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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
Dr. Silas Stone
for Dr. Silas Stone in Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2013)
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Clark Kent works as an unnoticed stringer at the Daily Planet while quietly tracking a wave of “miracles” reshaping Metropolis—feats Lex Luthor publicly claims as proof of his own genius. Clark’s investigation exposes Luthor’s hidden agenda: Project Steel, a cybernetic soldier built from John Corben and powered by a mysterious green mineral recovered from a Smallville crater. When Corben becomes Metallo, the unstable energy source twists him into a walking weapon who nearly ends Clark’s life. Forced into the open, Clark embraces the symbol he’s been afraid to become, drawing strength from both his Kryptonian legacy and the values instilled by the Kents. As Metallo rampages and Luthor unleashes drone forces to maintain control, Clark inspires Metropolis to resist fear and reclaim their city. Amid the chaos, a LexCorp janitor transformed into the ravenous Parasite becomes another pawn in Luthor’s schemes, adding to the threat. Clark ultimately proves himself a true guardian of tomorrow—one defined not by power, but by hope. Post‑Credits: Deep within a sealed S.T.A.R. Labs vault, the containment cube that once held the green mineral begins to pulse with an eerie ping. Dr. Silas Stone observes the readings and notes the energy signature matches a signal originating from far beyond Earth, hinting at a looming cosmic arrival.
