of the Unknown
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Malevolence of the Unknown is a 2027 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the first installment in the Malevolence of the Unknown franchise. Dove Cameron stars in a dual role as the two main characters, alongside Jackie Earle Haley, Piper Rubio, Demiàn Bichir, Jessica Biel, Michael Shannon, Courtney B. Vance, and Armand Assante. The film follows a professional hunter whose comatose twin sister's spirit is being manipulated and possessed by evil in its most sinister form. Malevolence of the Unknown opened in theaters worldwide on February 2nd, 2027; it received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the atmosphere, bone-chilling musical score, visual effects, scares, the blend of gothic dread with Lovecraftian horror, themes, effective use of its long runtime, storyline, and Cameron's acting. A sequel is currently in development with Cameron, Rubio, Biel and Haley set to return, while a prequel is also in production with Assante set to reprise his role.
