Acting
Laurence Fishburne
EN, DE cinema · 154 credits
Born
30 July 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also known as Larry Fishburne · Laurence John Fishburne · Лоуренс Фишборн · Laurence John Fishburne III
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
Filmography
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
as Mather
Crimson Blues
as Mills
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
The Exorcist: Martyrs
as Father Nichol
Gatto
as Rocco (voice)
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice), Producer
The Astronaut
as General William Harris, Executive Producer
The Amateur
as Henderson
Wick Is Pain
as Self
Megadoc
as Self
Slingshot
as Captain Franks
Transformers One
as Alpha Trion (voice)
Megalopolis
as Fundi Romaine
Cellar Door
as Emmett
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Bowery King
Bonnie
as Self
All the Old Knives
as Vick Wallinger
The School for Good and Evil
as School Master
The Cave of Adullam
Producer, Executive Producer
Death to 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Ice Road
as Goldenrod
Under the Stadium Lights
as Harold Christian
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death to 2020
as Narrator (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Bowery King
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
Running with the Devil
as The Man
Imprisoned
as Daniel Calvin
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Dr. Bill Foster
The Mule
as Special Agent in Charge
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Bowery King
Last Flag Flying
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Perry White
Standoff
as Sade
Passengers
as Gus Mancuso
The Snowy Day
as Narrator (voice)
Ride Along
as Omar
Rudderless
as Del
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Man of Steel
as Perry White
Khumba
as Seko (voice)
The Colony
as Briggs
Slavery by Another Name
as Narrator
Contagion
as Ellis Cheever
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
A Man's Story
as Self
Predators
as Noland
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (voice), Thanks
Armored
as Baines
21
as Cole Williams
Tortured
as Archie Green
Days of Wrath
as Mr. Stafford
TMNT
as Narrator (voice)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Silver Surfer (voice)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Tad Gruzsa
Mission: Impossible III
as Theodore Brassel
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
Five Fingers
as Ahmat, Producer
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee, Producer
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
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)
Mystic River
as Whitey Powers
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
A History of Sex
as Self
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Undercover Brother
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
Spooge
as Self
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Writer, Theatre Play
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
The Matrix
as Morpheus
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow, Executive Producer
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson, Executive Producer
Event Horizon
as Miller
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries, Executive Producer
Fled
as Piper
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
Othello
as Othello
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
Band of the Hand
as Cream
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
