Laurence Fishburne files for divorce from wife Gina Torres

Laurence Fishburne has officially filed for divorce from his wife, Gina Torres, after 15 years of marriage.

According to documents obtained by ET, the 56-year-old actor filed the papers on Thursday, citing irreconcilable differences.

Fishburne is asking for joint legal and physical custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Delilah. The docs also state that the parties have entered into an agreement on disposition of property and that the actor has asked to terminate the court's ability to award spousal support to both him and Torres. 

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Lawrence Fishburne and Gina Torres through the years
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Lawrence Fishburne and Gina Torres through the years
HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 7: Lawrence Fishburne and Gina Torres attend 4th Annual Peapod Foundation Benefit Concert at Avalon on February 7, 2007 in Hollywood, CA. (Photo by ANDREAS BRANCH/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS - JUNE 14: Actor Lawrence Fishburne and wife Gina Torres pose for cameras at the screening of 'King of New York' during Cinevegas 2005 at the Palms Casino on June 14, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Bryan Haraway/Getty Images)
Tiffany & Co. introduces a new line of jewelry by Frank Gehry, at a party at their Rodeo Drive store. Lawrence Fishburne and wife Gina Torres checking out the jewelries. (Photo by Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY, NY - JUNE 15: Lawrence Fishburne and Gina Torres attend The Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 15, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by JIMI CELESTE/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Gina Torres with Lawrence Fishburne and their daughter arrive at OVO Opening night of Cirque Du Soleil at Santa Monica Pier, California on January 20,2012.AFP PHOTO /AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Actors and husband & wife Lawrence Fishburne (L) and Gina Torres attend LA Opera's White Night season opening gala & premiere of 'Eugene Onegin' at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on September 17, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: Actor Lawrence Fishburne (R) and actress Gina Torres arrive at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage)
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The estranged couple tied the knot on Sept. 22, 2002, and while they list their date of separation as Oct. 14, 2016, the two first announced their separation in September of this year.

"With heavy hearts, Laurence and I quietly separated and began the dissolution of our marriage in the early fall of last year. There are no bad guys here. Only a love story with a different ending than either one of us had expected," Torres told ET at the time. "Happily, however, our family remains intact and we will continue to raise our daughter together with love and joy and awe. As well as raise each other up with respect and love and the continued understanding that we’re in this together, if not side by side."

ET's Courtney Tezeno caught up with Fishburne this week while he was promoting his new film, Last Flag Flying, and shared that co-parenting his daughter with the Suits actress is going "really well" and that they still have a lot of love and respect for one another.

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