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Laurence Fishburne
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn July 30, 1961 (63 years)
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961; usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) 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 been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing 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 Colour 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), as well as having a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss.
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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 Colour 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), as well as having a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss.
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| 2025 | Sneaks · as The Collector (voice) |
| 2025 | The Amateur · as Henderson |
| 2024 | Cellar Door · as Emmett |
| 2024 | Megalopolis · as Fundi Romaine |
| 2024 | Slingshot · as Captain Franks |
| 2024 | Transformers One · as Alpha Trion (voice) |
| 2024 | Clipped (2024) (TV Series) · as Doc Rivers |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 · as Bowery King |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV Series) · as The Beyonder (voice) |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil · as School Master |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives · as Vick Wallinger |
| 2021 | Death to 2021 · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections · as Morpheus |
| 2021 | MacGruber (TV Series) · as General Barrett Fasoose |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) |
| 2021 | The Ice Road · as Goldenrod |
| 2021 | Under the Stadium Lights · as Harold Christian |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | #FreeRayshawn (TV Series) · as Steven Poincy |
| 2019 | The Witcher (TV Series) · as Regis |
| 2019 | mixed-ish (TV Series) · as Pops Johnson |
| 2019 | Running with the Devil · as The Man |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette · as Paul Jellinek |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum · as Bowery King |
| 2018 | Imprisoned · as Daniel Calvin |
| 2018 | The Mule · as Special Agent In Charge |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp · as Dr. Bill Foster |
| 2018 | grown-ish (TV Series) · as Pops Johnson |
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying · as Reverend Richard Mueller |
| 2017 | Year Million (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 · as Bowery King |
| 2017 | Madiba (TV Series) · as Nelson Mandela |
| 2016 | Passengers · as Gus Mancuso |
| 2016 | The Snowy Day · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Roots: A New Vision · as Alex Haley |
| 2016 | Roots: A History Revealed · as Alex Haley |
| 2016 | Roots (2016) (TV Series) · as Alex Haley |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Perry White |
| 2016 | Standoff · as Sade |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Rudderless · as Del |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Pops Johnson |
| 2014 | The Signal · as Dr. Wallace Damon |
| 2014 | Ride Along · as Omar |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Colony · as Briggs |
| 2013 | Man of Steel · as Perry White |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Perry White |
| 2013 | Hannibal (TV Series) · as Jack Crawford |
| 2012 | Slavery by Another Name · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Have a Little Faith · as Henry Covington |
| 2011 | Contagion · as Ellis Cheever |
| 2011 | Thurgood · as Thurgood Marshall |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Furious Styles |
| 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) |
| 2010 | Predators · as Noland |
| 2009 | Armored · as Baines |
| 2009 | Black Water Transit · as Jack |
| 2008 | Top Gear (US) (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Days of Wrath · as Mr. Stafford |
| 2008 | 21 · as Cole Williams |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Whitey Powers |
| 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 |
| 2007 | TMNT · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Bobby · as Edward Robinson |
| 2006 | America's Game (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Five Fingers · as Ahmat |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Jason 'furious' Styles |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III · as Theodore Brassel |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee · as Dr. Larabee |
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang · as Bear In Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Ashes and Snow · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 · as Marion Bishop |
| 2004 | Iron Chef America (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Tiger: The Authorised DVD Collection · as Narration |
| 2004 | CSI: NY (TV Series) · as Csi Dr. Ray Langston |
| 2004 | The N Word · as Cast |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions · as Morpheus |
| 2003 | Mystic River · as Whitey Powers |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded · as Morpheus |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz · as Smoke |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones · as Thrax (voice) |
| 2000 | Once in the Life · as 20 / 20 Mike |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Raymond Langston |
| 2000 | Sex and the Matrix · as Morpheus (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Michael Jordan to the Max · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | The Matrix · as Morpheus |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered · as Socrates Fortlow |
| 1997 | Hoodlum · as Bumpy Johnson |
| 1997 | Event Horizon · as Miller |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys · as Caleb Humphries |
| 1996 | Fled · as Piper |
| 1995 | Othello · as Othello |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen · as Hannibal Lee |
| 1995 | Just Cause · as Sheriff Tanny Brown |
| 1995 | Bad Company · as Nelson Crowe |
| 1995 | Higher Learning · as Professor Maurice Phipps |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer · as Vinnie |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It · as Ike Turner |
| 1993 | Tribeca (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Deep Cover · as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood · as Furious Styles |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Nick Holbrook |
| 1990 | Decoration Day · as Michael Waring, Dod Man |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | The Civil War (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1990 | King of New York · as Jimmy Jump |
| 1988 | Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse · as Cowboy Curtis |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Martin Delany |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Red Heat · as Lt. Stobbs |
| 1988 | School Daze · as Vaughn 'dap' Dunlap |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 · as Glu Glu Lawyer |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone · as Sgt. Flanagan |
| 1987 | Apocalypse Pooh · as Tyrone 'clean' Miller |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Pee-wee's Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cowboy Curtis |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand · as Cream |
| 1986 | Quicksilver · as Voodoo |
| 1985 | The Color Purple · as Swain |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Casey Taylor |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club · as Bumpy Rhodes |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Midget |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers · as Jimbo Collins |
| 1983 | I Take These Men · as Hank Johnson |
| 1983 | Grandmaster Melle Mel: White Lines (Don't Do It) · as The Pusher |
| 1982 | Death Wish II · as Cutter |
| 1981 | Strike Force (TV Series) · as F.t. |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jimbo Collins |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War (TV Series) · as Lightbulb |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil · as High School Student |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 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 |