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).
as Mather
as Mather
as Mills
as Father Nichol
as Rocco (voice)
as General William Harris
as Self
as Self
as The Collector (voice)
as Henderson
as Self(1 ep)
as Emmett
as Fundi Romaine
as Alpha Trion (voice)
as Captain Franks
as Doc Rivers(6 eps)
as Bowery King
as Foster (voice)(1 ep)
as The Beyonder (voice)(8 eps)
as Backstory Man (voice)(4 eps)
as Beyonder (voice)(5 eps)
as Self
as School Master
as Vick Wallinger
as Narrator (voice)
as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
as General Barrett Fasoose(8 eps)
as Self(9 eps)
as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)(1 ep)
as Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)(1 ep)
as Goldenrod
as Harold Christian
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host(103 eps)
as Rooftop
as Steven Poincy(15 eps)
as Regis(8 eps)
as Pops Johnson(1 ep)
as Daniel Calvin
as The Man
as Paul Jellinek
as Bowery King
as Special Agent in Charge
as Self(3 eps)
as Dr. Bill Foster
as Pops Johnson(3 eps)
as Reverend Richard Mueller
as Narrator(6 eps)
as Bowery King
as Nelson Mandela(3 eps)
as Gus Mancuso
as Narrator (voice)
as Alex Haley(4 eps)
as Perry White
as Sade
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Del
as Pops Johnson(88 eps)
as Dr. Wallace Damon
as Omar
as Seko (voice)
as Perry White
as Briggs
as Perry White(1 ep)
as Jack Crawford(39 eps)
as Narrator
as Henry Covington
as Self
as Ellis Cheever
as Thurgood Marshall
as Self(1 ep)
as Noland (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Noland
as Self
as Baines
as Self
as Mr. Stafford
as Archie Green
as Self(1 ep)
as Cole Williams
as Tad Gruzsa
as Silver Surfer (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)(5 eps)
as Edward Robinson
as Ahmat
as Dr. Larabee
as Theodore Brassel
as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Marion Bishop
as Self(1 ep)
as Ray Langston(1 ep)
as Self
as Matvey Matveich
as Morpheus
as Whitey Powers
as Self - Narrator(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator
as Morpheus
as Morpheus (archive footage)
as Smoke
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as CSI Dr. Ray Langston(1 ep)
as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
as Self - Morpheus
as Self
as Thrax (voice)
as 20 / 20 Mike
as Laurence Fishburne
as Raymond Langston(60 eps)
as Morpheus (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Morpheus
as Self(1 ep)
as Socrates Fortlow
as Self
as Bumpy Johnson
as Miller
as Self(4 eps)
as Caleb Humphries
as Self(2 eps)
as Piper
as Othello
as Self(1 ep)
as Hannibal Lee
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
as Nelson Crowe
as Professor Maurice Phipps
as Self(1 ep)
as Vinnie
as Ike Turner
as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
as Furious Styles
as Nick Holbrook
as Michael Waring, DOD Man
as Roosevelt Stokes
as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)(9 eps)
as Jimmy Jump
as Cowboy Curtis
as Lt. Stobbs
as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
as Glu Glu Lawyer
as Sgt. Flanagan
as Cowboy Curtis(45 eps)
as Cream
as Voodoo
as Swain
as Casey Taylor(1 ep)
as Bumpy Rhodes
as Prison Guard Keller(1 ep)
as Midget
as Jimbo Collins
as Hank Johnson
as Cutter
as Jimbo Collins(1 ep)
as Lightbulb(2 eps)
as High School Student
as Robby Robinson(6 eps)
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
as Street Kid
as Wilford Robinson
as Corporal Dorsey(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(2 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Michael Waring(1 ep)