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
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Homepage: http://www.laurence-fishburne.com
Movie Involvements: 123
TV Involvements: 26
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Raymond Langston
John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023) Bowery King
Hannibal
(2013) Jack Crawford
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The Matrix
(1999) Morpheus
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
What If...?
(2021) Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 2
(2017) Bowery KingActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | N/A | |
| The Collector (voice) | ||
| 2024 | Fundi Romaine | |
| Alpha Trion (voice) | ||
| Captain Franks | ||
| Doc Rivers | ||
| 2023 | Bowery King | |
| The Beyonder (voice) | ||
| Foster (voice) | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| School Master | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Vick Wallinger | ||
| 2021 | Narrator (voice) | |
| General Barrett Fasoose | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice) | ||
| Goldenrod | ||
| Harold Christian | ||
| 2020 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self - Host | ||
| 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 | ||
| Alex Haley | ||
| Perry White | ||
| Sade | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 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 (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Baines | |
| 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 | ||
| Self - Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Narrator | ||
| Morpheus | ||
| Morpheus (archive footage) | ||
| Whitey Powers | ||
| 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 | |
| Jason '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 | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Bumpy Rhodes | |
| N/A | ||
| 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 | |
| General William Harris | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jack | ||
| Mills | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 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 |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |