• Name: Laurence Fishburne
  
• Birth Name: Lawrence Fishburne III
  
• Height: 6' 1"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: July 30, 1961
  
• Birth Place: Augusta, Georgia, USA
  
• Profession: actor, producer
  
• Education: New York High School for the Performing Arts
  
•   : studied acting at the Lincoln Square Academy in New York
  
• Husband/Wife: Gina Torres (actress; born in 1969; engaged in February 2001; married on September 22, 2002 at the Cloisters museum in New York), Hanja O. Moss (casting director; married in 1985; divorced)
  
• Father: Laurence Fishburne Sr. (corrections officer)
  
• Mother: Hattie Fishburne (school teacher)
  
• Brother: Lamuel Fishburne (actor)
  
• Son: Langston Fishburne (born in 1987)
  
• Daughter: Montana Fishburne (born in 1991)
  

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• "For the last six months people have been coming up to me and saying, 'I loved you in Pulp Fiction, Mr. Jackson.'" [1996]
• "I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'."
• On why he didn't read the complete play of "Othello" before acting in the film version in which more than half of the dialogue was cut: "Why should I read all those words that I'm not going to get to say?"
• "I have a voice. It's one of my gifts. I intend to use it on behalf of the children that UNICEF seeks to aid."

• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Ensemble Cast, MYSTIC RIVER (2003)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Action/Science-Fiction, THE MATRIX (2000)
• Chicago International Film Festival: Career Achievement Award (2000)
• MTV Movie Awards: Best Fight Sequence, THE MATRIX (2000)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series, MISS EVERS' BOYS (1998)
• PGA Golden Laurel Awards: Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform, MISS EVERS' BOYS (1998)
• CableACE Awards for MISS EVERS' BOYS (1997)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Made for Television Movie, MISS EVERS' BOYS (1997)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN (1996)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, HIGHER LEARNING (1996)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, THE PRACTICE for episode The Box (1993)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, TRIBECA (1993)
• Tony Award for TWO RAINS RUNNING (1992)
• NAACP Image Award for THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

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