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).
TV Shows(51)
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Clipped
Doc Rivers
2024
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)
2023
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
2020
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
2020
The Witcher
Regis
2019
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
2019
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
2018
Year Million
Narrator
2017
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
2017
Roots
Alex Haley
2016
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015
The Muppets
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
black-ish
Pops Johnson
2014
The Frame
Perry White
2013
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
2013
Top Gear
2010
Conan
Self
2010
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
The Blues
Self - Narrator
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
CSI: Miami
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
2000
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
The View
Self
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
MADtv
Self
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
TriBeCa
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Civil War
Various
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
1986
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
1985
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
1984
Hill Street Blues
1981
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
1980
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
1972
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
1951
Movies(148)
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
The Astronaut
General William Harris
2025
Megadoc
Self
2025
Wick Is Pain
Self
2025
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
2025
The Amateur
Henderson
2025
Cellar Door
Emmett
2024
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
2024
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
2024
Slingshot
Captain Franks
2024
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
2023
Bonnie
Self
2022
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
2022
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
2022
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
2022
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Matrix Resurrections
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
2021
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
2021
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
2020
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
2019
Running with the Devil
The Man
2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
2019
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
2018
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
2017
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
2016
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
2016
Standoff
Sade
2016
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
2015
Rudderless
Del
2014
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
2014
Ride Along
Omar
2014
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Self
2013
Khumba
Seko (voice)
2013
Man of Steel
Perry White
2013
The Colony
Briggs
2013
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
2012
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
2011
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
2011
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
2011
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
2011
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (voice)
2010
Predators
Noland
2010
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010
Predators: The Chosen
2010
Armored
Baines
2009
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
2009
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
2008
Tortured
Archie Green
2008
21
Cole Williams
2008
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
2007
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Narrator
2007
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
2007
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Narrator
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
2007
Bobby
Edward Robinson
2006
Five Fingers
Ahmat
2006
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
2006
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
2006
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
2005
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
2004
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
2004
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
2004
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Morpheus
2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
2004
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
2003
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
2003
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
2003
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
2003
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
2003
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
2003
Biker Boyz
Smoke
2003
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
2003
A History of Sex
Self
2003
Undercover Brother
Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
2002
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
2001
Spooge
Self
2001
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
2001
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
2000
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
2000
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
2000
Making "The Matrix"
Self
1999
The Matrix
Morpheus
1999
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
1998
Black Hollywood
Self
1997
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
1997
Event Horizon
Miller
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
1997
Fled
Piper
1996
Othello
Othello
1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
1995
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
1995
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
1995
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
1993
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
1991
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
1991
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
1990
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
1990
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
1988
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
1988
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
1987
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
1987
Band of the Hand
Cream
1986
Quicksilver
Voodoo
1986
The Color Purple
Swain
1985
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
1984
Rumble Fish
Midget
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
1983
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
1983
Death Wish II
Cutter
1982
Willie & Phil
High School Student
1980
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979
Fast Break
Street Kid
1979
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
1975
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
1972
The Little Bedroom
Blacksmith
Mather
The Blacksmith
Crimson Blues
Mills
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Self