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M*A*S*H (TV series)
M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself based on the 1968 novel , by Richard Hooker). The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS. It follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War. M*A*S*H's title sequence featured an instrumental version of the song "Suicide Is Painless", which also appears in the original film. The show was created after an attempt to film the original book's sequel, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, failed. It is the most well-known version of the M*A*S*H works.
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The Cloisters
The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park, New York City. The building, which is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was reconstructed in the 1930s from the architectural elements of several European medieval abbeys. It is used to exhibit art and architecture from Medieval Europe.
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Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.
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Adolph Caesar
Adolph Caesar (December 5, 1933 – March 6, 1986) was an American actor.
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Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress. Despite beginning her career as a model, Larter soon transitioned into acting after appearing in several guest roles on television shows in the 1990s. She is well-known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes.
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Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She has become well-known for her biographical film roles portraying real life women in African American culture, perhaps most prominently as singer Tina Turner in the motion picture ''What's Love Got to Do with It, as well as her portrayal of Betty Shabazz in the films Malcolm X and Panther, Rosa Parks in the The Rosa Parks Story, Katherine Jackson in the miniseries and Voletta Wallace in the film Notorious''.
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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as one of the world's most attractive people, as well as the world's "most beautiful" woman, titles for which she has received substantial media attention.
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Antony Sher
Sir Antony Sher, KBE (born 14 June 1949) is a double Olivier Award winning South African-born British actor, writer, theatre director and painter.
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B. D. Wong
Bradley Darryl "B.D." Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor, best-known for his roles as Dr. George Huang on , as Father Ray Mukada on HBO's Oz, and for his starring role as Song Liling in the Broadway production of M. Butterfly.
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Barry Miller (actor)
Barry L. Miller (born February 6, 1958) is an American actor. He won Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for his performance as 'Arnold Epstein' in Biloxi Blues.
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Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
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Beyoncé Knowles
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Billy Crystal
William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers. Additionally, he has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.
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Bob Barker
Robert William "Bob" Barker (born December 12, 1923) is an American former television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975. After holding the "Price is Right" job for 35 years and being in television for 50 years, Barker retired in June 2007.
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Boyd Gaines
Boyd Payne Gaines (born May 11, 1953) is an American stage, film, and television actor.
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Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. He has been described as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received substantial media attention.
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Brian Backer
Brian Backer (born December 5, 1956) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1982 hit comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High as shy teenager Mark "Rat" Ratner. His other films include the 1985 comedy film Moving Violations (playing the role of Scott Greeber) and the 1987 comedy film .
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Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and voice artist. An alumnus of Saturday Night Live, he is the older brother of actor/comedian Bill Murray and has acted together with him in several films, including Caddyshack, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II and Groundhog Day.
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Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American film actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The Village, Manderlay, Lady In the Water, Spider-Man 3, Terminator Salvation, and .
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Cam Gigandet
Cam Joslin Gigandet (; born August 16, 1982) is an American actor, perhaps best known for portraying the character of Kevin Volchok on the FOX television series The O.C., and Ryan McCarthy in the film Never Back Down. In 2008, Gigandet starred as James in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel, Twilight.
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Chiaki Kuriyama
(born October 10, 1984) is a Japanese actress and model. She is best known in the West for her performance as Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Volume I, and her role in the Japanese film Battle Royale.
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Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922) is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars series, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998).
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Daryl Hannah
Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne and in 2003 appeared in Kill Bill.
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David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu (January 30, 1918 – April 30, 1996) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was born as David Opatovsky in New York City, where he was reared and educated. His father was the Yiddish writer, Joseph Opatoshu.
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David Rounds
David Rounds (9 October 1930, Bronxville, New York – 9 December 1983, Lomontville, Ulster County, New York) was an American actor of stage and screen.
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Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmann (born July 21, 1943) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, and to younger generations for his role as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, as a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on the History Channel, and as the spokesperson for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
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Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch (born February 2, 1926) is an American actress and vocalist. She has appeared in numerous stage plays and musicals, feature films, and many television programs. She is known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and recently for her role as Jack Donaghy's mother Colleen on NBC's 30 Rock. She has been nominated for the Tony Award four times in various categories, and Elaine Stritch at Liberty won. She appeared on the Cosby show.
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Fairuza Balk
Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's Return to Oz. She has also appeared in The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Craft, American History X and .
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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Away from show business, Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher and hotelier. He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he studied theatre. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is primarily known for directing the Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now, Dracula, and The Conversation and for writing Patton.
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Frank Langella
Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor.
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Frank Wood (actor)
Frank Wood (born March 1960) is an American actor who has appeared in various television, film and theatre roles. He is perhaps best known for his role as Greg in the HBO series Flight Of The Conchords.
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George Rose (actor)
George Rose (19 February 1920 - 5 May 1988) was an English actor in theatre and film.
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Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor, who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries Attila (2001). He garnered critical acclaim for his breakthrough work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, Butler gained worldwide recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film 300. Since then, he has appeared in projects including P.S. I Love You (2007), ''Nim's Island (2008), RocknRolla (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Gamer (2009), Law Abiding Citizen (2009) and The Bounty Hunter (2010). He was recently in Belgrade filming Coriolanus''.
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Gil Grissom
Gilbert "Gil" Grissom, Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the American TV crime drama . Grissom was a forensic entomologist and the night-shift supervisor of the Clark County, Nevada CSI (forensics) team, investigating crimes in and around the city of Las Vegas. He was the show's protagonist from seasons 1 to 9, when Petersen left the show as a regular, and was replaced by Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Raymond Langston.
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Gina Torres
Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) is an American television and movie actress. She is known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy. She has appeared in many television series, including ' (as Nebula), ' (as Cleopatra), the short-lived Cleopatra 2525, as well as Alias (as Anna Espinosa), Firefly (as series regular Zoe Washburne), Angel (as Jasmine), The Matrix sequels in a supporting role, and The Shield. She also starred in the award-winning independent film South of Pico as the fragile waitress (Carla).
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress.
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Ike Turner
Isaac Wister (Ike) Turner (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. Considered to be one of the fathers of rock and roll, his first recording, "Rocket 88" by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats," in 1951, is considered by some to be the "first rock and roll song" ever. However, he is best known for his work with his then wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner revue. Spanning a career that lasted half a century, Ike's repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk. Alongside his former wife, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and in 2001 was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Turner won two Grammy Awards. On August 5, 2010, Ike Turner got recognition in his Mississippi hometown nearly three years after his death. Clarksdale, officials and music fans gathered to unveil two markers honoring Turner and his musical legacy. The unveilings coincided with the 23rd annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, dedicated this year to "Rocket 88," the 1951 Turner tune often cited as the first rock 'n' roll song.
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Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong-sang, ; 7 April 1954) is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer.
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Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays (born Lewis Jefferson Mays; June 8, 1965) is an American theatre and film actor.
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Jeffrey DeMunn
Jeffrey DeMunn (born April 25, 1947) is an American theatre, film and television actor.
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Jim Brochu
Jim Brochu (born August 16, 1946) is an American actor, writer, director, and playwright. Born in Brooklyn, he studied at Carnegie-Mellon University and received his B.A. from St. Francis College. His stage debut was in a production of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. A friend of Lucille Ball, he is known as the author of the unauthorized biography Lucy in the Afternoon, and in this capacity, appeared on an episode of MythBusters.
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Joe Mantegna
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Joe Mantello
Joseph Mantello (born 27 December 1962) is an American actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked, Take Me Out and Assassins, as well as earlier in his career being one of the original Broadway cast of Angels in America. Mantello directed The Ritz, his sixth production with playwright Terrence McNally, in 2007.
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Joe Spano
Joseph Peter "Joe" Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor who came to prominence through his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues and is now well known for his work in NCIS.
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John Glover (actor)
John Soursby Glover Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.
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John Larroquette
John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American film and television actor. His roles include Dan Fielding on the series Night Court, Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series McBride and Carl Sack in Boston Legal.
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John Leguizamo
Jonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) is a Colombian-born American actor, comedian, voice artist, and producer.
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Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born 1 June 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner English actress Kate Fahy in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's Hamlet, led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil.
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Joseph Maher
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Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor most known for playing the characters Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs.
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Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972), known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.
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Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves ( [kay-AH-noo, often pronounced kee-AH-noo]; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix. He has worked under major directors, such as Stephen Frears (in the 1988 period drama Dangerous Liaisons); Gus Van Sant (in the gritty 1991 independent film My Own Private Idaho; also written by Van Sant); and Bernardo Bertolucci (in the 1993 film Little Buddha). His role as a rookie FBI agent in the 1991 surf drama Point Break (opposite Patrick Swayze) was praised by The New York Times'' critic Janet Maslin, who stated that Reeves "...displays considerable discipline and range."
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Kenneth Reeves
Ken Reeves (born 1951) served as the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, (United States) from 1992-1995 and again from 2006-2007. He is the first openly gay African American man to have served as mayor of any city in the United States. Cambridge's elections are non-partisan, but he identifies himself with the Democratic Party. Reeves is a graduate of Harvard College. While mayor, he was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino. He served as the Managing Attorney of the General Motors/United Auto Workers legal plan and as an attorney specializing in utility, insurance and banking regulations for the National Consumer Law Center in Boston. Reeves has also been in private practice as a principal in the law firm Singleton, Reeves, Bowzer and Huggins.
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Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors and Frost/Nixon.
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Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, and Superman Returns in a career which has eventually earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
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Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. 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 .
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Lester Rawlins
Lester Rawlins (September 24, 1924 - March 22, 1988) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
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Marion Cotillard
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Martin Shaw
:You may be looking for Martin Shaw (composer) or Martin Shaw (sociologist).
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Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American film and stage actor who played the title character in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Nick Tatopoulos in Godzilla, Inspector Gadget in Inspector Gadget'',
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NAACP Theatre Awards
The NAACP Theatre Awards is an award presented annually by the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in theatre.
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Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane is a two-time Tony and Emmy award-winning American actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his roles as Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and his voice work in The Lion King and Stuart Little. In 2008, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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Neo (The Matrix)
Thomas A. Anderson (alias Neo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as having a cameo in The Animatrix short film, ''Kid's Story. He was portrayed by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Trilogy and The Animatrix''. Andrew Bowen provided Neo's voice in . In 2008, Neo was selected by Empire as the 16th greatest movie character of all time. Neo is also an anagram of One. This makes sense, as he is "The One".
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Othello (character)
Othello is a character in Shakespeare's Othello (c.1601-1604). The character's origin is traced to the tale, "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio. There, he is simply referred to as the Moor.
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Owen Teale
Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh actor.
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Patrick McGoohan
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Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian, best-known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. In 1982 Reubens put up a show about a character he had been developing during the last few years. The show was called The Pee-wee Herman Show and it ran for five sellout months with HBO producing a successful special with it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and for the next decade Reubens would be completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. In 1985 ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial success and, despite receiving mixed reviews, it developed into a cult film. Big Top Pee-wee'', 1988's sequel, was not as successful as its predecessor. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday morning children's program ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''.
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Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho (; born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.
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Peter Boyle
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Peter Frechette
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Pruitt Taylor Vince
Pruitt Taylor Vince (born July 5, 1960) is an American award-winning character actor who has made many appearances in film and television.
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Ralph Carter
Ralph Carter (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor, and singer
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Richard Kiley
Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series, and for having played Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha. Kiley was the first to sing and record The Impossible Dream, the hit song from the show. In the 1953 hit musical Kismet, he played the Caliph, and introduced the song Stranger in Paradise.
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Robert Maillet
Robert Maillet (born October 26, 1969) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation, as a member of the Truth Commission and the Oddities, wrestling under the name Kurrgan.
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Robert Pattinson
Robert Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Later, he landed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer, and came to worldwide international fame. Pattinson was ranked as one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood based on 2009 earnings. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World, and also in the same year Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Celebrity 100. His upcoming films include Bel Ami, Water For Elephants, Unbound Captives, and .
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Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the movie The Craft and the television series The Mentalist.
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Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice, OBE (born 26 May 1923) is a British actor known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten.
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Sean Faris
Sean Henry Faris (born March 25, 1982) is an American model and actor. He is well known for his roles as Jake Tyler in Never Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi in The King of Fighters and Rick Penning in Forever Strong. Critics have commented that Faris bears a striking resemblance to Tom Cruise.
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Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
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Stephen Spinella
Stephen Nicholas Spinella (born 11 October 1956) is an American stage, television, and actor. He is openly gay.
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Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, ''Ocean's Eleven'' and the rest of the Ocean's series, but he has also directed smaller less conventional and commercialized works such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Schizopolis, Bubble, and Che.
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title '''The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll'''.
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Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (; born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker" for the actor. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in many other successful films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005).
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Tom Murphy (actor)
Tom Jordan Murphy (January 15, 1968 – October 6, 2007) was an Irish theatre and film actor best known for his 1998 Tony Award winning performance in The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
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Tovah Feldshuh
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Uma Thurman
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.
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Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.
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William Petersen
William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series .
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
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Xavier Samuel
Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search and Newcastle, and in July 2009, was cast to play Riley Biers in Eclipse, the third movie in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight franchise.
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Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder (born Zachary Edward Snyder; March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. After making his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, he gained wide recognition with the 2007 box office hit 300, adapted from writer-artist Frank Miller's Dark Horse Comics miniseries of the same name, and later went on to direct the 2009 superhero film Watchmen. He is the co-founder of Cruel and Unusual Films, a production company he established in 2004, alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller. His most recent film was Legend of the Guardians released in September 2010. He has also been hired by Warner Bros. to direct the next installment in the Superman film series.
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Zhang Ziyi
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Željko Ivanek
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Fishburne, Laurence Filmography
- Man of Steel (2013)
- The Colony (2013)
- 43rd NAACP Image Awards (2012)
- 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012)
- Contagion (2011)
- The Enduring Significance of Boyz n the Hood (2011)
- Red Soil (2011)
- Have a Little Faith (2011)
- The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011)
- Thurgood (2011)
- Predators (2010)
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
- The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)
- A Man's Story (2010)
- Predators Motion Comics: Moment of Extraction (2010)
- Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn (2010)
- Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2010)
- The Black List: Volume Two (2009)
- Black Water Transit (2009)
- Black Water Transit (2009)
- National Memorial Day Concert (2009)
- Armored (2009)
- Fellini Black & White (2009)
- Red Soil (2009)
- A Landlord's Tale (2009)
- Prey (2009)
- The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009)
- A Landlord's Tale (2009)
- Days of Wrath (2008)
- Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008)
- Tortured (2008)
- The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008)
- 21 (2008)
- The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)
- TMNT: Voice Talent First Look (2007)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
- Dirty Harry (2007)
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
- 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
- TMNT (2007)
- Five Fingers (2006)
- Mission: Impossible III (2006)
- 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
- The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006)
- America's Game: The Superbowl Champions (2006)
- Five Fingers (2006)
- Bobby (2006)
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
- The Rise of Two Legends (2006)
- Catering Impossible: M:i:III (2006)
- The 2006 Black Movie Awards (2006)
- Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (2005)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
- Ashes and Snow (2005)
- The Black Movie Awards (2005)
- The Beltway (2005)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005)
- The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005)
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
- The N Word (2004)
- Tiger: The Authorised DVD Collection (2004)
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2004)
- The Dream Studio (2004)
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
- The Matrix Recalibrated (2004)
- The Burly Man Chronicles (2004)
- The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- A History of Sex (2003)
- Century of Black Cinema (2003)
- Decoded: The Making of 'The Matrix Reloaded' (2003)
- The Soul of a Man (2003)
- Crash Course (2003)
- Biker Boyz (2003)
- MTV: Reloaded (2003)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend (2003)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- Osmosis Jones (2001)
- The Matrix Revisited (2001)
- Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2001)
- The Matrix Revisited (2001)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000)
- 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000)
- 31st NAACP Image Awards (2000)
- Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- Sex and the Matrix (2000)
- VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (2000)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999)
- The Matrix: The Movie Special (1999)
- Making 'The Matrix' (1999)
- The Matrix (1999)
- The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998)
- Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
- Always Outnumbered (1998)
- Always Outnumbered (1998)
- Hoodlum (1997)
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
- The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)
- Event Horizon (1997)
- Hoodlum (1997)
- Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary (1996)
- Before Your Eyes (1996)
- Fled (1996)
- 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1996)
- The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996)
- The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
- The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995)
- 23rd Annual International Emmys Gala Awards (1995)
- Othello (1995)
- Just Cause (1995)
- Higher Learning (1995)
- Bad Company (1995)
- 25th Anniversary Essence Awards (1995)
- The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994)
- The 31th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1994)
- Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1994)
- The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (1994)
- The 1994 Billboard Music Awards (1994)
- The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1993)
- What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
- The Wild West (1993)
- 25th NAACP Image Awards (1993)
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
- Deep Cover (1992)
- Choices (1992)
- Deep Cover (1992)
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
- Class Action (1991)
- Boyz n the Hood (1991)
- King of New York (1990)
- Cadence (1990)
- Decoration Day (1990)
- Christmas Special (1988)
- School Daze (1988)
- Red Heat (1988)
- Gardens of Stone (1987)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- Cherry 2000 (1987)
- Band of the Hand (1986)
- Quicksilver (1986)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- I Take These Men (1983)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- Death Wish II (1982)
- A Rumor of War (1980)
- Willie & Phil (1980)
- The Six O'Clock Follies (1980)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Fast Break (1979)
- Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
- If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)
- One Life to Live (1968)
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Laurence Fishburne on Late Late Show with Craig FergusonPart1(05/13/09)
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- Duration: 6:23
- Published: 14 May 2009
- Updated: 09 May 2012
Laurence Fishburne on Late Late Show with Craig FergusonPart1(05/13/09)
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Laurence Fishburne Daughter Sextape Out
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 04 Aug 2010
- Updated: 11 Jul 2012
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cowboy curtis
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- Duration: 0:40
- Published: 07 Aug 2006
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
cowboy curtis sings a song
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PT.1: LAURENCE FISHBURNE'S 18-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS NOW A PORN STAR!
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- Duration: 5:21
- Published: 29 Jul 2010
- Updated: 15 Jul 2012
Wow! I guess Fishburne's daughter is sayin' what's love got to do with it!! Cause she's all about LUST right now! Montana Fishburne, who's new porn name is "Chippy D", is now an official porn star after doing a film with notorious adult film star Brian Pumper! [who is also rumored to have an STD]. But check this, she is not dating him, but dating another aspiring porn star J PIPES! WOOOOOOOW! How did this happen and where were this girls parents!!!?
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CSI: - Laurence Fishburne Interview
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- Duration: 3:01
- Published: 26 Feb 2009
- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
Laurence explains why he made the move to television and what his new character on CSI is like
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Laurence Fishburne Joins CSI
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- Duration: 2:26
- Published: 02 Dec 2008
- Updated: 04 Jul 2012
Laurence Fishburne joins the cast of CSI Check out my website www.gadget-giveaway.info
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Sesame Street: Laurence Fishburne With a Toothbrush
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- Duration: 2:05
- Published: 29 Jan 2009
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
If you're watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at www.sesamestreet.org In this clip, Rosita and Telly have a surprise for Laurence Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.
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Laurence Fishburne - Interracial Romance
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 11 Sep 2010
- Updated: 25 Apr 2012
Laurence Fishburne on Lopez Tonight - December 3, 2009
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- Duration: 5:16
- Published: 07 Dec 2009
- Updated: 13 May 2012
tinyurl.com Lopez Tonight is a late-night television talk show hosted by comedian George Lopez. The hour-long program premiered on November 9, 2009, on cable network TBS. Lopez is the first Latino to host a late-night talk show on an English-language network in the United States. The show features audience interaction using a high energy format. The program airs Monday through Thursday at 11:00pm Eastern/8:00pm Pacific in the United States. 12/3/2009: Lopez Tonight After his opening standup, George talked to his close friend Laurence Fishburne about his koi fish pets... that are trained to jump out of the water at the sound of Laurence's voice! Laurence reminisced about his first TV acting job as Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and he showed a clip from his new movie, "Armored." George introduced dance contest winner, Joseph (aka "White Rerun" aka "Latino Rerun" aka "Happy Feet"). Joseph claimed he can dance to anything, so George and the Ese Vatos challenged him to a game of "Stump the Dancer."
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Othello: Iago and Othello speak
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- Duration: 7:39
- Published: 14 May 2008
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
Is Iago being truthful or spinning a web of deceit?
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Movie Star Bios - Laurence Fishburne
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- Duration: 10:06
- Published: 09 Jun 2011
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
Join Lizzy Lovette as she gets to know hottest Hollywood. This time it's Laurence Fishburne, a master of the art of acting. His craft, the controversary he caused calling Australia a racist country and much more in his Star Bio.
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TAVIS SMILEY | Guest: Laurence Fishburne | PBS
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 01 Jul 2010
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Tony-winning actor weighs in on comments made about Thurgood Marshall during the Kagan hearings. More conversations: www.pbs.org
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Laurence Fishburne on TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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- Duration: 1:30
- Published: 21 Dec 2011
- Updated: 06 Jul 2012
Actor Laurence Fishburne discusses his favorite scene in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. The film was released on December 25, 1962, won three Oscars including Best Actor for Gregory Peck, and ranks number 34 on AFI's Top 100 Films List. Connect with us: www.facebook.com www.facebook.com @AmericanFilm @AFIFest afi-afifest.tumblr.com
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Laurence Fishburne Interview: Predators
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 09 Jul 2010
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Twitter.com - Follow Us! Predators star Laurence Fishburne talks about the tone of the film and the similiarities and differences with the original film. Predators opens in theaters July 9th, 2010. A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, "Predators" was shot on location under Rodriguez's creative auspices at the filmmaker's Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimrod Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers - mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members - human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. Predators footage courtesy 20th Century Fox.
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Othello directed by Oliver Parker
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- Duration: 2:56
- Published: 17 Mar 2008
- Updated: 08 Jul 2012
Othello's final speech, as directed by Oliver Parker. Actors include Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh and Irène Jacobs. 1995
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Thurgood on Broadway: Laurence Fishburne Interview
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- Duration: 4:02
- Published: 15 Apr 2008
- Updated: 28 Jun 2012
www.theatermania.com Laurence Fishburne has been one of Hollywood's most iconic actors for nearly 30 years, thanks to unforgettable performances in Apocalypse Now, What's Love Got to Do With It?, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and the box-office smash The Matrix. But the powerful 46-year-old star is no stranger to the stage, having won the Tony Award in August Wilson's Two Trains Running and appearing in such diverse plays as The Lion In Winter and Fences. Now, Fishburne is taking on his biggest challenge portraying former US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in George Stevens Jr.'s solo play Thurgood, which officially opens at the Booth Theatre on April 30. He recently spoke to TheaterMania about portraying this legendary role model -- as well as his own role models.
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Interview with Laurence Fishburne on starring in "Have a Little Faith"
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- Duration: 1:39
- Published: 09 Nov 2011
- Updated: 26 May 2012
In an interview with Laurence Fishburne, one of the stars of the upcoming television film, "Have a Little Faith" (November 27 on ABC at 9/8 (c), he was asked: Tell us about your "moment" in life "MITCH ALBOM'S HAVE A LITTLE FAITH," A HALLMARK HALL OF FAME FILM BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING BOOK, PREMIERES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 ON ABC Laurence Fishburne, Bradley Whitford, Anika Noni Rose and Martin Landau Star; Jon Avnet Directs from Mitch Albom's Screenplay Mitch Albom (Bradley Whitford) has a pretty great life. He lives in Detroit and is happily married. He's an award-winning sportswriter, a must-read newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, and a radio and television broadcaster. Then two men come into his life, and he realizes something's missing. The two men are Rabbi Albert Lewis (Martin Landau), who presides over a thriving synagogue in a comfortable New Jersey suburb, and pastor Henry Covington (Laurence Fishburne), a recovering drug user and dealer, who preaches to the poor and homeless in a crumbling Detroit inner-city church. Moving between their worlds—Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and privileged—Albom witnesses firsthand how these two very different men not only live life, but celebrate life. What do rabbi and reverend have in common? Albom comes to realize they both take profound comfort in believing that there's a divine spark in all of us, and that one person—or in this case, two people—can make a big difference in others' lives, as <b>...</b>
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Laurence Fishburne Leaves "CSI"
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- Duration: 1:30
- Published: 09 Jun 2011
- Updated: 23 Apr 2012
Bestselling Learn Guitar on Android! bit.ly www.facebook.com Like us on Facebook! Visit the official Mahalo page: www.mahalo.com Laurence Fishburne is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" after just 2 1/2 seasons as Dr. Raymond Langston. CBS hasn't picked a replacement yet, but with Ashton Kutcher substituting for Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men", CBS will start the 2011-12 season with new leads on at least two of its signature series. While the LA Times speculates that a breakdown in contract talks seems like the motivation for Fisburne's departure, Pop Eater claims that the actor is leaving the primetime network series to make more movies. "The Matrix" star was hired in 2008 to replace William Petersen, and his sudden departure leaves "CSI" producers and writers with a major headache right before production is due to start on Season 12. Fishburne was originally judged to be worth his estimated $14 million salary for his first season, but by the end of Season 11 ratings had dropped significantly and "CSI" had dropped out of the Top 10 for the first time. CBS announced it would downgrade the series from its traditional Thursday night showcase and place it on Wednesdays at 10pm. Sources: www.latimes.com www.aoltv.com www.popeater.com www.latimes.com www.imdb.com www.nypost.com www.cbs.com www.imdb.com
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Predators - Over Here
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- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 01 Jul 2010
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
A scene from Robert Rodriguez's new movie, Predators.
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Essence Magazine Picks White Fashion Editor, Laurence Fishburne Daughter Does Porn & More
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- Duration: 41:15
- Published: 31 Jul 2010
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
Facebook Friend Request Kevin- www.facebook.com Makael- www.facebook.com Twitter Kevin www.twitter.com Makael- www.twitter.com
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WTF Chippy D, Lawrence Fishburne's Daughter does Porn
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- Duration: 6:12
- Published: 30 Jul 2010
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
WTF Chippy D, Lawrence Fishburne's Daughter does Porn Follow me on Twitter.com/DaneJa
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Contagion Interview : Laurence Fishburne : Dread Central
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- Duration: 2:09
- Published: 11 Sep 2011
- Updated: 14 Nov 2011
More coverage = www.dreadcentral.com Contagionfollows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Josie Ho, Demetri Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Bryan Cranston, and Elliott Gould all star.
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NOWNESS.com presents: Actor Laurence Fishburne and Designer Ozwarld Boateng in the Kitchen
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- Duration: 1:52
- Published: 29 Feb 2012
- Updated: 07 Apr 2012
www.nowness.com Designer Ozwald Boateng swaps Savile Row for the kitchen with actor Laurence Fishburne in tow. Click the link above for more information.
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The suspected Batman massacre gunman was seeing a psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia before the attack that killed 12 in Colorado, court documents showed. The motion named Lynne Fenton for the...
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| Born | Laurence John Fishburne III (1961-07-30) July 30, 1961 (age 50) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Other names | Larry Fishburne |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, playwright |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse | Hajna O. Moss (1985 – 199?), Gina Torres (2002 – current) |
| Children | Langston Fishburne (b.1987) Montana Fishburne (b.1991) Delilah Fishburne (b.2007) |
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Laurence John Fishburne III[1] (born July 30, 1961) is an American film and stage actor, playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, as Cowboy Curtis on the 1980's television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, 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 adaptation of the Shakespeare play. From 2008 to 2011, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Fishburne has won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Drama Series Guest Actor for his performance in TriBeCa (1993).
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Early years[link]
Fishburne was born in Augusta, Georgia, the son of Hattie Bell (née Crawford), a junior high school mathematics and science teacher, and Laurence John Fishburne, Jr., a juvenile corrections officer.[2] His parents divorced during his childhood, and he moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York, where he was raised. Fishburne's father saw him once a month.[3][4] He is a graduate of Lincoln Square Academy in New York, which closed in the 1980s.
Career[link]
1970s[link]
Fishburne started acting at age eleven (according to his January 13, 2012 interview on The View which commemorated One Life to Live) getting his first job in 1973 as a short-lived member of the Mod Squad followed by portraying Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. He was initially cast in the hit television series Good Times, but the role was eventually given to Ralph Carter. Fishburne's most memorable childhood role was in Cornbread, Earl and Me in which he played a young boy who witnessed the police shooting of a popular high school basketball star. Fishburne later earned a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, in which he played a 17-year-old sailor nicknamed 'Mr. Clean'. When production began in March 1976 he was just fourteen, apparently lying about his age to get the part. Filming took so long that he was seventeen upon its completion. Fishburne was also a guest star on Mash as "Corporal Dorsey" in "The Tooth Shall Set You Free" (episode 1014).
1980s[link]
Fishburne spent much of the 1980s in and out of television and periodically on stage. In the early 1980s, he worked as a bouncer at punk rock clubs.[5] He had a minor role in the critically acclaimed Steven Spielberg film The Color Purple. He also had a role in the 1984 movie The Cotton Club. Fishburne had a recurring role as Cowboy Curtis on Paul Reubens' CBS children's television show Pee-wee's Playhouse. He also appeared in the M*A*S*H episode, "The Tooth Shall Set You Free", as Corporal Dorsey (billed as Larry Fishburne in the credits). In Spenser: For Hire, he was a guest star for the 2nd season episode "Personal Demons". He appeared as a thug named Cutter in Death Wish 2 (1982). He also appeared alongside Kevin Bacon in Quicksilver. His stage work during the 1980s included Short Eyes (1984), and Loose Ends (1987), both produced at Second Stage Theatre in New York City. Also in 1987 he played a part in the third Nightmare On Elm Street film as a hospital orderly. Fishburne played as Lt. Charlie Stobbs (under Larry Fishburne) in Red Heat (1988) beside Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi. Fishburne also starred as "Dap" in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). Fishburne's character was the depiction of an African American, culturally inclined college student at an HBCU (Historically Black College/University).
1990s[link]
In 1990, he played Jimmy Jump in the controversial King of New York, and in 1991, Fishburne starred in Boyz n the Hood. 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[6] for his performance in the opening episode, "The Box," of the short-lived anthology series television drama TriBeCa. He also starred in "Deep Cover" along side Jeff Goldblum. In 1993, he received his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It. In an 1995 American drama film, starring an ensemble cast, Laurence Fishburne won an Image Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture" for his performance in Higher Learning as West Indian Professor Maurice Phipps. He played the title role in Othello, the second African American actor, behind Paul Robeson to be so cast. In 1997, Fishburne starred in the science fiction horror Event Horizon alongside Sam Neill. Fishburne is perhaps best known for his role as Morpheus, the hacker-mentor of Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, in the 1999 blockbuster science fiction film, The Matrix, he gained a significant amount of weight for the following sequels to give the character more screen presence.
2000s – 2010s[link]
Fishburne provided the voice of Thrax in Osmosis Jones in 2001. Fishburne reprised his role as Morpheus in the Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions in 2003. He briefly featured as a stretcher-bearer in one version of the video for The Spooks' song "Things I've Seen" (2000) and appeared with Tom Cruise as Theodore Brassell, IMF superior of Cruise's character in Mission: Impossible III.
Fishburne has worked with actress Angela Bassett on four projects. He said that "An electrifying thing happens when the two of us work together. I haven't experienced it with anyone else. A freedom happens when we work together."[cite this quote] In 2006, they appeared onstage in a Pasadena Playhouse production of August Wilson's Fences.[7]
He provided the voice of the narrator in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) movie, which was released on March 23, 2007.[8] The same year, he provided the voice of the Silver Surfer in 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
On February 24, 2007, Fishburne was honored with the Harvard Foundation's Artist of the Year award at the annual show Cultural Rhythms. He received this honor for his prowess as an actor and entertainer and for his humanitarian pursuits. Fishburne is a UNICEF ambassador.[9] The mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mayor Kenneth Reeves awarded him the key to the city and declared February 24 "Laurence Fishburne" day in the city of Cambridge.[10]
In April 2008, Fishburne returned to the stage in the Broadway production of Thurgood, a new play by George Stevens, Jr. Thurgood opened at the Booth Theatre on April 30, 2008.[11] He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for his performance.
On August 18, 2008, it was reported that Laurence Fishburne would join the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after William Petersen (aka Gil Grissom) left the series. John Malkovich was also considered for the role prior to the announcement.[12] Fishburne joined the show on the ninth episode of the 9th season as a college professor and former pathologist whose area of expertise involves some criminals' predisposition to commit acts of violence.[13] The character was introduced as a consultant on a case ("19 Down"), who winds up joining the CSI team ("One to Go").
In May 2009, Fishburne performed on-stage in the National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall in Washington, D.C.[14]
Fishburne starred in 2010's Predators.[15] He co-starred with Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, and Marion Cotillard in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion (2011).[16]
Fishburne also starred in a one-man play about Thurgood Marshall at the Kennedy Center.
On June 7, 2011, Fishburne announced that he was leaving C.S.I. to return to movies and theatre, opting not to renew his contract and would not appear in Season 12.
On August 2, 2011 it was announced that Fishburne had been cast in the role of Perry White in the Christopher Nolan produced, Zack Snyder directed Superman reboot Man of Steel.[17] This will mark the first time that the character has been played by an African American actor.
Personal life[link]
Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985,[citation needed] in New York. They have two children together: a son, Langston, born in 1987,[citation needed] and a daughter, Montana, born in 1991. Hajna and Laurence divorced in the 1990s. In 2010, it was reported that Fishburne had cut ties with his daughter Montana Fishburne after she started starring in hardcore pornographic films.[18][19][20]
Fishburne met actress Gina Torres while filming The Matrix Reloaded. He and Torres were engaged in February 2001 and married on September 22, 2002,[21] at The Cloisters museum in New York City. On January 8, 2007, Fishburne's spokesman Alan Nierob announced the couple were expecting their first child together.[22][23] A daughter, Delilah, was born to the couple in June 2007.[24]
Fishburne lives in Hollywood[25] and also maintains a residence in New York City, in the Castle Village Co-Op in the Hudson Heights section of Washington Heights.[26] He is a big fan of Paulo Coelho and plans to produce a movie based on the novel The Alchemist.[27]
Filmography[link]
Main article: Laurence Fishburne filmography
Stage and screen credits[link]
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| 1994 | Academy Award | Best Actor in a Leading Role | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated |
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| 2000 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actor | The Matrix | Nominated |
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| 1997 | Black Film Award | Best Actor | Hoodlum | Nominated |
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| 2004 | BET Award | Best Actor | The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions Mystic River |
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| 2006 | Black Movie Award | Outstanding Motion Picture (Producer) | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated |
| 2006 | Black Movie Award | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Akeelah and the Bee | Won |
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| 2000 | Black Reel Award | Best Actor | The Matrix | Nominated |
| 2007 | Black Reel Award | Best Supporting Actor | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated |
| 2007 | Black Reel Award | Best Motion Picture (Producer) | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated |
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| 2000 | MTV Movie Award | Best Fight (shared with Keanu Reeves) | The Matrix | Won |
| 2000 | MTV Movie Award | Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Keanu Reeves) | The Matrix | Nominated |
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| 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Mini-Series or Television Special | Thurgood | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Television Special | Miss Evers' Boys | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Outstanding Actor in a Mini-Series or Television Special | The Tuskegee Airmen | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | TriBeCa | Won |
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| 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nominated |
| 1999 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Always Outnumbered | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | The Tuskegee Airmen | Won |
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| 2007 | Best Male Lead – Equity | Without Walls | Won |
| 2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award | N/A | Won |
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| 1992 | Best Actor in a Featured Role | Two Trains Running | Won |
References[link]
- ^ "Laurence Fishburne". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2008. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9399809/Laurence-Fishburne. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Laurence Fishbourne". Filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Laurence-Fishburne.html. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Laurence Fishbourne: Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015265/bio. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- ^ Paul Chutkow. "Laurence Fishbourne: Flying Fish". Cigar Aficionado. http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,171,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ "Documentarian Chris Metzler on Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone". Weekly Alibi. 8 December 2011. http://alibi.com/film/39701/Talking-at-Ground-Zero.html.
- ^ Laurence Fishburne Emmy Nominated
- ^ Terri Roberts (September 2006). "Fences". TheaterMania. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8955. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ Heather Newgen (25 January 2007). "TMNT Studio Visit". ComingSoon. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18433. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ^ "Harvard Foundation names UNICEF Ambassador Laurence Fishburne 2007 Artist of the Year". UNICEF USA. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927022829/http://www.unicefusa.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=duLRI8O0H&b=46279&ct=3574749. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ^ Laurence Fishburne: Biography from. Answers.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-21.
- ^ Staff writers (24 October 2007). "Laurence Fishburne is 'Thurgood' on Broadway Spring 2008". Broadway World. http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=22426. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ Laurence Fishburne & John Malkovich Investigated For 'CSI' Role – Starpulse Entertainment News Blog. Starpulse.com (2008-07-16). Retrieved on 2011-11-21.
- ^ Fishburne joining 'CSI'. CNN. August 18, 2008
- ^ PBS Memorial Day Concert. Pbs.org. Retrieved on 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Meet Laurence Fishburne as the Unstoppable Noland in New 'Predators' Character Profile". BloodyDisgusting. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20082.
- ^ "Jude Law Drops some hints about his Contagion Character". DreadCentral. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36334/jude-law-drops-some-hints-about-his-contagion-character.
- ^ Vary, Adam B. (August 02, 2011). "Laurence Fishburne cast as Perry White in 'Man of Steel' – EXCLUSIVE". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/08/02/laurence-fishburne-perry-white-man-of-steel-exclusive/. Retrieved August 02, 2011. "Lois Lane and Clark Kent just got their boss: Laurence Fishburne will play Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in Man of Steel, EW has learned exclusively. White has traditionally been a hard-charging, old fashioned newspaperman, who relies on his ace reporters, Clark and Lois, to get the big scoop. Jackie Cooper played White in the Christopher Reeve era Superman films, and Frank Langella took on the role in director Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns in 2006."
- ^ "Personal Bio: Montana Fishburne". IAFD.com. http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=MontanaFishburne/gender=f/Montana-Fishburne.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ "Laurence Fishburne Daughter Inspired by Kim Kardashian". National Ledger. August 1, 2010. http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272633678.shtml. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ^ WENN.com (2010-08-17). "Fishburne cuts ties with daughter". WENN.com. http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2010/08/17/15048476-wenn-story.html. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^ Barron, James (September 24, 2002). Boldface Names: An Amicable Merger. The New York Times, Section B; Column 3; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 2.
- ^ "LA Daily News – Laurence Fishburne and wife Gina Torres are expecting their first child, his publicist says". Dailynews.com. http://www.dailynews.com/gossip/ci_4972641. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ (2007-01-08). "abc7.com: Southern California news leader -Laurence Fishburne And Wife Gina Torres Are Expecting Their First Child 1/08/07". Abclocal.go.com. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=4915904. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ Edie Falco, on My Kids Look Like Fabio and Chucky!. "Update: Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres welcome first child; spotted out in Hollywood : Celebrity Baby Blog". Celebrity-babies.com. http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/11/update-laurence.html. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ Gary Brumburgh (2008). "Biography of Lawrence Fishburne". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/bio. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Staff writers (7 March 2008). "Hudson Heights delivers". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/services/realestate/2008/03/07/2008-03-07_hudson_heights_delivers.html. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ Singh, Anita (2008-05-18). "Cannes Film Festival: Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist to be filmed by Laurence Fishburne – Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1980755/Cannes-Film-Festival-Paulo-Coelhos-The-Alchemist-to-be-filmed-by-Laurence-Fishburne.html.
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| Place of birth | Augusta, Georgia, United States |
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For his radio and television programs, see The Tavis Smiley Show.
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| Born | (1964-09-13) September 13, 1964 (age 47) Gulfport, Mississippi United States |
| Education | Indiana University (B.A., public affairs, 2003) |
| Occupation | Talk show host Author Entrepreneur Advocate Philanthropist |
| Notable credit(s) | Tavis Smiley host (2004–present) The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI (radio) host (2005–present) "Smiley & West" co-host (2010–present) BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley host (1996–2001) |
| Religion | Christian |
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Tavis Smiley (pronounced /ˈtævɨs/; born September 13, 1964) is a talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist.[1][2] Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Kokomo, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991, and starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show BET Talk (later renamed BET Tonight) on BET. Controversially, after Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew Smiley's contract that year. Smiley then began hosting The Tavis Smiley Show on NPR from 2002 to 2004 and currently hosts Tavis Smiley on PBS on the weekdays and "The Tavis Smiley Show" from PRI. In 2010 Smiley and Dr. Cornel West have joined forces for their own radio talk show, Smiley & West. They were featured together interviewing musician Bill Withers in the 2009 documentary film Still Bill.[3]
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Early years[link]
Tavis Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, the son of Joyce Marie Roberts, a single mother who first became pregnant at age 18.[4] On September 13, 1966, just shy of his second birthday, his mother married Emory Garnell Smiley, a non-commisioned officer in the U.S. Air Force.[5] It would not be until a few years later that Tavis would learn the identity of his biological father, whom he identifies in his autobiography, What I Know For Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America only as "T."[6]
His family soon moved to Indiana because his stepfather had been transferred to Grissom Air Force Base near Peru, Indiana. Upon arriving in Indiana, the Smiley family took up residence in a crowded mobile home in the small town of Bunker Hill, Indiana.[7] Smiley's immediate family size was increased following the homicide of his aunt, whose death left five children with no stable home. Smiley's parents agreed to take in and raise their five orphaned nieces and nephews. Joyce and her husband also had eight children of their own over the years, resulting at one point in 13 children and Mr. and Mrs. Smiley all living in the trailer-home. Smiley's mother was a very religious person, and the family attended the local New Bethel Tabernacle Church, part of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World.[8] The Smiley children were forbidden from listening to secular music at home and going to the movie theater and could watch television shows that their parents felt were family-friendly.[9] When Tavis Smiley was in seventh grade, New Bethel pastor Elder Rufus Mills accused Tavis and his siblings of "running wild, disobeying their teacher, disrespecting their teacher, disrespecting the sanctity of this building, and mocking the holy message being taught" during Sunday School.[10] According to Smiley's account of the incident, Smiley's Sunday School teacher became more confused as she was asking questions about the Book of John, and while other students "responded by giggling and acting a little unruly", he and his sister Phyllis "remained quiet".[11] Garnell whipped Tavis and Phyllis with an extension cord, wounding the two children.[12] The next day at school, administrators found out about the children's injuries.[13] The local newspaper in Kokomo reported on the beating and the legal proceedings against Garnell, and Tavis and Phyllis were sent to foster care temporarily,[14] Garnell told his children that the judge decided that he had "overreacted" and found he and Joyce as "concerned parents who were completely involved in our children's lives and well-being".[15]
Smiley became interested in politics at age 13 after attending a fundraiser for U.S. Senator Birch Bayh.[8] At Maconaquah High School in Bunker Hill, Indiana, a school that Smiley described as "98 percent white",[16] Smiley was active in student council and the debate team, even though his parents were "skeptical of all non-church extracurricular activities".[17]
College and political career[link]
In 1982, Smiley enrolled in Indiana University Bloomington (IU). Because Smiley's parents refused to complete financial aid papers, Smiley entered Indiana University with only $50 and a small suitcase.[18] Administrators let Smiley complete the paperwork to become a full-time student.[19] The summer after his freshman year, Smiley worked, attended summer classes, and lived off campus with Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players, then being coached by Bob Knight.[20] Smiley was accepted into the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity during his sophomore year and became business manager of his dormitory, a member of the student senate, and director of minority affairs.[21] After his friend Denver Smith was killed by Indiana police officers who claimed to have acted in self-defense, Smiley helped lead protests to defend Smith, whom he believed had been wrongfully killed.[22] Those protests led Smiley to a work-study internship at the office of Bloomington mayor Tomilea Allison. Being paid $5 an hour, Smiley wrote letters to local residents, researched for Mayor Allison, and helped write positions on local issues. Mayor Allison rebuked Smiley for padding his time sheets and had Smiley work off the extra hours without pay.[23] During his first semester of junior year, Smiley was under academic probation and blamed his extracurricular activities for interfering with his studies.[24] When Smiley visited Los Angeles to attend a national student leaders' convention, the cousin of his roommate introduced Smiley to football star Jim Brown. Brown introduced Smiley to fellow football player George Hughley, who worked for Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley and connected Smiley to Mayor Bradley's staff.[25] Every week since meeting Bradley's staff, Smiley wrote a letter to the mayor's office asking for an internship and once personally flew to Los Angeles to appeal. However, by summertime he received a letter from the city stating that all internship positions were filled.[26] Smiley then handwrote a letter to the mayor that he said represented his feeling "from the heart", and Bradley called Smiley to say that he had a position available for Smiley.[27] As the internship was unpaid but counted for college credit, the Bloomington Community Progress Council funded Smiley with $5,000 for living expenses in Los Angeles, and Brown allowed Smiley to live as a houseguest during September 1985. Starting the next month, Smiley lived in the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity house in the University of Southern California. At City Hall, Smiley worked at the Office of Youth Development on the 22nd floor.[28]
Twice, Smiley considered quitting college, first during junior year,[29] and then after finishing his internship with Mayor Bradley. Bradley successfully convinced Smiley to return to college, and Smiley did.[30] Smiley took the LSAT twice, as he was considering attending Harvard Law School.[31] However, in his senior year, he failed a test in a computer class after being accused of copying another student's, so he failed that class and several others and lacked nine hours of credits and thus did not graduate from IU.[32] Following a hiring freeze by the government of Los Angeles, Smiley served as an aide to Mayor Bradley until 1990.[33] A 1988 article in the Los Angeles Times identified Smiley as "a Bradley administrative assistant who works in South Los Angeles".[34] In 2003, Smiley officially received his degree from Indiana University in public affairs.[35]
Radio and television career[link]
Campaigning for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council in 1991 against incumbent Ruth Galanter, Smiley finished fourth among 15 candidates. Smiley became a radio commentator, broadcasting one-minute daily radio segments called The Smiley Report on KGFJ radio.[8] With Ruben Navarrette, Jr., Smiley co-hosted a local talk show in Los Angeles where his strongly held views on race and politics, combined with his arguments regarding the impact of institutional racism and substandard educational and economic opportunities for inner-city black youth, earned him attention on the Los Angeles Times. His commentaries focused on local and national current-affairs issues affecting the African-American community.[36] For six months, Smiley worked on a community news program on a local cable network and spent six more months working on television in Montreal.[37]
In 1996, Smiley became a frequent commentator on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, a nationally syndicated radio show broadcast on black and urban stations in the United States.[38] He developed a friendship with host Joyner; together they began hosting annual town hall meetings beginning in 2000 called "The State of the Black Union", which were aired live on the C-SPAN cable television network. Each of these town hall meetings focused on a specific topic affecting the African-American community, featuring a panel of African-American leaders, educators, and professionals assembled before an audience to discuss problems related to the forum's topic, as well as potential solutions.[39] Smiley also used his commentator status on Joyner's radio show to launch several advocacy campaigns to highlight discriminatory practices in the media and government and to rally support for causes such as the awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Smiley also began building a national reputation as a political commentator with numerous appearances on political discussion shows on MSNBC, ABC, and CNN.
Also in 1996, Smiley began hosting and executive producing BET Tonight (originally BET Talk when it first premiered), a public affairs discussion show on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network. Smiley interviewed major political figures and celebrities and discussed topics ranging from racial profiling and police brutality to R&B music and Hollywood gossip. Smiley hosted BET Tonight until 2001, when in a controversial move, the network announced that Smiley's contract would not be renewed. This sparked an angry response from Joyner, who sought to rally his radio audience to protest BET's decision. Robert L. Johnson, founder of BET, defended the decision, stating that Smiley had been fired because he had sold an exclusive interview to ABC News without first offering the story to BET, even though Smiley's contract with BET did not require him to do so. Smiley countered with the assertion that he had offered the story — an interview with Sara Jane Olson, an alleged former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army — to CBS, which, along with BET, was owned by Viacom. Smiley ultimately sold the interview to rival network ABC, he said, only after CBS passed on the interview, and suggested that his firing was payback for the publicity he gained as a result of providing an exclusive interview to ABC.[40] Ultimately BET and Viacom did not reverse their decision to terminate Smiley's contract.
Smiley was then offered a chance to host a radio talk show on National Public Radio. He served as host of The Tavis Smiley Show on NPR until December 2004 when he announced that he would be leaving his NPR show, citing the network's inability to reach a more diverse audience.[41] Smiley launched a weekly version of his radio program The Tavis Smiley Show on April 29, 2005, distributed by NPR rival Public Radio International. On October 1, 2010, Tavis Smiley turned the second hour of his PRI program into Smiley & West co-hosted by his longtime collaborator Dr. Cornel West. Smiley also hosts Tavis Smiley, a late night talk show televised on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) network and produced in association with WNET in New York.[42]
Smiley moderated two live presidential candidate forums in 2007: a Democratic forum on June 28 at Howard University in Washington, D.C.,[43] and a Republican forum on September 27 at Morgan State University in Baltimore.[44]
Smiley appears on the Democracy Now! show.[45]
Controversy over Presidential Candidate Barack Obama[link]
On April 11, 2008, Tavis Smiley announced that he would resign in June 2008 as a commentator on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. He cited fatigue and a busy schedule in a personal call to Joyner. However, Joyner, referring to several commentaries in which Smiley was critical of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, indicated otherwise on his program, stating: "The real reason is that he can't take the hate he's been getting regarding the Barack issue—hate from the black people that he loves so much."[46] Prior to the public controversy and being elected President, Obama had been on Smiley's PBS show six times.
In 2012, Smiley participated in a "Poverty Tour" with Princeton University professor Cornel West in promoting their book The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto. The stated aim of the tour was to highlight the plight of the impoverished population of the United States prior to the 2012 Presidential Election, whose candidates Smiley and West stated had ignored the plight of the poor.[47][48][49][50]
[edit] The Covenant with Black America
In March 2006, The Smiley Group and Third World Press published The Covenant with Black America, a collection of essays by black scholars and professionals edited by Smiley. The book covered topics ranging from education to healthcare. The book was a New York Times Bestseller.[51]
Awards and contributions[link]
Smiley was honored with the NAACP Image Award for best news, talk, or information series for three consecutive years (1997–99) for his work on BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley.
Smiley's advocacy efforts have earned him numerous awards and recognitions including the recipient of the Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award from the National Association of Minorities in Communications.
In 1999, he founded the Tavis Smiley Foundation, which funds programs that develop young leaders in the black community. Since its inception, more than 6,000 young people have participated in the foundation's Youth to Leaders Training workshops and conferences.
His communications company, The Smiley Group, Inc., serves as the holding company for various enterprises encompassing broadcast and print media, lecturers, symposiums, and the Internet.
In 1994, Time named Smiley one of America's 50 Most Promising Young Leaders.[52] Time would later honor him in 2009 as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". In May 2007, Smiley gave a commencement speech at his alma mater, Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana (the university recently honored Smiley by naming the atrium of its School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) building, The Tavis Smiley Atrium).
In May 2008, he gave the commencement address at Connecticut College, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate. In May 2009, Smiley was awarded an honorary doctorate at Langston University after giving the commencement address there.
On December 12, 2008, Smiley received the Du Bois Medal from Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.
He would also be awarded the 2009 Interdependence Day Prize from Demos in Istanbul, Turkey.
Smiley would be named No. 2 change agent in the field of media behind Oprah Winfrey in EBONY Magazine's POWER 150 list.
Bibliography[link]
- Just a Thought: The Smiley Report (ISBN 0-963-69523-1)
- Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe—And Make a Difference (ISBN 0-385-49931-0)
- Hard Left (ISBN 0-385-48404-6)
- Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America (ISBN 0-385-72169-2)
- How to Make Black America Better: Leading African Americans Speak Out (ISBN 0-385-72087-4)
- On Air:The Best of Tavis Smiley on the Tom Joyner Morning Show (ISBN 1-890194-33-6)
- The Covenant with Black America (ISBN 0-88378-277-4)
- What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America (ISBN 978-0-385-50516-1; ISBN 0-388-50516-7)
- Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise
- Fail Up (ISBN 1-401-93390-4)
- The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto (with Cornel West) (ISBN 1-401940-63-3)
References[link]
- ^ Los Angeles Times
- ^ Chicago Tribune
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 1
- ^ "Harrison - Guflport District, MS". Marriage License Link. Harrison County Mississippi. 1997-01-09. http://www.deltacomputersystems.com/cgi-iim4/IIMMCGI2?HTMCNTY=MS241&HTMBASE=C&HTMKEYBOOK=133&HTMKEYPAGE=0128&. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 49–50
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 17
- ^ a b c "Tavis Smiley". Contemporary Black Biography. Gale. 2006. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/smiley_t.htm.
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 48
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 63
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 62
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 64–65
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 66–67
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 72–82
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 83
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 94
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 95, 98
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 128–131
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 136–138
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 149
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 149–150
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 151–153
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 159–162
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 165
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 167–170
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 170–174
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 177–180
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 184–186
- ^ Boyer, Edward J. (July 22, 1996). "Fast Track, Left Lane". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1996-07-22/local/me-26697_1_tavis-smiley. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 190–191
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 194–195
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 195–198
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 205–207
- ^ Baker, Bob (September 6, 1988). "Partners Make Watts Market a Meaty Venture". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-06/local/me-1693_1_market-share/2. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ "Tavis Smiley". Rootwords. Indiana University. http://www.indiana.edu/~ibe/enlighten.shtml. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ Puig, Claudia (November 6, 1994). "What's The Frequency, Gen X?". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-06/entertainment/ca-59273_1_talk-radio. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Smiley 2006, pp. 214–215
- ^ "Tavis Smiley". Current Biography. TavisTalks.com. 2003. Archived from the original on May 16, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060516175753/http://www.tavistalks.com/CONTENT/About_Tavis_Smiley/index7.html.
- ^ Smiley 2006, p. 252
- ^ Smiley's termination from BET
- ^ Farley, Christopher John (December 13, 2004), "10 Questions For Tavis Smiley", Time 164 (24): p. 8, http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,880301,00.html
- ^ Los Angeles Times
- ^ Nagourney, Adam (June 29, 2007). "Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate in a Mostly Minority Setting". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/us/politics/29debate.html. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Cooper, Michael (September 28, 2007). "Advertise on NYTimes.com 4 Top G.O.P. Candidates Skip Debate With Minority Focus". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402EFDF1430F93BA1575AC0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ "Tavis Smiley on the State of the Black Union, Economic Inequality and the Obama Administration’s Boycott of the World Conference Against Racism". 2009-03-02. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/2/tavis_smiley_on_the_state_of.
- ^ Tavis Smiley Will Cut Ties With Joyner Radio Show, Washington Post, Saturday, April 12, 2008; Page C01
- ^ "Cornel West & Tavis Smiley on Obama: "Many of Us Are Exploring Other Possibilities in Coming Election”". Democracy Now!. August 9, 2011. http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/9/cornel_west_tavis_smiley_on_obama. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ The Washington Post
- ^ The Washington Post
- ^ The Washington Post
- ^ Tavis Smiley, Hard Left, p. 11
Further reading[link]
- LaRue, William. "Tavis Smiley: NPR Host Brings Latenight Talk to PBS". The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York), 1 February 2004, STARS section, pp. 4–6.
- Slade, Scott. "Author Issues Wakeup Call". Kokomo Tribune (Indiana), 20 June 1996, p. 7.
- Smiley, Tavis (2006), What I Know For Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America, New York City, New York, United States: Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-50516-7, http://books.google.com/books?id=lBHwtgmBJ1IC </ref>
External links[link]
- Official website
- Tavis Smiley on Twitter
- Tavis Smiley on WNET/PBS
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Tavis Smiley on Charlie Rose
- Tavis Smiley at NPR
- Works by or about Tavis Smiley in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Tavis Smiley: The State of the Black Union Interview
- Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War - video by Democracy Now!
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| Date of birth | September 13, 1964 |
| Place of birth | Gulfport, Mississippi |
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