Laurence Fishburne
Biography
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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Known For
Acting
1979
asTyrone 'Clean' Miller
1983
asMidget
2003
asWhitey Powers
1985
asSwain
2006
asTheodore Brassel
2007
asNarrator (voice)
1999
asMorpheus
2003
asMorpheus
2003
asMorpheus
1991
asFurious Styles
1987
asMax
2007
asNorrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
2006
asEdward Robinson
2007
asTad Gruzsa
1991
asSelf
2009
asBaines
1992
asRussell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1986
asVoodoo
2022
asSelf
2025
asThe Collector (voice)
1997
asBumpy Johnson
2025
asGeneral William Harris
2006
asAhmat
2008
asCole Williams
1995
asHannibal Lee
1997
asMiller
1997
asSelf
2005
asMarion Bishop
2003
asSmoke
1995
asSheriff Tanny Brown
2001
asThrax (voice)
1990
asJimmy Jump
1998
asSocrates Fortlow
1988
asLt. Stobbs
1986
asCream
2008
asArchie Green
2010
asNoland
1990
asRoosevelt Stokes
1987
asSgt. Flanagan
1995
asNelson Crowe
2006
asDr. Larabee
2001
asSelf - Morpheus
1993
asVinnie
1988
asVaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1982
asCutter
1975
asWilford Robinson
1993
asIke Turner
1987
asGlu Glu Lawyer
2024
asCaptain Franks
2000
as20 / 20 Mike
1995
asProfessor Maurice Phipps
1995
asOthello
2011
asEllis Cheever
2024
asAlpha Trion (voice)
2021
asNarrator (voice)
1996
asPiper
2013
asPerry White
2025
asHenderson
2011
asThurgood Marshall
2019
asBowery King
2023
asBowery King
2011
asHenry Covington
1990
asMichael Waring, DOD Man
2003
asSelf - Narrator
1997
asCaleb Humphries
as 
2022
asSelf
2003
asSelf
2003
asSelf
2007
asSelf
2014
asOmar
2013
asSeko (voice)
2016
asPerry White
2004
asSelf
2013
asBriggs
2024
asFundi Romaine
2014
asDel
2014
asDr. Wallace Damon
2022
asSelf
1983
asJimbo Collins
1988
asCowboy Curtis
1984
asBumpy Rhodes
2009
asJack
2016
asSade
1991
asNick Holbrook
2008
asMr. Stafford
2001
asSelf
2017
asBowery King
2015
asSelf
2015
asSelf
2000
asNarrator (voice)
2016
asGus Mancuso
2000
asMorpheus (archive footage)
asMather
2017
asReverend Richard Mueller
2016
asNarrator (voice)
2009
asSelf
2006
asSelf
2019
asPaul Jellinek
1998
asLaurence Fishburne
2018
asDr. Bill Foster
1991
asSelf
2011
asSelf
2004
asSelf
1980
asHigh School Student
2010
asSelf
2005
asNarrator (voice)
2019
asThe Man
2018
asSpecial Agent in Charge
2019
asDaniel Calvin
2005
asBear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2003
asMorpheus (archive footage)
1979
asStreet Kid
2003
asSelf
2011
asSelf
2003
asSelf
2004
asSelf
2014
asSelf (archive footage)
2021
asGoldenrod
1972
asFish
1999
asSelf
2004
asHimself
2003
asSelf
as 
2010
asNoland (Voice)
2010
asNoland
2020
asRooftop
2015
asSelf
2012
asNarrator
2022
asVick Wallinger
2020
asNarrator (voice)
2022
asSchool Master
asMills
2021
asHarold Christian
2024
asEmmett
1983
asHank Johnson
2020
asSelf
2025
asSelf
asSelf
asCorporal Dorsey
as
asRaymond Langston
as
as
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asSelf
asPrison Guard Keller
as
asSelf
as
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asCasey Taylor
asSelf
asMichael Waring
as 
asGeneral Barrett Fasoose
asRobby Robinson
asSelf
asJack Crawford
asSelf - Narrator
asSelf
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf
as
asSelf
asNarrator (voice)
asNarrator
asNelson Mandela
asDoc Rivers
asAlex Haley
asPops Johnson
asVarious
asDr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
asPerry White
asCowboy Curtis
asLightbulb
asPops Johnson
asFoster (voice)
asSelf
asPops Johnson
asSelf
asSteven Poincy
asSelf
asThe Beyonder (voice)
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asBill Foster / Goliath (voice)
asBackstory Man (voice)
asBeyonder (voice)
asSelf
Production
2006
as1998
as2000
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2022
as2022
as1997
as2025
as1997
as2006
as2025
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Directing
2000
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