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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as Morpheus
as General William Harris
as Vinnie
as Morpheus
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
as Noland
as Morpheus
as Theodore Brassel
as Cole Williams
as Edward Robinson
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
as Jimmy Jump
as Whitey Powers
as Self
as Smoke
as Miller
as Furious Styles
as The Collector (voice)
as Cream
as Midget
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as Raymond Langston
60 episodes
as Self
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as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
1 episodes
as Self
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as Self
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as Prison Guard Keller
1 episodes
as Corporal Dorsey
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as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
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as Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
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as Self
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as Jack Crawford
39 episodes
as Self - Presenter
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as Self
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as Pops Johnson
88 episodes
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as Casey Taylor
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as Self
2 episodes
as Pops Johnson
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