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Laurence Fishburne

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

2025
The Astronaut

as General William Harris

Movie
1999
The Matrix

as Morpheus

Movie
2023
John Wick: Chapter 4

as Bowery King

Movie
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Perry White

Movie
2025
The Amateur

as Henderson

Movie
2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)

Movie
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2

as Bowery King

Movie
2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

as Bowery King

Movie
2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp

as Dr. Bill Foster

Movie
2024
Megalopolis

as Fundi Romaine

Movie
2003
The Matrix Revolutions

as Morpheus

Movie
1997
Event Horizon

as Miller

Movie
2014
The Signal

as Dr. Wallace Damon

Movie
2010
Predators

as Noland

Movie
2013
Man of Steel

as Perry White

Movie
2019
The Witcher

as Regis

TV Show
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Raymond Langston

TV Show