Laurence Fishburne
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1961-07-30 (63 years old)
Place of Birth Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As 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
Laurence Fishburne
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.
Known For
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as General William Harris
as Mills
as The Collector (voice)
as Henderson
as Emmett
as Fundi Romaine
as Alpha Trion (voice)
as Captain Franks
as Doc Rivers
as Bowery King
as Foster (voice)
as The Beyonder (voice)
as Self
as School Master
as Self
as Vick Wallinger
as Narrator (voice)
as Goldenrod
as Harold Christian
as General Barrett Fasoose
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Rooftop
as Self - Host
as Steven Poincy
as Daniel Calvin
as The Man
as Paul Jellinek
as Bowery King
as Pops Johnson
as Special Agent in Charge
as Dr. Bill Foster
as Pops Johnson
as Reverend Richard Mueller
as Bowery King
as Narrator
as Nelson Mandela
as Gus Mancuso
as Narrator
as Perry White
as Sade
as Alex Haley
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Del
as Dr. Wallace Damon
as Self (archive footage)
as Omar
as Pops Johnson
as Seko (voice)
as Perry White
as Briggs
as Perry White
as Jack Crawford
as Narrator
as Henry Covington
as Self
as Ellis Cheever
as Thurgood Marshall
as Noland (Voice)
as Noland
as Noland
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Baines
as Jack
as Self
as Mr. Stafford
as Archie Green
as Cole Williams
as Tad Gruzsa
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Edward Robinson
as Ahmat
as Dr. Larabee
as Theodore Brassel
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
as Marion Bishop
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Morpheus
as Self
as Whitey Powers
as Self - Narrator
as Morpheus
as Morpheus (archive footage)
as Smoke
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as Self - Morpheus
as Self
as Thrax (voice)
as 20 / 20 Mike
as Morpheus (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Raymond Langston
as Self
as Morpheus
as Laurence Fishburne
as Socrates Fortlow
as Self
as Self
as Bumpy Johnson
as Miller
as Caleb Humphries
as Self
as Piper
as Self
as Othello
as Hannibal Lee
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
as Nelson Crowe
as Professor Maurice Phipps
as Self
as Self
as Vinnie
as Ike Turner
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
as Jason 'Furious' Styles
as Nick Holbrook
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
as Roosevelt Stokes
as Jimmy Jump
as Various
as Cowboy Curtis
as Lt. Stobbs
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
as Glu Glu Lawyer
as Sgt. Flanagan
as Cream
as Voodoo
as Cowboy Curtis
as Swain
as Casey Taylor
as Bumpy Rhodes
as Midget
as Jimbo Collins
as Hank Johnson
as Cutter
as High School Student
as Lightbulb
as Robby Robinson
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
as Street Kid
as Wilford Robinson
as Corporal Dorsey
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Michael Waring
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
Director
as Director