Laurence Fishburne
Acting Born Jul 30, 1961 Augusta, Georgia, USA 231 credits
Biography
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor born on July 30, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia. Recognized as one of Hollywood's most versatile performers, he is a three-time Emmy Award winner and a Tony Award winner. Throughout his career, Fishburne has gained a reputation for portraying forceful, militant, and authoritative characters on both stage and screen. With 208 known acting credits, he remains a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. He is also known by the name Larry Fishburne. His professional contributions have earned him critical acclaim and numerous industry accolades, establishing him as a significant presence in film and television history.
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Career overview
Fishburne began his career with notable early work, including his role as Tyrone Mr. Clean Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 war film Apocalypse Now. He later gained widespread recognition for his performance as Jason Furious Styles in the 1991 John Singleton drama Boyz n the Hood. His versatility as an actor led to his portrayal of Ike Turner in the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It, a role for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
In the realm of science fiction and action cinema, Fishburne is widely recognized for playing Morpheus in The Matrix film series, which spanned from 1999 to 2003. He continued his involvement in major action franchises by joining the John Wick series in 2017, where he portrays the character known as The Bowery King. These roles highlight his ability to command the screen in diverse genres. Across his extensive filmography, Fishburne has consistently been identified for his authoritative screen presence, solidifying his status as a highly regarded performer in the industry.
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Career timeline
GattoThe Exorcist: Martyrs
Number One on the Call SheetThe AmateurThe AstronautThe Astronaut · Executive ProducerWick Is Pain
Transformers OneSlingshotMegalopolisClippedCellar Door
John Wick: Chapter 4Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The School for Good and EvilAll the Old KnivesBonnieIs That Black Enough for You?!?The Cave of Adullam · Producer
What If...?What If...?The Matrix ResurrectionsThe Ice RoadMacGruber
History's Greatest Mysteries#FreeRayshawnDeath to 2020Ricky Powell: The IndividualistOur Lady of 121st Street
The WitcherJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellummixed-ishmixed-ish · Executive ProducerWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
grown-ishgrown-ish · Executive ProducerAnt-Man and the WaspThe MuleBlack Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
John Wick: Chapter 2MadibaYear MillionYear Million · Executive ProducerLast Flag Flying
Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticePassengersRootsStandoffThe Snowy Day
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertThe MuppetsJay Leno's GarageGetting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red DragonSean Connery: In His Own Words
black-ishblack-ish · Executive ProducerRide AlongThe SignalRudderless
HannibalMan of SteelThe FrameThe ColonyKhumba
Slavery by Another Name
ContagionHave a Little FaithThurgoodA Man's StoryThe Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
ConanThe TalkPredatorsTop GearPredators: The Chosen
ArmoredThe Black List: Volume Two
21TorturedElvis Mitchell: Under the InfluenceDays of Wrath
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferTMNTThe Death and Life of Bobby ZKing: Man of Peace in a Time of WarAmerica’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mission: Impossible IIIAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsAkeelah and the BeeAkeelah and the Bee · ProducerBobby
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonKiss Kiss Bang BangAssault on Precinct 13Ashes and SnowOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
CSI: NYReturn to Source: The Philosophy of The MatrixThe Matrix RecalibratedThe Matrix Reloaded RevisitedThe Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Jimmy Kimmel Live!The Matrix RevolutionsThe Matrix ReloadedMystic RiverThe Blues
CSI: MiamiUndercover Brother
Osmosis JonesThe Matrix RevisitedSpooge
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationWelcome to HollywoodSex and the MatrixOnce in the LifeOnce in the Life · Director
The MatrixMaking "The Matrix"
The Magic HourAlways OutnumberedAlways Outnumbered · Executive Producer
The ViewEvent HorizonHoodlumHoodlum · Executive ProducerMiss Evers' Boys
Full Filmography
231 titles- Gatto (2027) as Rocco (voice)
- The Exorcist: Martyrs (2027)
- Number One on the Call Sheet (2025) as Self
- The Amateur (2025) as Henderson
- The Astronaut (2025) as General William Harris
- The Astronaut (2025) Executive Producer
- Wick Is Pain (2025) as Self
- Sneaks (2025) as The Collector (voice)
- Sneaks (2025) Producer
- Megadoc (2025) as Self
- Transformers One (2024) as Alpha Trion (voice)
- Slingshot (2024) as Captain Franks
- Megalopolis (2024) as Fundi Romaine
- Clipped (2024) as Doc Rivers
- Cellar Door (2024) as Emmett
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl's Lab (2024) Creator
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) as Bowery King
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) as Foster (voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) as The Beyonder (voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) as Backstory Man (voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) as Beyonder (voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) Executive Producer
- The School for Good and Evil (2022) as School Master
- All the Old Knives (2022) as Vick Wallinger
- Bonnie (2022) as Self
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) as Self
- The Cave of Adullam (2022) Producer
- The Cave of Adullam (2022) Executive Producer
- black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special (2022) as Self
- What If...? (2021) as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
- What If...? (2021) as Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021) as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Ice Road (2021) as Goldenrod
- MacGruber (2021) as General Barrett Fasoose
- Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021) as Self
- Death to 2021 (2021) as Narrator (voice)
- Under the Stadium Lights (2021) as Harold Christian
- History's Greatest Mysteries (2020) as Self - Host
- #FreeRayshawn (2020) as Steven Poincy
- Death to 2020 (2020) as Narrator (voice)
- Ricky Powell: The Individualist (2020) as Self
- Our Lady of 121st Street (2020) as Rooftop
- The Witcher (2019) as Regis
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) as Bowery King
- mixed-ish (2019) as Pops Johnson
- mixed-ish (2019) Executive Producer
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) as Paul Jellinek
- Running with the Devil (2019) as The Man
- Imprisoned (2019) as Daniel Calvin
- grown-ish (2018) as Pops Johnson
- grown-ish (2018) Executive Producer
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) as Dr. Bill Foster
- The Mule (2018) as Special Agent in Charge
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018) as Self
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) as Bowery King
- Madiba (2017) as Nelson Mandela
- Year Million (2017) as Narrator
- Year Million (2017) Executive Producer
- Last Flag Flying (2017) as Reverend Richard Mueller
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as Perry White
- Passengers (2016) as Gus Mancuso
- Roots (2016) as Alex Haley
- Standoff (2016) as Sade
- The Snowy Day (2016) as Narrator (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Muppets (2015) as Self
- Jay Leno's Garage (2015) as Self
- Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015) as Self
- Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015) as Self
- August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015) as Self
- black-ish (2014) as Pops Johnson
- black-ish (2014) Executive Producer
- Ride Along (2014) as Omar
- The Signal (2014) as Dr. Wallace Damon
- Rudderless (2014) as Del
- Hannibal (2013) as Jack Crawford
- Man of Steel (2013) as Perry White
- The Frame (2013) as Perry White
- The Colony (2013) as Briggs
- Khumba (2013) as Seko (voice)
- Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (2013)
- Slavery by Another Name (2012) as Narrator
- Contagion (2011) as Ellis Cheever
- Have a Little Faith (2011) as Henry Covington
- Thurgood (2011) as Thurgood Marshall
- A Man's Story (2011) as Self
- The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011) as Self
- Conan (2010) as Self
- The Talk (2010) as Self
- Predators (2010) as Noland
- Top Gear (2010)
- Predators: The Chosen (2010)
- Rappin' With The Rickster (2010) as Self
- Predators: Moments of Extraction (2010) as Noland (voice)
- Predators: Moments of Extraction (2010) Thanks
- Armored (2009) as Baines
- The Black List: Volume Two (2009) as Self
- 21 (2008) as Cole Williams
- Tortured (2008) as Archie Green
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008) as Self
- Days of Wrath (2008) as Mr. Stafford
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
- TMNT (2007) as Narrator (voice)
- The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007) as Tad Gruzsa
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) as Self
- America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007) as Narrator
- America's Game: 1986 New York Giants (2007) as Narrator
- Mission: Impossible III (2006) as Theodore Brassel
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006) as Dr. Larabee
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006) Producer
- Bobby (2006) as Edward Robinson
- Five Fingers (2006) as Ahmat
- Five Fingers (2006) Producer
- The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006) as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) as Marion Bishop
- Ashes and Snow (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- CSI: NY (2004) as Ray Langston
- Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix (2004) as Morpheus
- The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) as Self
- The Matrix Reloaded Revisited (2004) as Self
- The Matrix Revolutions Revisited (2004) as Self
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004) as Self
- The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase (2004) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) as Morpheus
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as Morpheus
- Mystic River (2003) as Whitey Powers
- The Blues (2003) as Self - Narrator
- Biker Boyz (2003) as Smoke
- A History of Sex (2003) as Self
- The Soul of a Man (2003) as Self - Narrator
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003) as Self
- MTV Reloaded (2003) as Morpheus (archive footage)
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load (2003) as Self
- Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003) as Self
- Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' (2003) as Self
- Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003) as Self
- CSI: Miami (2002) as CSI Dr. Ray Langston
- Undercover Brother (2002) as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
- Osmosis Jones (2001) as Thrax (voice)
- The Matrix Revisited (2001) as Self - Morpheus
- Spooge (2001) as Self
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Raymond Langston
- Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as Laurence Fishburne
- Sex and the Matrix (2000) as Morpheus (archive footage)
- Once in the Life (2000) as 20 / 20 Mike
- Once in the Life (2000) Director
- Once in the Life (2000) Producer
- Once in the Life (2000) Screenplay
- Once in the Life (2000) Writer
- Once in the Life (2000) Theatre Play
- Michael Jordan to the Max (2000) as Narrator (voice)
- The Matrix (1999) as Morpheus
- Making "The Matrix" (1999) as Self
- The Magic Hour (1998) as Self
- Always Outnumbered (1998) as Socrates Fortlow
- Always Outnumbered (1998) Executive Producer
- The View (1997) as Self
- Event Horizon (1997) as Miller
- Hoodlum (1997) as Bumpy Johnson
- Hoodlum (1997) Executive Producer
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997) as Caleb Humphries
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997) Executive Producer
- Black Hollywood (1997) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Fled (1996) as Piper
- Higher Learning (1995) as Professor Maurice Phipps
- MADtv (1995) as Self
- Just Cause (1995) as Sheriff Tanny Brown
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) as Hannibal Lee
- Bad Company (1995) as Nelson Crowe
- Othello (1995) as Othello
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) as Ike Turner
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) as Vinnie
- TriBeCa (1993)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Deep Cover (1992) as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
- Boyz n the Hood (1991) as Furious Styles
- Class Action (1991) as Nick Holbrook
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) as Self
- The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991) as Self
- The Civil War (1990) as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
- King of New York (1990) as Jimmy Jump
- Cadence (1990) as Roosevelt Stokes
- Decoration Day (1990) as Michael Waring, DOD Man
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- Red Heat (1988) as Lt. Stobbs
- School Daze (1988) as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) as Cowboy Curtis
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) as Max
- Cherry 2000 (1987) as Glu Glu Lawyer
- Gardens of Stone (1987) as Sgt. Flanagan
- Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) as Cowboy Curtis
- Quicksilver (1986) as Voodoo
- Band of the Hand (1986) as Cream
- The Equalizer (1985) as Casey Taylor
- Spenser: For Hire (1985)
- The Color Purple (1985) as Swain
- Miami Vice (1984) as Prison Guard Keller
- The Cotton Club (1984) as Bumpy Rhodes
- Rumble Fish (1983) as Midget
- I Take These Men (1983) as Hank Johnson
- For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) as Jimbo Collins
- American Playhouse (1982) as Jimbo Collins
- Death Wish II (1982) as Cutter
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- Willie & Phil (1980) as High School Student
- A Rumor of War (1980) as Lightbulb
- The Six O'Clock Follies (1980) as Robby Robinson
- Apocalypse Now (1979) as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
- Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
- Fast Break (1979) as Street Kid
- Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) as Wilford Robinson
- M*A*S*H (1972) as Corporal Dorsey
- If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972) as Fish
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Michael Waring
- Inheritance
- Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn as Self
- The Little Bedroom
- Interference
- The Blacksmith as Mather
- Crimson Blues as Mills
- Blacksmith as Mather
- The Rule of Nines Director
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Laurence Fishburne best known for?
Laurence Fishburne is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Gatto (2027), Number One on the Call Sheet (2025), The Amateur (2025), The Astronaut (2025).
When and where was Laurence Fishburne born?
Laurence Fishburne was born on July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
How many credits does Laurence Fishburne have?
Laurence Fishburne has accumulated over 231 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1951 to 2027.
What is Laurence Fishburne's background in cinema and television?
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor born on July 30, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia. Recognized as one of Hollywood's most versatile performers, he is a three-time Emmy Award winner and a Tony Award winner. Throughout his career, Fishburne has gained a reputation for portraying forceful, militant, and authorita...