“This cat, he was too important not to play,” Fishburne said told the LA Times. [1]
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. [...] The following year, in 1992, he won a Tony Award for his stage performance in the August Wilson play, Two Trains Running and an Emmy Award for his performance in the opening episode, “The Box,” of the short-lived anthology series television drama TriBeCa. [...] His parents divorced during his childhood and he moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York, where he was raised. [2]
In a recent LA Times article, actor Laurence Fishburne talked about his one-man show “Thurgood” which will be playing the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. [1]
He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It. [2]
Born the only child of a corrections officer and a schoolteacher, the Atlanta-born Fishburne moved from his native state of Georgia to Brooklyn, New York, where he and his mother lived following her divorce from his father. [3]
Follow Your Dream (Corn) from The Musical Of Musicals - The Musical on 2003 Original Off-Broadway Cast. [1]
He became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Kenneth Branagh ’s 1995 film adaption of the Shakespearean play. [2]
(1987)), Fishburne took a break from drama to play the recurring comedic role of “Cowboy Curtis” on the offbeat children’s TV show Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (starting in 1986). [...] He continues to star in major motion pictures such as Mystic River (2003), for which he shared a Best Ensemble Cast award from the Boston Society of Film Critics and a Screen Actors Guild nomination. [3]
They have the best deals on all Broadway shows, from Jersey Boys tickets for the jukebox musical to family friendly shows with Lion King tickets and Addams Family tickets. [4]
He was initially cast in the hit television series Good Times, but the role was eventually given to Ralph Carter. [...] He provided the voice of the narrator in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) movie, which was released on March 23, 2007. [2]
Thurgood Marshall became known nationally as a civil rights attorney who argued the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation case and went on to become the first African American US Supreme Court justice. [1]
Sources:
[1] Laurence Fishburne Talks THURGOOD 2010/07/05
[2] Laurence Fishburne - Wikipedia
[3] Laurence Fishburne biography and filmography
[4] DVR Alert- Talk Show Listings Tuesday, July 27 2010- Laurence …