Laurence Fishburne
Actor

Laurence Fishburne

29 Movies
2 TV Shows
31 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 31
Birthday July 30, 1961 (64 years old)
Place of Birth Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As Larry Fishburne, Laurence John Fishburne, ЛоурСнс Π€ΠΈΡˆΠ±ΠΎΡ€Π½
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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 dramaΒ 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).

Filmography (202)

Untitled The Exorcist Film 2027
Gatto 2027
Sneaks 2025
The Astronaut 2025 The Amateur 2025
Wick Is Pain 2025
Megadoc 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet 2025
Slingshot 2024
Transformers One 2024
Megalopolis 2024
Cellar Door 2024
Clipped 2024
John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 2023
Bonnie 2022
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special 2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022
All the Old Knives 2022
The School for Good and Evil 2022
Death to 2021 2021
The Ice Road 2021
Under the Stadium Lights 2021
The Matrix Resurrections 2021
MacGruber 2021
What If...? 2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy 2021
Our Lady of 121st Street 2020
Death to 2020 2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist 2020
#FreeRayshawn 2020
History's Greatest Mysteries 2020
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 2019
Running with the Devil 2019
Imprisoned 2019
mixed-ish 2019
The Witcher 2019 Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018 The Mule 2018
grown-ish 2018
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' 2018
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017
Last Flag Flying 2017
Year Million 2017
Madiba 2017
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
Standoff 2016
Passengers 2016
The Snowy Day 2016
Roots 2016
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words 2015
The Muppets 2015
Jay Leno's Garage 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Ride Along 2014
Rudderless 2014
The Signal 2014
black-ish 2014
Man of Steel 2013
Khumba 2013
The Colony 2013
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel 2013
Hannibal 2013
The Frame 2013
Slavery by Another Name 2012
Contagion 2011
Thurgood 2011
Have a Little Faith 2011
A Man's Story 2011
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' 2011
Predators 2010
Rappin' With The Rickster 2010
Predators: Moments of Extraction 2010
Predators: The Chosen 2010
Top Gear 2010
Conan 2010
Armored 2009
The Black List: Volume Two 2009
21 2008
Tortured 2008
Days of Wrath 2008
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence 2008
TMNT 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007
The Death and Life of Bobby Z 2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War 2007
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants 2007
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2007
Mission: Impossible III 2006
Bobby 2006
Five Fingers 2006
Akeelah and the Bee 2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon' 2006
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions 2006
Assault on Precinct 13 2005
Ashes and Snow 2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005
The Matrix Recalibrated 2004
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited 2004
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited 2004
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase 2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface 2004
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix 2004
Mystic River 2003 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 The Matrix Revolutions 2003
Biker Boyz 2003
The Soul of a Man 2003
A History of Sex 2003
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' 2003
MTV Reloaded 2003
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend 2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty 2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load 2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
The Blues 2003
Undercover Brother 2002
CSI: Miami 2002
Osmosis Jones 2001
The Matrix Revisited 2001
Spooge 2001
Once in the Life 2000
Michael Jordan to the Max 2000
Sex and the Matrix 2000
Welcome to Hollywood 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000
The Matrix 1999
Making "The Matrix" 1999
Always Outnumbered 1998
The Magic Hour 1998
Hoodlum 1997
Event Horizon 1997
Black Hollywood 1997
Miss Evers' Boys 1997
The View 1997
Fled 1996
The Daily Show 1996
The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 Just Cause 1995 Bad Company 1995 Higher Learning 1995 Othello 1995
MADtv 1995
Inside the Actors Studio 1994
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
What's Love Got to Do with It 1993
TriBeCa 1993
Deep Cover 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Boyz n the Hood 1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Class Action 1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry 1991
King of New York 1990
Cadence 1990
Decoration Day 1990
The Civil War 1990
Red Heat 1988
School Daze 1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987
Gardens of Stone 1987
Cherry 2000 1987
Quicksilver 1986
Band of the Hand 1986
Pee-wee's Playhouse 1986
The Color Purple 1985
Spenser: For Hire 1985
The Equalizer 1985
The Cotton Club 1984
Miami Vice 1984
Rumble Fish 1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983
I Take These Men 1983
Death Wish II 1982
Hill Street Blues 1981
Willie & Phil 1980
The Six O'Clock Follies 1980
A Rumor of War 1980
Apocalypse Now 1979
Fast Break 1979
Trapper John, M.D. 1979
Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band 1972
M*A*S*H 1972
Tony Awards 1956
The Oscars 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
The Little Bedroom
Blacksmith
The Blacksmith
Crimson Blues
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Inheritance
Interference