Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. He 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 adaption of the Shakespeare play. Fishburne has won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Drama Series Guest Actor for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne’s first marriage was to actress to Hajna O. Moss. They had two children together: a son, Langston and a daughter, Montana. Fishburne is now married to actress Gina Torres. They live in Hollywood with their daughter Delilah.
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- Born:
- Jul 30, 1961 In Augusta, Georgia, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 123
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Running with the Devil
- Latest Project:
- Movie Where'd You Go, Bernadette 2019-08-16
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Running with the Devil | The Man | 2020 |
| Movie | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Himself | 2020 |
| Movie | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | 2019-08-16 | |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | The Bowery King | 2019-05-15 |
| Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Dr. Bill Foster | 2018-07-04 |
| Movie | The Mule | Special Agent in Charge | 2018-12-14 |
| Series | Thurgood | Thurgood Marshall | 2018 |
| Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Bowery King | 2017-02-08 |
| Series | Year Million | Narrator | 2017-05-15 |
| Movie | Last Flag Flying | Reverend Richard Mueller | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | Standoff | Sade | 2016-01-04 |
| Movie | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Perry White | 2016-03-23 |
| Movie | The Snowy Day | Narrator | 2016-11-25 |
| Series | Roots | Alex Haley | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Passengers | Gus Mancuso | 2016-12-21 |
| Movie | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 | |
| Series | The Muppets | Himself | 2015-09-22 |
| Movie | Rudderless | Del | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | Ride Along | Omar | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | The Signal | Dr. Wallace Damon | 2014-03-15 |
| Series | black-ish | Pops Johnson | 2014-09-24 |
| Series | Hannibal | Jack Crawford | 2013-04-04 |
| Movie | Man of Steel | Perry White | 2013-06-12 |
| Movie | The Colony | Briggs | 2013-04-12 |
| Movie | Khumba | Seko (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | America's Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Narrator | 2012-11-26 |
| Movie | Thurgood | Thurgood Marshall | 2011-02-24 |
| Movie | A Man's Story | Himself | 2011-10-08 |
| Movie | Have a Little Faith | Henry Covington | 2011-11-27 |
| Movie | Contagion | Dr. Ellis Cheever | 2011-09-09 |
| Movie | Rappin' With The Rickster | 2010-01-01 | |
| Movie | Predators | Noland | 2010-07-03 |
| Series | Top Gear | Unknown | 2010-11-21 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume Two | Himself | 2009-02-26 |
| Movie | Black Water Transit | Jack | 2009-05-13 |
| Movie | Armored | Baines | 2009-12-04 |
| Movie | Tortured | Archie Green | 2008-09-10 |
| Series | Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence | Self | 2008-07-07 |
| Movie | 21 | Cole Williams | 2008-03-27 |
| Movie | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) | 2007-06-15 |
| Movie | TMNT | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
| Movie | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Tad Gruzsa | 2007-07-23 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | 2006-04-18 | |
| Movie | Akeelah and the Bee | Dr. Larabee | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible III | Theodore Brassel | 2006-05-03 |
| Movie | Five Fingers | Ahmat | 2006-05-01 |
| Movie | Bobby | Edward Robinson | 2006-09-05 |
| Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Marion Bishop | 2005-01-19 |
| Movie | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | The Matrix Recalibrated | Himself | 2004-04-06 |
| Series | House | Unknown | 2004-11-16 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | A History of Sex | Himself | 2003-01-14 |
| Movie | Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' | Himself | 2003-01-30 |
| Movie | The Matrix Revolutions | Morpheus | 2003-11-05 |
| Movie | Biker Boyz | Smoke | 2003-01-31 |
| Movie | The Soul of a Man | Narrator | 2003-05-16 |
| Movie | The Matrix Reloaded | Morpheus | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | Mystic River | Sergeant Whitey Powers | 2003-10-07 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | The Matrix Revisited | Himself / Morpheus | 2001-11-19 |
| Movie | Osmosis Jones | Thrax (voice) | 2001-08-07 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Once in the Life | 20 / 20 Mike | 2000-10-27 |
| Movie | Michael Jordan to the Max | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Morpheus | 1999-03-30 |
| Movie | Always Outnumbered | Socrates Fortlow | 1998-03-21 |
| Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Laurence Fishburne | 1998-10-01 |
| Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Caleb Humphries | 1997-02-22 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Hoodlum | Bumpy Johnson | 1997-08-27 |
| Movie | Event Horizon | Captain Miller | 1997-08-15 |
| Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Fled | Piper | 1996-07-19 |
| Movie | Higher Learning | Professor Maurice Phipps | 1995-01-11 |
| Movie | Bad Company | Nelson Crowe | 1995-01-20 |
| Movie | Othello | Othello | 1995-12-15 |
| Movie | Just Cause | Sheriff Tanny Brown | 1995-02-17 |
| Movie | The Tuskegee Airmen | Hannibal Lee | 1995-08-25 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Series | TriBeCa | 1993-03-23 | |
| Movie | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Vinnie | 1993-08-13 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner | 1993-06-09 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Deep Cover | Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull | 1992-04-15 |
| Movie | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Himself | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | 1991-01-01 | |
| Movie | Class Action | Nick Holbrook | 1991-03-15 |
| Movie | Boyz n the Hood | Jason 'Furious' Styles | 1991-07-12 |
| Movie | King of New York | Jimmy Jump | 1990-07-18 |
| Movie | Decoration Day | Michael Waring, DOD Man | 1990-12-02 |
| Movie | Cadence | Roosevelt Stokes | 1990-11-16 |
| Series | The Civil War | Various | 1990-09-23 |
| Movie | Red Heat | Lt. Charlie Stobbs | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | 1988-12-25 | |
| Movie | School Daze | Dap | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Cherry 2000 | Glu Glu Lawyer | 1987-11-12 |
| Movie | Gardens of Stone | Sgt. Flanagan | 1987-05-05 |
| Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Max | 1987-02-27 |
| Movie | Band of the Hand | Cream | 1986-04-11 |
| Movie | Quicksilver | Voodoo | 1986-02-14 |
| Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Swain | 1985-12-18 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | The Cotton Club | Bumpy Rhodes | 1984-12-14 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Rumble Fish | Midget | 1983-10-20 |
| Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| Movie | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Jimbo Collins | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Death Wish II | Cutter | 1982-02-20 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Willie and Phil | High School Student | 1980-08-15 |
| Series | The Six O'Clock Follies | Robby Robinson | 1980-04-24 |
| Movie | Fast Break | Street Kid | 1979-03-02 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | Apocalypse Now | Tyrone 'Clean' Miller | 1979-08-15 |
| Movie | Cornbread, Earl and Me | Wilford Robinson | 1975-05-21 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |