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