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Born · July 30, 1961 (63 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961; usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) 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 been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing 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 Colour 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), as well as having a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurence Fishburne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Collector (voice)
0.0
2025
Henderson
0.0
2025
Fundi Romaine
5.5
2024
Alpha Trion (voice)
8.1
2024
Captain Franks
6.1
2024
Bowery King
7.7
2023
Self
3.0
2022
Self
7.4
2022
Self
10.0
2022
Narrator (voice)
6.0
2021
Bowery King
7.4
2019
Bowery King
7.3
2017
Gus Mancuso
7.0
2016
Perry White
6.0
2016
Sade
6.0
2016
Self
0.0
2015
0.0
2015
Del
7.2
2014
Dr. Wallace Damon
6.0
2014
Omar
6.3
2014
Seko (voice)
6.0
2013
Perry White
6.6
2013
Briggs
5.4
2013
Henry Covington
6.5
2011
Ellis Cheever
6.6
2011
Thurgood Marshall
6.3
2011
Noland
6.3
2010
Baines
5.7
2009
Jack
4.0
2009
Mr. Stafford
10.0
2008
Archie Green
5.4
2008
Cole Williams
6.7
2008
Tad Gruzsa
6.1
2007
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
5.6
2007
Narrator (voice)
6.1
2007
Self
8.5
2007
Edward Robinson
6.4
2006
Ahmat
6.0
2006
Dr. Larabee
7.1
2006
Theodore Brassel
6.7
2006
Marion Bishop
6.2
2005
Self
6.6
2004
Morpheus
6.7
2003
Whitey Powers
7.7
2003
Self - Narrator
6.4
2003
Morpheus
7.1
2003
Smoke
6.2
2003
Self
0.0
2003
Self
5.5
2003
Self - Morpheus
6.8
2001
Self
0.0
2001
Thrax (voice)
6.5
2001
20 / 20 Mike
4.4
2000
Morpheus (archive footage)
6.4
2000
Narrator (voice)
7.3
2000
Morpheus
8.2
1999
Socrates Fortlow
6.4
1998
Self
0.0
1997
Bumpy Johnson
6.4
1997
Miller
6.5
1997
Caleb Humphries
6.2
1997
Piper
5.6
1996
Othello
6.4
1995
Hannibal Lee
7.0
1995
Sheriff Tanny Brown
6.2
1995
Nelson Crowe
4.8
1995
Professor Maurice Phipps
6.3
1995
Vinnie
7.1
1993
Ike Turner
7.1
1993
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
6.7
1992
Self
7.9
1991
Jason 'Furious' Styles
7.6
1991
Michael Waring, DOD Man
7.3
1990
Roosevelt Stokes
6.7
1990
Jimmy Jump
6.7
1990
Lt. Stobbs
6.2
1988
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
5.9
1988
Glu Glu Lawyer
6.0
1987
Sgt. Flanagan
6.3
1987
Max
6.7
1987
Cream
6.4
1986
Voodoo
5.6
1986
Swain
7.8
1985
Midget
7.0
1983
Cutter
6.3
1982
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
8.3
1979
General William Harris
0.0
Wilford Robinson
7.2
1975
0.0
Nick Holbrook
6.3
1991
Cowboy Curtis
7.4
1988
Bumpy Rhodes
6.5
1984
Jimbo Collins
0.0
1983
0.0
Emmett
6.3
2024
School Master
7.0
2022
Vick Wallinger
6.0
2022
Goldenrod
6.8
2021
Harold Christian
6.6
2021
Narrator (voice)
6.5
2020
Rooftop
0.0
2020
Daniel Calvin
5.5
2019
The Man
5.5
2019
Paul Jellinek
6.6
2019
Special Agent in Charge
6.9
2018
Dr. Bill Foster
6.9
2018
Reverend Richard Mueller
6.8
2017
Narrator
7.0
2016
Self
6.0
2015
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Narrator
7.2
2012
Self
6.9
2011
Self
2.0
2011
Noland (Voice)
4.3
2010
Noland
6.1
2010
Self (archive footage)
7.8
2010
Self
2.0
2010
Self
6.0
2009
Self
7.4
2006
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
7.2
2005
Narrator (voice)
7.2
2005
Self
7.2
2004
Self
6.7
2004
Himself
7.0
2004
Self
6.1
2003
Self
4.5
2003
Self
7.5
2003
Morpheus (archive footage)
7.3
2003
Raymond Langston · (60 episodes)
7.6
2000
Self
7.0
1999
Laurence Fishburne
3.8
1998
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Self
4.3
1991
(1 episode)
6.6
1985
Hank Johnson
0.0
1983
High School Student
4.4
1980
Street Kid
5.2
1979
Fish
0.0
1972
0.0
Mills
0.0
Doc Rivers · (6 episodes)
6.7
2024
Foster (voice) · (1 episode)
7.6
2023
The Beyonder (voice) · (14 episodes)
7.6
2023
General Barrett Fasoose · (8 episodes)
5.9
2021
Self · (9 episodes)
7.0
2021
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) · (1 episode)
8.1
2021
Self - Host · (63 episodes)
7.4
2020
Steven Poincy · (15 episodes)
7.2
2020
Pops Johnson · (1 episode)
7.8
2019
Self · (3 episodes)
6.3
2018
Pops Johnson · (3 episodes)
8.1
2018
Narrator · (6 episodes)
8.2
2017
Nelson Mandela · (3 episodes)
7.8
2017
Alex Haley · (4 episodes)
6.9
2016
Self · (2 episodes)
7.5
2015
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
2015
Pops Johnson · (88 episodes)
7.2
2014
Perry White · (1 episode)
10.0
2013
Jack Crawford · (39 episodes)
8.2
2013
(1 episode)
6.0
2010
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2010
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2008
Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
6.0
2006
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
7.1
2003
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
(1 episode)
7.7
2002
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
1998
Self · (3 episodes)
4.4
1997
Self · (2 episodes)
6.4
1996
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
1995
(7 episodes)
6.0
1993
(1 episode)
5.4
1992
Various · (9 episodes)
8.1
1990
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
Cowboy Curtis · (45 episodes)
7.2
1986
Casey Taylor · (1 episode)
7.1
1985
(1 episode)
7.5
1984
(1 episode)
7.6
1981
Lightbulb · (2 episodes)
6.0
1980
Robby Robinson · (6 episodes)
0.0
1980
(1 episode)
6.3
1979
Corporal Dorsey · (1 episode)
7.9
1972
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
5.0
1956
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953
Michael Waring · (1 episode)
8.7
1951