Courtney B. Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. He formerly starred as a regular in the NBC television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ron Carver.
Graduated from Harvard University.
A 1986 graduate of Yale Drama school.
Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1987 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "Fences;" and in 1991 as Best Actor (Play) for John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation."
Attended Detroit Country Day School in Birmingham, Michigan; graduated 1978.
Won an off-Broadway Obie award in 1990 for his theater work in "My Children! My Africa!"
It was at Harvard that he first became interested in theater, appearing in several college productions and becoming a member of the Boston Shakespeare Company.
He and his wife, Angela Bassett, became the parents of twins a daughter Bronwyn Golden and son Josiah Slater, who were born on January 27, 2006, in California through a surrogate.
