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).
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 (Movies)
The Astronaut
Character:General William Harris
Release Date:26/09/2025
Megadoc
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/2025
Wick Is Pain
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/2025
Sneaks
Character:The Collector (voice)
Release Date:17/04/2025
The Amateur
Character:Henderson
Release Date:09/04/2025
Cellar Door
Character:Emmett
Release Date:31/10/2024
Megalopolis
Character:Fundi Romaine
Release Date:25/09/2024
Transformers One
Character:Alpha Trion (voice)
Release Date:11/09/2024
Slingshot
Character:Captain Franks
Release Date:30/08/2024
John Wick: Chapter 4
Character:Bowery King
Release Date:22/03/2023
Bonnie
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2022
The School for Good and Evil
Character:School Master
Release Date:19/10/2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Character:Self
Release Date:09/10/2022
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Character:Self
Release Date:19/04/2022
All the Old Knives
Character:Vick Wallinger
Release Date:08/04/2022
Death to 2021
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:27/12/2021
The Ice Road
Character:Goldenrod
Release Date:24/06/2021
Under the Stadium Lights
Character:Harold Christian
Release Date:04/06/2021
Death to 2020
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:27/12/2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2020
Our Lady of 121st Street
Character:Rooftop
Release Date:23/05/2020
Imprisoned
Character:Daniel Calvin
Release Date:12/09/2019
Running with the Devil
Character:The Man
Release Date:29/08/2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Character:Paul Jellinek
Release Date:16/08/2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Character:Bowery King
Release Date:15/05/2019
The Mule
Character:Special Agent in Charge
Release Date:14/12/2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Character:Dr. Bill Foster
Release Date:04/07/2018
Last Flag Flying
Character:Reverend Richard Mueller
Release Date:03/11/2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Character:Bowery King
Release Date:08/02/2017
Passengers
Character:Gus Mancuso
Release Date:21/12/2016
The Snowy Day
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/11/2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Character:Perry White
Release Date:23/03/2016
Standoff
Character:Sade
Release Date:26/02/2016
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Character:Self
Release Date:20/02/2015
Rudderless
Character:Del
Release Date:17/10/2014
The Signal
Character:Dr. Wallace Damon
Release Date:15/03/2014
Ride Along
Character:Omar
Release Date:07/01/2014
Khumba
Character:Seko (voice)
Release Date:18/07/2013
Man of Steel
Character:Perry White
Release Date:12/06/2013
The Colony
Character:Briggs
Release Date:12/04/2013
Slavery by Another Name
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/02/2012
Have a Little Faith
Character:Henry Covington
Release Date:27/11/2011
A Man's Story
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2011
Contagion
Character:Ellis Cheever
Release Date:08/09/2011
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Character:Self
Release Date:19/07/2011
Thurgood
Character:Thurgood Marshall
Release Date:24/02/2011
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Character:Noland (voice)
Release Date:19/10/2010
Predators
Character:Noland
Release Date:07/07/2010
Rappin' With The Rickster
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2010
Predators: The Chosen
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2010
Armored
Character:Baines
Release Date:04/12/2009
The Black List: Volume Two
Character:Self
Release Date:26/02/2009
Days of Wrath
Character:Mr. Stafford
Release Date:17/09/2008
Tortured
Character:Archie Green
Release Date:10/09/2008
21
Character:Cole Williams
Release Date:27/03/2008
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Character:Tad Gruzsa
Release Date:23/07/2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Character:Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Release Date:13/06/2007
TMNT
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/03/2007
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Character:Narrator
Release Date:19/01/2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/2007
Bobby
Character:Edward Robinson
Release Date:05/09/2006
Five Fingers
Character:Ahmat
Release Date:01/05/2006
Akeelah and the Bee
Character:Dr. Larabee
Release Date:28/04/2006
Mission: Impossible III
Character:Theodore Brassel
Release Date:25/04/2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Character:Self
Release Date:18/04/2006
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Character:Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/09/2005
Ashes and Snow
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/03/2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Character:Marion Bishop
Release Date:19/01/2005
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2004
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2004
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2004
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Character:Morpheus
Release Date:07/12/2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/2004
The Matrix Revolutions
Character:Morpheus
Release Date:05/11/2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2003
Mystic River
Character:Whitey Powers
Release Date:08/10/2003
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Character:Self
Release Date:24/06/2003
The Soul of a Man
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:16/05/2003
The Matrix Reloaded
Character:Morpheus
Release Date:15/05/2003
MTV Reloaded
Character:Morpheus (archive footage)
Release Date:13/05/2003
Biker Boyz
Character:Smoke
Release Date:31/01/2003
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2003
A History of Sex
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/2003
The Matrix Revisited
Character:Self - Morpheus
Release Date:19/11/2001
Spooge
Character:Self
Release Date:10/11/2001
Osmosis Jones
Character:Thrax (voice)
Release Date:10/08/2001
Once in the Life
Character:20 / 20 Mike
Release Date:27/10/2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Character:Laurence Fishburne
Release Date:27/10/2000
Sex and the Matrix
Character:Morpheus (archive footage)
Release Date:03/06/2000
Michael Jordan to the Max
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/05/2000
Making 'The Matrix'
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/1999
The Matrix
Character:Morpheus
Release Date:31/03/1999
Always Outnumbered
Character:Socrates Fortlow
Release Date:21/03/1998
Black Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:29/12/1997
Hoodlum
Character:Bumpy Johnson
Release Date:27/08/1997
Event Horizon
Character:Miller
Release Date:15/08/1997
Miss Evers' Boys
Character:Caleb Humphries
Release Date:22/02/1997
Fled
Character:Piper
Release Date:19/07/1996
Othello
Character:Othello
Release Date:15/12/1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
Character:Hannibal Lee
Release Date:25/08/1995
Just Cause
Character:Sheriff Tanny Brown
Release Date:17/02/1995
Bad Company
Character:Nelson Crowe
Release Date:20/01/1995
Higher Learning
Character:Professor Maurice Phipps
Release Date:11/01/1995
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Character:Vinnie
Release Date:13/08/1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Character:Ike Turner
Release Date:09/06/1993
Deep Cover
Character:Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Release Date:15/04/1992
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Character:Self
Release Date:27/11/1991
Boyz n the Hood
Character:Furious Styles
Release Date:12/07/1991
Class Action
Character:Nick Holbrook
Release Date:15/03/1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1991
Decoration Day
Character:Michael Waring, DOD Man
Release Date:02/12/1990
Cadence
Character:Roosevelt Stokes
Release Date:16/11/1990
King of New York
Character:Jimmy Jump
Release Date:18/07/1990
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Character:Cowboy Curtis
Release Date:21/12/1988
Red Heat
Character:Lt. Stobbs
Release Date:17/06/1988
School Daze
Character:Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Release Date:12/02/1988
Cherry 2000
Character:Glu Glu Lawyer
Release Date:10/11/1987
Gardens of Stone
Character:Sgt. Flanagan
Release Date:05/05/1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Character:Max
Release Date:27/02/1987
Band of the Hand
Character:Cream
Release Date:11/04/1986
Quicksilver
Character:Voodoo
Release Date:14/02/1986
The Color Purple
Character:Swain
Release Date:18/12/1985
The Cotton Club
Character:Bumpy Rhodes
Release Date:14/12/1984
Rumble Fish
Character:Midget
Release Date:09/10/1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Character:Jimbo Collins
Release Date:22/03/1983
I Take These Men
Character:Hank Johnson
Release Date:05/01/1983
Death Wish II
Character:Cutter
Release Date:20/02/1982
Willie & Phil
Character:High School Student
Release Date:15/08/1980
Apocalypse Now
Character:Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Release Date:19/05/1979
Fast Break
Character:Street Kid
Release Date:02/03/1979
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Character:Wilford Robinson
Release Date:21/05/1975
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Character:Fish
Release Date:19/12/1972
Television Appearances
Number One on the Call Sheet
Character:Self
Clipped
Character:Doc Rivers
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character:Foster (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character:The Beyonder (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character:Backstory Man (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character:Beyonder (voice)
MacGruber
Character:General Barrett Fasoose
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Character:Self
What If...?
Character:Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
What If...?
Character:Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
History's Greatest Mysteries
Character:Self - Host
#FreeRayshawn
Character:Steven Poincy
The Witcher
Character:Regis
mixed-ish
Character:Pops Johnson
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Character:Self
grown-ish
Character:Pops Johnson
Year Million
Character:Narrator
Madiba
Character:Nelson Mandela
Roots
Character:Alex Haley
Jay Leno's Garage
Character:Self
The Muppets
Character:Self
black-ish
Character:Pops Johnson
The Frame
Character:Perry White
Hannibal
Character:Jack Crawford
Top Gear
Character:
Conan
Character:Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Character:Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
The Blues
Character:Self - Narrator
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
CSI: Miami
Character:CSI Dr. Ray Langston
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Raymond Langston
The Magic Hour
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
MADtv
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
TriBeCa
Character:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
The Civil War
Character:Various
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Character:Cowboy Curtis
Spenser: For Hire
Character:
The Equalizer
Character:Casey Taylor
Miami Vice
Character:Prison Guard Keller
Hill Street Blues
Character:
A Rumor of War
Character:Lightbulb
The Six O'Clock Follies
Character:Robby Robinson
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:
M*A*S*H
Character:Corporal Dorsey
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Michael Waring
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