Laurence Fishburne

Born in Augusta, GA, the sole child of a corrections officer and an educator, Fishburne was raised in Brooklyn following his parents' divorce. An unusually sensitive child with a natural gift for acting, he was taken to various New York stage auditions before landing his first professional role at the age of ten. Two years later, he made his feature film debut with a major role in "Cornbread, Earl and Me" (1975). A turning point in the young actor's career came when he lied about his age and won the role of a young Navy gunner in "Francis Ford Coppola"'s "Apocalypse... Full Biography