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Known credits:
171
Birthday:
1961-07-30
Place of birth:
Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Laurence Fishburne

Overview

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
2025 Sneaks Actor The Collector (voice) N/A
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2025 The Amateur Actor Henderson N/A
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2024 Cellar Door Actor Emmett 59
Average
2024 Megalopolis Actor Fundi Romaine 56
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2024 Slingshot Actor Captain Franks 59
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2024 Transformers One Actor Alpha Trion (voice) 73
Good
2024 Clipped Actor Doc Rivers 69
Fair
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Actor Bowery King 75
Good
2022 Bonnie Actor Self 59
Average
2022 The School for Good and Evil Actor School Master 67
Fair
2022 Is That Black Enough for You?!? Actor Self 59
Average
2022 black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special Actor Self 58
Average
2022 All the Old Knives Actor Vick Wallinger 59
Average
2021 Death to 2021 Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2021 MacGruber Actor General Barrett Fasoose 65
Fair
2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy Actor Self N/A
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2021 The Ice Road Actor Goldenrod 65
Fair
2021 Under the Stadium Lights Actor Harold Christian 59
Average
2020 Death to 2020 Actor Narrator (voice) 62
Fair
2020 History's Greatest Mysteries Actor Self - Host 70
Good
2020 Our Lady of 121st Street Actor Rooftop N/A
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2020 #FreeRayshawn Actor Steven Poincy 70
Good
2019 Cyberpunk Documentary PART 1 Actor Morpheus (archive) N/A
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2019 Imprisoned Actor Daniel Calvin 59
Average
2019 Running with the Devil Actor The Man 57
Average
2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette Actor Paul Jellinek 62
Fair
2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Actor Bowery King 73
Good
2018 The Mule Actor Special Agent in Charge 68
Fair
2018 Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' Actor Self 69
Fair
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Actor Dr. Bill Foster 68
Fair
2017 Last Flag Flying Actor Reverend Richard Mueller 63
Fair
2017 Year Million Actor Narrator 71
Good
2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 Actor Bowery King 72
Good
2017 Madiba Actor Nelson Mandela 70
Good
2016 Passengers Actor Gus Mancuso 69
Fair
2016 The Snowy Day Actor Narrator 59
Average
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition Actor Perry White N/A
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2016 Roots Actor Alex Haley 69
Fair
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Actor Perry White 59
Average
2016 Standoff Actor Sade 59
Average
2015 Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon Actor Self N/A
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2015 Sean Connery: In His Own Words Actor Self 59
Average
2015 August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand Actor N/A
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2014 Rudderless Actor Del 63
Fair
2014 The Signal Actor Dr. Wallace Damon 59
Average
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2014 Ride Along Actor Omar 61
Fair
2013 Khumba Actor Seko (voice) 59
Average
2013 Man of Steel Actor Perry White 66
Fair
2013 The Colony Actor Briggs 55
Average
2013 Hannibal Actor Jack Crawford 81
Very good
2012 America's Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Actor Narrator 61
Fair
2012 Slavery by Another Name Actor Narrator 59
Average
2011 Have a Little Faith Actor Henry Covington 59
Average
2011 A Man's Story Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Contagion Actor Ellis Cheever 65
Fair
2011 The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' Actor Self N/A
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2011 Thurgood Actor Thurgood Marshall 59
Average
2010 Predators: Moments of Extraction Actor Noland (Voice) 58
Average
2010 Predators: The Chosen Actor Noland 59
Average
2010 Predators Actor Noland 62
Fair
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Actor Self (archive footage) 63
Fair
2010 Rappin' With The Rickster Actor Self 58
Average
2009 Armored Actor Baines 57
Average
2009 The Black List: Volume Two Actor Self 59
Average
2008 Days of Wrath Actor Mr. Stafford 59
Average
2008 Tortured Actor Archie Green 58
Average
2008 21 Actor Cole Williams 66
Fair
2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Actor Tad Gruzsa 59
Average
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Actor Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) 56
Average
2007 TMNT Actor Narrator (voice) 60
Fair
2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Bobby Actor Edward Robinson 61
Fair
2006 Five Fingers Actor Ahmat 59
Average
2006 Akeelah and the Bee Actor Dr. Larabee 63
Fair
2006 Mission: Impossible III Actor Theodore Brassel 66
Fair
2006 The Making of 'Event Horizon' Actor Self 59
Average
2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Actor Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited) 69
Fair
2005 Ashes and Snow Actor Narrator (voice) 60
Fair
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Actor Marion Bishop 60
Fair
2004 The Matrix Reloaded Revisited Actor Self 59
Average
2004 The Matrix Revolutions Revisited Actor Self 59
Average
2004 The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase Actor Himself 59
Average
2004 The Matrix Recalibrated Actor Self 59
Average
2003 The Matrix Revolutions Actor Morpheus 66
Fair
2003 The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load Actor Self 59
Average
2003 Mystic River Actor Whitey Powers 76
Good
2003 Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend Actor Self 59
Average
2003 Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty Actor Self 59
Average
2003 The Soul of a Man Actor Self - Narrator 59
Average
2003 The Matrix Reloaded Actor Morpheus 70
Good
2003 MTV Reloaded Actor Morpheus (archive footage) 59
Average
2003 Biker Boyz Actor Smoke 60
Fair
2003 Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' Actor Self N/A
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2003 A History of Sex Actor Self 58
Average
2001 The Matrix Revisited Actor Self - Morpheus 61
Fair
2001 Spooge Actor Self N/A
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2001 Osmosis Jones Actor Thrax (voice) 62
Fair
2000 Once in the Life Actor 20 / 20 Mike 58
Average
2000 Sex and the Matrix Actor Morpheus (archive footage) 59
Average
2000 Michael Jordan to the Max Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1999 Making 'The Matrix' Actor Self 59
Average
1999 The Matrix Actor Morpheus 81
Very good
1998 Welcome to Hollywood Actor Laurence Fishburne 58
Average
1998 Always Outnumbered Actor Socrates Fortlow 59
Average
1997 Black Hollywood Actor Self N/A
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1997 Hoodlum Actor Bumpy Johnson 60
Fair
1997 Event Horizon Actor Miller 64
Fair
1997 Miss Evers' Boys Actor Caleb Humphries 59
Average
1996 Fled Actor Piper 57
Average
1995 Othello Actor Othello 60
Fair
1995 The Tuskegee Airmen Actor Hannibal Lee 61
Fair
1995 Just Cause Actor Sheriff Tanny Brown 60
Fair
1995 Bad Company Actor Nelson Crowe 57
Average
1995 Higher Learning Actor Professor Maurice Phipps 60
Fair
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Actor Vinnie 65
Fair
1993 What's Love Got to Do with It Actor Ike Turner 63
Fair
1993 TriBeCa Actor 69
Fair
1992 Deep Cover Actor Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull 61
Fair
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Actor Self 67
Fair
1991 Boyz n the Hood Actor Furious Styles 72
Good
1991 Class Action Actor Nick Holbrook 59
Average
1991 The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry Actor Self 59
Average
1990 Decoration Day Actor Michael Waring, DOD Man 59
Average
1990 Cadence Actor Roosevelt Stokes 60
Fair
1990 The Civil War Actor Various 76
Good
1990 King of New York Actor Jimmy Jump 63
Fair
1988 Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Actor Cowboy Curtis 60
Fair
1988 Red Heat Actor Lt. Stobbs 61
Fair
1988 School Daze Actor Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap 58
Average
1987 Cherry 2000 Actor Glu Glu Lawyer 59
Average
1987 Gardens of Stone Actor Sgt. Flanagan 59
Average
1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Actor Max 65
Fair
1986 Pee-wee's Playhouse Actor Cowboy Curtis 70
Good
1986 Band of the Hand Actor Cream 59
Average
1986 Quicksilver Actor Voodoo 58
Average
1985 The Color Purple Actor Swain 73
Good
1984 The Cotton Club Actor Bumpy Rhodes 61
Fair
1983 Rumble Fish Actor Midget 65
Fair
1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Actor Jimbo Collins N/A
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1983 I Take These Men Actor Hank Johnson N/A
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1982 Death Wish II Actor Cutter 60
Fair
1980 A Rumor of War Actor Lightbulb 69
Fair
1980 Willie and Phil Actor High School Student 58
Average
1980 The Six O'Clock Follies Actor Robby Robinson N/A
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1979 Apocalypse Now Actor Tyrone 'Clean' Miller 81
Very good
1979 Fast Break Actor Street Kid 58
Average
1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me Actor Wilford Robinson 59
Average
1972 If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band Actor Fish N/A
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Crimson Blues Actor Mills N/A
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The Little Bedroom Actor N/A
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The Blacksmith Actor N/A
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Apocalypse Now: Redux Actor 61
Fair
Blacksmith Actor N/A
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Ride Along 3 Actor Omar 61
Fair
Black Water Transit Actor Jack 58
Average
The Astronaut Actor General William Harris N/A
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Directing
2000 Once in the Life Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
2000 Once in the Life Writing Screenplay 58
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2000 Once in the Life Writing Writer 58
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Production
2025 Sneaks Production Producer N/A
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2023 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2022 The Cave of Adullam Production Executive Producer N/A
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2022 The Cave of Adullam Production Producer N/A
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2017 Year Million Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2006 Five Fingers Production Producer 59
Average
2006 Akeelah and the Bee Production Producer 63
Fair
2000 Once in the Life Production Producer 58
Average
1998 Always Outnumbered Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1997 Hoodlum Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1997 Miss Evers' Boys Production Executive Producer 59
Average