Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961; usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) 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 been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing 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 Colour 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), as well as having a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss.
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Known for
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
Hill Street Blues
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
black-ish
Pops Johnson
CSI: Miami
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
Trapper John, M.D.
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
Spenser: For Hire
The Matrix
Morpheus
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
What If...?
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
The Amateur
Henderson
Wick Is Pain
Self
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
Top Gear
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)
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
Man of Steel
Perry White
The Muppets
Self
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
The Oscars
Self
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
Predators
Noland
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
Event Horizon
Miller
21
Cole Williams
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
The Civil War
Various
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
The Color Purple
Swain
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Roots
Alex Haley
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
Rumble Fish
Midget
MADtv
Self
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
Clipped
Doc Rivers
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Fled
Piper
Armored
Baines
Slingshot
Captain Franks
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
Khumba
Seko (voice)
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
Cellar Door
Emmett
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
The Blues
Self - Narrator
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
Biker Boyz
Smoke
Lynch/Oz
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
Running with the Devil
The Man
Bobby
Edward Robinson
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
Ride Along
Omar
Quicksilver
Voodoo
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
Band of the Hand
Cream
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
Othello
Othello
The Colony
Briggs
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
A Man's Story
Self
Death Wish II
Cutter
Willie and Phil
High School Student
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
Bonnie
Self
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
Standoff
Sade
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
Fast Break
Street Kid
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
TriBeCa
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
Black Water Transit
Jack
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
Five Fingers
Ahmat
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
Predators: The Chosen
Noland
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (Voice)
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
The Astronaut
General William Harris
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
Rudderless
Del
Spooge
Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
Crimson Blues
Mills
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
Year Million
Narrator
A History of Sex
Self
The Little Bedroom
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
The Blacksmith
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Himself
Making 'The Matrix'
Self
Black Hollywood
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Hannibal: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Tortured
Archie Green
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
Blacksmith
Mather
The Daily Show
Self
Hannibal: The Series
Jack Crawford
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The View
Self
Conan
Self
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
The Frame
Perry White
The Magic Hour
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self