Laurence Mason
Laurence Mason, is an American actor born in the Bronx, NYC to hard working Caribbean couple who wanted more for their son. He made his break into the world of the arts at age 10 after being recruited by The First All Children's Theatre. By his early teens, Laurence's love for the arts flourished and he enrolled in the world-famous Performing Arts High School (Fame) in NYC. Attending high school with Jennifer Aniston, and later college with Parker Posey at State University of New York at Purchase.
Post training, Laurence performed in a slew of productions at Evan Bergmans New Voice Theatre, The Harold Clurman Theatre and the Nuyerican Poets Café, including appearing in commercials, hip hop music videos, voice over work. In his first feature film, True Romance (under Tony Scott), Laurence was a supporting actor to Gary Oldman and Sam Jackson. Soon after, he landed a role in The Crow with the late Brandon Lee and Hackers along with rising star, Angelina Jolie.
With his stage and cult-film status secured, Laurence ventured to the west coast to work on his mainstream craft with the likes of Micheal Mann, Steven Spielberg, Will Smith and Gene Hackman.
His recurring role on The Shield & Prison Break has given Laurence fans worldwide. More recently Laurence received a warm response for his supporting role as "Earl" for The Lincoln lawyer along side Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and is looking forward to his recurring role on Big Dogs series for Amazon Prime as well as his work on the still unreleased feature film City of Lies starring Johnny Depp.
"My parents raised me to believe nothing is out of reach, they were right and I'm so grateful for them"- Laurence Mason