Cast
Laurence Fishburne
Acting
Cast
Laurence Fishburne
Known for
Acting
Born
1961-07-30
From
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also known as Larry Fishburne, Laurence John Fishburne, Лоуренс Фишборн
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).
★8.3
MOVIE1999
The Matrix
as Morpheus
★7.7
MOVIE2023
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Bowery King
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Perry White
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Man of Steel
as Perry White
★6.8
MOVIE2003
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
★8.3
MOVIE1979
Apocalypse Now
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
★7.4
MOVIE2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Bowery King
★7.3
MOVIE2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Bowery King
★7.1
MOVIE2003
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
★8.0
MOVIE2024
Transformers One
as Alpha Trion (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE1997
Event Horizon
as Miller
★6.9
MOVIE2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Dr. Bill Foster
★6.9
MOVIE2025
The Amateur
as Henderson
★6.3
MOVIE2010
Predators
as Noland
★6.3
MOVIE2021
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE2003
Mystic River
as Whitey Powers
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Passengers
as Gus Mancuso
★6.8
MOVIE2006
Mission: Impossible III
as Theodore Brassel
★5.6
MOVIE2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2022
The School for Good and Evil
as School Master
★6.1
MOVIE2025
The Astronaut
as General William Harris
★6.7
MOVIE2011
Contagion
as Ellis Cheever
MOVIE2027
Gatto
as Rocco (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2018
The Mule
as Special Agent in Charge
★6.7
MOVIE2008
21
as Cole Williams
★6.2
MOVIE2007
TMNT
as Narrator (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE1991
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
★5.5
MOVIE2013
The Colony
as Briggs
★5.2
MOVIE2024
Megalopolis
as Fundi Romaine
★6.8
MOVIE2021
The Ice Road
as Goldenrod
★6.3
MOVIE2014
Ride Along
as Omar
★6.0
MOVIE2014
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
★6.2
MOVIE1988
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
★7.7
MOVIE1985
The Color Purple
as Swain
★6.2
MOVIE2005
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE2024
Slingshot
as Captain Franks
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson
MOVIE2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs
★7.4
MOVIE2025
Wick Is Pain
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1990
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
★4.1
MOVIE2000
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
★5.9
MOVIE2002
Undercover Brother
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE2022
All the Old Knives
as Vick Wallinger
★6.0
MOVIE2013
Khumba
as Seko (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1982
Death Wish II
as Cutter
★6.7
MOVIE1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Max
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
★5.9
MOVIE2025
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice)
★4.6
MOVIE1980
Willie & Phil
as High School Student
★6.8
MOVIE1992
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
★6.5
MOVIE1984
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Rhodes
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Rumble Fish
as Midget
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
★5.7
MOVIE1996
Fled
as Piper
★7.1
MOVIE1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
★5.8
MOVIE2009
Armored
as Baines
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Death to 2020
as Narrator (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2017
Last Flag Flying
as Reverend Richard Mueller
★7.1
MOVIE1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Vinnie
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee
★5.8
MOVIE2024
Cellar Door
as Emmett
★6.1
MOVIE2016
Standoff
as Sade
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
★6.2
MOVIE2007
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Tad Gruzsa
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
★7.1
MOVIE1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
★5.4
MOVIE2019
Running with the Devil
as The Man
★7.3
MOVIE2005
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2014
Rudderless
as Del
★6.9
MOVIE2001
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
★5.6
MOVIE1986
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
★5.3
MOVIE2022
Bonnie
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as Morpheus
★6.4
MOVIE2006
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
★6.5
MOVIE2025
Megadoc
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Band of the Hand
as Cream
★6.9
MOVIE2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2000
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE2011
A Man's Story
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2008
Tortured
as Archie Green
MOVIETBA
Inheritance
★6.7
MOVIE1990
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
★5.7
MOVIE1988
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
★6.9
MOVIE1990
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Death to 2021
as Narrator (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1987
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
★6.6
MOVIE2011
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
★6.5
MOVIE2011
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
MOVIE2013
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
★6.2
MOVIE2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
★4.9
MOVIE1995
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
MOVIE2001
Spooge
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1975
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Wilford Robinson
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Five Fingers
as Ahmat
MOVIE2020
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Rooftop
★5.5
MOVIE2008
Days of Wrath
as Mr. Stafford
★7.2
MOVIE2012
Slavery by Another Name
as Narrator
★4.8
MOVIE2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1999
Making "The Matrix"
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIETBA
Interference
★7.2
MOVIE1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
★7.1
MOVIE2004
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1995
Othello
as Othello
★3.0
MOVIE2010
Predators: The Chosen
MOVIETBA
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2000
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Under the Stadium Lights
as Harold Christian
★6.4
MOVIE1998
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow
★5.5
MOVIE2003
A History of Sex
as Self
MOVIETBA
The Little Bedroom
★7.0
MOVIE2016
The Snowy Day
as Narrator (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1979
Fast Break
as Street Kid
★6.8
MOVIE2004
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2003
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
★7.3
MOVIE2003
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
★4.6
MOVIE2019
Imprisoned
as Daniel Calvin
★6.0
MOVIE2009
The Black List: Volume Two
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2015
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
MOVIE2007
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
as Narrator
★4.3
MOVIE1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2000
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2004
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1983
I Take These Men
as Hank Johnson
★10.0
MOVIE2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self
★2.0
MOVIE2010
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
MOVIE2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self
MOVIETBA
The Blacksmith
as Mather
★2.5
MOVIE2022
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Jimbo Collins
★4.2
MOVIE2010
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Black Hollywood
as Self
★9.5
MOVIE2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
★2.0
MOVIE2011
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
as Self
MOVIETBA
Crimson Blues
as Mills
★5.0
MOVIE1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
as Fish
★6.0
MOVIE2003
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
MOVIETBA
Blacksmith
as Mather
MOVIE2007
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
as Narrator
MOVIE2003
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
as Self