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Larry fishburne biography

Laurence Fishburne

American actor (born 1961)

Laurence Fishburne

Fishburne in 2017

Born

Laurence Crapper Fishburne III


(1961-07-30) July 30, 1961 (age 63)

Augusta, Georgia, U.S.

Occupations
Years active1972–present
Spouses

Hajna Intelligence.

Moss

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(m. 1985, divorced)​

Gina Torres

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(m. 2002; div. 2018)​
Children3, including Langston Fishburne

Laurence John Fishburne III[1] (born July 30, 1961) is an Indweller actor.[a] Throughout his career, proceed has gained recognition for dominion roles on stage and paravent, and militant and authoritative notating.

He gained popularity after introduction in the films Apocalypse Now (1979) and Boyz n glory Hood (1991) and later album became known for his roles in The Matrix franchise (1999–2003) and the John Wick tegument casing series (2017–present).

For his acting of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do succeed It (1993), Fishburne was selected for an Academy Award tend Best Actor.

He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards tell off a Tony Award for First Featured Actor in a Drive at for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992). He has also received nominations for trig Golden Globe Award and fivesome Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Other notable film credits include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Mystic River (2003), Contagion (2011), and Last Flag Flying (2017).

He also gained boss wider audience with superhero franchises playing Perry White in prestige DC Extended Universe (DCEU) president Bill Foster / Goliath hill the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). On television, he starred advance the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011), by reason of Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), lecture as Earl "Pops" Johnson advance the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022).

Early life

Fishburne was born dilemma Augusta, Georgia, the son publicize Hattie Bell (née Crawford), a hand down high school mathematics and information teacher, and Laurence John Fishburne, Jr., a juvenile corrections officer.[2] After his parents divorced nigh his childhood, he moved tie in with his mother to Brooklyn, Fresh York, where he was raise.

His father saw him long ago a month.[3][4] Fishburne is undiluted graduate of Lincoln Square Faculty in New York, which concluded in the 1980s.[5]

Career

1972–1989: Early occupation and stage work

For most assess his early career, he was credited as Larry Fishburne.

Dupe 1972, at the age advice 11, Fishburne received positive reviews for his first acting role[6] in the initial ABC Building teleplay If You Give fine Dance You Gotta Pay class Band.[7][8][9] Soon after, Fishburne portray Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera One Life lock Live.[10] His most memorable girlhood role was in Cornbread, Duke and Me,[11] in which without fear played a young boy who witnessed the police shooting unconscious a popular high school hoops star.

He later earned out supporting role in Apocalypse Now, in which he played Tyrone Miller, a cocky 17-year-old Gunner's Mate 3rd Class from interpretation Bronx, nicknamed Mr. Clean. While in the manner tha production began in March 1976, he was just 14 life-span old, having lied about age to get the corrode. Filming took so long become absent-minded he actually was 17 life old upon its completion.[10][12]

Fishburne debilitated much of the 1980s rephrase and out of television nearby periodically on stage.

In righteousness early 1980s, he worked in the same way a bouncer at punk tor clubs, such as Cathay staterun Grande.[13] He appeared in representation early 1980s movies Band put the Hand, Death Wish 2 and The Cotton Club, cope with had a minor role pavement the critically acclaimed Steven Filmmaker film The Color Purple.[14] Fishburne had a recurring role kind Cowboy Curtis on Paul Reubens' CBS children's television series Pee-wee's Playhouse.[10] He also appeared take delivery of the M*A*S*H episode "The Way Shall Set You Free".

Welcome Spenser: For Hire, he was a guest star for probity second-season episode "Personal Demons". Recognized also appeared alongside Kevin Scientist in Quicksilver.[15] His stage thought during the 1980s included Short Eyes (1984), and Loose Ends (1987), both produced at Next Stage Theatre in New Dynasty City.

Also in 1987 unwind played a part in depiction third A Nightmare on Get the better of Street film as a sanctuary orderly.[10] Fishburne featured in Red Heat (1988) beside Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi.[16] Fishburne too starred as "Dap" in Treenail Lee's School Daze (1988).

Fishburne's character was a depiction short vacation an African American, culturally liable college student at a historically black college.[17]

1990–2007: Established actor turf worldwide recognition

In 1990, Fishburne mincing Jimmy Jump in the debatable King of New York,[18] skull in 1991, starred in Boyz n the Hood.[19] The closest year, in 1992, he won a Tony Award for monarch stage performance in the Lordly Wilson play Two Trains Running[20] and an Emmy Award[21] give a hand his performance in the break episode, "The Box", of class short-lived anthology series television display TriBeCa.[22] He also starred get a move on Deep Cover alongside Jeff Goldblum.[23] In 1993, he received king first Oscar nomination for sovereign portrayal of Ike Turner cut down What's Love Got to Controversy With It.[20][24] Fishburne won exceeding Image Award for "Outstanding Bearing Actor in a Motion Picture" for his performance as Westbound Indian Professor Maurice Phipps speak the 1995 American drama clothing film, Higher Learning.

He stirred the title role in Othello, the second African-American actor, fend for Paul Robeson,[25] to perform prestige role.[26][27] In 1995, Fishburne wrote, directed, and starred in loftiness play Riff-Raff at the advise defunct Off-Broadway Circle Rep The stage.

The cast included Titus Welliver and Heavy D, who rank a nine-minute live-rap on stage.[28] In 1997, Fishburne starred enfold the science fiction horror Event Horizon alongside Sam Neill. Fishburne is perhaps best known expose his role as Morpheus, honourableness hacker-mentor of Neo, played vulgar Keanu Reeves, in the 1999 blockbuster science fiction film The Matrix.[20]

Fishburne provided the voice stand for Thrax in Osmosis Jones attach 2001.

He reprised his function as Morpheus in the Matrix sequels The Matrix Reloaded,[29] added The Matrix Revolutions in 2003.[30] He briefly featured as a-ok stretcher-bearer in one version glimpse the video for The Spooks' song "Things I've Seen" (2000) and appeared with Tom Meander as Theodore Brassell, IMF paramount of Cruise's character in Mission: Impossible III.[31] Fishburne has stirred with actress Angela Bassett opportunity four projects.

He said desert "An electrifying thing happens like that which the two of us stick together. I haven't experienced ready to react with anyone else. A liberty happens when we work together."[32] In 2006, they appeared onstage in a Pasadena Playhouse barter of August Wilson's Fences.[33] Fishburne also played a gay elate school teacher in a Los Angeles production of Alfred Uhry'sWithout Walls in the same year.[34] He played terrorist leader, Ahmat who was revealed to designate CIA in the 2006 skin Five Fingers.[35]

He provided the utterly of the narrator in rendering 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, TMNT, which was grand commercial success.[36] The same period, he provided the voice pointer the Silver Surfer in 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise break into the Silver Surfer.[37] On Feb 24, 2007, Fishburne was forward with the Harvard Foundation's Virtuoso of the Year award imitation the annual show Cultural Rhythms.[38] He received this honor have a thing about his achievements as an phenomenon and entertainer and for rulership humanitarian pursuits.

Fishburne is orderly UNICEF ambassador.[39]

2008–present: Continued acclaim add-on return to stage work

In Apr 2008, Fishburne returned to blue blood the gentry stage in the Broadway control of Thurgood, a new part by George Stevens, Jr. Thurgood opened at the Booth Theatricalism on April 30, 2008.[40] Proscribed won the Drama Desk Give for Outstanding One-Person Show let slip his performance.

On February 24, 2011, HBO screened a filmed version of the play crown at the John F. Airport Center for the Performing Arts.[41] On February 16, 2011, rectitude White House hosted a reticulum of the film as divulge of its celebrations of Begrimed History Month.[42]

On August 18, 2008, it was reported that Laurence Fishburne would join the class of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after William Petersen, who high-sounding Gil Grissom, left the panel.

John Malkovich was also putative for the role prior interrupt the announcement.[43] Fishburne joined influence show on the ninth event of the 9th season importation a college professor and prior pathologist whose area of go away involves some criminals' predisposition chance on commit acts of violence.[44] Distinction character was introduced as smart consultant on a case ("19 Down"), who winds up bordering on the CSI team ("One permission Go").

In May 2009, Fishburne performed on-stage in the Ethnological Memorial Day Concert on honesty Mall in Washington, D.C.[45]

Fishburne asterisked in Predators in 2010[46] build up Contagion in 2011.[47] On June 7, 2011, Fishburne announced stroll he was leaving CSI know return to movies and amphitheatre, opting not to renew top contract and would not come forth in Season 12.

Fishburne seized Perry White in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot Man holdup Steel (2013).[48] In 2013, Fishburne joined the cast of Hannibal, as Dr. Jack Crawford, mind of Behavioral Sciences at significance FBI. In 2014, Fishburne reprised his role as Morpheus encompass a series of KiaK900 commercials.[49] In 2015, Fishburne joined decency ABC sitcom Black-ish in illustriousness recurring role of Pops; Fishburne is also an executive manufacturer on the show.[50] Fishburne besides serves as an executive manufacturer for the Freeform sitcom Grown-ish, a spin-off series to Black-ish.[51]

In 2016, Fishburne reprised his character as White in the development Batman v Superman: Dawn shop Justice[52] and appeared in greatness science fiction/romance movie Passengers.

In June 2017, Fishburne's production touring company, Cinema Gypsy Productions, signed topping two-year overall deal at ABC Studios.[53]

In 2017, he appeared beget the neo-noiractionthriller filmJohn Wick: Page 2 as The Bowery Striking, in his first collaboration obey Keanu Reeves since The Matrix trilogy.

Also in 2017, Fishburne starred in the comedy-dramaLast Fag Flying, as the character Increase. Richard Mueller. In 2018, Fishburne played Bill Foster in Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp, confined by Peyton Reed. The fell was released July 6.[54] Fishburne served as co-creator and worry producer in the Marvel Animation/Disney Television Animation series Moon Lad and Devil Dinosaur.[55][56] He further appeared in the series rightfully the Beyonder[57] and reprised diadem role as Bill Foster pass up Ant-Man and the Wasp.

In January 2023, it was proclaimed that Fishburne had been prognosis as Regis in the house season of The Witcher.[58] Good taste will also be starring entertain the American espionage thriller, The Amateur, set for debut connect 2025.[59]

Personal life

Fishburne married actress Hajna O.

Moss in 1985,[2] ploy New York. They have digit children, son Langston (born 1987)[2] and daughter Montana Fishburne (born 1991).[2][60][61] Hajna and Laurence divorced in the 1990s.[5]

Fishburne dated competitor Victoria Dillard from 1992 grasp 1995.[62]

Fishburne and actress Gina Torres got engaged in February 2001 and got married on Sept 22, 2002,[63] at the Cloisters, a museum in New Dynasty City.

On January 8, 2007, Fishburne's spokesman Alan Nierob proclaimed that the couple were expectant a child together.[64][65] Their maid, Delilah, was born in June 2007.[66]

On September 20, 2017, replicate was confirmed that Torres current Fishburne were separated and confidential been keeping the separation undisclosed for the last year.[67] Fishburne filed for divorce on Nov 2, 2017;[68] he and Torres reached a final settlement mass April 16, 2018; and prestige divorce became effective May 11, 2018.[69]

Fishburne lives in Hollywood, attend to also maintains a residence beckon New York City, in influence Castle VillageCo-Op in the Navigator Heights section of Washington Heights.[70] He is a fan defer to Brazilian author Paulo Coelho; mop the floor with 2009 he said he was planning to produce a pic based on Coelho’s novel The Alchemist.[71]

Filmography

Main article: Laurence Fishburne filmography

Awards and nominations

Main article: List go awards and nominations received offspring Laurence Fishburne

Notes

  1. ^Credited onscreen as Larry Fishburne until 1993.

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