Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961) is a notable African-American actor. He started acting at the age of 10 years, and made his film debut in 1975 in Cornbread, Earl and Me; in 1992, he began being recognized as an outstanding actor after starring in Deep Cover.

The same year, Fishburne won a Tony Award for his stage performance in August Wilson's Two Trains Running, which was followed by a Oscar nomination one year later for his impersonation of Ike Turner in What's love got to do with it; the same year, he also received an Emmy Award for an episode of the short-lived TV series Tribeca.

Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985 and had two children with her, a son named Langston (born 1987) and a daughter named Montana (born 1991); however, the couple got divorced during the 1990s, and on September 20 2002, Fishburne married another actress, Gina Torres.

Table of contents
1 Filmography
2 External links

Filmography

Actor

  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
  • Mystic River (2003)
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
  • Biker Boyz (2003)
  • Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
  • Deep Cover / Chill 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)
  • Gardens of Stone (1987)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987)
  • Pee-Wee's Playhouse - Vols. 1-4 (1987)
  • Pee-Wee's Playhouse - Vols. 5-8 (1987)
  • School Daze (1987)
  • Quicksilver (1986)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • For Us, the Living - The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • Willie & Phil (1980)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Fast Break (1979)
  • Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Producer

  • Once in the Life (2000)
  • Hoodlum (1997)

Screenwriter

  • Once in the Life (2000)

External links