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Laurence Fishburne Biography
Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961) is a notable United States movie actor. He started acting at the age of 12 years, and got his big break portraying Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live; 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.

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)
One Life to Live (TV) (1973-1976)

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

Screenwriter
Once in the Life (2000)
 
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