Laurence Fishburne
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 (67)
The Amateur
The Astronaut
Transformers One
Megalopolis
Cellar Door
Slingshot
John Wick: Chapter 4
The School for Good and Evil
All the Old Knives
The Ice Road
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Running with the Devil
Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Mule
John Wick: Chapter 2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Passengers
Standoff
The Signal
Ride Along
Rudderless
Man of Steel
The Colony
Khumba
Contagion
Predators
Armored
21
Tortured
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
TMNT
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Mission: Impossible III
Akeelah and the Bee
Five Fingers
Bobby
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Assault on Precinct 13
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
Mystic River
Biker Boyz
Osmosis Jones
The Matrix
Event Horizon
Hoodlum
Higher Learning
Just Cause
The Tuskegee Airmen
What's Love Got to Do with It
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Deep Cover
Boyz n the Hood
King of New York
Cadence
Red Heat
School Daze
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Cherry 2000
Gardens of Stone
Quicksilver
The Color Purple
The Cotton Club
Rumble Fish
Death Wish II
