Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. Fishburne was born in Augusta, Georgia, on July 30, 1961, the son of Hattie Bell, a junior high school mathematics and science teacher, and Laurence John Fishburne, Jr., a juvenile corrections officer. His parents divorced during his childhood and he moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York.Career
Layrence Fishburne started acting at the age of twelve, getting his first job in 1973 but his real career started during the 80s when he had a minor role in Steven Spielberg film The Color Purple. 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. 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 adaption of the Shakespearean play. Currently, he stars as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Family
Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985, in New York. They have two children together: a son, Langston, born in 1987, and a daughter, Montana, born in 1991, a pornographic actress. Fishburne is now married to actress Gina Torres, whom he wed on September 22, 2002. They have a child, Delilah (born in 2007), and live in Hollywood.Scandal
Fishburne's daughter became a pornographic actress and released her first adult video. She told the press:"I hope it's not hurting him. It wasn't done to hurt him," Montana tells PEOPLE. "But I think it will take time and talking through the issues. Eventually, I hope he will be proud of me."Montana filmed the video, under the alias Chippy D, before telling her family, so they couldn't try to talk her out of it.
"Being in an adult film is not a big deal to me," Montana says. "It's something I always wanted to do. I have always been comfortable in my body and with my sexuality."Laurence Fishburne reportedly reacted with "stunned silence" when he heard the news.
