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    You can call Courtney B. Vance an 'overnight sensation.' But you'd be wrong

    by Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times Apr 06, 2022 5 minutes
    Courtney B. Vance poses with the award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for "Lovecraft Country" at the Creative Arts Emmys at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 12, 2021, in Los Angeles.

    Since his debut in the original Broadway productions of August Wilson's "Fences" and John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation," Courtney B. Vance has jumped between stage and screen, playing an extensive gallery of strong, vibrant characters in a career that has spanned almost four decades.

    But while his Tony Award-winning role in 2013's "Lucky Guy" and appearances in "The Hunt For Red October," "Picket Fences," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "The Closer," "The Preacher's Wife," "Isle of Dogs" and scores of other projects established Vance as a familiar presence to audiences, the breakout role that would display the full range of his craft remained elusive.

    His defense of O.J. Simpson proved to be a game-changer.

    Vance's sly portrayal of Simpson's cunning defense attorney Johnnie Cochran was a standout of FX's "The People

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