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