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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 Geras in Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath
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After the defeat of Shinnok, the thunder god Raiden becomes consumed by vengeance and executes the fallen Elder God. This act disrupts the balance of history, drawing the attention of Kronika, the Keeper of Time. Believing Raiden is responsible for countless timeline failures, Kronika uses the Hourglass to rewrite history and create a new era where Raiden and Liu Kang never exist. As the past and present collide, younger versions of Earthrealm's champions—including Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Jax Briggs, Kitana, Jade, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero—are pulled into the present. They must work alongside their older selves to stop Kronika before she erases everything they know. Meanwhile, old enemies such as Shao Kahn, Baraka, Skarlet, Frost, Erron Black, Kano, and Kabal join Kronika's forces in exchange for promises of power in her new timeline. As alliances shift and betrayals unfold, Scorpion discovers the truth behind his past and forms an unlikely alliance with Sub-Zero, while Kitana unites Outworld's people against Shao Kahn. In the final battle at the Hourglass, Raiden sacrifices his divine power to merge with Liu Kang, creating Fire God Liu Kang. Armed with the strength of both man and god, he confronts Kronika in a battle that will decide the fate of every realm. With history itself hanging in the balance, Fire God Liu Kang must defeat Kronika and forge a new future for the Mortal Kombat universe.
