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Laurence Fishburne
Actor, Producer, Director
Born July 30, 1961 (61 years)
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of 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 in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), 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), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).
Filmography
| 2022 | All the Old Knives · as Vick Wallinger |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil · as The Schoolmaster |
| 2022 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as The Beyonder |
| 2021 | The Ice Road · as Jim Goldenrod |
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections · as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | MacGruber (TV Series) · as General Barrett Fasoose |
| 2021 | Under the Stadium Lights · as Harold Christian |
| 2021 | Death to 2021 · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2020 | #FreeRayshawn (TV Series) · as Steven Poincy |
| 2020 | History's Greatest Mysteries (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette · as Paul Jellinek |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum · as Bowery King |
| 2019 | Running with the Devil · as The Man |
| 2019 | mixed-ish (TV Series) · as Pops Johnson |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp · as Dr. Bill Foster |
| 2018 | Imprisoned · as Daniel Calvin |
| 2018 | The Mule · as Special Agent in Charge |
| 2018 | grown-ish (TV Series) · as Pops Johnson |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 · as Bowery King |
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying · as Reverend Richard Mueller |
| 2017 | Madiba (TV Series) · as Nelson Mandela |
| 2017 | Year Million (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Perry White |
| 2016 | Passengers · as Gus Mancuso |
| 2016 | Standoff · as Sade |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Roots (2016) (TV Series) · as Alex Haley |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Ride Along · as Omar |
| 2014 | The Signal · as Dr. Wallace Damon |
| 2014 | Rudderless · as Del |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Pops Johnson |
| 2013 | Man of Steel · as Perry White |
| 2013 | Khumba · as Seko (voice) |
| 2013 | The Colony · as Briggs |
| 2013 | Hannibal (TV Series) · as Jack Crawford |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Perry White |
| 2012 | Slavery by Another Name · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Contagion · as Ellis Cheever |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Furious Styles |
| 2011 | Thurgood · as Thurgood Marshall |
| 2011 | Have a Little Faith · as Henry Covington |
| 2010 | Predators · as Noland |
| 2010 | Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone · as Narrator |
| 2010 | Predators: The Chosen · as Noland |
| 2010 | Predators Motion Comics: Moment of Extraction · as Noland (Voice) |
| 2009 | Armored · as Baines |
| 2008 | 21 · as Cole Williams |
| 2008 | Top Gear (US) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | TMNT · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer · as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) |
| 2007 | Tortured · as Archie Green |
| 2007 | Bobby Z · as Tad Gruzsa |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III · as Theodore Brassel |
| 2006 | Bobby · as Edward Robinson |
| 2006 | Five Fingers · as Ahmat |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee · as Dr. Larabee |
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang · as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 · as Marion Bishop |
| 2004 | Iron Chef America (TV Series) · as Actor |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | CSI: NY (TV Series) · as Raymond Langston |
| 2004 | Tiger: The Authorised DVD Collection · as Narration |
| 2003 | Mystic River · as Sergeant Whitey Powers |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded · as Morpheus |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions · as Morpheus |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz · as Smoke |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones · as Thrax (voice) |
| 2000 | Michael Jordan to the Max · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | Once in the Life · as 20 / 20 Mike |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Raymond Langston |
| 1999 | The Matrix · as Morpheus |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered · as Socrates Fortlow |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood · as Laurence Fishburne |
| 1997 | Event Horizon · as Miller |
| 1997 | Hoodlum · as Bumpy Johnson |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys · as Caleb Humphries |
| 1996 | Fled · as Piper |
| 1995 | Bad Company · as Nelson Crowe |
| 1995 | Othello · as Othello |
| 1995 | Just Cause · as Sheriff Tanny Brown |
| 1995 | Higher Learning · as Professor Maurice Phipps |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen · as Hannibal Lee |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer · as Vinnie |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It · as Ike Turner |
| 1993 | Tribeca (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Deep Cover · as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood · as Jason 'Furious' Styles |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Nick Holbrook |
| 1990 | King of New York · as Jimmy Jump |
| 1990 | Cadence · as Roosevelt Stokes |
| 1990 | Decoration Day · as Michael Waring, DOD Man |
| 1990 | The Civil War (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1988 | School Daze · as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap |
| 1988 | Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse · as Cowboy Curtis |
| 1988 | Red Heat · as Lt. Stobbs |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone · as Sgt. Flanagan |
| 1987 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Martin Delany |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 · as Glu Glu Lawyer |
| 1986 | Quicksilver · as Voodoo |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand · as Cream |
| 1986 | Pee-wee's Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cowboy Curtis |
| 1985 | The Color Purple · as Swain |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club · as Bumpy Rhodes |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Midget |
| 1983 | Grandmaster Melle Mel: White Lines (Don't Do It) · as The Pusher |
| 1982 | Death Wish II · as Cutter |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil · as High School Student |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War (TV Series) · as Lightbulb |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller |
| 1979 | Fast Break · as Street Kid |
| 1976 | Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1975 | Cornbread, Earl and Me · as Wilford Robinson |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as Corporal Dorsey |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Josh West Hall |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Michael Waring |