American actor Peter Macon is one of them. He is most known for playing Lt. Commander Bortus in the Fox/Hulu television series The Orville (2017–present), and in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), he will play an ape.
In addition to playing the title character in Othello at the Guthrie Theater and in productions of the play in Dublin, Colorado, and Oregon, Macon performed for close to 30 years in Twin Cities theaters such as Penumbra, Illusion, and Children’s Theatre Company. In the science fiction comedy-drama television series The Orville, which Seth MacFarlane produced and which had its FOX premiere on September 10 of that same year, Macon started playing the role of Bortus in 2017.
Peter Macon Wife: Meet Lucia Brawley
In 2005, Macon wed Lucia Brawley, an actress who had also gone to Yale. David Dinkins, a former mayor of New York City, presided. Jacquelyn Woods and Macon got married in 2018. The shows Nash Bridges, Law & Order, Without a Trace, Supernatural, The Shield, Dexter, Bosch, SEAL Team, and Shameless have all featured Macon in their episodes.