Courtney B. Vance is an American actor. His film credits include Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Hunt for Red October, Office Christmas Party, Final Destination 5, and The Mummy alongside Tom Cruise. Vance received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He has also appeared in the series Grotesquerie, produced the film Heist 88, and the series One Thousand Years of Slavery.