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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…
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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).
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Laurence Fishburne's Filmography
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The Exorcist: Martyrs
as Father Nichol
Gatto
as Rocco (voice)
The Astronaut
as General William Harris
Megadoc
as Self
Wick Is Pain
as Self
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice)
The Amateur
as Henderson
Cellar Door
as Emmett
Megalopolis
as Fundi Romaine
Transformers One
as Alpha Trion (voice)
Slingshot
as Captain Franks
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Bowery King
Bonnie
as Self
The School for Good and Evil
as School Master
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
All the Old Knives
as Vick Wallinger
Death to 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ice Road
as Goldenrod
Under the Stadium Lights
as Harold Christian
Death to 2020
as Narrator (voice)
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Rooftop
Imprisoned
as Daniel Calvin
Running with the Devil
as The Man
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Bowery King
The Mule
as Special Agent in Charge
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Dr. Bill Foster
Last Flag Flying
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
as Self
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Bowery King
Passengers
as Gus Mancuso
The Snowy Day
as Narrator (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Perry White
Standoff
as Sade
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
Rudderless
as Del
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Ride Along
as Omar
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Khumba
as Seko (voice)
Man of Steel
as Perry White
The Colony
as Briggs
Slavery by Another Name
as Narrator
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
A Man's Story
as Self
Contagion
as Ellis Cheever
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
as Self
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (voice)
Predators
as Noland
Predators: The Chosen
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
Armored
as Baines
The Black List: Volume Two
as Self
Days of Wrath
as Mr. Stafford
Tortured
as Archie Green
21
as Cole Williams
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Tad Gruzsa
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Silver Surfer (voice)
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
as Narrator
TMNT
as Narrator (voice)
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
as Narrator
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
Five Fingers
as Ahmat
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee
Mission: Impossible III
as Theodore Brassel
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
as Self (archive footage)
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
as Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as Morpheus
No Poster
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
No Poster
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self
No Poster
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
Mystic River
as Whitey Powers
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
as Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
as Self
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
No Poster
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
as Self
A History of Sex
as Self
Undercover Brother
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
Spooge
as Self
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
Making "The Matrix"
as Self
The Matrix
as Morpheus
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow
No Poster
Black Hollywood
as Self
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson
Event Horizon
as Miller
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries
Fled
as Piper
Othello
as Othello
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Vinnie
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Max
Band of the Hand
as Cream
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
The Color Purple
as Swain
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Rhodes
Rumble Fish
as Midget
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Jimbo Collins
I Take These Men
as Hank Johnson
Death Wish II
as Cutter
Willie & Phil
as High School Student
Apocalypse Now
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Fast Break
as Street Kid
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Wilford Robinson
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
as Fish
No Poster
Inheritance
No Poster
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
No Poster
Interference
No Poster
The Little Bedroom
Crimson Blues
as Mills
No Poster
Blacksmith
as Mather
No Poster
The Blacksmith
as Mather