Laurence Fishburne
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
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
The Witcher
Regis
CSI: Miami
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
What If...?
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Matrix
Morpheus
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
Hill Street Blues
black-ish
Pops Johnson
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
The Amateur
Henderson
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Man of Steel
Perry White
The Astronaut
General William Harris
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
Predators
Noland
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
The Oscars
Self
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
Trapper John, M.D.
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
Spenser: For Hire
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The Beyonder (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Backstory Man (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Beyonder (voice)
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
The Civil War
Various
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
21
Cole Williams
Event Horizon
Miller
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
Band of the Hand
Cream
A Man's Story
Self
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
Bobby
Edward Robinson
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
Ride Along
Omar
Fast Break
Street Kid
Roots
Alex Haley
Top Gear
Biker Boyz
Smoke
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
The Muppets
Self
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Self
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
Standoff
Sade
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Rumble Fish
Midget
Slingshot
Captain Franks
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
The Color Purple
Swain
Cellar Door
Emmett
Black Hollywood
Self
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Khumba
Seko (voice)
Wick Is Pain
Self
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
The Colony
Briggs
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
Fled
Piper
Running with the Devil
The Man
Clipped
Doc Rivers
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
The Blues
Self - Narrator
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
Five Fingers
Ahmat
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
Death Wish II
Cutter
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
Armored
Baines
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
Willie & Phil
High School Student
Rudderless
Del
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
MADtv
Self
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
Year Million
Narrator
Quicksilver
Voodoo
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
Tortured
Archie Green
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
TriBeCa
Megadoc
Self
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
Bonnie
Self
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
Othello
Othello
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
A History of Sex
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (voice)
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
Predators: The Chosen
Spooge
Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Morpheus
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
The Little Bedroom
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
Making 'The Matrix'
Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
Blacksmith
Mather
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
Crimson Blues
Mills
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
The Blacksmith
The Daily Show
Self
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Narrator
Conan
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
The Frame
Perry White
The Magic Hour
Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self