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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
Joe “Robbie” Robertson
for Joe “Robbie” Robertson in The Amazing Spider-Man
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Peter Parker was your average college student. He had rent problems and struggled to talk to girls. Peter was also the vigilante known as Spider-Man for a few years. Peter met Mary Jane Watson who had a troubled past. He asked Mary Jane out and got to know her more. Peters college professor Curt Connors tried to regrow his arm. It backfired and he turned into a reptilian monster known as the Lizard. J Jonah Jameson the head of the Daily Bugle wanted proof the Lizard existed so he sent Peter out to get pictures for him. Peter found the Lizard in the sewers and he was almost killed. Peter dig some digging and discovered that Curt was the Lizard. Peter became determined to help Curt as he was a father figure to him. Peter lost his apartment but he didn’t care he was focused in his mission. Peter contacted Otto Octavius a man who used to work with Curt. He didn’t know how to help Peter but he did tell him where Curt lived. Peter visited Curt’s house and found out his wife and son left him. He got to work on a new formula that would cure Curt for good. Meanwhile the Lizard attacked Flash Thompson one of Peters classmates. He was badly injured and lay in hospital. Peter felt bad about this and he perfected the formula. Peter lured the Lizard into a trap and forced the cure down its throat. He changed back into Curt and Peter decided to destroy the photos he had taken so Curt didn’t get arrested.
