Laurence Fishburne
Acting
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).
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Filmography of
Laurence Fishburne
General William Harris
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Self
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Self
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The Collector (voice)
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Henderson
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Emmett
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Fundi Romaine
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Alpha Trion (voice)
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Captain Franks
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Bowery King
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Self
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School Master
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Vick Wallinger
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Narrator (voice)
... 2021
Goldenrod
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Harold Christian
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Narrator (voice)
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Rooftop
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Daniel Calvin
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The Man
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Paul Jellinek
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Bowery King
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Special Agent in Charge
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Dr. Bill Foster
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Reverend Richard Mueller
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Bowery King
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Gus Mancuso
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Narrator (voice)
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Perry White
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Sade
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Del
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Dr. Wallace Damon
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Omar
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Seko (voice)
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Perry White
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Briggs
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Narrator
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Henry Covington
... 2011
Self
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Ellis Cheever
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Thurgood Marshall
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Noland (voice)
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Noland
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Baines
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Mr. Stafford
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Archie Green
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Cole Williams
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Tad Gruzsa
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Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
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Narrator (voice)
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Edward Robinson
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Ahmat
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Dr. Larabee
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Theodore Brassel
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Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
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Narrator (voice)
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Marion Bishop
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Morpheus
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Whitey Powers
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Self - Narrator
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Morpheus
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Morpheus (archive footage)
... 2003
Smoke
... 2003
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Self
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Self - Morpheus
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Self
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Thrax (voice)
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20 / 20 Mike
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Laurence Fishburne
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Morpheus (archive footage)
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Narrator (voice)
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Self
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Morpheus
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Socrates Fortlow
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Self
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Bumpy Johnson
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Miller
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Caleb Humphries
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Piper
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Othello
... 1995
Hannibal Lee
... 1995
Sheriff Tanny Brown
... 1995
Nelson Crowe
... 1995
Professor Maurice Phipps
... 1995
Vinnie
... 1993
Ike Turner
... 1993
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
... 1992
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Furious Styles
... 1991
Nick Holbrook
... 1991
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Michael Waring, DOD Man
... 1990
Roosevelt Stokes
... 1990
Jimmy Jump
... 1990
Cowboy Curtis
... 1988
Lt. Stobbs
... 1988
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
... 1988
Glu Glu Lawyer
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Sgt. Flanagan
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Cream
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Voodoo
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Swain
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Bumpy Rhodes
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Midget
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Jimbo Collins
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Hank Johnson
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Cutter
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High School Student
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Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
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Street Kid
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Wilford Robinson
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Mather
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