Laurence Fishburne
Born in Augusta, Georgia, USA — Jul 30 1961
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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). Fo…
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
CSI: Miami
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
black-ish
Pops Johnson
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
The Witcher
Regis
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
Hill Street Blues
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
The Matrix
Morpheus
Trapper John, M.D.
The Oscars
Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
Top Gear
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)
The Civil War
Various
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
Spenser: For Hire
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
Man of Steel
Perry White
The Amateur
Henderson
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
The Matrix Resurrections
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Muppets
Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
21
Cole Williams
Predators
Noland
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
The Astronaut
General William Harris
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
Event Horizon
Miller
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
The Blues
Self - Narrator
Roots
Alex Haley
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
TriBeCa
Fled
Piper
The Color Purple
Swain
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
Clipped
Doc Rivers
Wick Is Pain
Self
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
MADtv
Self
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
Ride Along
Omar
The Colony
Briggs
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
Year Million
Narrator
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
Biker Boyz
Smoke
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
Rumble Fish
Midget
Slingshot
Captain Franks
Bobby
Edward Robinson
Death Wish II
Cutter
Armored
Baines
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
Untitled The Exorcist Film
Cellar Door
Emmett
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
Undercover Brother
Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
Standoff
Sade
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
Megadoc
Self
Khumba
Seko (voice)
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
Running with the Devil
The Man
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
Othello
Othello
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
Bonnie
Self
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
Rudderless
Del
Five Fingers
Ahmat
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
A Man's Story
Self
Willie & Phil
High School Student
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
Quicksilver
Voodoo
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
Making "The Matrix"
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
Band of the Hand
Cream
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Tortured
Archie Green
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
Fast Break
Street Kid
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
Blacksmith
Mather
Crimson Blues
Mills
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
Spooge
Self
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
A History of Sex
Self
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
The Blacksmith
Predators: The Chosen
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (voice)
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Morpheus
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
Black Hollywood
Self
The Cave of Adullam
Production
The Little Bedroom
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl's Lab
Creator
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Narrator
The Rule of Nines
Directing
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter