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