Sometimes Laurence Fishburne is credited as Larry Fishburme,
Laurence Fishburne III, Larry Fishburne, and Lawrence Fishburne.
Best known as Fish or Larry which are his nicknames.
In 1991 Laurence Fishburne changed his name from Larry to
Laurence in his films.
The space suit that Laurence Fishburne wore in EVENT HORIZON in 1997 weighed 65 pounds! Fishburne nicknamed his Doris.
When Laurence Fishburne was cast in the title role of OTHELLO
in 1995, it marked the first time an African American was
cast as Othello in a theatrical film.
In 1992 Laurence Fishburne won Broadway's Tony Award as Best
Actor in a featured role - play for August Wilson's TWO TRAINS
RUNNING.
For an episode in the short lived TV series TRIBECA Laurence
Fishburne won an Emmy.
At the age of 10 Laurence Fishburne caught the acting bug
and made his film debut in CORNBREAD, EARL AND ME in 1975.
Many kids know Laurence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis from the
TV series PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE.
For Laurence Fishburne's role as selfish soul singer Ike Turner
he earned an Oscar-nomination in WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH
IT.
Laurence Fishburne is often mistaken for Samuel L. Jackson
and vice versa. According to Jackson, they've stood right
next to each other and people still call them by the wrong
names. and Fishburne has had people coming up to him and say
I loved you in PULP FICTION, Mr. Jackson.
It was not until 1992 that Laurence Fishburne achieved leading-man
status as an undercover narcotics agent in DEEP COVER.
As a Crew Member Laurence Fishburne appeared as "Clean,"
one of the PT-boat members accompanying Martin Sheen on his
odyssey in Francis Coppola's epic Vietnam saga APOCALYPSE
NOW in 1979.
Laurence Fishburne is best known as Morpheus in THE
MATRIX and THE
MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS movies.
Fishburne's other credits include:
Laurence Fishburne - MovieActors.com
