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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).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 30, 1961
Age
65 years old
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Popularity Score
5.3
Filmography
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027Movie
Gatto
Rocco (voice)
2027Movie
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
2025Movie
The Astronaut
General William Harris
2025Movie
The Amateur
Henderson
2025Movie
Wick Is Pain
Self
2025Movie
Megadoc
Self
2025Movie
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025TV
Sneaks
Producer
2025Movie
The Astronaut
Executive Producer
2025Movie
Slingshot
Captain Franks
2024Movie
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
2024Movie
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
2024Movie
Cellar Door
Emmett
2024Movie
Clipped
Doc Rivers
2024TV
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl's Lab
Creator
2024TV
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
2023Movie
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)
2023TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Executive Producer
2023TV
Bonnie
Self
2022Movie
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
2022Movie
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
2022Movie
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
2022Movie
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
2022Movie
The Cave of Adullam
Producer
2022Movie
The Cave of Adullam
Executive Producer
2022Movie
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
2021Movie
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
2021Movie
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
2021Movie
The Matrix Resurrections
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021Movie
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
2021TV
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021TV
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021TV
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
2020Movie
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
2020Movie
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020Movie
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
2020TV
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
2020TV
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
2019Movie
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
2019Movie
Running with the Devil
The Man
2019Movie
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
2019Movie
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
2019TV
The Witcher
Regis
2019TV
mixed-ish
Executive Producer
2019TV
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
2018Movie
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
2018Movie
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
2018TV
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018TV
grown-ish
Executive Producer
2018TV
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
2017Movie
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
2017Movie
Year Million
Narrator
2017TV
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
2017TV
Year Million
Executive Producer
2017TV
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
2016Movie
Standoff
Sade
2016Movie
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
2016Movie
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
2016Movie
Roots
Alex Haley
2016TV
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
2015Movie
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
2015Movie
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2015Movie
The Muppets
Self
2015TV
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015TV
Ride Along
Omar
2014Movie
Rudderless
Del
2014Movie
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
2014Movie
black-ish
Pops Johnson
2014TV
black-ish
Executive Producer
2014TV
Man of Steel
Perry White
2013Movie
Khumba
Seko (voice)
2013Movie
The Colony
Briggs
2013Movie
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013Movie
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
2013TV
The Frame
Perry White
2013TV
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
2012Movie
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
2011Movie
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
2011Movie
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
2011Movie
A Man's Story
Self
2011Movie
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
2011Movie
Predators
Noland
2010Movie
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010Movie
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (voice)
2010Movie
Predators: The Chosen
2010Movie
Top Gear
2010TV
Conan
Self
2010TV
The Talk
Self
2010TV
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Thanks
2010Movie
Armored
Baines
2009Movie
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
2009Movie
21
Cole Williams
2008Movie
Tortured
Archie Green
2008Movie
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
2008Movie
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008TV
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
2007Movie
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer (voice)
2007Movie
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
2007Movie
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
2007Movie
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Narrator
2007Movie
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Narrator
2007Movie
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
2006Movie
Bobby
Edward Robinson
2006Movie
Five Fingers
Ahmat
2006Movie
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
2006Movie
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
2006Movie
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006TV
Five Fingers
Producer
2006Movie
Akeelah and the Bee
Producer
2006Movie
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
2005Movie
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
2005Movie
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005Movie
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005TV
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
2004Movie
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
2004Movie
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
2004Movie
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
2004Movie
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004Movie
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Morpheus
2004Movie
CSI: NY
Ray Langston
2004TV
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
2003Movie
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
2003Movie
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
2003Movie
Biker Boyz
Smoke
2003Movie
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
2003Movie
A History of Sex
Self
2003Movie
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
2003Movie
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
2003Movie
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
2003Movie
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
2003Movie
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
2003Movie
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003TV
The Blues
Self - Narrator
2003TV
Undercover Brother
Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
2002Movie
CSI: Miami
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
2002TV
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
2001Movie
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
2001Movie
Spooge
Self
2001Movie
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
2000Movie
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
2000Movie
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
2000Movie
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
2000Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
2000TV
Once in the Life
Director
2000Movie
Once in the Life
Writer
2000Movie
Once in the Life
Screenplay
2000Movie
Once in the Life
Producer
2000Movie
Once in the Life
Theatre Play
2000Movie
The Matrix
Morpheus
1999Movie
Making "The Matrix"
Self
1999Movie
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
1998Movie
The Magic Hour
Self
1998TV
Always Outnumbered
Executive Producer
1998Movie
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
1997Movie
Event Horizon
Miller
1997Movie
Black Hollywood
Self
1997Movie
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
1997Movie
The View
Self
1997TV
Hoodlum
Executive Producer
1997Movie
Miss Evers' Boys
Executive Producer
1997Movie
Fled
Piper
1996Movie
The Daily Show
Self
1996TV
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
1995Movie
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995Movie
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
1995Movie
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
1995Movie
Othello
Othello
1995Movie
MADtv
Self
1995TV
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994TV
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
1993Movie
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
1993Movie
TriBeCa
1993TV
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
1991Movie
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991Movie
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
1991Movie
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
1991Movie
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
1990Movie
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
1990Movie
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990Movie
The Civil War
Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
1990TV
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
1988Movie
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988Movie
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
1988Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
1987Movie
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
1987Movie
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
1987Movie
Quicksilver
Voodoo
1986Movie
Band of the Hand
Cream
1986Movie
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
1986TV
The Color Purple
Swain
1985Movie
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
1985TV
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
1984Movie
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
1984TV
Rumble Fish
Midget
1983Movie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
1983Movie
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
1983Movie
Death Wish II
Cutter
1982Movie
American Playhouse
Jimbo Collins
1982TV
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
Willie & Phil
High School Student
1980Movie
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
1980TV
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
1980TV
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979Movie
Fast Break
Street Kid
1979Movie
Trapper John, M.D.
1979TV
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
1975Movie
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
1972Movie
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
1972TV
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
1951TV
The Little Bedroom
—Movie
Blacksmith
Mather
—Movie
The Blacksmith
Mather
—Movie
Crimson Blues
Mills
—Movie
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Self
—Movie
Inheritance
—Movie
Interference
—Movie
The Rule of Nines
Director
—Movie