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  • NAME: Laurence John Fishburne III
  • OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
  • BIRTH DATE: July 30, 1961 (Age: 50)
  • EDUCATION: Lincoln Square Academy
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Augusta, Georgia
  • ZODIAC SIGN: Leo
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Actor Laurence Fishburne has appeared in Boyz N The Hood, What's Love Got to Do With It? (for which he received an Academy Award nomination) and The Matrix.

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Laurence Fishburne was born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia. It wasn't until the 1990s that he became a recognized actor. His string of successes included Boyz N The Hood, What's Love Got to Do With It? (for which he received an Academy Award nomination) and The Matrix and its sequels. He was also in 2006's Akeelah and the Bee. That same year he appeared in Bobby.

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Actor. Born Laurence Fishburne III on July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia. Raised in Brooklyn by his mother after his parents' divorce, Fishburne starting acting at age 12. He appeared primarily on television, including One Life to Live and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and made his film debut at age 15 in Apocalypse Now.

It wasn't until the 1990s when Fishburne landed meatier roles on the big screen that he became a recognized actor. His string of successes built on his intense, solid performances and included 1991's Boyz N The Hood, 1992's What's Love Got to Do With It? (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), The Matrix and its sequels, and Mission: Impossible III. Fishburne played a professor who coaches a girl from south Los Angeles to compete in a national spelling bee in 2006's Akeelah and the Bee. That same year he appeared as a chef in Bobby, a film about Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.

Even as his films triumphed at the box office, Fishburne continued to nurture his stage career. He earned a Tony Award in 1992 for August Wilson's Two Trains Running and appeared in Wilson's Fences opposite Angela Bassett.

In 2008, Fishburne joined the cast of the popular television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Fishburne was married to actress Hajna O. Moss; they have two children together -- a son Langston and daughter Montana. He married actress Gina Torres on September 22, 2002; the couple had a daughter, Delilah, in 2007.

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