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