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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

Hammer
for Hammer in Marvel Cinematic Universe: Cable
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Trilogy - Takes place after X-Force: X-cutioners Song Film and follows Messiah Complex/War and Cable origin Storylines Part 1: Heist in which Cable and Domino, along with Bishop, get Cable's old crew (Six-Pack) back together to rescue a baby (Hope) from The Dark Riders to save the future. Most of Six pack and the Dark Riders don't make it. Bishop Betrays them at the end and tries to kill Hope. Cable save her jumping forward in time. ***Deadpool offers unwanted assistance throughout. Deus Ex Machina before getting locked in the vault as the complex gets blown up*** Part 2: Cable and Hope escape into the future being chased by Bishop who believes the child will be the harbinger of a dark future. As Cable raises the girl, flashbacks explore Cable's origins with the Askani Clan and his being raised by Slim and Red in his own apocalyptic future. ***Deadpool is found in the future still stuck in the vault and is quite insane. Gets decapitated at the end of the film *** Part 3: Trapped in the future, Cable and Hope must find a way back to their time while being hunted by Stryfe, heir to Apocalypse, his Dark Riders and Bishop. Wolverine and some present-day X-Men travel in time to assist. ***Stryfe keeps Deadpool's living head in his throne-room***

