Laurence Fishburne
Known for: 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).
Filmography
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
2000
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
CSI: Miami
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
2002
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
CSI: NY
Ray Langston
2004
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
1972
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
1984
Series
black-ish
Pops Johnson
2014
Series
The Witcher
Regis
2019
Series
Hill Street Blues
1981
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
American Playhouse
Jimbo Collins
1982
Series
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
2013
Series
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
Series
What If...?
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
Film
The Matrix
Morpheus
1999
Series
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
2018
Series
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
1985
Film
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
2023
Series
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)
2023
Series
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The Beyonder (voice)
2023
Series
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Backstory Man (voice)
2023
Series
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Beyonder (voice)
2023
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Film
Man of Steel
Perry White
2013
Film
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
2018
Film
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
2016
Film
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
2003
Film
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
2017
Film
The Amateur
Henderson
2025
Film
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
2024
Film
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
2003
Film
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
2019
Film
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
2016
Series
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Film
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
2006
Film
Event Horizon
Miller
1997
Film
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
2003
Series
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
2020
Series
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Film
The Matrix Resurrections
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Series
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
2019
Film
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
2021
Series
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015
Series
The Muppets
Self
2015
Series
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer (voice)
2007
Series
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
1986
Film
Predators
Noland
2010
Film
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
2018
Film
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
1991
Series
The Civil War
Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
1990
Film
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
2011
Film
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
2022
Film
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
2005
Series
Roots
Alex Haley
2016
Film
The Color Purple
Swain
1985
Film
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
2024
Film
Ride Along
Omar
2014
Film
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
2022
Film
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005
Film
21
Cole Williams
2008
Film
Gatto
Rocco (voice)
2027
Series
Top Gear
2010
Film
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
Film
The Astronaut
General William Harris
2025
Film
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
2007
Series
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
2021
Film
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
1988
Film
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
2014
Series
Clipped
Doc Rivers
2024
Film
The Colony
Briggs
2013
Film
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
2001
Series
The Frame
Perry White
2013
Film
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
1990
Film
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
1984
Film
Undercover Brother
Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
2002
Series
The Blues
Self - Narrator
2003
Series
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
Film
Rumble Fish
Midget
1983
Film
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
2019
Series
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
Series
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
2020
Series
Year Million
Narrator
2017
Film
Death Wish II
Cutter
1982
Film
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995
Film
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
2006
Film
Cellar Door
Emmett
2024
Film
Khumba
Seko (voice)
2013
Series
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
2017
Film
Biker Boyz
Smoke
2003
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
1951
Film
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
1987
Film
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992
Film
Slingshot
Captain Franks
2024
Film
Running with the Devil
The Man
2019
Film
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
2007
Film
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
1995
Film
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
1993
Film
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
1997
Series
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
1980
Film
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
1993
Film
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
1987
Series
MADtv
Self
1995
Film
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
2017
Film
Wick Is Pain
Self
2025
Film
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
1991
Film
Armored
Baines
2009
Film
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
2025
Film
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
1987
TriBeCa
1993
Film
Band of the Hand
Cream
1986
Series
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
Film
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991
Film
Standoff
Sade
2016
Series
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
Film
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
Fled
Piper
1996
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
1980
Film
Bobby
Edward Robinson
2006
Film
Tortured
Archie Green
2008
Film
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
1995
Film
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988
Film
Quicksilver
Voodoo
1986
Film
Five Fingers
Ahmat
2006
Film
Megadoc
Self
2025
Film
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
1995
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Rudderless
Del
2014
Film
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
1997
Film
Bonnie
Self
2022
Film
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
2000
Film
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
2022
Film
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Film
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
2000
Film
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
2000
Film
Othello
Othello
1995
Film
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
2000
Film
Willie & Phil
High School Student
1980
Film
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
1990
Film
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
1988
Film
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
2001
Film
A History of Sex
Self
2003
Film
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
Film
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
2003
Film
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020
Film
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
1975
Film
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
2011
Film
Making "The Matrix"
Self
1999
Film
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
2003
Film
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
1998
Film
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
2008
Film
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
2004
Film
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
2021
Film
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
2022
Film
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
Self
2017
Film
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
2006
Film
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
2011
Film
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
2003
Film
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2015
Film
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (voice)
2010
Film
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
2009
Film
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
2015
Film
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
1983
Film
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
1983
Film
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
2004
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003
Film
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
2015
Film
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
2020
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004
Interference
Film
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990
Film
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
2004
Film
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
2011
Film
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
2007
Film
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
2004
Film
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
2019
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Self
Film
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
1972
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
2003
Inheritance
Film
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Morpheus
2004
Film
Predators: The Chosen
2010
Film
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010
Film
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
1991
Film
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Narrator
2007
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
2003
Film
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
2012
Film
Spooge
Self
2001
Film
Fast Break
Street Kid
1979
The Little Bedroom
Black Hollywood
Self
1997
Film
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Narrator
2007
The Blacksmith
Mather
Film
Crimson Blues
Mills
Blacksmith
Mather