Laurence Fishburne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1961
- Birthplace
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
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).
Filmography
- The Rule of Nines
The Rule of Nines TBA
Director
- Interference
Interference TBA
Actor
- Inheritance
Inheritance TBA
Actor
- Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn TBA
as Self
Crimson Blues TBA
as Mills
- The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith TBA
as Mather
- Blacksmith
Blacksmith TBA
as Mather
- The Little Bedroom
The Little Bedroom TBA
Actor
The Exorcist: Martyrs 2027
as Father Nichol
Gatto 2027
as Rocco (voice)
The Astronaut 2025
as General William Harris, Executive Producer
Megadoc 2025
as Self
Wick Is Pain 2025
as Self
Sneaks 2025
as The Collector (voice), Producer
The Amateur 2025
as Henderson
Cellar Door 2024
as Emmett
Megalopolis 2024
as Fundi Romaine
Transformers One 2024
as Alpha Trion (voice)
Slingshot 2024
as Captain Franks
John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
as Bowery King
Bonnie 2022
as Self
The School for Good and Evil 2022
as School Master
Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022
as Self
The Cave of Adullam 2022
Producer, Executive Producer
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special 2022
as Self
All the Old Knives 2022
as Vick Wallinger
Death to 2021 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Matrix Resurrections 2021
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ice Road 2021
as Goldenrod
Under the Stadium Lights 2021
as Harold Christian
Death to 2020 2020
as Narrator (voice)
Ricky Powell: The Individualist 2020
as Self
Our Lady of 121st Street 2020
as Rooftop
Imprisoned 2019
as Daniel Calvin
Running with the Devil 2019
as The Man
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 2019
as Paul Jellinek
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 2019
as Bowery King
The Mule 2018
as Special Agent in Charge
Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018
as Dr. Bill Foster
Last Flag Flying 2017
as Reverend Richard Mueller
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick' 2017
as Self
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017
as Bowery King
Passengers 2016
as Gus Mancuso
The Snowy Day 2016
as Narrator (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
as Perry White
Standoff 2016
as Sade
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon 2015
as Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words 2015
as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015
as Self
Rudderless 2014
as Del
The Signal 2014
as Dr. Wallace Damon
Ride Along 2014
as Omar
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel 2013
Actor
Khumba 2013
as Seko (voice)
Man of Steel 2013
as Perry White
The Colony 2013
as Briggs
Slavery by Another Name 2012
as Narrator
Have a Little Faith 2011
as Henry Covington
A Man's Story 2011
as Self
Contagion 2011
as Ellis Cheever
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' 2011
as Self
Thurgood 2011
as Thurgood Marshall
Predators: Moments of Extraction 2010
as Noland (voice), Thanks
Predators 2010
as Noland
Predators: The Chosen 2010
Actor
Rappin' With The Rickster 2010
as Self
Armored 2009
as Baines
The Black List: Volume Two 2009
as Self
Days of Wrath 2008
as Mr. Stafford
Tortured 2008
as Archie Green
21 2008
as Cole Williams
The Death and Life of Bobby Z 2007
as Tad Gruzsa
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007
as Silver Surfer (voice)
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2007
as Narrator
TMNT 2007
as Narrator (voice)
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants 2007
as Narrator
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War 2007
as Self
Bobby 2006
as Edward Robinson
Five Fingers 2006
as Ahmat, Producer
Akeelah and the Bee 2006
as Dr. Larabee, Producer
Mission: Impossible III 2006
as Theodore Brassel
The Making of 'Event Horizon' 2006
as Self
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Ashes and Snow 2005
as Narrator (voice)
Assault on Precinct 13 2005
as Marion Bishop
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix 2004
as Morpheus
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase 2004
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited 2004
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited 2004
as Self
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface 2004
as Self
The Matrix Recalibrated 2004
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions 2003
as Morpheus
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Mystic River: From Page to Screen 2003
as Self
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load 2003
as Self
Mystic River 2003
as Whitey Powers
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend 2003
as Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty 2003
as Self
The Soul of a Man 2003
as Self - Narrator
The Matrix Reloaded 2003
as Morpheus
MTV Reloaded 2003
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Biker Boyz 2003
as Smoke
- Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' 2003
as Self
A History of Sex 2003
as Self
Undercover Brother 2002
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
The Matrix Revisited 2001
as Self - Morpheus
Spooge 2001
as Self
Osmosis Jones 2001
as Thrax (voice)
Welcome to Hollywood 2000
as Laurence Fishburne
Once in the Life 2000
as 20 / 20 Mike, Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer, Theatre Play
Sex and the Matrix 2000
as Morpheus (archive footage)
Michael Jordan to the Max 2000
as Narrator (voice)
Making "The Matrix" 1999
as Self
The Matrix 1999
as Morpheus
Always Outnumbered 1998
as Socrates Fortlow, Executive Producer
- Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood 1997
as Self
Hoodlum 1997
as Bumpy Johnson, Executive Producer
Event Horizon 1997
as Miller
Miss Evers' Boys 1997
as Caleb Humphries, Executive Producer
Fled 1996
as Piper
Othello 1995
as Othello
The Tuskegee Airmen 1995
as Hannibal Lee
Just Cause 1995
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Bad Company 1995
as Nelson Crowe
Higher Learning 1995
as Professor Maurice Phipps
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
as Vinnie
What's Love Got to Do with It 1993
as Ike Turner
Deep Cover 1992
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
as Self
Boyz n the Hood 1991
as Furious Styles
Class Action 1991
as Nick Holbrook
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry 1991
as Self
Decoration Day 1990
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
Cadence 1990
as Roosevelt Stokes
King of New York 1990
as Jimmy Jump
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special 1988
as Cowboy Curtis
Red Heat 1988
as Lt. Stobbs
School Daze 1988
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Cherry 2000 1987
as Glu Glu Lawyer
Gardens of Stone 1987
as Sgt. Flanagan
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987
as Max
Band of the Hand 1986
as Cream
Quicksilver 1986
as Voodoo
The Color Purple 1985
as Swain
The Cotton Club 1984
as Bumpy Rhodes
Rumble Fish 1983
as Midget
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983
as Jimbo Collins
I Take These Men 1983
as Hank Johnson
Death Wish II 1982
as Cutter
Willie & Phil 1980
as High School Student
Apocalypse Now 1979
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Fast Break 1979
as Street Kid
Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975
as Wilford Robinson
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band 1972
as Fish
Credits from TMDB.