Laurence Fishburne
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).
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Transformers One
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Witcher
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Ant-Man and the Wasp
John Wick: Chapter 2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Man of Steel
Hannibal
Predators
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Mission: Impossible III
Mystic River
Full Filmography
All Credits (184)
Crimson Blues
as Mills
The Exorcist: Martyrs
as Unknown
Gatto
as Rocco (voice)
The Astronaut
as General William Harris
Megadoc
as Self
Wick Is Pain
as Self
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice)
The Amateur
as Henderson
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
Cellar Door
as Emmett
Megalopolis
as Fundi Romaine
Slingshot
as Captain Franks
Clipped
as Doc Rivers
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Foster (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as The Beyonder (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Backstory Man (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Beyonder (voice)
Bonnie
as Self
The School for Good and Evil
as School Master
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
All the Old Knives
as Vick Wallinger
Death to 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Matrix Resurrections
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
MacGruber
as General Barrett Fasoose
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
What If...?
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
What If...?
as Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
The Ice Road
as Goldenrod
Under the Stadium Lights
as Harold Christian
Death to 2020
as Narrator (voice)
History's Greatest Mysteries
as Self - Host
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Rooftop
#FreeRayshawn
as Steven Poincy
mixed-ish
as Pops Johnson
Imprisoned
as Daniel Calvin
Running with the Devil
as The Man
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
The Mule
as Special Agent in Charge
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
grown-ish
as Pops Johnson
Last Flag Flying
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
as Self
Year Million
as Narrator
Madiba
as Nelson Mandela
Passengers
as Gus Mancuso
The Snowy Day
as Narrator (voice)
Roots
as Alex Haley
Standoff
as Sade
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self
The Muppets
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
Rudderless
as Del
black-ish
as Pops Johnson
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Ride Along
as Omar
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
as Unknown
Khumba
as Seko (voice)
The Colony
as Briggs
The Frame
as Perry White
Slavery by Another Name
as Narrator
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
A Man's Story
as Self
Contagion
as Ellis Cheever
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
as Self
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
Top Gear
as Unknown
Conan
as Self
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (voice)
The Talk
as Self
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
Predators: The Chosen
as Unknown
Armored
as Baines
The Black List: Volume Two
as Self
Days of Wrath
as Mr. Stafford
Tortured
as Archie Green
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
as Self
21
as Cole Williams
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Tad Gruzsa
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
as Narrator
TMNT
as Narrator (voice)
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
as Narrator
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
Five Fingers
as Ahmat
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
as Self (archive footage)
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
as Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as Morpheus
CSI: NY
as Ray Langston
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
The Blues
as Self - Narrator
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
as Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
as Self
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
A History of Sex
as Self
CSI: Miami
as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
Undercover Brother
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
Spooge
as Self
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Raymond Langston
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
Making "The Matrix"
as Self
The Matrix
as Morpheus
The Magic Hour
as Self
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson
Event Horizon
as Miller
The View
as Self
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries
The Daily Show
as Self
Fled
as Piper
Othello
as Othello
MADtv
as Self
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Vinnie
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Unknown
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
The Civil War
as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Unknown
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Max
Pee-wee's Playhouse
as Cowboy Curtis
Band of the Hand
as Cream
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
The Color Purple
as Swain
Spenser: For Hire
as Unknown
The Equalizer
as Casey Taylor
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Rhodes
Miami Vice
as Prison Guard Keller
Rumble Fish
as Midget
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Jimbo Collins
I Take These Men
as Hank Johnson
Death Wish II
as Cutter
American Playhouse
as Jimbo Collins
Hill Street Blues
as Unknown
A Rumor of War
as Lightbulb
Willie & Phil
as High School Student
Trapper John, M.D.
as Unknown
Apocalypse Now
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Fast Break
as Street Kid
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Wilford Robinson
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
as Fish
M*A*S*H
as Corporal Dorsey
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Michael Waring