Laurence Fishburne

ActorProducerCrewDirectorWriter Jul 30 (age 64) Augusta, Georgia, USA 1972–2027 (55 year career)

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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 B…

Known For

Film

The Matrix

Morpheus

Film

Apocalypse Now

Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

Film

John Wick: Chapter 2

Bowery King

Film

The Witcher

Regis

Film

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Bowery King

Film

John Wick: Chapter 4

Bowery King

Film

Mystic River

Whitey Powers

Film

Passengers

Gus Mancuso

Filmography

Acting (198)

Movies (146)

The Exorcist

2027 Upcoming

Mar 12

The Amateur

2025

as Henderson

7.0

The Astronaut

2025

as General William Harris

5.9

Sneaks

2025

as The Collector (voice)

Wick Is Pain

as Self

Megadoc

as Self

Transformers One

as Alpha Trion (voice)

Megalopolis

as Fundi Romaine

Slingshot

as Captain Franks

Cellar Door

as Emmett

John Wick: Chapter 4

as Bowery King

The School for Good and Evil

as School Master

All the Old Knives

as Vick Wallinger

Bonnie

as Self

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

6.3

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

2022

as Self

5.5

The Matrix Resurrections

2021

as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.3

The Ice Road

2021

as Goldenrod

6.8

Under the Stadium Lights

as Harold Christian

Death to 2021

as Narrator (voice)

Death to 2020

as Narrator (voice)

Our Lady of 121st Street

2020

as Rooftop

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

2020

as Self

4.8

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

as Bowery King

7.4

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019

as Paul Jellinek

6.6

Running with the Devil

as The Man

Imprisoned

as Daniel Calvin

Ant-Man and the Wasp

as Dr. Bill Foster

The Mule

as Special Agent in Charge

John Wick: Chapter 2

as Bowery King

Last Flag Flying

as Reverend Richard Mueller

6.8

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Perry White

Passengers

as Gus Mancuso

Standoff

as Sade

The Snowy Day

as Narrator (voice)

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

2015

as Self

10.0

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

as Self

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

as Self

Ride Along

as Omar

The Signal

as Dr. Wallace Damon

Rudderless

as Del

Man of Steel

as Perry White

The Colony

as Briggs

Khumba

as Seko (voice)

Slavery by Another Name

as Narrator

A Man's Story

as Self

Have a Little Faith

as Henry Covington

Contagion

as Ellis Cheever

Thurgood

as Thurgood Marshall

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

as Self

Predators

as Noland

Rappin' With The Rickster

2010

as Self

2.0

Predators: Moments of Extraction

2010

as Noland (voice)

4.0

Predators: The Chosen

2010

Armored

2009

as Baines

5.8

The Black List: Volume Two

as Self

as Cole Williams

Tortured

as Archie Green

Days of Wrath

as Mr. Stafford

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007

as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)

5.6

TMNT

2007

as Narrator (voice)

6.2

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007

as Tad Gruzsa

6.1

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

as Self

8.5

America's Game: 1986 New York Giants

2007

as Narrator

Mission: Impossible III

as Theodore Brassel

Bobby

as Edward Robinson

Akeelah and the Bee

as Dr. Larabee

Five Fingers

as Ahmat

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

2006

as Self

7.4

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005

as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Assault on Precinct 13

as Marion Bishop

Ashes and Snow

as Narrator (voice)

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

2004

as Self

6.7

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

2004

as Self

7.1

The Matrix Recalibrated

2004

as Self

6.8

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

2004

as Self

7.0

Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

2004

as Morpheus

7.2

Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

2004

as Self

The Matrix Reloaded

2003

as Morpheus

7.1

The Matrix Revolutions

2003

as Morpheus

6.7

Mystic River: From Page to Screen

2003

as Self

Mystic River

as Whitey Powers

Biker Boyz

as Smoke

A History of Sex

as Self

MTV Reloaded

as Morpheus (archive footage)

7.3

The Soul of a Man

2003

as Self - Narrator

6.5

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

2003

as Self

7.5

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

2003

as Self

6.1

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003

as Self

4.5

Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

2003

as Self

Undercover Brother

2002

as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)

Osmosis Jones

as Thrax (voice)

The Matrix Revisited

as Self - Morpheus

Spooge

as Self

Welcome to Hollywood

2000

as Laurence Fishburne

3.8

Sex and the Matrix

2000

as Morpheus (archive footage)

6.4

Once in the Life

2000

as 20 / 20 Mike

4.5

Michael Jordan to the Max

as Narrator (voice)

The Matrix

as Morpheus

Making "The Matrix"

as Self

Always Outnumbered

as Socrates Fortlow

Event Horizon

as Miller

Hoodlum

as Bumpy Johnson

Black Hollywood

as Self

Miss Evers' Boys

as Caleb Humphries

Fled

as Piper

Higher Learning

as Professor Maurice Phipps

Othello

as Othello

Just Cause

as Sheriff Tanny Brown

Bad Company

as Nelson Crowe

The Tuskegee Airmen

as Hannibal Lee

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Vinnie

7.1

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

as Ike Turner

7.0

Deep Cover

1992

as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull

Boyz n the Hood

as Furious Styles

Class Action

as Nick Holbrook

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

as Self

7.9

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

as Self

King of New York

as Jimmy Jump

Cadence

as Roosevelt Stokes

Decoration Day

as Michael Waring, DOD Man

Red Heat

as Lt. Stobbs

School Daze

as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap

5.7

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

as Cowboy Curtis

7.2

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

as Max

Cherry 2000

as Glu Glu Lawyer

Gardens of Stone

as Sgt. Flanagan

Quicksilver

as Voodoo

Band of the Hand

as Cream

The Color Purple

as Swain

The Cotton Club

as Bumpy Rhodes

Rumble Fish

as Midget

I Take These Men

as Hank Johnson

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

as Jimbo Collins

Death Wish II

1982

as Cutter

6.2

Willie & Phil

1980

as High School Student

4.1

Apocalypse Now

1979

as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

8.3

Fast Break

1979

as Street Kid

4.8

Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975

as Wilford Robinson

6.7

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

1972

as Fish

1.0

Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

as Self

Blacksmith

as Mather

The Little Bedroom

Crimson Blues

as Mills

The Blacksmith

Television (52)

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self

Clipped

as Doc Rivers

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023

as The Beyonder (voice)

7.7

What If...?

2021

as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)

8.1

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

2021

as Self

7.0

MacGruber

2021

as General Barrett Fasoose

5.9

History's Greatest Mysteries

as Self - Host

#FreeRayshawn

as Steven Poincy

The Witcher

as Regis

mixed-ish

as Pops Johnson

grown-ish

as Pops Johnson

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

as Self

Year Million

as Narrator

Madiba

as Nelson Mandela

Roots

as Alex Haley

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

The Muppets

as Self

Jay Leno's Garage

as Self

black-ish

as Pops Johnson

Hannibal

as Jack Crawford

The Frame

as Perry White

Conan

as Self

Top Gear

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

2008

as Self

7.5

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Blues

as Self - Narrator

CSI: Miami

as CSI Dr. Ray Langston

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Raymond Langston

7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Raymond Langston

The Magic Hour

as Self

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

MADtv

as Self

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

TriBeCa

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Civil War

as Various

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Pee-wee's Playhouse

as Cowboy Curtis

The Equalizer

as Casey Taylor

Spenser: For Hire

Miami Vice

as Prison Guard Keller

Hill Street Blues

A Rumor of War

as Lightbulb

The Six O'Clock Follies

1980

as Robby Robinson

Trapper John, M.D.

M*A*S*H

as Corporal Dorsey

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Michael Waring

8.6

Crew (21)

Movies (16)

The Astronaut

Executive Producer

Sneaks

Producer

The Cave of Adullam

Executive Producer

The Cave of Adullam

2022

Producer

Predators: Moments of Extraction

Thanks

Akeelah and the Bee

Producer

Five Fingers

Producer

Once in the Life

Director

Once in the Life

Producer

Once in the Life

Screenplay

Once in the Life

Theatre Play

Once in the Life

Writer

Always Outnumbered

Executive Producer

Hoodlum

Executive Producer

Miss Evers' Boys

Executive Producer

The Rule of Nines

Director

Television (5)

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Executive Producer

mixed-ish

Executive Producer

grown-ish

Executive Producer

Year Million

Executive Producer

black-ish

Executive Producer