Laurence Fishburne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-07-30 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Laurence Fishburne
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
Acting
Crimson Blues
as Mills
Blacksmith
as Mather
(2025)
The Amateur
as Henderson
(2025)
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice)
(2025)
The Astronaut
as General William Harris
(2025)
Wick Is Pain
as Self
(2025)
Megadoc
as Self
(2024)
Transformers One
as Alpha Trion (voice)
(2024)
Megalopolis
as Fundi Romaine
(2024)
Cellar Door
as Emmett
(2024)
Slingshot
as Captain Franks
(2023)
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Bowery King
(2022)
The School for Good and Evil
as School Master
(2022)
All the Old Knives
as Vick Wallinger
(2022)
Bonnie
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
The Ice Road
as Goldenrod
(2021)
Death to 2021
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Under the Stadium Lights
as Harold Christian
(2020)
Death to 2020
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Rooftop
(2020)
(2019)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Bowery King
(2019)
Running with the Devil
as The Man
(2019)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
(2019)
Imprisoned
as Daniel Calvin
(2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Dr. Bill Foster
(2018)
The Mule
as Special Agent in Charge
(2017)
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Bowery King
(2017)
Last Flag Flying
as Reverend Richard Mueller
(2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Perry White
(2016)
Passengers
as Gus Mancuso
(2016)
Standoff
as Sade
(2016)
The Snowy Day
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Ride Along
as Omar
(2014)
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
(2014)
Rudderless
as Del
(2013)
Man of Steel
as Perry White
(2013)
The Colony
as Briggs
(2013)
Khumba
as Seko (voice)
(2012)
Slavery by Another Name
as Narrator
(2011)
Contagion
as Ellis Cheever
(2011)
A Man's Story
as Self
(2011)
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
(2011)
(2011)
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
(2010)
Predators
as Noland
(2010)
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
(2010)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (voice)
(2009)
Armored
as Baines
(2009)
The Black List: Volume Two
as Self
(2008)
21
as Cole Williams
(2008)
Tortured
as Archie Green
(2008)
Days of Wrath
as Mr. Stafford
(2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
(2007)
TMNT
as Narrator (voice)
(2007)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Tad Gruzsa
(2007)
(2006)
Mission: Impossible III
as Theodore Brassel
(2006)
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
(2006)
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee
(2006)
(2006)
Five Fingers
as Ahmat
(2005)
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
(2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
(2005)
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
(2004)
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
(2003)
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
(2003)
Mystic River
as Whitey Powers
(2003)
(2003)
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
(2003)
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
(2003)
A History of Sex
as Self
(2003)
(2001)
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
(2001)
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
(2001)
Spooge
as Self
(2000)
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike
(2000)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
(2000)
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
(1999)
The Matrix
as Morpheus
(1999)
Making 'The Matrix'
as Self
(1998)
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow
(1997)
Event Horizon
as Miller
(1997)
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson
(1997)
Black Hollywood
as Self
(1997)
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries
(1996)
Fled
as Piper
(1995)
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
(1995)
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
(1995)
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
(1995)
Othello
as Othello
(1995)
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
(1993)
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
(1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Vinnie
(1992)
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
(1991)
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
(1991)
(1991)
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
(1991)
(1990)
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
(1990)
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
(1990)
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
(1988)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
(1988)
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
(1988)
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
(1987)
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
(1987)
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
(1987)
(1986)
Band of the Hand
as Cream
(1986)
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
(1985)
The Color Purple
as Swain
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Rhodes
(1983)
I Take These Men
as Hank Johnson
(1983)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Jimbo Collins
(1983)
Rumble Fish
as Midget
(1982)
Death Wish II
as Cutter
(1980)
Willie & Phil
as High School Student
(1979)
Apocalypse Now
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
(1979)
Fast Break
as Street Kid
(1975)
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Wilford Robinson
(1972)
Crew
(2025)
Sneaks
Producer
(2025)
The Astronaut
Executive Producer
(2022)
The Cave of Adullam
Producer, Executive Producer
(2010)
(2006)
Five Fingers
Producer
(2006)
Akeelah and the Bee
Producer
(2000)
Once in the Life
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer, Theatre Play
(1998)
Always Outnumbered
Executive Producer
(1997)
Hoodlum
Executive Producer
(1997)
Miss Evers' Boys
Executive Producer