Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American actor, producer & director, who appeared in the show Miami Vice as NYPD Lieutenant Pearson, who skeptically works with Crockett & Tubbs (but takes no action in the Revilla's case) in the episode "The Prodigal Son", and Ed McCain, mentor to Archie Ellis (played by Vincent Keith Ford) in the episode "The Good Collar".