The Matrix1999
As Morpheus
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Laurence Fishburne
Born
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).
Filmography (152)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016
As Perry White
TMDb 6.0 / 10
John Wick: Chapter 42023
As Bowery King
TMDb 7.7 / 10
John Wick: Chapter 22017
As Bowery King
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Man of Steel2013
As Perry White
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Transformers One2024
As Alpha Trion (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Apocalypse Now1979
As Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
TMDb 8.3 / 10
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019
As Bowery King
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Matrix Reloaded2003
As Morpheus
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Matrix Resurrections2021
As Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ant-Man and the Wasp2018
As Dr. Bill Foster
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Amateur2025
As Henderson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Matrix Revolutions2003
As Morpheus
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mission: Impossible III2006
As Theodore Brassel
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Event Horizon1997
As Miller
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mystic River2003
As Whitey Powers
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Predators2010
As Noland
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Passengers2016
As Gus Mancuso
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Contagion2011
As Ellis Cheever
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Ice Road2021
As Goldenrod
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer2007
As Silver Surfer (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Mule2018
As Special Agent in Charge
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Megalopolis2024
As Fundi Romaine
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Gatto2027
As Rocco (voice)
The School for Good and Evil2022
As School Master
TMDb 7.0 / 10
212008
As Cole Williams
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Boyz n the Hood1991
As Furious Styles
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Astronaut2025
As General William Harris
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Red Heat1988
As Lt. Stobbs
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Color Purple1985
As Swain
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Colony2013
As Briggs
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Ride Along2014
As Omar
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Assault on Precinct 132005
As Marion Bishop
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Signal2014
As Dr. Wallace Damon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
TMNT2007
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang2005
As Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Osmosis Jones2001
As Thrax (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
King of New York1990
As Jimmy Jump
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Deep Cover1992
As Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Slingshot2024
As Captain Franks
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cellar Door2024
As Emmett
TMDb 5.7 / 10
All the Old Knives2022
As Vick Wallinger
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rumble Fish1983
As Midget
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Cotton Club1984
As Bumpy Rhodes
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Death Wish II1982
As Cutter
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Undercover Brother2002
As Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Higher Learning1995
As Professor Maurice Phipps
TMDb 6.3 / 10
What's Love Got to Do with It1993
As Ike Turner
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Hoodlum1997
As Bumpy Johnson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wick Is Pain2025
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Armored2009
As Baines
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Biker Boyz2003
As Smoke
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Just Cause1995
As Sheriff Tanny Brown
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Death and Life of Bobby Z2007
As Tad Gruzsa
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Akeelah and the Bee2006
As Dr. Larabee
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sneaks2025
As The Collector (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cherry 20001987
As Glu Glu Lawyer
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Khumba2013
As Seko (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Death to 20212021
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Searching for Bobby Fischer1993
As Vinnie
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Running with the Devil2019
As The Man
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Fled1996
As Piper
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987
As Max
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Death to 20202020
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bad Company1995
As Nelson Crowe
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Standoff2016
As Sade
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Five Fingers2006
As Ahmat
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Exorcist: Martyrs2027
Where'd You Go, Bernadette2019
As Paul Jellinek
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cadence1990
As Roosevelt Stokes
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Class Action1991
As Nick Holbrook
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bobby2006
As Edward Robinson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Gardens of Stone1987
As Sgt. Flanagan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rudderless2014
As Del
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Tortured2008
As Archie Green
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Tuskegee Airmen1995
As Hannibal Lee
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Inheritance
InheritanceRelease date TBA
Band of the Hand1986
As Cream
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Last Flag Flying2017
As Reverend Richard Mueller
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Bonnie2022
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
School Daze1988
As Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Quicksilver1986
As Voodoo
TMDb 5.6 / 10
A History of Sex2003
As Self
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Have a Little Faith2011
As Henry Covington
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Matrix Revisited2001
As Self - Morpheus
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Ashes and Snow2005
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Welcome to Hollywood2000
As Laurence Fishburne
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Willie & Phil1980
As High School Student
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel2013
Ricky Powell: The Individualist2020
As Self
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Is That Black Enough for You?!?2022
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Once in the Life2000
As 20 / 20 Mike
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Othello1995
As Othello
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Michael Jordan to the Max2000
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Evolution of the Species: Predators RebornRelease date TBA
As Self
Megadoc2025
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Under the Stadium Lights2021
As Harold Christian
TMDb 6.0 / 10
MTV Reloaded2003
As Morpheus (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Cornbread, Earl and Me1975
As Wilford Robinson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Soul of a Man2003
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Miss Evers' Boys1997
As Caleb Humphries
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon2015
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Always Outnumbered1998
As Socrates Fortlow
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'2011
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix2004
As Morpheus
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Snowy Day2016
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Spooge2001
As Self
Days of Wrath2008
As Mr. Stafford
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Decoration Day1990
As Michael Waring, DOD Man
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Man's Story2011
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band1972
As Fish
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Making of 'Event Horizon'2006
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase2004
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sex and the Matrix2000
As Morpheus (archive footage)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Our Lady of 121st Street2020
As Rooftop
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited2004
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Making "The Matrix"1999
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load2003
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special2022
As Self
TMDb 2.5 / 10
Imprisoned2019
As Daniel Calvin
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Matrix Recalibrated2004
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'2005
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Black List: Volume Two2009
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sean Connery: In His Own Words2015
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Crimson BluesRelease date TBA
As Mills
Fast Break1979
As Street Kid
TMDb 5.6 / 10
I Take These Men1983
As Hank Johnson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Thurgood2011
As Thurgood Marshall
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Predators: The Chosen2010
TMDb 3.0 / 10
The Little Bedroom
The Little BedroomRelease date TBA
Interference
InterferenceRelease date TBA
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983
As Jimbo Collins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand2015
As Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special1988
As Cowboy Curtis
TMDb 7.2 / 10
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War2007
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend2003
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rappin' With The Rickster2010
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers2007
As Narrator
Predators: Moments of Extraction2010
As Noland (voice)
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'2017
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited2004
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty2003
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Mystic River: From Page to Screen2003
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Slavery by Another Name2012
As Narrator
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Blacksmith
The BlacksmithRelease date TBA
As Mather
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry1991
As Self
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'2003
As Self
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants2007
As Narrator
Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood1997
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface2004
As Self
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Blacksmith
BlacksmithRelease date TBA
As Mather
Filmography and biography: TMDb