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Laurence Fishburne

Actor
Biography
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).

Personal Info

Occupation Actor
Place of Birth Augusta, Georgia, USA
Birthday 1961-07-30

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Filmography by Year

4
2024
1
2023
5
2022
4
2021
4
2020
4
2019
3
2018
4
2017
5
2016
2
2015
4
2014
4
2013
1
2012
5
2011
5
2010
2
2009
2
2008
4
2007
5
2006
3
2005
4
2004
11
2003
1
2002
2
2001
2
2000
2
1999
2
1998
4
1997
1
1996
5
1995
3
1993
1
1992
4
1991
4
1990
3
1988
3
1987
3
1986
1
1985
1
1984
3
1983
1
1982
3
1980
2
1979
1
1975
1
1972

Filmography by Genre

Drama
57
Action
33
Thriller
27
Crime
26
Documentary
21
Comedy
19
Science Fiction
18
Adventure
15
TV Movie
10
History
6
Mystery
6
Family
5
Animation
5
Music
4
War
3
Fantasy
3
Romance
3
Action & Adventure
2
Horror
2
War & Politics
2
Kids
1
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
1