Laurence Fishburne

Known for ActingBorn 1961-07-30 (age 64)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

The Frame

Mystic River: From Page to Screen

Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Year Million

Hannibal

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

What If...?

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Matrix

Transformers One

The Witcher

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Apocalypse Now

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

grown-ish

History's Greatest Mysteries

Madiba

John Wick: Chapter 4

TriBeCa

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

The Civil War

A Rumor of War

Mystic River

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

CSI: Miami

M*A*S*H

Wick Is Pain

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

The Color Purple

Inside the Actors Studio

Boyz n the Hood

John Wick: Chapter 2

The Blues

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

Michael Jordan to the Max

Jay Leno's Garage

Hill Street Blues

mixed-ish

Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

MTV Reloaded

Slavery by Another Name

Rudderless

Making "The Matrix"

Miami Vice

MAS*H