Laurence Fishburne
Acting • Born 1961-07-30
Biography
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
199 credits
Apocalypse Now
Movie • 1979
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Rumble Fish
Movie • 1983
Midget
Mystic River
Movie • 2003
Whitey Powers
The Color Purple
Movie • 1985
Swain
Mission: Impossible III
Movie • 2006
Theodore Brassel
TMNT
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
The Matrix
Movie • 1999
Morpheus
The Matrix Reloaded
Movie • 2003
Morpheus
The Matrix Revolutions
Movie • 2003
Morpheus
Boyz n the Hood
Movie • 1991
Furious Styles
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie • 1987
Max
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Movie • 2007
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Bobby
Movie • 2006
Edward Robinson
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Movie • 2007
Tad Gruzsa
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Movie • 1991
Self
Armored
Movie • 2009
Baines
Deep Cover
Movie • 1992
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Quicksilver
Movie • 1986
Voodoo
Bonnie
Movie • 2022
Self
Sneaks
Movie • 2025
The Collector (voice)
Hoodlum
Movie • 1997
Bumpy Johnson
The Astronaut
Movie • 2025
General William Harris
Five Fingers
Movie • 2006
Ahmat
21
Movie • 2008
Cole Williams
The Tuskegee Airmen
Movie • 1995
Hannibal Lee
Event Horizon
Movie • 1997
Miller
Black Hollywood
Movie • 1997
Self
Assault on Precinct 13
Movie • 2005
Marion Bishop
Biker Boyz
Movie • 2003
Smoke
Just Cause
Movie • 1995
Sheriff Tanny Brown
Osmosis Jones
Movie • 2001
Thrax (voice)
King of New York
Movie • 1990
Jimmy Jump
Always Outnumbered
Movie • 1998
Socrates Fortlow
Red Heat
Movie • 1988
Lt. Stobbs
Band of the Hand
Movie • 1986
Cream
Tortured
Movie • 2008
Archie Green
Predators
Movie • 2010
Noland
Cadence
Movie • 1990
Roosevelt Stokes
Gardens of Stone
Movie • 1987
Sgt. Flanagan
Bad Company
Movie • 1995
Nelson Crowe
Akeelah and the Bee
Movie • 2006
Dr. Larabee
The Matrix Revisited
Movie • 2001
Self - Morpheus
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie • 1993
Vinnie
School Daze
Movie • 1988
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Death Wish II
Movie • 1982
Cutter
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Movie • 1975
Wilford Robinson
What's Love Got to Do with It
Movie • 1993
Ike Turner
Cherry 2000
Movie • 1987
Glu Glu Lawyer
Slingshot
Movie • 2024
Captain Franks
Once in the Life
Movie • 2000
20 / 20 Mike
Higher Learning
Movie • 1995
Professor Maurice Phipps
Othello
Movie • 1995
Othello
Contagion
Movie • 2011
Ellis Cheever
Transformers One
Movie • 2024
Alpha Trion (voice)
Death to 2021
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Fled
Movie • 1996
Piper
Man of Steel
Movie • 2013
Perry White
The Amateur
Movie • 2025
Henderson
Thurgood
Movie • 2011
Thurgood Marshall
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Movie • 2019
Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 4
Movie • 2023
Bowery King
Have a Little Faith
Movie • 2011
Henry Covington
Decoration Day
Movie • 1990
Michael Waring, DOD Man
The Soul of a Man
Movie • 2003
Self - Narrator
Miss Evers' Boys
Movie • 1997
Caleb Humphries
The Little Bedroom
Movie
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Movie • 2022
Self
A History of Sex
Movie • 2003
Self
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Movie • 2003
Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Movie • 2007
Self
Ride Along
Movie • 2014
Omar
Khumba
Movie • 2013
Seko (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie • 2016
Perry White
The Matrix Recalibrated
Movie • 2004
Self
The Colony
Movie • 2013
Briggs
Megalopolis
Movie • 2024
Fundi Romaine
Rudderless
Movie • 2014
Del
The Signal
Movie • 2014
Dr. Wallace Damon
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie • 2022
Self
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie • 1983
Jimbo Collins
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Movie • 1988
Cowboy Curtis
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Bumpy Rhodes
Standoff
Movie • 2016
Sade
Class Action
Movie • 1991
Nick Holbrook
Days of Wrath
Movie • 2008
Mr. Stafford
Spooge
Movie • 2001
Self
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie • 2017
Bowery King
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Movie • 2015
Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Movie • 2015
Self
Michael Jordan to the Max
Movie • 2000
Narrator (voice)
Passengers
Movie • 2016
Gus Mancuso
Sex and the Matrix
Movie • 2000
Morpheus (archive footage)
Blacksmith
Movie
Mather
Last Flag Flying
Movie • 2017
Reverend Richard Mueller
The Snowy Day
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
The Black List: Volume Two
Movie • 2009
Self
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Movie • 2006
Self
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Movie • 2019
Paul Jellinek
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie • 2000
Laurence Fishburne
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Movie • 2018
Dr. Bill Foster
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Movie • 1991
Self
A Man's Story
Movie • 2011
Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Movie • 2004
Self
Willie & Phil
Movie • 1980
High School Student
Rappin' With The Rickster
Movie • 2010
Self
Ashes and Snow
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
Running with the Devil
Movie • 2019
The Man
The Mule
Movie • 2018
Special Agent in Charge
Imprisoned
Movie • 2019
Daniel Calvin
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Movie • 2005
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
MTV Reloaded
Movie • 2003
Morpheus (archive footage)
Fast Break
Movie • 1979
Street Kid
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Movie • 2003
Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Movie • 2011
Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Movie • 2003
Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Movie • 2004
Self
The Ice Road
Movie • 2021
Goldenrod
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Movie • 1972
Fish
Making "The Matrix"
Movie • 1999
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Movie • 2004
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Movie • 2003
Self
The Blacksmith
Movie
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Movie • 2010
Noland (voice)
Our Lady of 121st Street
Movie • 2020
Rooftop
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Movie • 2015
Self
Slavery by Another Name
Movie • 2012
Narrator
All the Old Knives
Movie • 2022
Vick Wallinger
Death to 2020
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
Movie • 2022
School Master
Crimson Blues
Movie
Mills
Under the Stadium Lights
Movie • 2021
Harold Christian
Cellar Door
Movie • 2024
Emmett
I Take These Men
Movie • 1983
Hank Johnson
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Movie • 2020
Self
Wick Is Pain
Movie • 2025
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Movie • 2004
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Movie • 2003
Self
Megadoc
Movie • 2025
Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Movie • 2004
Morpheus
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Movie
Self
Predators: The Chosen
Movie • 2010
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist
Movie • 2027
The Matrix Resurrections
Movie • 2021
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Corporal Dorsey
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Raymond Langston
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Prison Guard Keller
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Casey Taylor
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Michael Waring
TriBeCa
TV • 1993
MacGruber
TV • 2021
General Barrett Fasoose
The Six O'Clock Follies
TV • 1980
Robby Robinson
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Hannibal
TV • 2013
Jack Crawford
The Blues
TV • 2003
Self - Narrator
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Muppets
TV • 2015
Self
Top Gear
TV • 2010
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TV • 2008
Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Year Million
TV • 2017
Narrator
Madiba
TV • 2017
Nelson Mandela
Clipped
TV • 2024
Doc Rivers
Roots
TV • 2016
Alex Haley
black-ish
TV • 2014
Pops Johnson
The Civil War
TV • 1990
Various
What If...?
TV • 2021
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
The Frame
TV • 2013
Perry White
Pee-wee's Playhouse
TV • 1986
Cowboy Curtis
A Rumor of War
TV • 1980
Lightbulb
grown-ish
TV • 2018
Pops Johnson
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Foster (voice)
The Magic Hour
TV • 1998
Self
mixed-ish
TV • 2019
Pops Johnson
Jay Leno's Garage
TV • 2015
Self
#FreeRayshawn
TV • 2020
Steven Poincy
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV • 2018
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
The Beyonder (voice)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV • 2021
Self
History's Greatest Mysteries
TV • 2020
Self - Host
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
What If...?
TV • 2021
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Backstory Man (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Beyonder (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV • 2025
Self
The Witcher
TV • 2019
Regis
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest