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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Our "Take it back Tuesday" goes to Laurence Fishburne


Laurence John Fishburne is a Film and Stage Actor, Playwright, Director and Pr Mr. Fishburne was best known for his role on as Ike Turner in Tina Tuner's Biopic What Love Got To Do With It. 

Laurence Fishburne is the First African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a Major Studio when he appeared  in Oliver Park's 1995 film adaption of the Shakespeare play. He also played Dr. Raymond Langston on  CBS CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Mr. Fishburne has won a Tony Award for a Best Featured Actor in a play and a Emmy for a Drama Series Guest Actor.

Laurence Fishburne career stems from the 1970's, which he starred in 
  • Mod Squad
  • ABC Soap Opera One Life To Live
  • Good Times
  • Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse.
In the 80's he appeared in 
  • Small Role in the Color Purple
  • The Cotton Club
  • Pee Wee's Play House
  • Mash
  • Short Eyes
  • Death Wish 2
  • Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Quick Silver
  • Spike Lee's School Daze
In the 1990's he appeared and or starred
  • King of New York
  • Boyz n the Hood
  • Deep Cover
He performed in August Wilson Play Two Trains running.

In 1993 he received his first nomination for his portrayal of Ike Turner in What Love Got To Do With It.

In the 2000's he appeared of starred in 
  • Osmosis
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • The Matrix Revolution
  • The Spooks
  • Mission: Impossible
In 2006 he appeared with Angela Bassett in a Pasadena Playhouse Production of August Wilson Fences.

He provided voice for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the voice of Silver Surfer in 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer among other film and movies. 

This Actor was born on July 30, 1961 at Augusta, Georgia. Fishburne's mother Hallie Bell a Junior High School Mathematics and Science Teacher, his father Laurence Fishburne Jr a Juvenile Correction Officer. 

After his parents divorced at young age, his mother moved him to Park slope, Brooklyn New York where he was raised.  Fishburne attended Lincoln Square Academy, which closed in the 1980's.


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