Laurence Fishburne

Actor/Playwright/Director/Producer Perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix film trilogy or as Ike Turner in Tina Turner's biopic What's Love Got to Do With It, Laurence Fishburne began acting at the age of eleven.  He broke into television in the early 1980s, playing the role of Cowboy Curtis on Pee-Wee's Playhouse and most recently starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2008 until 2011.  Fishburne has earned two Tony Awards, three Emmys and four NAACP Image Awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement in 2005.

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Grandmaster Melle Mel: "White Lines"

While still a student at New York University, Spike filmed this unofficial video for rap pioneer Melle Mel's 1983 anti-cocaine classic "White Lines."  Amidst the modern dancers kicking, spinning and sniffing white lines actor Laurence Fishburne st...

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne has been acting since a child in movies such as Apacolypse Now and Cornbread, Earl and Me. His most definitive roles came in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It and the sci-fi Matrix trilogy.  (Photo: Christophe...

Laurence Fishburne in What's Love Got to Do With It

From processed pompadour to Beatles-era 'fro to relaxed and flowing, Fishburne's hair echoed the passing decades in this sweeping biopic of superstar Tina Turner and her abusive relationship with her husband Ike.  (Photo: Touchstone Pictures)

Akeelah and the Bee

Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett play the coach and the mother of spelling bee star Akeelah, played by Keke Palmer, in the uplifitng movie Akeelah and the Bee. (Photo: Lionsgate Pictures)

Laurence Fishburne Files Restraining Order Against Alleged Stalker

The actor faced threats from a man trying to evict him from his home.

Laurence Fishburne in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warrior

Before he became an Oscar-nominee and a cult icon as Morpheus in The Matrix, a young Fishburne had a small-but-meaningful part in the third installment of the Freddy Krueger franchise. He plays an orderly at a psychiatric hospital who takes an int...
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