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04/22/2019 – Fishburne – Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ “Avengers: Endgame” World Premiere – Arrivals – Los Angeles Convention Center – Los Angeles, CA, USA -Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Laurence John Fishburne III
Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 30, 1961
Ethnicity: African-American
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director. He has had leading roles in the films Apocalypse Now , What’s Love Got to Do With It , The Matrix films, Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Akeelah and the Bee , and the John Wick franchise.
Laurence’s mother, Hattie Bell (Crawford), was a mathematics and science teacher. His legal father, Laurence John Fishburne, was a juvenile corrections officer. He was raised mostly in Brooklyn, New York. Laurence found out in his late 40s that Laurence Fishburne was not his biological father. On the show Finding Your Roots, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2025), Laurence discovered that his biological father was a man named William Seigel Bohannan, who worked for the railway, and who had died in 2017.
Laurence has four children, including two with his former wife, casting director Hajna O. Moss, and a daughter with his former wife, actress Gina Torres . Among his children with Hajna is actor and ballet dancer Langston Fishburne .
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2025) stated that Laurence’s genetic ancestry consists of:
*64% African ——–*19% Nigeria ——–*14% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples ——–*12% Benin & Togo ——–*8% Ivory Coast & Ghana ——–*6% Mali ——–*3% Senegal ——–*1% East Central Nigeria ——–*1% Southern Bantu Peoples *34% European ——–*30% England & Northwestern Europe ——–*3% Wales ——–*1% Ireland *2% Native American ——–*2% Indigenous North America
*64% African ——–*19% Nigeria ——–*14% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples ——–*12% Benin & Togo ——–*8% Ivory Coast & Ghana ——–*6% Mali ——–*3% Senegal ——–*1% East Central Nigeria ——–*1% Southern Bantu Peoples *34% European ——–*30% England & Northwestern Europe ——–*3% Wales ——–*1% Ireland *2% Native American ——–*2% Indigenous North America
Laurence’s biological paternal grandfather was Murvin Hilliard Bohannan (the son of Herbert H. Bohannon and Covie Reagan). Murvin was born in Macon, Bibb, Georgia. Covie was the daughter of Maryuthey Wyatt.
Laurence’s biological paternal grandmother was Loretta Constance Sandridge (the daughter of William G. Sandridge and Yetta Geneva Williams). Loretta was born in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. William was the son of Paul A. Sandridge and Anna L. Morgan. Yetta was the daughter of Harry W. Williams and Nancy Watiker. Laurence’s great-great-grandfather Paul Sandridge was born into slavery, the son of Lucy Carpenter. Paul and Lucy were owned by Ethan Carpenter, who willed his slaves freed upon his death.
Laurence’s maternal grandfather was named Jesse Crawford. Jesse was born in Georgia.
Laurence’s maternal grandmother was named Clarise Youngblood (the daughter of Eliza Youngblood and Mahalia). Clarise was born in Waynesboro East, Georgia. Eliza was born in Georgia, the son of Ward “John” Youngblood and Creasy Dobie.
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