ABOUT LAURENCE FISHBURNE
Actor who starred as Morpheus in The Matrix and portrayed Dr. Langston on CSI. His other credits include Apocalypse Now , Mission: Impossible III , Ride Along and Othello.
After his parents' divorce, he graduated from Lincoln Square Academy. He began his career with a role on the soap opera, One Life to Live .
He was the first African American actor to portray Shakespeare's protagonist Othello, after he was cast in Oliver Parker's 2005 adaptation.
His mother Hattie Bell was a junior high science teacher and his father Laurence John Jr. worked as a juvenile corrections officer. He married his second wife, actress Gina Torres in September 2002; they split in 2016 after 14 years of marriage. He has two daughters named Delilah and Montana and a son named Langston.
He played a major role in The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves .
