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