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Also Known As	Laurence John Fishburne III
Born	July 30, 1961 (age 65) • Augusta • Georgia
Awards And Honors	Emmy Award (1997) • Emmy Award (1993) • Tony Awards (1992) • Emmy Award (2020): Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series • Emmy Award (1997): Outstanding Made for Television Movie • Emmy Award (1993): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series • Tony Award (1992): Best Featured Actor in a Play
Married To	Gina Torres (2002–2018) • Hajna O. Moss (1985–?)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Black Water Transit" (2009) • "Hill Street Blues" (1986) • "Apocalypse Now" (1979) • "Red Heat" (1988) • "Miami Vice" (1986) • "21" (2008) • "American Playhouse" (1983) • "Band of the Hand" (1986) • "The Signal" (2014) • "Hannibal" (2013–2015) • "MAS*H" (1982) • "Cherry 2000" (1987) • "The Death and Life of Bobby Z" (2007) • "#Freerayshawn" (2020) • "Year Million" (2017) • "Class Action" (1991) • "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016) • "Death Wish II" (1982) • "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (2019) • "The Matrix" (1999) • "Bobby" (2006) • "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (1993) • "Grown-ish" (2019) • "Osmosis Jones" (2001) • "Tribeca" (1993) • "The Civil War" (1990) • "King of New York" (1990) • "Contagion" (2011) • "Once in the Life" (2000) • "CSI: Miami" (2009) • "Event Horizon" (1997) • "CSI: NY" (2009) • "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986–1990) • "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (2007) • "Willie & Phil" (1980) • "Man of Steel" (2013) • "Akeelah and the Bee" (2006) • "The Muppets." (2015) • "Last Flag Flying" (2017) • "Roots" (2016) • "Othello" (1995) • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2008–2011) • "Fast Break" (1979) • "Mission: Impossible III" (2006) • "Ride Along" (2014) • "Spenser: For Hire" (1987) • "Mystic River" (2003) • "A Rumor of War" (1980) • "Days of Wrath" (2008) • "American Experience" (1991) • "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018) • "Welcome to Hollywood" (1998) • "Armored" (2009) • "Passengers" (2016) • "Bad Company" (1995) • "Five Fingers" (2006) • "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017) • "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" (2019) • "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) • "One Life to Live" (1968) • "Khumba" (2013) • "TMNT" (2007) • "Boyz n the Hood" (1991) • "Cadence" (1990) • "Biker Boyz" (2003) • "School Daze" (1988) • "The Color Purple" (1985) • "The Six O'Clock Follies" (1980) • "Imprisoned" (2018) • "Just Cause" (1995) • "Assault on Precinct 13" (2005) • "Trapper John, M.D." (1981) • "Quicksilver" (1986) • "Standoff" (2016) • "Deep Cover" (1992) • "Predators" (2010) • "Fled" (1996) • "Hoodlum" (1997) • "Black-ish" (2014–2020) • "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003) • "Strike Force" (1982) • "The Equalizer" (1989) • "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (1987) • "Rudderless" (2014) • "Madiba" (2017) • "The Cotton Club" (1984) • "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003) • "Running with the Devil" (2019) • "Rumble Fish" (1983) • "Cornbread, Earl and Me" (1975) • "The Colony" (2013) • "The Mule" (2018) • "Higher Learning" (1995) • "Gardens of Stone" (1987)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Once in the Life" (2000)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Once in the Life" (2000)