Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Biography: Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961; usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) 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 been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing 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 Colour 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), as well as having a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurence Fishburne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Birthday: July 30, 1961

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Known For

Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now

1979-05-19

Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish

1983-10-09

Mystic River
Mystic River

2003-10-07

The Color Purple
The Color Purple

1985-12-18

Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III

2006-04-25

TMNT
TMNT

2007-03-23

The Matrix
The Matrix

1999-03-31

The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded

2003-05-15

The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Revolutions

2003-11-05

Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood

1991-07-12

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987-02-27

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007-06-13

Bobby
Bobby

2006-09-05

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007-07-23

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991-11-27

Armored
Armored

2009-12-04

Deep Cover
Deep Cover

1992-04-15

Quicksilver
Quicksilver

1986-02-14

Bonnie
Bonnie

2022-11-12

Sneaks
Sneaks

2025-04-18

Hoodlum
Hoodlum

1997-08-27

The Astronaut
The Astronaut

2025-03-08

Five Fingers
Five Fingers

2006-05-01

21
21

2008-03-27

The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen

1995-08-25

Event Horizon
Event Horizon

1997-08-15

Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood

1997-12-29

Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13

2005-01-19

Biker Boyz
Biker Boyz

2003-01-31

Just Cause
Just Cause

1995-02-17

Osmosis Jones
Osmosis Jones

2001-08-10

King of New York
King of New York

1990-07-18

Always Outnumbered
Always Outnumbered

1998-03-21

Red Heat
Red Heat

1988-06-17

Band of the Hand
Band of the Hand

1986-04-11

Tortured
Tortured

2008-09-10

Predators
Predators

2010-07-03

Cadence
Cadence

1990-11-16

Gardens of Stone
Gardens of Stone

1987-05-05

Bad Company
Bad Company

1995-01-20

Akeelah and the Bee
Akeelah and the Bee

2006-04-28

The Matrix Revisited
The Matrix Revisited

2001-11-19

Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993-08-13

School Daze
School Daze

1988-02-12

Death Wish II
Death Wish II

1982-02-20

Cornbread, Earl and Me
Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975-05-21

What's Love Got to Do with It
What's Love Got to Do with It

1993-06-09

Cherry 2000
Cherry 2000

1987-11-10

Slingshot
Slingshot

2024-08-30

Once in the Life
Once in the Life

2000-10-27

Higher Learning
Higher Learning

1995-01-11

Othello
Othello

1995-12-15

Contagion
Contagion

2011-09-08

Transformers One
Transformers One

2024-08-14

Death to 2021
Death to 2021

2021-12-27

Fled
Fled

1996-07-19

Man of Steel
Man of Steel

2013-06-12

The Amateur
The Amateur

2025-04-09

Thurgood
Thurgood

2011-02-24

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019-05-15

John Wick: Chapter 4
John Wick: Chapter 4

2023-03-22

Have a Little Faith
Have a Little Faith

2011-11-27

Decoration Day
Decoration Day

1990-12-02

The Soul of a Man
The Soul of a Man

2003-05-16

Miss Evers' Boys
Miss Evers' Boys

1997-02-22

The Little Bedroom
The Little Bedroom

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

2022-04-19

A History of Sex
A History of Sex

2003-01-14

Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

2003-01-30

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007-01-16

Ride Along
Ride Along

2014-01-07

Khumba
Khumba

2013-07-18

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016-03-23

The Matrix Recalibrated
The Matrix Recalibrated

2004-04-06

The Colony
The Colony

2013-04-12

Megalopolis
Megalopolis

2024-09-25

Rudderless
Rudderless

2014-10-17

The Signal
The Signal

2014-03-15

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022-10-09

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983-03-22

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988-12-21

The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club

1984-12-14

Black Water Transit
Black Water Transit

2009-05-13

Standoff
Standoff

2016-02-26

Class Action
Class Action

1991-03-15

Days of Wrath
Days of Wrath

2008-09-17

Spooge
Spooge

2001-11-10

John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2

2017-02-08

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

2015-12-08

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015-02-20

Michael Jordan to the Max
Michael Jordan to the Max

2000-05-05

Passengers
Passengers

2016-12-21

Sex and the Matrix
Sex and the Matrix

2000-06-03

Blacksmith
Blacksmith

Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying

2017-11-03

The Snowy Day
The Snowy Day

2016-11-25

The Black List: Volume Two
The Black List: Volume Two

2009-02-26

The Making of 'Event Horizon'
The Making of 'Event Horizon'

2006-04-18

Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019-08-16

Welcome to Hollywood
Welcome to Hollywood

1998-10-01

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018-07-04

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

1991-01-01

A Man's Story
A Man's Story

2011-10-08

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

2004-12-07

Willie and Phil
Willie and Phil

1980-08-15

Rappin' With The Rickster
Rappin' With The Rickster

2010-01-01

Ashes and Snow
Ashes and Snow

2005-03-05

Running with the Devil
Running with the Devil

2019-08-29

The Mule
The Mule

2018-12-14

Imprisoned
Imprisoned

2019-09-12

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005-09-14

MTV Reloaded
MTV Reloaded

2003-05-13

Fast Break
Fast Break

1979-03-02

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003-09-02

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2011-07-19

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

2003-06-24

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

2004-12-07

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

The Ice Road
The Ice Road

2021-06-24

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

1972-12-19

Making 'The Matrix'
Making 'The Matrix'

1999-09-21

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

2004-12-07

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

2003-10-14

The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith

Predators: Moments of Extraction
Predators: Moments of Extraction

2010-10-19

Predators: The Chosen
Predators: The Chosen

2010-10-19

Our Lady of 121st Street
Our Lady of 121st Street

2020-05-23

Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015-08-18

Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name

2012-02-11

All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives

2022-04-08

Death to 2020
Death to 2020

2020-12-27

The School for Good and Evil
The School for Good and Evil

2022-10-19

Crimson Blues
Crimson Blues

Under the Stadium Lights
Under the Stadium Lights

2021-06-04

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010-05-04

Cellar Door
Cellar Door

2024-10-31

I Take These Men
I Take These Men

1983-01-05

Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Ricky Powell: The Individualist

2020-05-30