Laurence Fishburne
Biography
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
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Apocalypse Now
Midget
Rumble Fish
Whitey Powers
Mystic River
Swain
The Color Purple
Theodore Brassel
Mission: Impossible III
Narrator (voice)
TMNT
Morpheus
The Matrix
Morpheus
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
The Matrix Revolutions
Furious Styles
Boyz n the Hood
Max
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Edward Robinson
Bobby
Tad Gruzsa
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Self
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Baines
Armored
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Deep Cover
Voodoo
Quicksilver
Self
Bonnie
The Collector (voice)
Sneaks
Bumpy Johnson
Hoodlum
General William Harris
The Astronaut
Ahmat
Five Fingers
Cole Williams
21
Hannibal Lee
The Tuskegee Airmen
Miller
Event Horizon
Self
Black Hollywood
Marion Bishop
Assault on Precinct 13
Smoke
Biker Boyz
Sheriff Tanny Brown
Just Cause
Thrax (voice)
Osmosis Jones
Jimmy Jump
King of New York
Socrates Fortlow
Always Outnumbered
Lt. Stobbs
Red Heat
Cream
Band of the Hand
Archie Green
Tortured
Noland
Predators
Roosevelt Stokes
Cadence
Sgt. Flanagan
Gardens of Stone
Nelson Crowe
Bad Company
Dr. Larabee
Akeelah and the Bee
Self - Morpheus
The Matrix Revisited
Vinnie
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
School Daze
Cutter
Death Wish II
Wilford Robinson
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Ike Turner
What's Love Got to Do with It
Glu Glu Lawyer
Cherry 2000
Captain Franks
Slingshot
20 / 20 Mike
Once in the Life
Professor Maurice Phipps
Higher Learning
Othello
Othello
Ellis Cheever
Contagion
Alpha Trion (voice)
Transformers One
Narrator (voice)
Death to 2021
Piper
Fled
Perry White
Man of Steel
Henderson
The Amateur
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood
Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 4
Henry Covington
Have a Little Faith
Michael Waring, DOD Man
Decoration Day
Self - Narrator
The Soul of a Man
Caleb Humphries
Miss Evers' Boys
The Little Bedroom
Self
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
A History of Sex
Self
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Omar
Ride Along
Seko (voice)
Khumba
Perry White
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Self
The Matrix Recalibrated
Briggs
The Colony
Fundi Romaine
Megalopolis
Del
Rudderless
Dr. Wallace Damon
The Signal
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Jimbo Collins
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Cowboy Curtis
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Bumpy Rhodes
The Cotton Club
Sade
Standoff
Nick Holbrook
Class Action
Mr. Stafford
Days of Wrath
Self
Spooge
Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 2
Self
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Narrator (voice)
Michael Jordan to the Max
Gus Mancuso
Passengers
Morpheus (archive footage)
Sex and the Matrix
Mather
Blacksmith
Reverend Richard Mueller
Last Flag Flying
Narrator (voice)
The Snowy Day
Self
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Paul Jellinek
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Laurence Fishburne
Welcome to Hollywood
Dr. Bill Foster
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
A Man's Story
Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
High School Student
Willie & Phil
Self
Rappin' With The Rickster
Narrator (voice)
Ashes and Snow
The Man
Running with the Devil
Special Agent in Charge
The Mule
Daniel Calvin
Imprisoned
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Morpheus (archive footage)
MTV Reloaded
Street Kid
Fast Break
Self
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Goldenrod
The Ice Road
Fish
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Self
Making 'The Matrix'
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
The Blacksmith
Noland (voice)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Rooftop
Our Lady of 121st Street
Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Narrator
Slavery by Another Name
Vick Wallinger
All the Old Knives
Narrator (voice)
Death to 2020
School Master
The School for Good and Evil
Mills
Crimson Blues
Harold Christian
Under the Stadium Lights
Emmett
Cellar Door
Hank Johnson
I Take These Men
Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
Wick Is Pain
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
Megadoc
Morpheus
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Narrator
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Self
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
141
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-07-30
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
Larry Fishburne