Laurence Fishburne
Known for Acting · 201 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 (51)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Raymond Langston
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
CSI: Miami
2002
as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
Conan
2010
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Witcher
2019
as Regis
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
M*A*S*H
1972
as Corporal Dorsey
Miami Vice
1984
as Prison Guard Keller
Hannibal
2013
as Jack Crawford
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Equalizer
1985
as Casey Taylor
black-ish
2014
as Pops Johnson
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
What If...?
2021
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
grown-ish
2018
as Pops Johnson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Foster (voice) / The Beyonder (voice) / Backstory Man (voice)
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
mixed-ish
2019
as Pops Johnson
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
The Muppets
2015
as Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986
as Cowboy Curtis
History's Greatest Mysteries
2020
as Self - Host
The Civil War
1990
as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
The Frame
2013
as Perry White
Roots
2016
as Alex Haley
Top Gear
2010
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
The Magic Hour
1998
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Michael Waring
The Blues
2003
as Self - Narrator
Clipped
2024
as Doc Rivers
MacGruber
2021
as General Barrett Fasoose
#FreeRayshawn
2020
as Steven Poincy
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
as Self
MADtv
1995
as Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
Madiba
2017
as Nelson Mandela
A Rumor of War
1980
as Lightbulb
TriBeCa
1993
Year Million
2017
as Narrator
The Six O'Clock Follies
1980
as Robby Robinson
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (150)
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
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Bowery King
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
The Amateur
2025
as Henderson
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as Bowery King
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Morpheus
Transformers One
2024
as Alpha Trion (voice)
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Morpheus
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018
as Dr. Bill Foster
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Event Horizon
1997
as Miller
Mission: Impossible III
2006
as Theodore Brassel
Predators
2010
as Noland
Passengers
2016
as Gus Mancuso
Mystic River
2003
as Whitey Powers
The Astronaut
2025
as General William Harris
TMNT
2007
as Narrator (voice)
King of New York
1990
as Jimmy Jump
21
2008
as Cole Williams
The Colony
2013
as Briggs
The Mule
2018
as Special Agent in Charge
Contagion
2011
as Ellis Cheever
The School for Good and Evil
2022
as School Master
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Red Heat
1988
as Lt. Stobbs
The Color Purple
1985
as Swain
The Ice Road
2021
as Goldenrod
Megalopolis
2024
as Fundi Romaine
Hoodlum
1997
as Bumpy Johnson
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Furious Styles
Fled
1996
as Piper
Ride Along
2014
as Omar
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
The Signal
2014
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Sneaks
2025
as The Collector (voice)
Osmosis Jones
2001
as Thrax (voice)
Khumba
2013
as Seko (voice)
The Cotton Club
1984
as Bumpy Rhodes
Bobby
2006
as Edward Robinson
Armored
2009
as Baines
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Max
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Marion Bishop
Death Wish II
1982
as Cutter
Slingshot
2024
as Captain Franks
Higher Learning
1995
as Professor Maurice Phipps
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Vinnie
Undercover Brother
2002
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Ike Turner
Just Cause
1995
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bad Company
1995
as Nelson Crowe
Biker Boyz
2003
as Smoke
Cadence
1990
as Roosevelt Stokes
All the Old Knives
2022
as Vick Wallinger
Standoff
2016
as Sade
Death to 2020
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Running with the Devil
2019
as The Man
Rumble Fish
1983
as Midget
School Daze
1988
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Wick Is Pain
2025
as Self
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Dr. Larabee
Megadoc
2025
as Self
Deep Cover
1992
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Tad Gruzsa
Bonnie
2022
as Self
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
as Paul Jellinek
Rudderless
2014
as Del
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Laurence Fishburne
Class Action
1991
as Nick Holbrook
Cherry 2000
1987
as Glu Glu Lawyer
Tortured
2008
as Archie Green
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Hannibal Lee
The Matrix Revisited
2001
as Self - Morpheus
Quicksilver
1986
as Voodoo
Cellar Door
2024
as Emmett
Band of the Hand
1986
as Cream
Death to 2021
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Last Flag Flying
2017
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Caleb Humphries
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Flanagan
Five Fingers
2006
as Ahmat
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Once in the Life
2000
as 20 / 20 Mike
Othello
1995
as Othello
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Making "The Matrix"
1999
as Self
Sex and the Matrix
2000
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Decoration Day
1990
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Cowboy Curtis
Have a Little Faith
2011
as Henry Covington
Days of Wrath
2008
as Mr. Stafford
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022
as Self
Rappin' With The Rickster
2010
as Self
Always Outnumbered
1998
as Socrates Fortlow
Willie & Phil
1980
as High School Student
Under the Stadium Lights
2021
as Harold Christian
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
as Self
Ashes and Snow
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
as Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
as Self
Our Lady of 121st Street
2020
as Rooftop
MTV Reloaded
2003
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020
as Self
Imprisoned
2019
as Daniel Calvin
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Self
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Jimbo Collins
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
The Snowy Day
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975
as Wilford Robinson
I Take These Men
1983
as Hank Johnson
Fast Break
1979
as Street Kid
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
as Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
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 201 credits spanning from 1951 to 2027, Laurence Fishburne has appeared in 150 films and 51 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
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) — as Bowery King
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