Courtney B. Vance will join NBC's long running show "ER" (Thursdays, 10-11 p.m. ET/PT) in multi-episode story arc during season 15. Vance will be playing

What’s Love Got To Do With It star Angela Bassett and her husband, actor Courtney B. Vance, made the most of their wedding night in 1997 after abstaining from sex for a full year before their nuptials. The long-time friends chose to be celibate for 12 months after Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Vance proposed and had just one night to consummate their marriage before Bassett flew off to shoot movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back.