Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Date of Birth:

Jul 30, 1961

Place of Birth:

Augusta, Georgia, USA

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of 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 in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), 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), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).

filmography:

The Mule The Mule

2018

Imprisoned Imprisoned

2019

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005

Ashes and Snow Ashes and Snow

2005

Running with the Devil Running with the Devil

2019

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

2004

Rappin' With The Rickster Rappin' With The Rickster

2010

MTV Reloaded MTV Reloaded

2003

Fast Break Fast Break

1979

And the Oscar Goes To... And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

I Take These Men I Take These Men

1983

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

2004

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

2003

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2011

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003

Willie and Phil Willie and Phil

1980

A Man's Story A Man's Story

2011

Michael Jordan to the Max Michael Jordan to the Max

2000

The Making of 'Event Horizon' The Making of 'Event Horizon'

2006

Last Flag Flying Last Flag Flying

2017

Passengers Passengers

2016

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

The Snowy Day The Snowy Day

2016

Standoff Standoff

2016

John Wick: Chapter 2 John Wick: Chapter 2

2017

Class Action Class Action

1991

Ant-Man and the Wasp Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

1991

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019

Welcome to Hollywood Welcome to Hollywood

1998

The Black List: Volume Two The Black List: Volume Two

2009

Deep Cover Deep Cover

1992

The Ice Road The Ice Road

2021

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

1972

Is That Black Enough for You?!? Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

Tau Ceti Foxtrot Tau Ceti Foxtrot

1970

Sneaks Sneaks

2024

Megalopolis Megalopolis

2024

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

2022

Slingshot Slingshot

2024

Death to 2021 Death to 2021

2021

The Astronaut The Astronaut

1970

Black Hollywood Black Hollywood

1997

The Little Bedroom The Little Bedroom

1970

Days of Wrath Days of Wrath

2008

John Wick: Chapter 4 John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

Transformers One Transformers One

2024

The Amateur The Amateur

2025

Bonnie Bonnie

2022

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

Predators: Moments of Extraction Predators: Moments of Extraction

2010

The Blacksmith The Blacksmith

1970

Our Lady of 121st Street Our Lady of 121st Street

2020

Predators: The Chosen Predators: The Chosen

2010

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

2003

Making 'The Matrix' Making 'The Matrix'

1999

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

2004

Fencer Fencer

1970

Sean Connery: In His Own Words Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015

Crimson Blues Crimson Blues

1970

Under the Stadium Lights Under the Stadium Lights

2021

The School for Good and Evil The School for Good and Evil

2022

Death to 2020 Death to 2020

2020

Slavery by Another Name Slavery by Another Name

2012

All the Old Knives All the Old Knives

2022

Black Water Transit Black Water Transit

1970

The Cotton Club The Cotton Club

1984

Assault on Precinct 13 Assault on Precinct 13

2005

Just Cause Just Cause

1995

Biker Boyz Biker Boyz

2003

The Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

Event Horizon Event Horizon

1997

Five Fingers Five Fingers

2006

21 21

2008

Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones

2001

King of New York King of New York

1990

Predators Predators

2010

Gardens of Stone Gardens of Stone

1987

Tortured Tortured

2008

Band of the Hand Band of the Hand

1986

Red Heat Red Heat

1988

Always Outnumbered Always Outnumbered

1998

Hoodlum Hoodlum

1997

Quicksilver Quicksilver

1986

The Matrix The Matrix

1999

Boyz n the Hood Boyz n the Hood

1991

The Color Purple The Color Purple

1985

The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Reloaded

2003

The Matrix Revolutions The Matrix Revolutions

2003

Rumble Fish Rumble Fish

1983

Mystic River Mystic River

2003

Mission: Impossible III Mission: Impossible III

2006

TMNT TMNT

2007

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

Armored Armored

2009

Bobby Bobby

2006

The Death and Life of Bobby Z The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007

Bad Company Bad Company

1995

Akeelah and the Bee Akeelah and the Bee

2006

Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

2003

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

Khumba Khumba

2013

A History of Sex A History of Sex

2003

Miss Evers' Boys Miss Evers' Boys

1997

Decoration Day Decoration Day

1990

The Soul of a Man The Soul of a Man

2003

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

The Colony The Colony

2013

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

Ride Along Ride Along

2014

The Signal The Signal

2014

The Matrix Recalibrated The Matrix Recalibrated

2004

Rudderless Rudderless

2014

Have a Little Faith Have a Little Faith

2011

Thurgood Thurgood

2011

School Daze School Daze

1988

Cornbread, Earl and Me Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975

The Matrix Revisited The Matrix Revisited

2001

Death Wish II Death Wish II

1982

Cadence Cadence

1990

Searching for Bobby Fischer Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

What's Love Got to Do with It What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

Cherry 2000 Cherry 2000

1987

Fled Fled

1996

Man of Steel Man of Steel

2013

Contagion Contagion

2011

Othello Othello

1995

Once in the Life Once in the Life

2000

Higher Learning Higher Learning

1995

Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now

1979

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