Laurence Fishburne

Biography

Born 07/30/1961

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...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2006, received ShoWest Award for Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film
In 2000, received MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
In 1998, received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special

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Highlights

In 2008, Replaced departing series star William Petersen on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS) as a college lecturer and former pathologist
In 2008, Played a casino security agent in "21" a film based on a group of MIT card counters
In 2008, Cast as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in the Broadway production of "Thurgood" at the Booth Theatre; earned a Tony award nomination for Best Actor in a Play

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Family & Companions

Gina Torres: wife (born c. 1971; met in 1995 on a blind date; became engaged in December 2000; first announced engagement in May 2001; again mentioned engagement on "The Tonight Show" in August 2001; married September 2002 IN New York)
Victoria Dillard: met on set of "Deep Cover" (1992); no longer together
Laurence Fishburne: father (Worked in the Bronx; divorced from Fishburne's mother; saw son about once a month when he was young)

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