Laurence Fishburne
Age: N/A | From: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Larry Fishburne , لورنس فيشبورن , 로런스 피시번 , ローレンス・フィッシュバーン , Лоренс Фишберн , 勞倫斯·費許朋 , Laurence John Fishburne , Λώρενς Τζον Φίσμπερν , Λώρενς Φίσμπερν , 劳伦斯·菲什伯恩 , ローレンス・ジョン・フィッシュバーン , Лоуренс Фішборн , لارنس فیشبرن
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Homepage: http://www.laurence-fishburne.com
Movie Involvements: 127
TV Involvements: 32
Most Famous Work
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 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).
Most Famous Work
The Amateur
(2025) Henderson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Raymond Langston
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025) Theodore Brassel (archive footage)
The Equalizer
(1985) Casey Taylor
Miami Vice
(1984) Prison Guard Keller
Hannibal
(2013) Jack Crawford
What If...?
(2021) Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Theodore Brassel (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| The Collector (voice) | ||
| Henderson | ||
| Self | ||
| General William Harris | ||
| 2024 | Emmett | |
| Fundi Romaine | ||
| Alpha Trion (voice) | ||
| Captain Franks | ||
| Doc Rivers | ||
| 2023 | Bowery King | |
| Foster (voice) | ||
| The Beyonder (voice) | ||
| Backstory Man (voice) | ||
| Beyonder (voice) | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| School Master | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Vick Wallinger | ||
| 2021 | Narrator (voice) | |
| General Barrett Fasoose | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) | ||
| Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) | ||
| Goldenrod | ||
| Harold Christian | ||
| 2020 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| Rooftop | ||
| Steven Poincy | ||
| 2019 | Pops Johnson | |
| Daniel Calvin | ||
| The Man | ||
| Paul Jellinek | ||
| Bowery King | ||
| 2018 | Special Agent in Charge | |
| Self | ||
| Dr. Bill Foster | ||
| Pops Johnson | ||
| 2017 | Reverend Richard Mueller | |
| Narrator | ||
| Bowery King | ||
| Nelson Mandela | ||
| 2016 | Gus Mancuso | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Alex Haley | ||
| Perry White | ||
| Sade | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Del | |
| Pops Johnson | ||
| Dr. Wallace Damon | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Omar | ||
| 2013 | Seko (voice) | |
| Perry White | ||
| Briggs | ||
| Perry White | ||
| Jack Crawford | ||
| 2012 | Narrator | |
| 2011 | Henry Covington | |
| Self | ||
| Ellis Cheever | ||
| Self | ||
| Thurgood Marshall | ||
| 2010 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Noland | ||
| Noland (Voice) | ||
| Noland | ||
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Baines | |
| Jack | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Mr. Stafford | |
| Archie Green | ||
| Self | ||
| Cole Williams | ||
| 2007 | Tad Gruzsa | |
| Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Edward Robinson | ||
| Ahmat | ||
| Dr. Larabee | ||
| Theodore Brassel | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Marion Bishop | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Morpheus | |
| Self | ||
| Whitey Powers | ||
| Self - Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Narrator | ||
| Morpheus | ||
| Morpheus (archive footage) | ||
| Smoke | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| 2001 | Self - Morpheus | |
| Self | ||
| Thrax (voice) | ||
| 2000 | 20 / 20 Mike | |
| Raymond Langston | ||
| Morpheus (archive footage) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1999 | Self | |
| Morpheus | ||
| 1998 | Laurence Fishburne | |
| Self | ||
| Socrates Fortlow | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| Bumpy Johnson | ||
| Miller | ||
| Self | ||
| Caleb Humphries | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
| Piper | ||
| 1995 | Othello | |
| Self | ||
| Hannibal Lee | ||
| Sheriff Tanny Brown | ||
| Nelson Crowe | ||
| Professor Maurice Phipps | ||
| 1994 | Self | |
| 1993 | Vinnie | |
| Ike Turner | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| Furious Styles | ||
| Nick Holbrook | ||
| Self | ||
| 1990 | Michael Waring, DOD Man | |
| Roosevelt Stokes | ||
| Various | ||
| Jimmy Jump | ||
| 1988 | Cowboy Curtis | |
| N/A | ||
| Lt. Stobbs | ||
| Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap | ||
| 1987 | Glu Glu Lawyer | |
| Sgt. Flanagan | ||
| Max | ||
| 1986 | Cowboy Curtis | |
| Cream | ||
| Voodoo | ||
| 1985 | Swain | |
| N/A | ||
| Casey Taylor | ||
| 1984 | Bumpy Rhodes | |
| Prison Guard Keller | ||
| 1983 | Midget | |
| Jimbo Collins | ||
| Hank Johnson | ||
| 1982 | Cutter | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1980 | Lightbulb | |
| High School Student | ||
| Robby Robinson | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Tyrone 'Clean' Miller | ||
| Street Kid | ||
| 1975 | Wilford Robinson | |
| 1972 | Fish | |
| Corporal Dorsey | ||
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Michael Waring | |
| Mather | ||
| Mills | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| 2014 | Executive Producer | |
| 2006 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2000 | Producer | |
| 1998 | Executive Producer | |
| 1997 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |