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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, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
100
First Appeared:
In the movie Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975-05-21
Latest Project:
Movie Thunderbolts* 2025-04-30
Known For
Filmography
Movie Thunderbolts* Dr. Bill Foster 2025-04-30
Movie Sneaks The Collector (voice) 2025-04-18
Movie Transformers One Alpha Trion (voice) 2024-09-11
Movie Megalopolis Fundi Romaine 2024-09-25
Movie All the Old Knives Vick Wallinger 2022-04-08
Movie Space Jam: A New Legacy Thrax (voice) 2021-07-08
Movie Under the Stadium Lights Harold Christian 2021-06-04
Movie John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Bowery King 2019-05-15
Movie Imprisoned Daniel Calvin 2019-09-12
Movie Where'd You Go, Bernadette Paul Jellinek 2019-08-16
Movie Ant-Man and the Wasp Dr. Bill Foster 2018-07-04
Movie The Mule Special Agent in Charge 2018-12-14
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 2016-02-26
Movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Perry White 2016-03-23
Movie The Snowy Day Narrator 2016-11-25
Movie Passengers Gus Mancuso 2016-12-21
Series Roots Alex Haley 2016-05-30
Movie August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015-02-20
Movie The Signal Dr. Wallace Damon 2014-03-15
Movie Ride Along Omar 2014-01-07
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Series black-ish Pops Johnson 2014-09-24
Movie Rudderless Del 2014-10-17
Movie The Colony Briggs 2013-04-12
Movie Man of Steel Perry White 2013-06-12
Movie Khumba Seko (voice) 2013-07-18
Movie The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' Self 2011-07-19
Movie Contagion Ellis Cheever 2011-09-08
Movie Have a Little Faith Henry Covington 2011-11-27
Movie A Man's Story Self 2011-10-08
Movie Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self (archive footage) 2010-05-04
Movie Predators Noland 2010-07-03
Movie The Black List: Volume Two Self 2009-02-26
Movie Black Water Transit Jack 2009-05-13
Movie Armored Baines 2009-12-04
Movie 21 Cole Williams 2008-03-27
Movie Tortured Archie Green 2008-09-10
Movie Days of Wrath Mr. Stafford 2008-09-17
Movie TMNT Narrator (voice) 2007-03-23
Movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) 2007-06-13
Movie The Death and Life of Bobby Z Tad Gruzsa 2007-07-23
Movie The Making of 'Event Horizon' Self 2006-04-18
Movie Mission: Impossible III Theodore Brassel 2006-04-25
Movie Five Fingers Ahmat 2006-05-01
Movie Bobby Edward Robinson 2006-09-05
Movie Akeelah and the Bee Dr. Larabee 2006-04-28
Movie Assault on Precinct 13 Marion Bishop 2005-01-19
Movie The Matrix Recalibrated Self 2004-04-06
Movie Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' Self 2003-01-30
Movie Biker Boyz Smoke 2003-01-31
Movie The Matrix Reloaded Morpheus 2003-05-15
Movie Mystic River Whitey Powers 2003-10-07
Movie Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend Self 2003-09-02
Movie Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty Self 2003-06-24
Movie Osmosis Jones Thrax (voice) 2001-08-10
Movie The Matrix Revisited Self - Morpheus 2001-11-19
Movie Sex and the Matrix Morpheus (archive footage) 2000-06-03
Movie Michael Jordan to the Max Narrator (voice) 2000-05-05
Movie Once in the Life 20 / 20 Mike 2000-10-27
Movie The Matrix Morpheus 1999-03-31
Movie Making 'The Matrix' Self 1999-09-21
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
Movie Event Horizon Miller 1997-08-15
Movie Fled Piper 1996-07-19
Movie Higher Learning Professor Maurice Phipps 1995-01-11
Movie Bad Company Nelson Crowe 1995-01-20
Movie Just Cause Sheriff Tanny Brown 1995-02-17
Movie The Tuskegee Airmen Hannibal Lee 1995-08-25
Movie What's Love Got to Do with It Ike Turner 1993-06-09
Movie Searching for Bobby Fischer Vinnie 1993-08-13
Movie Deep Cover Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull 1992-04-15
Movie The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry Self 1991-01-01
Movie Boyz n the Hood Jason 'Furious' Styles 1991-07-12
Movie Class Action Nick Holbrook 1991-03-15
Movie King of New York Jimmy Jump 1990-07-18
Movie Decoration Day Michael Waring, DOD Man 1990-12-02
Movie The Civil War Various 1990-09-23
Movie School Daze Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap 1988-02-12
Movie Red Heat Lt. Stobbs 1988-06-17
Movie Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Cowboy Curtis 1988-12-21
Movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Max 1987-02-27
Movie Gardens of Stone Sgt. Flanagan 1987-05-05
Movie Cherry 2000 Glu Glu Lawyer 1987-11-10
Movie Quicksilver Voodoo 1986-02-14
Movie Band of the Hand Cream 1986-04-11
Movie The Cotton Club Bumpy Rhodes 1984-12-14
Movie For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Jimbo Collins 1983-03-22
Movie I Take These Men Hank Johnson 1983-01-05
Movie Rumble Fish Midget 1983-10-09
Movie Death Wish II Cutter 1982-02-20
Series The Six O'Clock Follies Robby Robinson 1980-04-24
Movie Willie and Phil High School Student 1980-08-15
Movie Fast Break Street Kid 1979-03-02
Movie Apocalypse Now Tyrone 'Clean' Miller 1979-08-15
Movie Cornbread, Earl and Me Wilford Robinson 1975-05-21
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