Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 30, 1961
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
- لارنس فیشبرن
Laurence Fishburne
3.5 Popularity
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
5.8
General William Harris
The Astronaut
2025
7.4
Self
Megadoc
2025
7.5
Self
Wick Is Pain
2025
6.0
The Collector (voice)
Sneaks
2025
7.0
Henderson
The Amateur
2025
5.3
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
5.8
Emmett
Cellar Door
2024
5.2
Fundi Romaine
Megalopolis
2024
8.0
Alpha Trion (voice)
Transformers One
2024
6.2
Captain Franks
Slingshot
2024
Credits
The Astronaut
as General William Harris
2025
5.8
Megadoc
as Self
2025
7.4
Wick Is Pain
as Self
2025
7.5
Sneaks
as The Collector (voice)
2025
6.0
The Amateur
as Henderson
2025
7.0
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
5.3
Cellar Door
as Emmett
2024
5.8
Megalopolis
as Fundi Romaine
2024
5.2
Transformers One
as Alpha Trion (voice)
2024
8.0
Slingshot
as Captain Franks
2024
6.2
Clipped
as Doc Rivers
2024
6.6
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Bowery King
2023
7.7
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Foster (voice)
2023
7.7
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as The Beyonder (voice)
2023
7.7
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Backstory Man (voice)
2023
7.7
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Beyonder (voice)
2023
7.7
Bonnie
as Self
2022
5.3
The School for Good and Evil
as School Master
2022
7.0
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022
6.6
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
2022
10.0
All the Old Knives
as Vick Wallinger
2022
6.0
Death to 2021
as Narrator (voice)
2021
6.0
MacGruber
as General Barrett Fasoose
2021
5.8
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
2021
7.0
What If...?
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
8.1
What If...?
as Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
8.1
The Ice Road
as Goldenrod
2021
6.8
Under the Stadium Lights
as Harold Christian
2021
6.0
Death to 2020
as Narrator (voice)
2020
6.5
History's Greatest Mysteries
as Self - Host
2020
7.7
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
2020
4.8
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Rooftop
2020
0.0
#FreeRayshawn
as Steven Poincy
2020
6.9
The Witcher
as Regis
2019
8.0
mixed-ish
as Pops Johnson
2019
7.2
Imprisoned
as Daniel Calvin
2019
4.6
Running with the Devil
as The Man
2019
5.4
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Paul Jellinek
2019
6.6
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as Bowery King
2019
7.4
The Mule
as Special Agent in Charge
2018
6.9
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
2018
6.3
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Dr. Bill Foster
2018
6.9
grown-ish
as Pops Johnson
2018
7.9
Last Flag Flying
as Reverend Richard Mueller
2017
6.8
Year Million
as Narrator
2017
8.4
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Bowery King
2017
7.3
Madiba
as Nelson Mandela
2017
7.8
Passengers
as Gus Mancuso
2016
7.0
The Snowy Day
as Narrator (voice)
2016
7.0
Roots
as Alex Haley
2016
6.9
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Perry White
2016
6.0
Standoff
as Sade
2016
6.0
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
2015
10.0
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self
2015
7.3
The Muppets
as Self
2015
7.0
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
2015
6.0
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
2015
0.0
Rudderless
as Del
2014
7.2
black-ish
as Pops Johnson
2014
7.1
The Signal
as Dr. Wallace Damon
2014
6.0
Ride Along
as Omar
2014
6.3
Khumba
as Seko (voice)
2013
6.0
Man of Steel
as Perry White
2013
6.6
The Colony
as Briggs
2013
5.4
The Frame
as Perry White
2013
10.0
Hannibal
as Jack Crawford
2013
8.3
Slavery by Another Name
as Narrator
2012
7.2
Have a Little Faith
as Henry Covington
2011
6.4
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
6.9
Contagion
as Ellis Cheever
2011
6.6
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
as Self
2011
2.0
Thurgood
as Thurgood Marshall
2011
6.5
Top Gear
2010
6.2
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Predators: Moments of Extraction
as Noland (voice)
2010
4.0
Predators
as Noland
2010
6.3
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
2010
2.0
Armored
as Baines
2009
5.8
The Black List: Volume Two
as Self
2009
6.0
Days of Wrath
as Mr. Stafford
2008
5.5
Tortured
as Archie Green
2008
5.5
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
as Self
2008
7.5
21
as Cole Williams
2008
6.7
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Tad Gruzsa
2007
6.1
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
2007
5.6
TMNT
as Narrator (voice)
2007
6.2
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
as Narrator
2007
0.0
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
2007
8.5
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
2006
8.0
Bobby
as Edward Robinson
2006
6.4
Five Fingers
as Ahmat
2006
6.0
Akeelah and the Bee
as Dr. Larabee
2006
7.1
Mission: Impossible III
as Theodore Brassel
2006
6.8
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self
2006
7.4
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005
7.2
Ashes and Snow
as Narrator (voice)
2005
7.2
Assault on Precinct 13
as Marion Bishop
2005
6.2
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
as Self
2004
7.1
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
as Self
2004
6.7
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
as Self
2004
7.0
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as Morpheus
2004
7.2
🎬
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self
2004
0.0
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
2004
6.8
The Matrix Revolutions
as Morpheus
2003
6.7
🎬
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self
2003
0.0
🎬
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
2003
6.1
Mystic River
as Whitey Powers
2003
7.7
The Blues
as Self - Narrator
2003
7.2
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
as Self
2003
4.5
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
as Self
2003
7.5
The Soul of a Man
as Self - Narrator
2003
6.5
The Matrix Reloaded
as Morpheus
2003
7.1
MTV Reloaded
as Morpheus (archive footage)
2003
7.3
Biker Boyz
as Smoke
2003
6.2
🎬
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
as Self
2003
0.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
A History of Sex
as Self
2003
5.3
CSI: Miami
as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
2002
7.7
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Morpheus
2001
6.9
Spooge
as Self
2001
0.0
Osmosis Jones
as Thrax (voice)
2001
6.5
Welcome to Hollywood
as Laurence Fishburne
2000
3.8
Once in the Life
as 20 / 20 Mike
2000
4.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Raymond Langston
2000
7.6
Sex and the Matrix
as Morpheus (archive footage)
2000
6.4
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Narrator (voice)
2000
7.4
Making 'The Matrix'
as Self
1999
7.3
The Matrix
as Morpheus
1999
8.2
The Magic Hour
as Self
1998
5.0
Always Outnumbered
as Socrates Fortlow
1998
6.4
🎬
Black Hollywood
as Self
1997
0.0
Hoodlum
as Bumpy Johnson
1997
6.4
Event Horizon
as Miller
1997
6.6
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Miss Evers' Boys
as Caleb Humphries
1997
6.3
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Fled
as Piper
1996
5.6
Othello
as Othello
1995
6.3
MADtv
as Self
1995
7.0
The Tuskegee Airmen
as Hannibal Lee
1995
7.1
Just Cause
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995
6.3
Bad Company
as Nelson Crowe
1995
4.9
Higher Learning
as Professor Maurice Phipps
1995
6.3
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Vinnie
1993
7.1
What's Love Got to Do with It
as Ike Turner
1993
7.1
🎬
TriBeCa
1993
6.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Deep Cover
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992
6.8
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
1991
7.9
Boyz n the Hood
as Furious Styles
1991
7.6
Class Action
as Nick Holbrook
1991
6.3
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
1991
4.3
Decoration Day
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990
6.9
Cadence
as Roosevelt Stokes
1990
6.7
The Civil War
as Various
1990
7.9
King of New York
as Jimmy Jump
1990
6.8
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Cowboy Curtis
1988
7.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
Red Heat
as Lt. Stobbs
1988
6.2
School Daze
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988
5.7
Cherry 2000
as Glu Glu Lawyer
1987
6.0
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Flanagan
1987
6.2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Max
1987
6.7
Pee-wee's Playhouse
as Cowboy Curtis
1986
7.1
Band of the Hand
as Cream
1986
6.2
Quicksilver
as Voodoo
1986
5.5
The Color Purple
as Swain
1985
7.7
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
The Equalizer
as Casey Taylor
1985
7.1
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Rhodes
1984
6.5
Miami Vice
as Prison Guard Keller
1984
7.5
Rumble Fish
as Midget
1983
7.0
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Jimbo Collins
1983
0.0
I Take These Men
as Hank Johnson
1983
1.0
Death Wish II
as Cutter
1982
6.2
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
A Rumor of War
as Lightbulb
1980
6.0
Willie & Phil
as High School Student
1980
4.1
🎬
The Six O'Clock Follies
as Robby Robinson
1980
0.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Apocalypse Now
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979
8.3
Fast Break
as Street Kid
1979
4.8
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Wilford Robinson
1975
6.7
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
as Fish
1972
1.0
M*A*S*H
as Corporal Dorsey
1972
7.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Michael Waring
1951
8.6
🎬
Blacksmith
as Mather
N/A
0.0
🎬
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Little Bedroom
N/A
0.0
Crimson Blues
as Mills
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Blacksmith
N/A
0.0