Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American film and stage actor, playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, as Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. He became the first African-American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. From 2008 to 2011, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Fishburne has won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Drama Series Guest Actor for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). This book is your ultimate resource for Laurence Fishburne. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Laurence Fishburne's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Laurence Fishburne, 48th Primetime Emmy Awards, Akeelah and the Bee, Always Outnumbered, Angela Bassett, Apocalypse Now, Augusta, Georgia, Black Reel Award for Best Actor, Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor, Boyz n the Hood, Contagion (film), Cornbread, Earl and Me, Deep Cover, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, Eden (play), Event Horizon (film), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Gil Grissom, Gina Torres, Hoodlum (film), Hudson Heights (Manhattan), Keanu Reeves, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne filmography, M*A*S*H (TV series), MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo, Man of Steel (film), Miss Evers' Boys, Mission: Impossible III, Morpheus (The Matrix), Once in the Life, One Life to Liveand more pages!Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.