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 Laurence Fishburne
Birthday: July 30, 1961
Birth
Place: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Height: 6' 0"
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Dramatic actor Laurence Fishburne gained widespread acclaim and an Oscar nomination for his gripping performance as the Svengali-like Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) and went on to rack up an impressive string of credits playing leads and supporting roles on stage, screen, and television.Born in Augusta, GA, the sole child of a corrections officer and an educator, Fishburne was raised in Brooklyn following his parents' divorce. An unusually sensitive child with a natural gift for acting, he was taken to various New York stage auditions before landing his first professional role at the age of ten. Two years later, he made his feature film debut with a major role in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975). A turning point in the young actor's career came when he lied about his age and won the role of a young Navy gunner in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. On location in the Philippines, the teenage actor effectively bade farewell to childhood as he endured the many legendary problems that befell Coppola's production over the next two years. In between shooting days, Fishburne hung out with the adult actors, often exposing himself to their offscreen drinking and drugging antics.Back in Hollywood by the late '70s, he continued playing small supporting roles in features and on television. Like many black actors, he was frequently relegated to playing thugs and young hoodlums. He would continue to appear in Coppola productions like Rumble Fish (1983) and The Cotton Club (1984) throughout the 1980s. Wanting a change from playing heavies, he accepted a recurring role as friendly Cowboy Curtis opposite Paul Reubens on the loopy CBS children's series Pee-Wee's Playhouse. By the early '90s, Fishburne had begun to escape the stereotypical roles of his early career. In 1990, he played a psychotic hit man opposite Christopher Walken in Abel Ferrara's King of New York and a chess-playing hustler in Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993). Following his great success in the Tina Turner biopic, he became one of Hollywood's most prolific actors, appearing in films such as John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995). Fishburne, who had known Singleton when the latter was a security guard on the Pee-Wee's Playhouse set, had previously appeared in the director's debut film Boyz 'N the Hood (1991). After Higher Learning came Othello (1995) and Always Outnumbered, which he also produced. Fishburne had previously produced Hoodlum (1997), in which he also starred. In 1999, he stepped into blockbuster territory with his starring role in the stylish sci-fi action film The Matrix. Increasingly geared towards action films, Fishburne could be seen in the fast and furious motorcycle flick Biker Boyz as fans prepared for the release of the upcoming Matrix sequels. In addition to his work in cinema, Fishburne has established a distinguished stage career, winning a Tony Award in 1992, for his role in August Wilson's Two Trains Running.
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- Children, with Moss; Son: Langston (b. 1987), daughter: Montana (b. 1991)
- He changed his name from Larry to Laurence in his films in 1991.
- Engaged to Gina Torres [2001]
- Studied acting at the Lincoln Square Academy in New York.
- In Event Horizon (1997) the space suits worn by the actors weighed 65 pounds each. He nicknamed his Doris.
- When he was cast in the title role of Othello (1995), it marked the first time an African American was cast as Othello in a theatrical film. All proceeding film adaptations featured white actors in black make-up, while many black men have played Othello in Fishburne's wake.
- Won Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "Two Trains Running."
- He is often mistaken for Samuel L. Jackson and vice versa. According to Jackson, they've stood right next to each other and people still call them by the wrong names.
- Went to New York's High School of the Performing Arts
- Auditioned for the role of Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1990).
- His deal for "The Matrix" sequels was for a reported million + 3.75% of the gross.
- In the early 1980s he and fellow New York actor Giancarlo Esposito were roommates during L.A.'s pilot season.
- A founding member of the Guggenheim Motorcycle Club, a group that arranges rides to art museums around the world.
- Met Paul Reubens at the Groundlings Theatre (he didn't study there but did perform readings) and Reubens cast him as Cowboy Curtis in the children's series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986).
- An Ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations Childrens' Emergency Fund, an agency of the U.N. which helps children all over the world with educational, health and humanitarian aid.
- Originally hooked up with "Boyz N the Hood" writer John Singleton when Singleton was a production assistant and Fishburne an actor ("Cowboy Curtis") on the popular children's TV program "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986).
- According to the commentary track on the "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005) DVD, Fishburne provided the voice of the bear in the Genaros Beer commercial.
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