Laurence Fishburne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
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).
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Filmography
The Little Bedroom
Movie
Blacksmith
Movie · as Mather
The Blacksmith
Movie · as Mather
Crimson Blues
Movie · as Mills
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Movie · as Self
Inheritance
Movie
Interference
Movie
The Exorcist: Martyrs
Movie · as Father Nichol
Gatto
Movie · as Rocco (voice)
Sneaks
Movie · as The Collector (voice)
The Astronaut
Movie · as General William Harris
The Amateur
Movie · as Henderson
Wick Is Pain
Movie · as Self
Megadoc
Movie · as Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Slingshot
Movie · as Captain Franks
Transformers One
Movie · as Alpha Trion (voice)
Megalopolis
Movie · as Fundi Romaine
Cellar Door
Movie · as Emmett
Clipped
TV · as Doc Rivers · 6 eps
John Wick: Chapter 4
Movie · as Bowery King
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV · as Foster (voice), The Beyonder (voice), Backstory Man (voice) · 1 ep
Bonnie
Movie · as Self
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Movie · as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie · as Self
All the Old Knives
Movie · as Vick Wallinger
The School for Good and Evil
Movie · as School Master
Death to 2021
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Ice Road
Movie · as Goldenrod
Under the Stadium Lights
Movie · as Harold Christian
The Matrix Resurrections
Movie · as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
MacGruber
TV · as General Barrett Fasoose · 8 eps
What If...?
TV · as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) · 1 ep
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV · as Self · 9 eps
Our Lady of 121st Street
Movie · as Rooftop
Death to 2020
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Movie · as Self
#FreeRayshawn
TV · as Steven Poincy · 15 eps
History's Greatest Mysteries
TV · as Self - Host · 103 eps
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Movie · as Bowery King
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Movie · as Paul Jellinek
Running with the Devil
Movie · as The Man
Imprisoned
Movie · as Daniel Calvin
mixed-ish
TV · as Pops Johnson · 1 ep
The Witcher
TV · as Regis · 8 eps
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Movie · as Dr. Bill Foster
The Mule
Movie · as Special Agent in Charge
grown-ish
TV · as Pops Johnson · 3 eps
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV · as Self · 3 eps
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie · as Bowery King
Last Flag Flying
Movie · as Reverend Richard Mueller
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
Movie · as Self
Year Million
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Madiba
TV · as Nelson Mandela · 3 eps
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie · as Perry White
Standoff
Movie · as Sade
Passengers
Movie · as Gus Mancuso
The Snowy Day
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Roots
TV · as Alex Haley · 4 eps
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Movie · as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Movie · as Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Movie · as Self
The Muppets
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jay Leno's Garage
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ride Along
Movie · as Omar
Rudderless
Movie · as Del
The Signal
Movie · as Dr. Wallace Damon
black-ish
TV · as Pops Johnson · 88 eps
Man of Steel
Movie · as Perry White
Khumba
Movie · as Seko (voice)
The Colony
Movie · as Briggs
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Movie
Hannibal
TV · as Jack Crawford · 39 eps
The Frame
TV · as Perry White · 1 ep
Slavery by Another Name
Movie · as Narrator
Contagion
Movie · as Ellis Cheever
Thurgood
Movie · as Thurgood Marshall
Have a Little Faith
Movie · as Henry Covington
A Man's Story
Movie · as Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Movie · as Self
Predators
Movie · as Noland
Rappin' With The Rickster
Movie · as Self
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Movie · as Noland (voice)
Predators: The Chosen
Movie
Top Gear
TV · 1 ep
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Armored
Movie · as Baines
The Black List: Volume Two
Movie · as Self
21
Movie · as Cole Williams
Tortured
Movie · as Archie Green
Days of Wrath
Movie · as Mr. Stafford
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TV · as Self · 1 ep
TMNT
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Movie · as Silver Surfer (voice)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Movie · as Tad Gruzsa
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Movie · as Self
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Movie · as Narrator
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Movie · as Narrator
Mission: Impossible III
Movie · as Theodore Brassel
Bobby
Movie · as Edward Robinson
Five Fingers
Movie · as Ahmat
Akeelah and the Bee
Movie · as Dr. Larabee
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Movie · as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Assault on Precinct 13
Movie · as Marion Bishop
Ashes and Snow
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Movie · as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Matrix Recalibrated
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Movie · as Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Movie · as Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Movie · as Morpheus
CSI: NY
TV · as Ray Langston · 1 ep
Mystic River
Movie · as Whitey Powers
The Matrix Reloaded
Movie · as Morpheus
The Matrix Revolutions
Movie · as Morpheus
Biker Boyz
Movie · as Smoke
The Soul of a Man
Movie · as Self - Narrator
A History of Sex
Movie · as Self
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Movie · as Self
MTV Reloaded
Movie · as Morpheus (archive footage)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Movie · as Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Movie · as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Blues
TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep
Undercover Brother
Movie · as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
CSI: Miami
TV · as CSI Dr. Ray Langston · 1 ep
Osmosis Jones
Movie · as Thrax (voice)
The Matrix Revisited
Movie · as Self - Morpheus
Spooge
Movie · as Self
Once in the Life
Movie · as 20 / 20 Mike
Michael Jordan to the Max
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sex and the Matrix
Movie · as Morpheus (archive footage)
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie · as Laurence Fishburne
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Raymond Langston · 60 eps
The Matrix
Movie · as Morpheus
Making "The Matrix"
Movie · as Self
Always Outnumbered
Movie · as Socrates Fortlow
The Magic Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hoodlum
Movie · as Bumpy Johnson
Event Horizon
Movie · as Miller
Black Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Miss Evers' Boys
Movie · as Caleb Humphries
The View
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Fled
Movie · as Piper
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tuskegee Airmen
Movie · as Hannibal Lee
Just Cause
Movie · as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bad Company
Movie · as Nelson Crowe
Higher Learning
Movie · as Professor Maurice Phipps
Othello
Movie · as Othello
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie · as Vinnie
What's Love Got to Do with It
Movie · as Ike Turner
TriBeCa
TV · 7 eps
Deep Cover
Movie · as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Boyz n the Hood
Movie · as Furious Styles
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Movie · as Self
Class Action
Movie · as Nick Holbrook
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Movie · as Self
King of New York
Movie · as Jimmy Jump
Cadence
Movie · as Roosevelt Stokes
Decoration Day
Movie · as Michael Waring, DOD Man
The Civil War
TV · as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice) · 9 eps
Red Heat
Movie · as Lt. Stobbs
School Daze
Movie · as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Movie · as Cowboy Curtis
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie · as Max
Gardens of Stone
Movie · as Sgt. Flanagan
Cherry 2000
Movie · as Glu Glu Lawyer
Quicksilver
Movie · as Voodoo
Band of the Hand
Movie · as Cream
Pee-wee's Playhouse
TV · as Cowboy Curtis · 45 eps
The Color Purple
Movie · as Swain
Spenser: For Hire
TV · 1 ep
The Equalizer
TV · as Casey Taylor · 1 ep
The Cotton Club
Movie · as Bumpy Rhodes
Miami Vice
TV · as Prison Guard Keller · 1 ep
Rumble Fish
Movie · as Midget
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie · as Jimbo Collins
I Take These Men
Movie · as Hank Johnson
Death Wish II
Movie · as Cutter
American Playhouse
TV · as Jimbo Collins · 1 ep
Hill Street Blues
TV · 1 ep
Willie & Phil
Movie · as High School Student
The Six O'Clock Follies
TV · as Robby Robinson · 6 eps
A Rumor of War
TV · as Lightbulb · 2 eps
Apocalypse Now
Movie · as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Fast Break
Movie · as Street Kid
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Movie · as Wilford Robinson
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Movie · as Fish
M*A*S*H
TV · as Corporal Dorsey · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Michael Waring · 1 ep