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