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 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 Color 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), and had a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022).
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series · 2020
- MTV Movie Award — Best Fight · 2000
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Made for Television Movie · 1997
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture · 1995
- Emmy Award · 1993
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 1993
- Theatre World Award · 1992
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1992
- Tony Awards · 1992
- Audie Award — Best Male Narrator
- Saturn Awards
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1994 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Year Million
Hannibal
Apocalypse Now
The Matrix
What If...?
Transformers One
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The Witcher
Grown-ish
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
The Civil War
M*A*S*H
History's Greatest Mysteries
Madiba
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mystic River
CSI: Miami
The Color Purple
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Boyz n the Hood
Hill Street Blues
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Miami Vice
Wick Is Pain
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
John Wick: Chapter 2
Mixed-ish
Rudderless
Slavery by Another Name
Conan
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
black-ish
Akeelah and the Bee
The Matrix Reloaded
The Tuskegee Airmen
Mad TV
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Pee-wee's Playhouse
The School for Good and Evil
The Snowy Day
Passengers
The Muppets.
What's Love Got to Do with It
Rumble Fish
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
The Amateur
The Mule