Laurence Fishburne
Acting
🎂 1961-07-30
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurence Fishburne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(191)
Self
2005
Self
2010
Self
1996
Self
1997
1988
Henderson
2025
Raymond Langston
2000
Self
2015
2002
1979
1992
2003
Casey Taylor
1985
Corporal Dorsey
1972
Narrator (voice)
2006
Jack Crawford
2013
1985
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
Prison Guard Keller
1984
Self - Host
2020
Self - Presenter
1956
Foster (voice)
2023
The Beyonder (voice)
2023
Backstory Man (voice)
2023
Beyonder (voice)
2023
Pops Johnson
2018
Self
1953
Bowery King
2023
Perry White
2013
Morpheus
1999
1981
Michael Waring
1951
Self
2025
Pops Johnson
2014
Self
2021
Self
2015
Various
1990
Alex Haley
2016
Self
1998
Perry White
2016
Alpha Trion (voice)
2024
Bowery King
2017
General Barrett Fasoose
2021
Self
2025
Bowery King
2019
Steven Poincy
2020
Doc Rivers
2024
Self - Narrator
2003
Perry White
2013
Theodore Brassel
2006
Self
2018
Morpheus
2003
Narrator
2017
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979
Noland
2010
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
2007
Morpheus
2003
School Master
2022
Nelson Mandela
2017
Dr. Bill Foster
2018
Fundi Romaine
2024
Cowboy Curtis
1986
Gus Mancuso
2016
Miller
1997
Cole Williams
2008
Pops Johnson
2019
Ellis Cheever
2011
Self
1995
Furious Styles
1991
Whitey Powers
2003
Self
1994
2010
Swain
1985
Goldenrod
2021
Vick Wallinger
2022
Special Agent in Charge
2018
Jimmy Jump
1990
Lt. Stobbs
1988
Omar
2014
Narrator (voice)
2007
Thrax (voice)
2001
Marion Bishop
2005
Vinnie
1993
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992
Briggs
2013
Hannibal Lee
1995
Self
1991
Max
1987
Dr. Larabee
2006
The Collector (voice)
2025
Midget
1983
Dr. Wallace Damon
2014
Smoke
2003
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Edward Robinson
2006
1993
Seko (voice)
2013
Captain Franks
2024
Lightbulb
1980
Ike Turner
1993
Baines
2009
Cutter
1982
Paul Jellinek
2019
Narrator (voice)
2021
Tad Gruzsa
2007
Professor Maurice Phipps
1995
Emmett
2024
Bumpy Johnson
1997
Bumpy Rhodes
1984
Piper
1996
Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995
Voodoo
1986
Caleb Humphries
1997
The Man
2019
Narrator (voice)
2020
Roosevelt Stokes
1990
Sgt. Flanagan
1987
Del
2014
Reverend Richard Mueller
2017
Glu Glu Lawyer
1987
Sade
2016
Self - Morpheus
2001
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self
2008
Self
2022
Robby Robinson
1980
Cowboy Curtis
1988
Othello
1995
Nelson Crowe
1995
Nick Holbrook
1991
Street Kid
1979
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988
Ahmat
2006
Laurence Fishburne
1998
Self
2004
Daniel Calvin
2019
High School Student
1980
Self
1999
General William Harris
2025
Archie Green
2008
Narrator (voice)
2016
20 / 20 Mike
2000
Self
2022
Noland (Voice)
2010
Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990
Henry Covington
2011
Self
2007
Harold Christian
2021
Jack
2009
Mills
Self
2004
Socrates Fortlow
1998
Himself
2004
Noland
2010
Self
2004
Self
2003
Cream
1986
Morpheus (archive footage)
2000
Wilford Robinson
1975
Narrator (voice)
2005
Rooftop
2020
Self
2011
Mather
Self
2003
Self
2003
Morpheus (archive footage)
2003
Self
2011
Narrator
2012
Self
2020
Self
2015
Mr. Stafford
2008
Self
2003
Narrator (voice)
2000
Hank Johnson
1983
Jimbo Collins
1983
Thurgood Marshall
2011
Self
2001
Self
2022
Self - Narrator
2003
Self
2015
Self
2009
Fish
1972
Self
2015
Self
1997
Self
2006
Self
1991
Self
2010
Self
2003
