TV guest appearances at this time included "Trapper John," "M*A*S*H*," "Hill Street Blues," "Miami Vice," "Spenser: For Hire" and "The Equalizer." With the new decade (1990s) came out-and-out stardom for Laurence. A recurring role as Cowboy Curtis on the kiddie show Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) helped him through whatever lean patches there were at the time. Throughout the 1980s, he continued to build up his film and TV credit list with featured roles despite little fanfare. A graduate of Lincoln Square Academy, Coppola was impressed enough with Laurence to hire him again down the line with featured roles in Rumble Fish (1983), The Cotton Club (1984) and Gardens of Stone (1987). Laurence didn't work for another year and a half after that long episode.
At 14 Francis Ford Coppola cast him in Apocalypse Now (1979), which filmed for two years in the Philippines. He subsequently made his film debut in the ghetto-themed Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975). In 1973, at the age of 12, young Laurence won a recurring role on the daytime soap One Life to Live (1968) that lasted three seasons. Billing himself as Larry Fishburne during this early phase, he never studied or was trained in the technique of acting. He continued on but managed to avoid the trappings of a child star per se, considering himself more a working child actor at the time.
At the age of 10, the young boy appeared in his first play, "In My Many Names and Days," at a cramped little theater space in Manhattan. His mother transplanted her family to Brooklyn after his parents divorced. Born in Augusta, Georgia on July 30, 1961, to Hattie Bell (Crawford), a teacher, and Laurence John Fishburne, Jr., a juvenile corrections officer. Critically hailed for his forceful, militant, authoritative figures and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile performers, Laurence (John) Fishburne III has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a number of NAACP Image honors.
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