Laurence Fishburne
Acting
🎂 1961-07-30
Laurence John Fishburne III (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.
Cast credits(194)
Raymond Langston
2000
Self
1996
2002
Henderson
2025
Self
2010
Prison Guard Keller
1984
Self - Presenter
1956
Perry White
2013
Perry White
2016
Corporal Dorsey
1972
Jack Crawford
2013
Morpheus
1999
Bowery King
2023
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
2007
1981
The Collector (voice)
2025
Casey Taylor
1985
Self
2005
Self
1997
Bowery King
2017
Pops Johnson
2014
Theodore Brassel
2006
Bowery King
2019
Alpha Trion (voice)
2024
1988
1992
1979
Self
2003
Morpheus
2003
Morpheus
2003
Dr. Bill Foster
2018
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979
Noland
2010
Self
1953
School Master
2022
Self
2011
1985
Cole Williams
2008
Gus Mancuso
2016
Goldenrod
2021
Whitey Powers
2003
Self
2025
Pops Johnson
2018
Fundi Romaine
2024
Special Agent in Charge
2018
Ellis Cheever
2011
Furious Styles
1991
Miller
1997
Lt. Stobbs
1988
Narrator (voice)
2007
Self
2015
High School Student
1980
General William Harris
2025
Foster (voice)
2023
The Beyonder (voice)
2023
Backstory Man (voice)
2023
Beyonder (voice)
2023
Omar
2014
Pops Johnson
2019
Perry White
2013
Alex Haley
2016
Narrator (voice)
2006
Cowboy Curtis
1986
Self
2025
Marion Bishop
2005
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self
2015
Self
2004
Swain
1985
Emmett
2024
Jimmy Jump
1990
Briggs
2013
Glu Glu Lawyer
1987
Edward Robinson
2006
Jack
2009
Bumpy Rhodes
1984
Various
1990
Dr. Wallace Damon
2014
Vick Wallinger
2022
Bumpy Johnson
1997
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Self - Host
2020
Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995
Self
2004
The Man
2019
Self
2011
Self
2003
Thrax (voice)
2001
2010
Self
2015
Narrator (voice)
2021
Vinnie
1993
Doc Rivers
2024
Self
2025
Hank Johnson
1983
Smoke
2003
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992
Tad Gruzsa
2007
Cutter
1982
Roosevelt Stokes
1990
Baines
2009
Self
1998
Seko (voice)
2013
Piper
1996
Narrator (voice)
2020
Ike Turner
1993
Captain Franks
2024
Dr. Larabee
2006
Othello
1995
Del
2014
Hannibal Lee
1995
Professor Maurice Phipps
1995
Self
1991
General Barrett Fasoose
2021
Sade
2016
Self
2010
Self
2021
20 / 20 Mike
2000
Max
1987
Self - Morpheus
2001
Cowboy Curtis
1988
Paul Jellinek
2019
Self - Narrator
2003
Self
2022
Voodoo
1986
Midget
1983
Henry Covington
2011
Daniel Calvin
2019
Self
1997
Harold Christian
2021
Archie Green
2008
Mather
Cream
1986
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988
Sgt. Flanagan
1987
Morpheus
2004
Michael Waring
1951
Ahmat
2006
Self
2015
Narrator (voice)
2016
Noland (voice)
2010
Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990
Street Kid
1979
Laurence Fishburne
2000
Self
2022
Self - Narrator
2003
Steven Poincy
2020
Self
2004
Self
2003
Narrator
2012
Reverend Richard Mueller
2017
Nelson Crowe
1995
Nick Holbrook
1991
Self
2006
Self
1991
Self
2003
Rooftop
2020
Narrator
2017
Self
2003
Mr. Stafford
2008
Self
2007
Mills
Morpheus (archive footage)
2003
Fish
1972
Lightbulb
1980
Self
2004
Narrator (voice)
2005
Nelson Mandela
2017
Self
2004
Self
1995
Self
2009
Wilford Robinson
1975
Self
2008
Narrator (voice)
2000
Self
2018
Self
2001
Caleb Humphries
1997
1993
Morpheus (archive footage)
2000
Self
2003
Self
2020
Self
2015
Socrates Fortlow
1998
Robby Robinson
1980
Self
2022
Self
1994
Thurgood Marshall
2011
Self
1999
Jimbo Collins
1983
Self
2003
