Laurence Fishburne

Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne has performed on television, in the theater and in movies. He joined the cast of CSI for the 2008-2009 Season.People: Laurence Fishburne Signs on... (August 19, 2008) Shortly after his mid-December debut on CSI, it was announced that he had signed a contract with CBS Paramount Network TV to develop television projects for them. CBS Paramount produces CSI, among other shows.Variety: Laurence Fishburne Expands to TV (December 15, 2008)

Fishburne began acting at an early age, but his first real taste of success came when he was cast for a part in Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now.

During the 1980s, he appeared in several plays and television shows. Later, he gained commercial success with film roles in The Matrix trilogy and Mission Impossible 3.

Fishburne won recognition for his acting when he received a Tony Award for his role in the play Two Trains Running. In 2008, he was nominated for a Tony for his performance in the Broadway production Thurgood. Fishburne also received an Oscar nomination for his part as Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It?

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• 1961: Born on July 30 in Augusta, Georgia

• 1979: Apocalypse Now

• 1992: Deep Cover

• 1993: What's Love Got to Do with It

• 1995: Othello

• 1999: The Matrix

• 2003: The Matrix Reloaded

• 2003: Mystic River

• 2003: The Matrix Revolutions

• 2005: Assault on Precinct 13

• 2007: Akeelah And The Bee

• 2008: 21

• 2008: Days of Wrath

• 2009: Tortured

• 2009: CSI