Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

1961-07-30

Biography

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of 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 in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), 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), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).

Also appears in

Transformers One

Transformers One

8.2

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

7.7

John Wick: Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2

7.3

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

6.0

Cellar Door

Cellar Door

6.2

The Matrix

The Matrix

8.2

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

8.3

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

7.4

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

5.6

Man of Steel

Man of Steel

6.6

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

7.1

Passengers

Passengers

6.9

Slingshot

Slingshot

6.2

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

5.6

All the Old Knives

All the Old Knives

6.0

Mystic River

Mystic River

7.7

The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil

7.1

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

6.7

Predators

Predators

6.3

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III

6.7