Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of 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 in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), 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), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).
Movies
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Rumble Fish
Midget
Mystic River
Sergeant Whitey Powers
Boyz n the Hood
Jason 'Furious' Styles
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
The Matrix
Morpheus
The Color Purple
Swain
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
Bobby
Edward Robinson
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Armored
Baines
Quicksilver
Voodoo
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
Five Fingers
Ahmat
21
Cole Williams
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
Event Horizon
Miller
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
Biker Boyz
Smoke
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
Band of the Hand
Cream
Tortured
Archie Green
Predators
Noland
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
Death Wish II
Cutter
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
Othello
Othello
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
Fled
Piper
Man of Steel
Perry White
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
A History of Sex
Self
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Himself
Khumba
Seko (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
The Colony
Briggs
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
Rudderless
Del
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
Ride Along
Omar
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
Black Water Transit
Jack
The Snowy Day
Narrator
Standoff
Sade
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
A Man's Story
Self
Willie and Phil
High School Student
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
Running with the Devil
The Man
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
Fast Break
Street Kid
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
Making 'The Matrix'
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Himself
Predators: The Chosen
Noland
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (Voice)
The Blacksmith
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
Fencer
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
Crimson Blues
Mills
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Bonnie
Self
Slingshot
Captain Franks
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Tau Ceti Foxtrot
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
The Astronaut
General William Harris
Black Hollywood
Self
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
The Amateur
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
The Little Bedroom
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
Spooge
Self
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Shows
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
CSI: Miami
Miami Vice
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
Self
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
The Oscars
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
Spenser: For Hire
Trapper John, M.D.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Hill Street Blues
The Equalizer
MADtv
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
TriBeCa
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
The Muppets
Himself
Top Gear
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
Year Million
Narrator
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
The Civil War
Various
Roots
Alex Haley
black-ish
Pops Johnson
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
Conan
Self
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
The Blues
Self - Narrator
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Clipped
Doc Rivers
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
The Frame
Perry White
The Magic Hour
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The Beyonder (voice)
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)