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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

Jartran Radd
for Jartran Radd in Silver Surfer (Miniseries)
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At the edge of the universe, Shalla-Bal, once the Silver Surfer is trapped in exile with Galactus after the events of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. While their fate remains uncertain, the Annihilation Wave, led by Annihilus, sweeps across the cosmos. Among its most feared agents is Ravenous, commander of the Seekers and master of the Currs — creatures bred to hunt wielders of the Power Cosmic. Norrin Radd, desperate to save his homeworld and reunite with Shalla-Bal, accepts Galactus’s grim bargain: reclaim the mantle of Silver Surfer in exchange for the Devourer’s protection against the Wave. Venturing through war-ravaged space, Norrin witnesses the Wave’s devastation and meets allies like Tarq Maru and Wendell Vaughn Quasar, a cosmic protector waging his own battle. When Ravenous begins hunting them both, they form an uneasy alliance. As the Currs close in, Norrin must choose between his quest for love, his duty to his people, and the crushing weight of Galactus’s power a choice that will decide if he becomes the universe’s savior or its destroyer.