Personal Info
Birth date
1961-07-30 (63 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Also known as
Larry Fishburne
لورنس فيشبورن
로런스 피시번
ローレンス・フィッシュバーン
Лоренс Фишберн
勞倫斯·費許朋
Laurence John Fishburne
Λώρενς Τζον Φίσμπερν
Λώρενς Φίσμπερν
劳伦斯·菲什伯恩
ローレンス・ジョン・フィッシュバーン
Лоуренс Фішборн
لارنس فیشبرن
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.
Filmography
The Daily Show
6.36
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.792
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.The Amateur
6.9
Overview:
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.638
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.411
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.641
Overview:
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.Hill Street Blues
7.6
Overview:
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.CSI: Miami
7.71
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
7.9
Overview:
After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The Equalizer
7.2
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.M*A*S*H
7.9
Overview:
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.black-ish
7.2
Overview:
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.Trapper John, M.D.
6.452
Overview:
Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.Miami Vice
7.451
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.Hannibal
8.244
Overview:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.What If...?
8.099
Overview:
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.Tony Awards
5.1
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.Jay Leno's Garage
7.3
Overview:
Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno shares his passion for motor vehicles. Jay and guests drive cars, motorbikes and anything that moves all while meeting new people and exploring the rich motoring history of America and beyond.America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
8
Overview:
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films (broadcast on the NFL Network and CBS). Each of its 55 (and counting) installments profile the National Football League's annual Super Bowl champion through highlights, interviews with players and coaches, and a celebrity narrator. A spin-off debuted on September 18, 2008, titled America's Game: The Missing Rings which chronicled five of the best teams to never win the Super Bowl.The Muppets
7
Overview:
The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires. This is a more adult Muppet show, for “kids” of all ages.John Wick: Chapter 4
7.723
Overview:
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.The Oscars
7.056
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.Spenser: For Hire
6.7
Overview:
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.grown-ish
8
Overview:
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.History's Greatest Mysteries
7.542
Overview:
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Fresh, new evidence and perspectives will be showcased, such as never-before-released documents, personal diaries and DNA evidence.Acting
TBACrimson Blues as Mills
TBAThe Blacksmith as Unknown
TBABlacksmith as Mather
TBAThe Little Bedroom as Unknown
2025Wick Is Pain as Self
2025Sneaks as The Collector (voice)
2025The Amateur as Henderson
2025Number One on the Call Sheet (1 Episode) as Self
2025The Astronaut as General William Harris
2024Cellar Door as Emmett
2024Megalopolis as Fundi Romaine
2024Transformers One as Alpha Trion (voice)
2024Slingshot as Captain Franks
2024Clipped (6 Episodes) as Doc Rivers
2023John Wick: Chapter 4 as Bowery King
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (1, 8, 4, 5 Episode) as Foster (voice), The Beyonder (voice), Backstory Man (voice), Beyonder (voice)
2022Bonnie as Self
2022The School for Good and Evil as School Master
2022Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self
2022black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special as Self
2022All the Old Knives as Vick Wallinger
2021Death to 2021 as Narrator (voice)
2021MacGruber (8 Episodes) as General Barrett Fasoose
2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (9 Episodes) as Self
2021What If...? (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice), Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021The Ice Road as Goldenrod
2021Under the Stadium Lights as Harold Christian
2020Death to 2020 as Narrator (voice)
2020History's Greatest Mysteries (77 Episodes) as Self - Host
2020Ricky Powell: The Individualist as Self
2020Our Lady of 121st Street as Rooftop
2020#FreeRayshawn (15 Episodes) as Steven Poincy
2019mixed-ish (1 Episode) as Pops Johnson
2019Imprisoned as Daniel Calvin
2019Running with the Devil as The Man
2019Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Paul Jellinek
2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as Bowery King
2018The Mule as Special Agent in Charge
2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (3 Episodes) as Self
2018Ant-Man and the Wasp as Dr. Bill Foster
2018grown-ish (3 Episodes) as Pops Johnson
2017Last Flag Flying as Reverend Richard Mueller
2017Year Million (6 Episodes) as Narrator
2017John Wick: Chapter 2 as Bowery King
2017Madiba (3 Episodes) as Nelson Mandela
2016Passengers as Gus Mancuso
2016The Snowy Day as Narrator (voice)
2016Roots (4 Episodes) as Alex Haley
2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Perry White
2016Standoff as Sade
2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon as Self
2015Jay Leno's Garage (2 Episodes) as Self
2015The Muppets (1 Episode) as Self
2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand as Self
2014Rudderless as Del
2014black-ish (88 Episodes) as Pops Johnson
2014The Signal as Dr. Wallace Damon
2014And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2014Ride Along as Omar
2013Khumba as Seko (voice)
2013Man of Steel as Perry White
2013The Colony as Briggs
2013The Frame (1 Episode) as Perry White
2013Hannibal (39 Episodes) as Jack Crawford
2012Slavery by Another Name as Narrator
2011Have a Little Faith as Henry Covington
2011A Man's Story as Self
2011Contagion as Ellis Cheever
2011The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' as Self
2011Thurgood as Thurgood Marshall
2010Top Gear (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010Conan (1 Episode) as Self
2010Predators: The Chosen as Noland
2010Predators: Moments of Extraction as Noland (Voice)
2010Predators as Noland
2010Rappin' With The Rickster as Self
2009Armored as Baines
2009Black Water Transit as Jack
2009The Black List: Volume Two as Self
2008Days of Wrath as Mr. Stafford
2008Tortured as Archie Green
2008Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (1 Episode) as Self
200821 as Cole Williams
2007The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Tad Gruzsa
2007Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
2007TMNT as Narrator (voice)
2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self
2006America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions (5 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2006Bobby as Edward Robinson
2006Five Fingers as Ahmat
2006Akeelah and the Bee as Dr. Larabee
2006Mission: Impossible III as Theodore Brassel
2006The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
2005Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005Ashes and Snow as Narrator (voice)
2005Assault on Precinct 13 as Marion Bishop
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Self
2004The Matrix Revolutions Revisited as Self
2004The Matrix Reloaded Revisited as Self
2004The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase as Himself
2004The Matrix Recalibrated as Self
2003The Matrix Revolutions as Morpheus
2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load as Self
2003Mystic River as Whitey Powers
2003The Blues (1 Episode) as Self - Narrator
2003Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend as Self
2003Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty as Self
2003The Soul of a Man as Self - Narrator
2003The Matrix Reloaded as Morpheus
2003MTV Reloaded as Morpheus (archive footage)
2003Biker Boyz as Smoke
2003Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003A History of Sex as Self
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001The Matrix Revisited as Self - Morpheus
2001Spooge as Self
2001Osmosis Jones as Thrax (voice)
2000Once in the Life as 20 / 20 Mike
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (60 Episodes) as Raymond Langston
2000Sex and the Matrix as Morpheus (archive footage)
2000Michael Jordan to the Max as Narrator (voice)
1999Making 'The Matrix' as Self
1999The Matrix as Morpheus
1998Welcome to Hollywood as Laurence Fishburne
1998The Magic Hour (1 Episode) as Self
1998Always Outnumbered as Socrates Fortlow
1997Black Hollywood as Self
1997Hoodlum as Bumpy Johnson
1997Event Horizon as Miller
1997The View (3 Episodes) as Self
1997Miss Evers' Boys as Caleb Humphries
1996The Daily Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1996Fled as Piper
1995Othello as Othello
1995MADtv (1 Episode) as Self
1995The Tuskegee Airmen as Hannibal Lee
1995Just Cause as Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995Bad Company as Nelson Crowe
1995Higher Learning as Professor Maurice Phipps
1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self
1993Searching for Bobby Fischer as Vinnie
1993What's Love Got to Do with It as Ike Turner
1993TriBeCa (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992Deep Cover as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
1991Boyz n the Hood as Furious Styles
1991Class Action as Nick Holbrook
1991The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Self
1990Decoration Day as Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990Cadence as Roosevelt Stokes
1990The Civil War (9 Episodes) as Various
1990King of New York as Jimmy Jump
1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special as Cowboy Curtis
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Red Heat as Lt. Stobbs
1988School Daze as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1987Cherry 2000 as Glu Glu Lawyer
1987Gardens of Stone as Sgt. Flanagan
1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Max
1986Pee-wee's Playhouse (45 Episodes) as Cowboy Curtis
1986Band of the Hand as Cream
1986Quicksilver as Voodoo
1985The Color Purple as Swain
1985Spenser: For Hire (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Casey Taylor
1984The Cotton Club as Bumpy Rhodes
1984Miami Vice (1 Episode) as Prison Guard Keller
1983Rumble Fish as Midget
1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Jimbo Collins
1983I Take These Men as Hank Johnson
1982Death Wish II as Cutter
1981Hill Street Blues (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980A Rumor of War (2 Episodes) as Lightbulb
1980Willie & Phil as High School Student
1980The Six O'Clock Follies (6 Episodes) as Robby Robinson
1979Trapper John, M.D. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Apocalypse Now as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979Fast Break as Street Kid
1975Cornbread, Earl and Me as Wilford Robinson
1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band as Fish
1972M*A*S*H (1 Episode) as Corporal Dorsey
1956Tony Awards (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
1953The Oscars (2 Episodes) as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Michael Waring
Production
2025Sneaks ... Producer
2025The Astronaut ... Executive Producer
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (40 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2022The Cave of Adullam ... Producer, Executive Producer
2019mixed-ish (23 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2018grown-ish (105 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2017Year Million (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2014black-ish (162 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2006Five Fingers ... Producer
2006Akeelah and the Bee ... Producer
2000Once in the Life ... Producer
1998Always Outnumbered ... Executive Producer
1997Hoodlum ... Executive Producer
1997Miss Evers' Boys ... Executive Producer
Directing
2000Once in the Life ... Director
Writing
2000Once in the Life ... Screenplay, Writer