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Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Acting · Creator · Directing · Production

Born July 30, 1961, 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

Appearances as themselves (56)
  • 2025Megadoc — Self
  • Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
  • 2025Wick Is Pain — Self
  • 2022Bonnie — Self
  • 2022Is That Black Enough for You?!? — Self
  • 2022black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special — Self
  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy — Self
  • History's Greatest Mysteries — Self - Host
  • 2020Ricky Powell: The Individualist — Self
  • Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' — Self
  • 2017Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick' — Self
  • 2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand — Self
  • 2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon — Self
  • Jay Leno's Garage — Self
  • 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words — Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • The Muppets — Self
  • 2011A Man's Story — Self
  • 2011The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' — Self
  • Conan — Self
  • 2010Rappin' With The Rickster — Self
  • The Talk — Self
  • 2009The Black List: Volume Two — Self
  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence — Self
  • 2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of War — Self
  • 2006The Making of 'Event Horizon' — Self
  • 2005On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' — Self (archive footage)
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
  • 2004Mystic River: Beneath the Surface — Self
  • 2004The Matrix Recalibrated — Self
  • 2004The Matrix Reloaded Revisited — Self
  • 2004The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase — Self
  • 2004The Matrix Revolutions Revisited — Self
  • 2003A History of Sex — Self
  • 2003Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' — Self
  • 2003Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty — Self
  • 2003Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend — Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
  • 2003Mystic River: From Page to Screen — Self
  • The Blues — Self - Narrator
  • 2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load — Self
  • 2003The Soul of a Man — Self - Narrator
  • 2001Spooge — Self
  • 2001The Matrix Revisited — Self - Morpheus
  • 1999Making "The Matrix" — Self
  • The Magic Hour — Self
  • 1997Black Hollywood — Self
  • The View — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • MADtv — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse — Self
  • 1991The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry — Self
  • Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn — Self
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