Laurence Fishburne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-07-30 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Laurence Fishburne
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
Blacksmith
as Mather
Crimson Blues
as Mills
(2025)
The Amateur
as Henderson
(2025)
Wick Is Pain
as Self
(2025)
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice)
(2025)
The Astronaut
as General William Harris
(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
(2023)
Lynch/Oz
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
(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)
(2020)
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Rooftop
(2019)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Bowery King
(2019)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
(2019)
Running with the Devil
as The Man
(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)
(2015)
(2014)
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
(2014)
Ride Along
as Omar
(2014)
Rudderless
as Del
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
(2011)
A Man's Story
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
(2010)
Predators
as Noland
(2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Predators: The Chosen
as Noland
(2010)
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (Voice)
(2010)
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
(2009)
Armored
as Baines
(2009)
Black Water Transit
as Jack
(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)
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee
(2006)
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
(2006)
Five Fingers
as Ahmat
(2006)
(2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
(2005)
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
(2005)
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
as Himself
(2003)
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
(2003)
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
(2003)
Mystic River
as Whitey Powers
(2003)
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
(2003)
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
A History of Sex
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
(2001)
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
(2001)
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
(2001)
Spooge
as Self
(2000)
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike
(2000)
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
(1999)
The Matrix
as Morpheus
(1999)
Making 'The Matrix'
as Self
(1998)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
(1998)
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow
(1997)
Event Horizon
as Miller
(1997)
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson
(1997)
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries
(1997)
Black Hollywood
as Self
(1996)
Fled
as Piper
(1995)
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
(1995)
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
(1995)
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
(1995)
Othello
as Othello
(1995)
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
(1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Vinnie
(1993)
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
(1992)
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
(1991)
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
(1991)
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
(1990)
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
(1990)
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
(1988)
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
(1988)
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
(1988)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
(1987)
(1987)
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
(1987)
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
(1986)
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
(1986)
Band of the Hand
as Cream
(1985)
The Color Purple
as Swain
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Rhodes
(1983)
Rumble Fish
as Midget
(1983)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Jimbo Collins
(1983)
I Take These Men
as Hank Johnson
(1982)
Death Wish II
as Cutter
(1980)
Willie and 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
(2006)
Five Fingers
Producer
(2006)
Akeelah and the Bee
Producer
(2000)
Once in the Life
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Writer
(1998)
Always Outnumbered
Executive Producer
(1997)
Hoodlum
Executive Producer
(1997)
Miss Evers' Boys
Executive Producer