Laurence Fishburne

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AKA: Laurence John Fishburne, III, Larry Fishburne
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/30/1961
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, USA

biography

Possessing as much flash, energy and intelligence as anyone currently in the game, Laurence Fishburne has certainly played his share of regulation black hoodlums and threats but also has benefited from color-blind casting as his tour de force Broadway performance as England's King Henry II (opposite Stockard Channing as his Eleanor) in a 1999 revival of "The Lion in Winter" attests. His role as Cowboy Curtis, best buddy to Pee-wee Herman on TV's legendary kid series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (CBS), is another reminder of his tremendous versatility.

Although born in Georgia, Fishburne was raised by Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2009-2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr Raymond Langston
2009
Dr. Raymond Langston
2009
Dr. Raymond Langston
2009
Dr. Raymond Langston
2009
+(9 More)
Baines
2009
Interviewee
2008
Cole Williams
2008
Narrator
2007
Edward Robinson
2006
Theodore Brassel
2006
Producer
2006
Dr Joshua Larabee
2006
Marion Bishop
2005
Morpheus
2003
Whitey Powers
2003
Morpheus
2003
Manuel "Smoke" Galloway
2003
of Thrax
2001
Screenplay
2000
Producer
2000
Director
2000
20/20 Mike
2000
Source Material
2000
Play as Source Material
2000
screenplay
2000
Morpheus
1999
Executive Producer
1997
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
1997
Miller
1997
Piper
1996
Nick Holbrook
1991
Furious Styles
1991
Midget
1983
Actor
1979
Producer
Professor Maurice Phipps
Voodoo
Lieutenant Stobbs
Stokes
Jimmy Jump
Tad Gruzsa
Nelson Crowe
Tanny Brown
Ahmat
Russell Stevens Jr/John Q Hull
Cast
Othello
Dap Dunlap

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised by mother in Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York
 
First part was in second grade playing Peter Pan
1971 
Professional stage debut as a young baseball fan in Charles Fuller's "My Many Names and Faces" at NYC's New Federal Theatre
1973 
Appeared regularly on "One Life to Live" (ABC) as Joshua West Hall, the adopted son of a police captain
1975 
Played Tony Pridgeon in "Section D" at the New Federal Theatre
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