Laurence Fishburne
Known for Acting · 205 credits
- Born
- 1961-07-30 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Larry Fishburne · Laurence John Fishburne · Лоуренс Фишборн
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).
Known For
TV Shows (54)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Raymond Langston
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
CSI: Miami
2002
as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self
The Witcher
2019
as Regis
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
CSI: NY
2004
as Ray Langston
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Miami Vice
1984
as Prison Guard Keller
M*A*S*H
1972
as Corporal Dorsey
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Talk
2010
as Self
Hannibal
2013
as Jack Crawford
What If...?
2021
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
black-ish
2014
as Pops Johnson
American Playhouse
1982
as Jimbo Collins
The Equalizer
1985
as Casey Taylor
The Oscars
1953
as Self
grown-ish
2018
as Pops Johnson
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Foster (voice) / The Beyonder (voice) / Backstory Man (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
as Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986
as Cowboy Curtis
Spenser: For Hire
1985
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Civil War
1990
as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
The Muppets
2015
as Self
mixed-ish
2019
as Pops Johnson
History's Greatest Mysteries
2020
as Self - Host
Roots
2016
as Alex Haley
Top Gear
2010
The Frame
2013
as Perry White
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Michael Waring
MacGruber
2021
as General Barrett Fasoose
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
The Blues
2003
as Self - Narrator
Madiba
2017
as Nelson Mandela
Clipped
2024
as Doc Rivers
Year Million
2017
as Narrator
The Magic Hour
1998
as Self
#FreeRayshawn
2020
as Steven Poincy
A Rumor of War
1980
as Lightbulb
MADtv
1995
as Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
as Self
TriBeCa
1993
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Six O'Clock Follies
1980
as Robby Robinson
Movies (151)
The Matrix
1999
as Morpheus
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
as Bowery King
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Perry White
Man of Steel
2013
as Perry White
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Morpheus
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Bowery King
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Morpheus
Transformers One
2024
as Alpha Trion (voice)
Event Horizon
1997
as Miller
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018
as Dr. Bill Foster
The Amateur
2025
as Henderson
Predators
2010
as Noland
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mystic River
2003
as Whitey Powers
Passengers
2016
as Gus Mancuso
Mission: Impossible III
2006
as Theodore Brassel
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
2022
as School Master
The Astronaut
2025
as General William Harris
Contagion
2011
as Ellis Cheever
Gatto
2027
as Rocco (voice)
The Mule
2018
as Special Agent in Charge
21
2008
as Cole Williams
TMNT
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Furious Styles
The Colony
2013
as Briggs
Megalopolis
2024
as Fundi Romaine
The Ice Road
2021
as Goldenrod
Ride Along
2014
as Omar
The Signal
2014
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Red Heat
1988
as Lt. Stobbs
The Color Purple
1985
as Swain
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Marion Bishop
Osmosis Jones
2001
as Thrax (voice)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Slingshot
2024
as Captain Franks
Hoodlum
1997
as Bumpy Johnson
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
Wick Is Pain
2025
as Self
King of New York
1990
as Jimmy Jump
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Laurence Fishburne
Undercover Brother
2002
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
All the Old Knives
2022
as Vick Wallinger
Khumba
2013
as Seko (voice)
Death Wish II
1982
as Cutter
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Max
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
as Paul Jellinek
Sneaks
2025
as The Collector (voice)
Willie & Phil
1980
as High School Student
Deep Cover
1992
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
The Cotton Club
1984
as Bumpy Rhodes
Rumble Fish
1983
as Midget
Biker Boyz
2003
as Smoke
Fled
1996
as Piper
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Ike Turner
Armored
2009
as Baines
Death to 2020
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Last Flag Flying
2017
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Vinnie
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Dr. Larabee
Cellar Door
2024
as Emmett
Standoff
2016
as Sade
Just Cause
1995
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Tad Gruzsa
Higher Learning
1995
as Professor Maurice Phipps
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Hannibal Lee
Running with the Devil
2019
as The Man
Ashes and Snow
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Rudderless
2014
as Del
The Matrix Revisited
2001
as Self - Morpheus
Quicksilver
1986
as Voodoo
Cherry 2000
1987
as Glu Glu Lawyer
Bonnie
2022
as Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004
as Morpheus
Bobby
2006
as Edward Robinson
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Caleb Humphries
Class Action
1991
as Nick Holbrook
Megadoc
2025
as Self
Band of the Hand
1986
as Cream
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
Sex and the Matrix
2000
as Morpheus (archive footage)
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Tortured
2008
as Archie Green
Inheritance
Cadence
1990
as Roosevelt Stokes
School Daze
1988
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Decoration Day
1990
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Death to 2021
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Flanagan
Have a Little Faith
2011
as Henry Covington
Thurgood
2011
as Thurgood Marshall
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Bad Company
1995
as Nelson Crowe
Spooge
2001
as Self
Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975
as Wilford Robinson
Five Fingers
2006
as Ahmat
Our Lady of 121st Street
2020
as Rooftop
Days of Wrath
2008
as Mr. Stafford
Slavery by Another Name
2012
as Narrator
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020
as Self
Making "The Matrix"
1999
as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Interference
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Cowboy Curtis
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
as Self
Othello
1995
as Othello
Predators: The Chosen
2010
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
Once in the Life
2000
as 20 / 20 Mike
Under the Stadium Lights
2021
as Harold Christian
Always Outnumbered
1998
as Socrates Fortlow
A History of Sex
2003
as Self
The Little Bedroom
The Snowy Day
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Fast Break
1979
as Street Kid
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
as Self
About 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–pr… With 205 credits spanning from 1951 to 2027, Laurence Fishburne has appeared in 151 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Laurence Fishburne Movies
- The Matrix (1999) — as Morpheus
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) — as Bowery King
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — as Perry White
- Man of Steel (2013) — as Perry White
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) — as Morpheus
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