Laurence Fishburne - Family and Companions

• father Laurence Fishburne: worked in the Bronx; divorced from Fishburne's mother; saw son "once a month or so"
• mother Hattie Fishburne: taught junior high school math; traveled with son to Philippines during shooting of "Apocalpyse Now" (1979) to tutor him; divorced from Fishburne's father
• godfather Maurice Anthony Watson: taught at Brooklyn College; Fishburne based his portrayal of Mr Phipps, the college professor in John Singleton's "Higher Learning" (1995) on Watson
• son Langston Fishburne: born c. 1987; mother, Hanja Moss
• daughter Montana Fishburne: born in September 1991; godfather, Martin Sheen
• son : has another

• wife Hanja Moss: married in 1985, divorced c. 1993; was an NYU student from the Bahamas when they met; introduced by Spike Lee
• Victoria Dillard: met on set of "Deep Cover" (1992); no longer together
• wife Gina Torres: born c. 1971; met in 1995 on a blind date; became engaged in December 2000; first announced engagement in May 2001; again mentioned engagement on "The Tonight Show" in August 2001; married September 2002 IN New York