Acting · Augusta, Georgia, USA · Born July 30, 1961
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).
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
MovieGatto
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as Rocco (voice)
MovieThe Astronaut
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as General William Harris
MovieMegadoc
2025
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MovieWick Is Pain
2025
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MovieSneaks
2025
as The Collector (voice)
MovieThe Amateur
2025
as Henderson
TVNumber One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
MovieCellar Door
2024
as Emmett
MovieMegalopolis
2024
as Fundi Romaine
MovieTransformers One
2024
as Alpha Trion (voice)
MovieSlingshot
2024
as Captain Franks
TVClipped
2024
as Doc Rivers
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 4
2023
as Bowery King
TVMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Foster (voice)
MovieBonnie
2022
as Self
MovieThe School for Good and Evil
2022
as School Master
MovieIs That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Movieblack-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022
as Self
MovieAll the Old Knives
2022
as Vick Wallinger
MovieDeath to 2021
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVMacGruber
2021
as General Barrett Fasoose
TVClint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
TVWhat If...?
2021
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
MovieThe Ice Road
2021
as Goldenrod
MovieUnder the Stadium Lights
2021
as Harold Christian
MovieDeath to 2020
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVHistory's Greatest Mysteries
2020
as Self - Host
MovieRicky Powell: The Individualist
2020
as Self
MovieOur Lady of 121st Street
2020
as Rooftop
TV#FreeRayshawn
2020
as Steven Poincy
TVThe Witcher
2019
as Regis
TVmixed-ish
2019
as Pops Johnson
MovieImprisoned
2019
as Daniel Calvin
MovieRunning with the Devil
2019
as The Man
MovieWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
as Paul Jellinek
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as Bowery King
MovieThe Mule
2018
as Special Agent in Charge
TVBlack Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
as Self
MovieAnt-Man and the Wasp
2018
as Dr. Bill Foster
TVgrown-ish
2018
as Pops Johnson
MovieLast Flag Flying
2017
as Reverend Richard Mueller
TVYear Million
2017
as Narrator
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Bowery King
TVMadiba
2017
as Nelson Mandela
MoviePassengers
2016
as Gus Mancuso
MovieThe Snowy Day
2016
as Narrator (voice)
TVRoots
2016
as Alex Haley
MovieBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Perry White
MovieStandoff
2016
as Sade
MovieGetting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
as Self
TVJay Leno's Garage
2015
as Self
TVThe Muppets
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieSean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
as Self
MovieAugust Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
as Self
MovieRudderless
2014
as Del
TVblack-ish
2014
as Pops Johnson
MovieThe Signal
2014
as Dr. Wallace Damon
MovieRide Along
2014
as Omar
MovieJourney of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
MovieKhumba
2013
as Seko (voice)
MovieMan of Steel
2013
as Perry White
MovieThe Colony
2013
as Briggs
TVThe Frame
2013
as Perry White
TVHannibal
2013
as Jack Crawford
MovieSlavery by Another Name
2012
as Narrator
MovieHave a Little Faith
2011
as Henry Covington
MovieA Man's Story
2011
as Self
MovieContagion
2011
as Ellis Cheever
MovieThe Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
as Self
MovieThurgood
2011
as Thurgood Marshall
TVTop Gear
2010
TVConan
2010
as Self
MoviePredators: Moments of Extraction
2010
as Noland (voice)
TVThe Talk
2010
as Self
MoviePredators
2010
as Noland
MovieRappin' With The Rickster
2010
as Self
MoviePredators: The Chosen
2010
MovieArmored
2009
as Baines
MovieThe Black List: Volume Two
2009
as Self
MovieDays of Wrath
2008
as Mr. Stafford
MovieTortured
2008
as Archie Green
TVElvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
Movie21
2008
as Cole Williams
MovieThe Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Tad Gruzsa
MovieFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
MovieAmerica’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2007
as Narrator
MovieTMNT
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAmerica's Game: 1986 New York Giants
2007
as Narrator
MovieKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Self
TVAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBobby
2006
as Edward Robinson
MovieFive Fingers
2006
as Ahmat
MovieAkeelah and the Bee
2006
as Dr. Larabee
MovieMission: Impossible III
2006
as Theodore Brassel
MovieThe Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006
as Self
MovieKiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
MovieOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAshes and Snow
2005
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAssault on Precinct 13
2005
as Marion Bishop
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
as Self
MovieReturn to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004
as Morpheus
TVCSI: NY
2004
as Ray Langston
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Morpheus
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
MovieMystic River
2003
as Whitey Powers
TVThe Blues
2003
as Self - Narrator
MovieFriendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
as Self
MovieDorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
as Self
MovieThe Soul of a Man
2003
as Self - Narrator
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Morpheus
MovieMTV Reloaded
2003
as Morpheus (archive footage)
MovieBiker Boyz
2003
as Smoke
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieA History of Sex
2003
as Self
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
MovieUndercover Brother
2002
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Matrix Revisited
2001
as Self - Morpheus
MovieSpooge
2001
as Self
MovieOsmosis Jones
2001
as Thrax (voice)
MovieOnce in the Life
2000
as 20 / 20 Mike
MovieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
as Laurence Fishburne
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Raymond Langston
MovieSex and the Matrix
2000
as Morpheus (archive footage)
MovieMichael Jordan to the Max
2000
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMaking "The Matrix"
1999
as Self
MovieThe Matrix
1999
as Morpheus
TVThe Magic Hour
1998
as Self
MovieAlways Outnumbered
1998
as Socrates Fortlow
Black Hollywood
1997
as Self
MovieHoodlum
1997
as Bumpy Johnson
MovieEvent Horizon
1997
as Miller
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieMiss Evers' Boys
1997
as Caleb Humphries
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieFled
1996
as Piper
MovieOthello
1995
as Othello
TVMADtv
1995
as Self
MovieThe Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Hannibal Lee
MovieJust Cause
1995
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
MovieBad Company
1995
as Nelson Crowe
MovieHigher Learning
1995
as Professor Maurice Phipps
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieSearching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Vinnie
MovieWhat's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Ike Turner
TriBeCa
1993
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieDeep Cover
1992
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
MovieHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
MovieBoyz n the Hood
1991
as Furious Styles
MovieClass Action
1991
as Nick Holbrook
MovieThe Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991
as Self
MovieDecoration Day
1990
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
MovieCadence
1990
as Roosevelt Stokes
TVThe Civil War
1990
as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
MovieKing of New York
1990
as Jimmy Jump
MoviePee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Cowboy Curtis
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MovieRed Heat
1988
as Lt. Stobbs
MovieSchool Daze
1988
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
MovieCherry 2000
1987
as Glu Glu Lawyer
MovieGardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Flanagan
MovieA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Max
TVPee-wee's Playhouse
1986
as Cowboy Curtis
MovieBand of the Hand
1986
as Cream
MovieQuicksilver
1986
as Voodoo
MovieThe Color Purple
1985
as Swain
TVSpenser: For Hire
1985
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Casey Taylor
MovieThe Cotton Club
1984
as Bumpy Rhodes
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Prison Guard Keller
MovieRumble Fish
1983
as Midget
MovieFor Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
as Jimbo Collins
MovieI Take These Men
1983
as Hank Johnson
MovieDeath Wish II
1982
as Cutter
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Jimbo Collins
TVHill Street Blues
1981
TVA Rumor of War
1980
as Lightbulb
MovieWillie & Phil
1980
as High School Student
The Six O'Clock Follies
1980
as Robby Robinson
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
MovieApocalypse Now
1979
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
MovieFast Break
1979
as Street Kid
MovieCornbread, Earl and Me
1975
as Wilford Robinson
MovieIf You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972
as Fish
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as Corporal Dorsey
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Michael Waring
The Little Bedroom
Blacksmith
as Mather
The Blacksmith
as Mather
MovieCrimson Blues
as Mills
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
Inheritance
Interference
