Laurence Fishburne
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Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy Award and Tony Award winner known for his roles on stage and screen. He has frequently portrayed forceful, militant, and authoritative characters. Some of Fishburne's best-known roles are Morpheus in The Matrix series (1999–2003), Jason "Furious" Styles in the John Singleton drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's war film Apocalypse Now (1979), and "The Bowery King" in the John Wick film series (2017–present). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello on film when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. He has also received five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination for his performance in Deep Cover (1992). Other film credits of Fishburne include Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985), Spike Lee's School Daze (1988), Abel Ferrara's King of New York (1990), Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Steven Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), and Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying (2017). He has also gained a wider audience with the blockbuster films Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). On television, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011) and as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and had a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022).
Known for
Credits
The Matrix (1999)
as Morpheus
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
as Bowery King
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
as Perry White
Man of Steel (2013)
as Perry White
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
as Morpheus
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
as Bowery King
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
as Morpheus
Transformers One (2024)
as Alpha Trion (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
as Bowery King
Apocalypse Now (1979)
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
as Dr. Bill Foster
The Amateur (2025)
as Henderson
Predators (2010)
as Noland
Event Horizon (1997)
as Miller
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mystic River (2003)
as Whitey Powers
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
as Theodore Brassel
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Passengers (2016)
as Gus Mancuso
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
as School Master
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
as Furious Styles
The Astronaut (2025)
as General William Harris
TMNT (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Megalopolis (2024)
as Fundi Romaine
21 (2008)
as Cole Williams
Red Heat (1988)
as Lt. Stobbs
Gatto (2027)
as Rocco (voice)
The Colony (2013)
as Briggs
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
as Marion Bishop
The Ice Road (2021)
as Goldenrod
The Mule (2018)
as Special Agent in Charge
Contagion (2011)
as Ellis Cheever
Ashes and Snow (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
The Color Purple (1985)
as Swain
Ride Along (2014)
as Omar
Slingshot (2024)
as Captain Franks
Osmosis Jones (2001)
as Thrax (voice)
The Signal (2014)
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Hoodlum (1997)
as Bumpy Johnson
King of New York (1990)
as Jimmy Jump
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Death Wish II (1982)
as Cutter
Wick Is Pain (2025)
as Self
Biker Boyz (2003)
as Smoke
Deep Cover (1992)
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
The Exorcist: Martyrs (2027)
Actor
Higher Learning (1995)
as Professor Maurice Phipps
Undercover Brother (2002)
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Midget
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
as Paul Jellinek
Willie & Phil (1980)
as High School Student
Khumba (2013)
as Seko (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
as Dr. Larabee
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
as Ike Turner
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
as Tad Gruzsa
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Laurence Fishburne
Sneaks (2025)
as The Collector (voice)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
as Vinnie
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Bumpy Rhodes
Fled (1996)
as Piper
Gardens of Stone (1987)
as Sgt. Flanagan
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Max
Armored (2009)
as Baines
Running with the Devil (2019)
as The Man
All the Old Knives (2022)
as Vick Wallinger
Last Flag Flying (2017)
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Quicksilver (1986)
as Voodoo
Just Cause (1995)
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bobby (2006)
as Edward Robinson
Death to 2020 (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Cellar Door (2024)
as Emmett
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
as Self
Standoff (2016)
as Sade
Cherry 2000 (1987)
as Glu Glu Lawyer
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
as Hannibal Lee
Tortured (2008)
as Archie Green
Class Action (1991)
as Nick Holbrook
Band of the Hand (1986)
as Cream
The Matrix Revisited (2001)
as Self - Morpheus
Inheritance (—)
Actor
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
as Caleb Humphries
Megadoc (2025)
as Self
A Man's Story (2011)
as Self
The Matrix Recalibrated (2004)
as Self
Cadence (1990)
as Roosevelt Stokes
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
as Narrator
Bad Company (1995)
as Nelson Crowe
Rudderless (2014)
as Del
Death to 2021 (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Have a Little Faith (2011)
as Henry Covington
School Daze (1988)
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Five Fingers (2006)
as Ahmat
Ricky Powell: The Individualist (2020)
as Self
Decoration Day (1990)
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix (2004)
as Morpheus
Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
as Wilford Robinson
Days of Wrath (2008)
as Mr. Stafford
Thurgood (2011)
as Thurgood Marshall
Othello (1995)
as Othello
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
as Cowboy Curtis
Always Outnumbered (1998)
as Socrates Fortlow
Once in the Life (2000)
as 20 / 20 Mike
Spooge (2001)
as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
as Self
Interference (—)
Actor
The Soul of a Man (2003)
as Self - Narrator
Sex and the Matrix (2000)
as Morpheus (archive footage)
A History of Sex (2003)
as Self
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (2013)
Actor
Predators: The Chosen (2010)
Actor
Fast Break (1979)
as Street Kid
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn (—)
as Self
Under the Stadium Lights (2021)
as Harold Christian
Making "The Matrix" (1999)
as Self
Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited (2004)
as Self
Our Lady of 121st Street (2020)
as Rooftop
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Black List: Volume Two (2009)
as Self
MTV Reloaded (2003)
as Morpheus (archive footage)
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase (2004)
as Self
Rappin' With The Rickster (2010)
as Self
The Snowy Day (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Bedroom (—)
Actor
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special (2022)
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited (2004)
as Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015)
as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
Imprisoned (2019)
as Daniel Calvin
Black Hollywood (1997)
as Self
The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006)
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load (2003)
as Self
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007)
as Narrator
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015)
as Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991)
as Self
The Blacksmith (—)
as Mather
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
as Jimbo Collins
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)
as Fish
I Take These Men (1983)
as Hank Johnson
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
as Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
as Self
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' (2003)
as Self
Crimson Blues (—)
as Mills
Blacksmith (—)
as Mather
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011)
as Self
Predators: Moments of Extraction (2010)
as Noland (voice)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003)
as Self
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants (2007)
as Narrator