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Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA) is a notable African-American movie actor.

Laurence Fishburne began acting at a age of Xii, generating his large break portraying Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live in 1973. Fishburne late earned the supporting role within Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now", besides when a revenant role as "Cowboy Curtis" alongside Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) in the CBS children's tv program, "''Pee-Wee's Playhouse''". Yet, it was his 1991 role around Boyz N The Hood that gained him lasting recognition as an outstanding actor. the next month, Fishburne won a Tony Award for his stage performance in August Wilson's Two Trains Running off, which was followed by an Oscar nomination one season late for his impersonation of Ike Turner in ''What's Love Got to Wash Sustaining It?. Besides inside 1992 he received an Emmy Award for an episode of the short-lived TV series Tribeca. Now Fishburne is better known for his role when Morpheus, the hacker-mentor of Neo (Keanu Reeves) in the blockbuster science fiction movie series "The Matrix."

Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss around 1985 and had deuce tykes sustaining her, the boy known as Langston (natural 1987) and the girl known as Montana (natural 1991); however, a few had divorced when you took a 1990s, and in September 20 2002, Fishburne married another actress, Gina Torres. Fishburne occurs as notable graduate of Hollywood High School.

Filmography
Actor
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Mystic River (2003) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) Biker Boyz (2003) Deep Handle / Chilly Factor (2001) Osmosis Jones (2001) Once in the Life (2000) The Matrix (1999) Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1998) Event Horizon (1997) Hoodlum (1997) Miss Evers' Boys (1997) Fled (1996) The Tuskegee Airmen (1996) Bad Company (1995) Just Cause (1995) Othello (1995) Alien Warrior (1994) Higher Learning (1994) Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) What's Love Got to Do With It? (1993) Deep Cover (1992) Boyz N the Hood (1991) Class Action (1991) Decoration Day (1990) King of New York (1990) Cadence (1989) Red Heat (1988) (As Larry Fishburne) Gardens of Stone (1987) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987) ''Pee-wee's Playhouse - Vols. One-Four (1987) Pee-wee's Playhouse - Vols. Five-8 (1987) School Daze (1987) Quicksilver (1986) The Color Purple (1985) The Cotton Club (1984) For Us, the Living - The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) Rumble Fish (1983) Death Wish II (1981) (as Laurence Fishburne Triad) Willie & Phil (1980) Apocalypse Now (1979) Fast Break (1979) Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) One Life to Live (TV) (1973-1976)

Producer
Once in a Life (2000) Hoodlum (1997)

Screenwriter
Once in a Life'' (2000)

Laurence Fishburne
Brief biography of Fishburne at ExtraTV.

Laurence Fishburne
Information on Fishburne's role as National Ambassador for UNICEF.

Los Angeles Magazine: One Cool Cat
Interview with Laurence Fishburne about his early career and more recent work.

Laurence Fishburne
Fishburne's filmography at IMDb.


Arts: Television: Programs: Children's: Pee-Wee's Playhouse






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