Laurence Fishburne
Acting
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
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movieGatto
2027
Rocco (voice)
movieThe Astronaut
2025
General William Harris
movieMegadoc
2025
Self
movieSneaks
2025
The Collector (voice)
movieThe Amateur
2025
Henderson
movieCellar Door
2024
Emmett
movieMegalopolis
2024
Fundi Romaine
movieTransformers One
2024
Alpha Trion (voice)
movieSlingshot
2024
Captain Franks
tvClipped
2024
Doc Rivers
movieJohn Wick: Chapter 4
2023
Bowery King
tvMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Foster (voice) / The Beyonder (voice) / Backstory Man (voice) / Beyonder (voice)
movieBonnie
2022
Self
movieThe School for Good and Evil
2022
School Master
movieAll the Old Knives
2022
Vick Wallinger
movieDeath to 2021
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvMacGruber
2021
General Barrett Fasoose
tvWhat If...?
2021
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) / Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
movieThe Ice Road
2021
Goldenrod
movieUnder the Stadium Lights
2021
Harold Christian
movieDeath to 2020
2020
Narrator (voice)
tvHistory's Greatest Mysteries
2020
Self - Host
tv#FreeRayshawn
2020
Steven Poincy
tvThe Witcher
2019
Regis
tvmixed-ish
2019
Pops Johnson
movieImprisoned
2019
Daniel Calvin
movieWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
Paul Jellinek
movieJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
Bowery King
movieThe Mule
2018
Special Agent in Charge
movieAnt-Man and the Wasp
2018
Dr. Bill Foster
tvgrown-ish
2018
Pops Johnson
movieLast Flag Flying
2017
Reverend Richard Mueller
tvYear Million
2017
Narrator
movieJohn Wick: Chapter 2
2017
Bowery King
tvMadiba
2017
Nelson Mandela
moviePassengers
2016
Gus Mancuso
movieThe Snowy Day
2016
Narrator (voice)
tvRoots
2016
Alex Haley
movieBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Perry White
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
tvblack-ish
2014
Pops Johnson
movieThe Signal
2014
Dr. Wallace Damon
movieKhumba
2013
Seko (voice)
movieMan of Steel
2013
Perry White
movieThe Colony
2013
Briggs
tvThe Frame
2013
Perry White
tvHannibal
2013
Jack Crawford
movieSlavery by Another Name
2012
Narrator
movieHave a Little Faith
2011
Henry Covington
movieContagion
2011
Ellis Cheever
movieThurgood
2011
Thurgood Marshall
tvConan
2010
Self
moviePredators: Moments of Extraction
2010
Noland (voice)
tvThe Talk
2010
Self
moviePredators
2010
Noland
movieArmored
2009
Baines
movieDays of Wrath
2008
Mr. Stafford
movieTortured
2008
Archie Green
movie21
2008
Cole Williams
movieThe Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
Tad Gruzsa
movieFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
movieTMNT
2007
Narrator (voice)
tvAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieBobby
2006
Edward Robinson
movieAkeelah and the Bee
2006
Dr. Larabee
movieMission: Impossible III
2006
Theodore Brassel
movieKiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
movieOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieAshes and Snow
2005
Narrator (voice)
movieAssault on Precinct 13
2005
Marion Bishop
tvCSI: NY
2004
Ray Langston
movieThe Matrix Revolutions
2003
Morpheus
movieMystic River
2003
Whitey Powers
tvThe Blues
2003
Self - Narrator
movieThe Soul of a Man
2003
Self - Narrator
movieThe Matrix Reloaded
2003
Morpheus
movieMTV Reloaded
2003
Morpheus (archive footage)
movieBiker Boyz
2003
Smoke
tvCSI: Miami
2002
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
movieUndercover Brother
2002
Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Matrix Revisited
2001
Self - Morpheus
movieSpooge
2001
Self
movieOsmosis Jones
2001
Thrax (voice)
movieOnce in the Life
2000
20 / 20 Mike
movieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
Laurence Fishburne
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Raymond Langston
movieSex and the Matrix
2000
Morpheus (archive footage)
movieMichael Jordan to the Max
2000
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Matrix
1999
Morpheus
movieAlways Outnumbered
1998
Socrates Fortlow
movieHoodlum
1997
Bumpy Johnson
movieEvent Horizon
1997
Miller
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieMiss Evers' Boys
1997
Caleb Humphries
movieFled
1996
Piper
movieOthello
1995
Othello
tvMADtv
1995
Self
movieThe Tuskegee Airmen
1995
Hannibal Lee
movieJust Cause
1995
Sheriff Tanny Brown
movieBad Company
1995
Nelson Crowe
movieHigher Learning
1995
Professor Maurice Phipps
movieWhat's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Ike Turner
movieDeep Cover
1992
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
movieBoyz n the Hood
1991
Furious Styles
movieClass Action
1991
Nick Holbrook
movieDecoration Day
1990
Michael Waring, DOD Man
movieCadence
1990
Roosevelt Stokes
tvThe Civil War
1990
Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
movieKing of New York
1990
Jimmy Jump
moviePee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
Cowboy Curtis
movieRed Heat
1988
Lt. Stobbs
movieSchool Daze
1988
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
movieCherry 2000
1987
Glu Glu Lawyer
movieGardens of Stone
1987
Sgt. Flanagan
tvPee-wee's Playhouse
1986
Cowboy Curtis
movieQuicksilver
1986
Voodoo
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Casey Taylor
movieThe Cotton Club
1984
Bumpy Rhodes
tvMiami Vice
1984
Prison Guard Keller
movieRumble Fish
1983
Midget
movieI Take These Men
1983
Hank Johnson
movieDeath Wish II
1982
Cutter
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Jimbo Collins
tvA Rumor of War
1980
Lightbulb
movieWillie & Phil
1980
High School Student
The Six O'Clock Follies
1980
Robby Robinson
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
movieFast Break
1979
Street Kid
movieCornbread, Earl and Me
1975
Wilford Robinson
tvM*A*S*H
1972
Corporal Dorsey
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Michael Waring
movieCrimson Blues
Mills
Production14
movieThe Astronaut
2025
Executive Producer
movieSneaks
2025
Producer
tvMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Executive Producer
movieThe Cave of Adullam
2022
Producer, Executive Producer
tvmixed-ish
2019
Executive Producer
tvgrown-ish
2018
Executive Producer
tvYear Million
2017
Executive Producer
tvblack-ish
2014
Executive Producer
movieFive Fingers
2006
Producer
movieAkeelah and the Bee
2006
Producer
movieOnce in the Life
2000
Producer
movieAlways Outnumbered
1998
Executive Producer
movieHoodlum
1997
Executive Producer
movieMiss Evers' Boys
1997
Executive Producer
Directing2
movieOnce in the Life
2000
Director
Creator1
Crew1
Writing1
movieOnce in the Life
2000
Screenplay, Writer, Theatre Play