Anson Mount

Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Cullen Bohannon in the AMC series Hell on Wheels (2011–2016), Jim Steele in the NBC series Conviction (2006), Marvel superhero Black Bolt in Inhumans (2017) and Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Short Treks (2019). He also appeared in the movie Tully (2000).

Mount was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois. He grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. He attended Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee, Sewanee: The University of the South and Columbia University. He married Darah Trang in 2018. As of 2019, he lives in Connecticut.