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Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USALaurence Fishburne is a notable African-American movie actor.

Laurence Fishburne started acting at the age of 12, getting his big break portraying Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera, , as well as a recurring role as "Cowboy Curtis" alongside Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) in the CBS children's television show, that gained him lasting recognition as an outstanding actor. The next year, Fishburne won a Tony Award for his stage performance in August Wilson's . Nowadays Fishburne is best known for his role as Morpheus, the hacker-mentor of Neo (Keanu Reeves) in the blockbuster science fiction movie series .

Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985 and had two children with her, a son named Langston (born 1987) and a daughter named Montana (born 1991); however, the couple got divorced during the 1990s, and on September 20, 2002, Fishburne married another actress, Gina Torres. Fishburne is a notable graduate of Hollywood High School.

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