Laurence Fishburne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

193

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-07-30 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Augusta, Georgia, USA

Laurence Fishburne

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).

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Conan

    Conan

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The View

    The View

  • The Amateur

    The Amateur

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • Hannibal

    Hannibal

  • black-ish

    black-ish

  • John Wick: Chapter 4

    John Wick: Chapter 4

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Matrix

    The Matrix

  • The Astronaut

    The Astronaut

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • John Wick: Chapter 2

    John Wick: Chapter 2

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • grown-ish

    grown-ish

  • Transformers One

    Transformers One

  • John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

    John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

  • Man of Steel

    Man of Steel

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

  • Sneaks

    Sneaks

  • Mission: Impossible III

    Mission: Impossible III

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

  • The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded

  • Predators

    Predators

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp

    Ant-Man and the Wasp

  • The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • mixed-ish

    mixed-ish

  • Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

  • Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

  • Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

  • Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

  • The School for Good and Evil

    The School for Good and Evil

  • Mystic River

    Mystic River

  • Event Horizon

    Event Horizon

  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

  • Wick Is Pain

    Wick Is Pain

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

  • Pee-wee's Playhouse

    Pee-wee's Playhouse

  • Jay Leno's Garage

    Jay Leno's Garage

  • King of New York

    King of New York

  • The Ice Road

    The Ice Road

  • 21

    21

  • TMNT

    TMNT

  • Bobby

    Bobby

  • Passengers

    Passengers

  • America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

    America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • The Matrix Revisited

    The Matrix Revisited

  • The Colony

    The Colony

  • Ride Along

    Ride Along

  • The Muppets

    The Muppets

  • Akeelah and the Bee

    Akeelah and the Bee

  • The Signal

    The Signal

  • History's Greatest Mysteries

    History's Greatest Mysteries

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

  • Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

  • Cherry 2000

    Cherry 2000

  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    Where'd You Go, Bernadette

  • The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

    The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

  • School Daze

    School Daze

  • Contagion

    Contagion

  • I Take These Men

    I Take These Men

  • The Mule

    The Mule

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Osmosis Jones

    Osmosis Jones

  • A Man's Story

    A Man's Story

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • Roots

    Roots

  • Higher Learning

    Higher Learning

  • Boyz n the Hood

    Boyz n the Hood

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  • The Color Purple

    The Color Purple

  • The Making of 'Event Horizon'

    The Making of 'Event Horizon'

  • Willie & Phil

    Willie & Phil

  • Always Outnumbered

    Always Outnumbered

  • Red Heat

    Red Heat

  • Hoodlum

    Hoodlum

  • Biker Boyz

    Biker Boyz

  • Black Hollywood

    Black Hollywood

  • MacGruber

    MacGruber

  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

  • Just Cause

    Just Cause

  • The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen

  • The Death and Life of Bobby Z

    The Death and Life of Bobby Z

  • Death to 2020

    Death to 2020

  • Cellar Door

    Cellar Door

  • The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

    The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

  • Standoff

    Standoff

  • Death Wish II

    Death Wish II

  • Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

  • Crimson Blues

    Crimson Blues

  • Armored

    Armored

  • The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

    The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

  • Othello

    Othello

  • Khumba

    Khumba

  • Rappin' With The Rickster

    Rappin' With The Rickster

  • Slingshot

    Slingshot

  • Deep Cover

    Deep Cover

  • All the Old Knives

    All the Old Knives

  • The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

    The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

  • The Soul of a Man

    The Soul of a Man

  • For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

    For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

  • Have a Little Faith

    Have a Little Faith

  • Death to 2021

    Death to 2021

  • Band of the Hand

    Band of the Hand

  • Class Action

    Class Action

  • Cornbread, Earl and Me

    Cornbread, Earl and Me

  • Clipped

    Clipped

  • Ashes and Snow

    Ashes and Snow

  • The Magic Hour

    The Magic Hour

  • Predators: Moments of Extraction

    Predators: Moments of Extraction

  • Bonnie

    Bonnie

  • Fled

    Fled

  • The Blues

    The Blues

  • What's Love Got to Do with It

    What's Love Got to Do with It

  • Fast Break

    Fast Break

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Matrix Recalibrated

    The Matrix Recalibrated

  • If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

  • A Rumor of War

    A Rumor of War

  • Rudderless

    Rudderless

  • Cadence

    Cadence

  • Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

  • Under the Stadium Lights

    Under the Stadium Lights

  • Last Flag Flying

    Last Flag Flying

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • #FreeRayshawn

    #FreeRayshawn

  • Sean Connery: In His Own Words

    Sean Connery: In His Own Words

  • The Cotton Club

    The Cotton Club

  • Imprisoned

    Imprisoned

  • Quicksilver

    Quicksilver

  • Gardens of Stone

    Gardens of Stone

  • Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

    Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

  • Once in the Life

    Once in the Life

  • The Blacksmith

    The Blacksmith

  • Blacksmith

    Blacksmith

  • Running with the Devil

    Running with the Devil

  • TriBeCa

    TriBeCa

  • Madiba

    Madiba

  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

  • The Six O'Clock Follies

    The Six O'Clock Follies

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Five Fingers

    Five Fingers

  • Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

    Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

  • Megadoc

    Megadoc

  • Making 'The Matrix'

    Making 'The Matrix'

  • The Snowy Day

    The Snowy Day

  • Our Lady of 121st Street

    Our Lady of 121st Street

  • Year Million

    Year Million

  • Miss Evers' Boys

    Miss Evers' Boys

  • Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

  • Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

    Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

  • Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

    Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Tortured

    Tortured

  • August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

  • Days of Wrath

    Days of Wrath

  • Spooge

    Spooge

  • Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

    Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

  • Michael Jordan to the Max

    Michael Jordan to the Max

  • The Little Bedroom

    The Little Bedroom

  • The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

    The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

  • black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

    black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

  • The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

    The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

  • A History of Sex

    A History of Sex

  • Mystic River: From Page to Screen

    Mystic River: From Page to Screen

  • MTV Reloaded

    MTV Reloaded

  • Slavery by Another Name

    Slavery by Another Name

  • Ricky Powell: The Individualist

    Ricky Powell: The Individualist

  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

  • The Black List: Volume Two

    The Black List: Volume Two

  • Sex and the Matrix

    Sex and the Matrix

  • America's Game: 1986 New York Giants

    America's Game: 1986 New York Giants

  • Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

    Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

  • Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

    Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

  • Thurgood

    Thurgood