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interesting facts about actor Laurence Fishburne. Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor,
playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director, born on July 30,
1961 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Critically hailed for his forceful, militant,
authoritative figures and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile performers, he has
been the recipient of numerous awards, including a number of NAACP Image honors. With appearances in
movies like The Matrix trilogy, Boyz n the Hood, Apocalypse Now, and the John Wick film series,
Fishburne solidified his legacy as a truly diverse and welcome performer.
Fishburne was the son of Laurence John Fishburne, Jr., a juvenile corrections officer,
and Hattie Bell Fishburne, a junior high school mathematics and science teacher. After his parents
divorced during his childhood, he moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York, where he was raised.
Fishburne is a graduate of Lincoln Square Academy in New York, which closed in the 1980s.
At the age of 10, the young boy appeared in his first play,
"In My Many Names and Days," at a cramped little theater space in Manhattan.
He continued on but managed to avoid the trappings of a child star per se,
considering himself more a working child actor at the time. Billing himself as Larry Fishburne
during this early phase, he never studied or was trained in the technique of acting.
Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985. They have two children,
son Langston and daughter Montana Fishburne. Hajna and Laurence divorced in the 1990s.
Fishburne dated actress Victoria Dillard from 1992 to 1995.
Fishburne met actress Gina Torres and they were engaged in February 2001
and married on September 22, 2002. A daughter, Delilah, was born to the couple in June 2007.
On September 20, 2017, it was confirmed that Torres and Fishburne were separated and had been
keeping the separation private for the last year. Fishburne filed for divorce on November 2, 2017,
and the divorce was finalized effective May 11, 2018.
In 1973, at the age of 12, young Laurence won a recurring role on the daytime soap One Life
to Live (1968) then subsequently made his film debut in the ghetto-themed Cornbread,
Earl and Me (1975). Fishburne emerged on the scene after famously lying about his age to
Francis Ford Coppola in order to land a prominent part in the director's seminal Apocalypse Now
(1979). One of Fishburne's most famous roles came in 1991, when he starred as Jason Styles in John
Singleton's coming-of-age drama Boyz n the Hood. For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love
Got to Do With It (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony
Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992), and an
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa (1993).
Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major
studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
Toward the end of the decade, Fishburne achieved iconic status with his Zen-like performance
as the leather-clad Morpheus in the cultural phenomenon, The Matrix,
a role he reprised in the back-to-back sequels. His other outstanding credits in the 2000s and
2010s include Contagion, Mission: Impossible III, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,
Ant-Man and the Wasp and the John Wick film series. On television, he starred as Dr. Raymond
Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as Special Agent Jack Crawford in
the NBC thriller series Hannibal and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish.
With an acting career that spanning decades, Laurence Fishburne is one of the most respected
and esteemed actors alive today. Let's take a look at his 10 highest-rated films on Rotten Tomatoes:
As of 2022, Laurence Fishburne has an estimated net worth of $30 million.
Fishburne is currently set to serve as co-creator and executive producer
in the Marvel Animation/Walt Disney Television Animation series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
On February 24, 2007, Fishburne was honored with the Harvard Foundation's Artist of the Year award
at the annual show Cultural Rhythms. He received this honor for his achievements as an actor and
entertainer and for his humanitarian pursuits. Fishburne is a UNICEF ambassador.
Fishburne is a big fan of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and plans to
produce a movie based on his novel The Alchemist.
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