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'''Cowboy Curtis:''' [shrugs] Nothing! I sleep in the nude!|''~Pee-Wee's Playhouse~''}}
'''Cowboy Curtis:''' [shrugs] Nothing! I sleep in the nude!|''~Pee-Wee's Playhouse~''}}


Not to be confused with [[Samuel L Jackson|Samuel L. Jackson]], Larry Fishburne is a quiet man. [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet|Maybe too quiet]]. Sometimes to the point of being almost inaudible.
Not to be confused with [[Samuel L. Jackson]], Larry Fishburne is a quiet man. [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet|Maybe too quiet]]. Sometimes to the point of being almost inaudible.


One of his early roles was Cowboy Curtis on ''[[Pee Wees Playhouse]]'', as well as having a role in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', where he started at age 14 playing an 18 year old soldier and ended filming as an 18 year old.
One of his early roles was Cowboy Curtis on ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', as well as having a role in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', where he started at age 14 playing an 18 year old soldier and ended filming as an 18 year old.


He is perhaps best known for his role as Morpheus in [[The Matrix|the Matrix trilogy]], (which makes his previous role on Pee Wee [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]) and for his portrayal of singer-musician [[Jerkass|Ike Turner]] in the Tina Turner biopic [[What's Love Got to Do With It|What's Love Got to Do With It?]]''. [[Never Live It Down|Pity that women gave him the evil eye for years because of the last one.]]
He is perhaps best known for his role as Morpheus in [[The Matrix|the Matrix trilogy]], (which makes his previous role on Pee Wee [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]) and for his portrayal of singer-musician [[Jerkass|Ike Turner]] in the Tina Turner biopic [[What's Love Got to Do with It?]]''. [[Never Live It Down|Pity that women gave him the evil eye for years because of the last one.]]


His noteworthy voice landed him the role of narrator in the 2007 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie, as well as the voice of the Silver Surfer in the second ''[[Fantastic Four (Film)|Fantastic Four]]'' movie.
His noteworthy voice landed him the role of narrator in the 2007 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie, as well as the voice of the Silver Surfer in the second ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]'' movie.


Has been cast as criminologist Dr. Raymond Langston on ''[[CSI]]'', and has landed the role of [[Da Editor|Perry White]] in the 2013 ''Superman'' movie.
Has been cast as criminologist Dr. Raymond Langston on ''[[CSI]]'', and has landed the role of [[Da Editor|Perry White]] in the 2013 ''Superman'' movie.