Laurence Fishburne
Actor | Producer | Director
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Filmography
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Known For
The Matrix Morpheus (1999) -
The Matrix Reloaded Morpheus (2003) -
Mystic River Whitey Powers (2003) -
Known For
Contagion Dr. Ellis Cheever (2011) -
Actor
Ant-Man and the Wasp Dr. Bill Foster (2018) -
Black-ish Pops (2014-2018) -
Last Flag Flying Reverend Richard Mueller (2017) -
Madiba Nelson Mandela (2017) -
John Wick: Chapter 2 Bowery King (2017) -
Passengers Gus Mancuso (2016) -
The Snowy Day Narrator (2016) -
Roots Alex Haley (2016) -
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Perry White (2016) -
Standoff Sade (2016) -
![The Muppets.]( "The Muppets.")
The Muppets. Laurence Fishburne (2015) -
![Hannibal]( "Hannibal")
Hannibal Jack Crawford (2013-2015) -
![Rudderless]( "Rudderless")
Rudderless Del (2014) -
![The Signal]( "The Signal")
The Signal Damon (2014) -
![Ride Along]( "Ride Along")
Ride Along Omar (2014) -
![Khumba]( "Khumba")
Khumba Seko (2013) -
![Man of Steel]( "Man of Steel")
Man of Steel Perry White (2013) -
![The Colony]( "The Colony")
The Colony Briggs (2013) -
![Have a Little Faith]( "Have a Little Faith")
Have a Little Faith Henry Covington (2011) -
![Contagion]( "Contagion")
Contagion Dr. Ellis Cheever (2011) -
![CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]( "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation")
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Raymond Langston (2008-2011) -
![Thurgood]( "Thurgood")
Thurgood Thurgood Marshall (2011) -
![CSI: Fatal Conspiracy]( "CSI: Fatal Conspiracy")
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy Dr. Raymond Langston (2010) -
Predators Motion Comics: Moment of Extraction Noland (2010)
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![Predators]( "Predators")
Predators Noland (2010) -
![Black Water Transit]( "Black Water Transit")
Black Water Transit Jack (2009) -
![Armored]( "Armored")
Armored Baines (2009) -
![CSI: NY]( "CSI: NY")
CSI: NY Raymond Langston (2009) -
![CSI: Miami]( "CSI: Miami")
CSI: Miami Raymond Langston (2009) -
![CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent]( "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent")
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent Dr. Raymond Langston (2009) -
![Days of Wrath]( "Days of Wrath")
Days of Wrath Mr. Stafford (2008) -
![Tortured]( "Tortured")
Tortured Archie Green (2008) -
![21]( "21")
21 Cole Williams (2008) -
![Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer]( "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer")
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer The Silver Surfer (2007) -
![Bobby Z]( "Bobby Z")
Bobby Z Tad Grusza (2007) -
![TMNT]( "TMNT")
TMNT Narrator (2007) -
![Bobby]( "Bobby")
Bobby Edward (2006) -
![Five Fingers]( "Five Fingers")
Five Fingers Ahmat (2006) -
![Mission: Impossible III]( "Mission: Impossible III")
Mission: Impossible III Theodore Brassel (2006) -
![Akeelah and the Bee]( "Akeelah and the Bee")
Akeelah and the Bee Dr. Larabee (2006) -
![True Crime: New York City]( "True Crime: New York City")
True Crime: New York City Isaiah Reed (2005) -
![The Matrix: Path of Neo]( "The Matrix: Path of Neo")
The Matrix: Path of Neo Morpheus (2005) -
![Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]( "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang")
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (2005) -
![The Matrix Online]( "The Matrix Online")
The Matrix Online Morpheus (2005) -
![Assault on Precinct 13]( "Assault on Precinct 13")
Assault on Precinct 13 Marion Bishop (2005) -
![The Matrix Revolutions]( "The Matrix Revolutions")
The Matrix Revolutions Morpheus (2003) -
![Mystic River]( "Mystic River")
Mystic River Whitey Powers (2003) -
![Enter the Matrix]( "Enter the Matrix")
Enter the Matrix Morpheus (2003) -
![The Matrix Reloaded]( "The Matrix Reloaded")
The Matrix Reloaded Morpheus (2003) -
![Biker Boyz]( "Biker Boyz")
Biker Boyz Smoke (2003) -
![Osmosis Jones]( "Osmosis Jones")
Osmosis Jones Thrax (2001) -
![Once in the Life]( "Once in the Life")
Once in the Life 20 / 20 Mike (2000) -
![The Matrix]( "The Matrix")
The Matrix Morpheus (1999) -
![Welcome to Hollywood]( "Welcome to Hollywood")
Welcome to Hollywood Laurence Fishburne (1998) -
![Always Outnumbered]( "Always Outnumbered")
Always Outnumbered Socrates Fortlow (1998) -
![Hoodlum]( "Hoodlum")
Hoodlum Bumpy Johnson (1997) -
![Event Horizon]( "Event Horizon")
Event Horizon Captain Miller (1997) -
![Miss Evers' Boys]( "Miss Evers' Boys")
Miss Evers' Boys Caleb Humphries (1997) -
![Fled]( "Fled")
Fled Piper (1996) -
![Othello]( "Othello")
Othello Othello (1995) -
![The Tuskegee Airmen]( "The Tuskegee Airmen")
The Tuskegee Airmen Hannibal Lee (1995) -
![Just Cause]( "Just Cause")
Just Cause Sheriff Tanny Brown (1995) -
![Bad Company]( "Bad Company")
Bad Company Nelson Crowe (1995) -
![Higher Learning]( "Higher Learning")
Higher Learning Professor Maurice Phipps (1995) -
![Searching for Bobby Fischer]( "Searching for Bobby Fischer")
Searching for Bobby Fischer Vinnie (1993) -
![What's Love Got to Do with It]( "What's Love Got to Do with It")
What's Love Got to Do with It Ike Turner (1993) -
![Tribeca]( "Tribeca")
Tribeca Martin (1993) -
![Deep Cover]( "Deep Cover")
Deep Cover Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull (1992) -
![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience Martin Delany (1991) -
![Boyz n the Hood]( "Boyz n the Hood")
Boyz n the Hood Furious Styles (1991) -
![Class Action]( "Class Action")
Class Action Nick Holbrook (1991) -
![Decoration Day]( "Decoration Day")
Decoration Day Michael Waring, DOD Man (1990) -
![Pee-wee's Playhouse]( "Pee-wee's Playhouse")
Pee-wee's Playhouse Cowboy Curtis (1986-1990) -
![The Civil War]( "The Civil War")
The Civil War Various (1990) -
![Cadence]( "Cadence")
Cadence Stokes (1990) -
![King of New York]( "King of New York")
King of New York Jimmy Jump (1990) -
![The Equalizer]( "The Equalizer")
The Equalizer Casey Taylor (1989) -
![Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse]( "Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse")
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse Cowboy Curtis (1988) -
![Red Heat]( "Red Heat")
Red Heat Lt. Stobbs (1988) -
![School Daze]( "School Daze")
School Daze Dap (1988) -
![Cherry 2000]( "Cherry 2000")
Cherry 2000 Glu Glu Lawyer (1987) -
![Gardens of Stone]( "Gardens of Stone")
Gardens of Stone Sgt. Flanagan (1987) -
![A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]( "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors")
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Max (1987) -
![Spenser: For Hire]( "Spenser: For Hire")
Spenser: For Hire David Mukende (1987) -
![Miami Vice]( "Miami Vice")
Miami Vice Prison Guard Keller (1986) -
![Band of the Hand]( "Band of the Hand")
Band of the Hand Cream (1986) -
![Hill Street Blues]( "Hill Street Blues")
Hill Street Blues Maurice Haynes (1986) -
![Quicksilver]( "Quicksilver")
Quicksilver Voodoo (1986) -
![The Color Purple]( "The Color Purple")
The Color Purple Swain (1985) -
![The Cotton Club]( "The Cotton Club")
The Cotton Club Bumpy Rhodes (1984) -
![Grandmaster Melle Mel: White Lines (Don't Do It)]( "Grandmaster Melle Mel: White Lines (Don't Do It)")
Grandmaster Melle Mel: White Lines (Don't Do It) The Pusher (1983) -
![Rumble Fish]( "Rumble Fish")
Rumble Fish Midget (1983) -
![American Playhouse]( "American Playhouse")
American Playhouse Jimbo Collins (1983) -
![I Take These Men]( "I Take These Men")
I Take These Men Hank Johnson (1983) -
![Strike Force]( "Strike Force")
Strike Force F.T. (1982) -
![Death Wish II]( "Death Wish II")
Death Wish II Cutter (1982) -
![M*A*S*H]( "M*A*S*H")
M*A*S*H Corporal Dorsey (1982) -
![Trapper John, M.D.]( "Trapper John, M.D.")
Trapper John, M.D. Hobie (1981) -
![A Rumor of War]( "A Rumor of War")
A Rumor of War Lightbulb (1980) -
![Willie & Phil]( "Willie & Phil")
Willie & Phil Wilson (1980) -
The Six O'Clock Follies Robby Robinson (1980)
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![Apocalypse Now]( "Apocalypse Now")
Apocalypse Now Tyrone 'Clean' Miller (1979) -
![Fast Break]( "Fast Break")
Fast Break Street Kid (1979) -
![Cornbread, Earl and Me]( "Cornbread, Earl and Me")
Cornbread, Earl and Me Wilford Robinson (1975) -
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band Fish (1972)
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Actor
![One Life to Live]( "One Life to Live")
One Life to Live Dr. Joshua "Josh" Hall #1 (1973-1976) (1968) -
Producer
![Black-ish]( "Black-ish")
Black-ish (2014-2018) -
![Grown-ish]( "Grown-ish")
Grown-ish (2018) -
![The Snowy Day]( "The Snowy Day")
The Snowy Day (2016) -
![Standoff]( "Standoff")
Standoff (2016) -
![Black Water Transit]( "Black Water Transit")
Black Water Transit (2009) -
![Five Fingers]( "Five Fingers")
Five Fingers (2006) -
![Akeelah and the Bee]( "Akeelah and the Bee")
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) -
![Once in the Life]( "Once in the Life")
Once in the Life (2000) -
![Always Outnumbered]( "Always Outnumbered")
Always Outnumbered (1998) -
![Hoodlum]( "Hoodlum")
Hoodlum (1997) -
Producer
![Miss Evers' Boys]( "Miss Evers' Boys")
Miss Evers' Boys (1997) -
Soundtrack
![What's Love Got to Do with It]( "What's Love Got to Do with It")
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Soundtrack
![Pee-wee's Playhouse]( "Pee-wee's Playhouse")
Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) -
Director
![Once in the Life]( "Once in the Life")
Once in the Life (2000) -
Writer
![Once in the Life]( "Once in the Life")
Once in the Life (2000) -
Archive footage
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2018) -
![Celebrity Page]( "Celebrity Page")
Celebrity Page (2017) -
![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2012-2016) -
![Extra]( "Extra")
Extra (2015) -
The Comix Scrutinizer (2015)
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![Mes Chers Contemporain]( "Mes Chers Contemporain")
Mes Chers Contemporain (2014) -
![Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story]( "Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story")
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![And the Oscar Goes To...]( "And the Oscar Goes To...")
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) -
The Frame (2013)
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![Cinemassacre's Monster Madness]( "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness")
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![These Amazing Shadows]( "These Amazing Shadows")
These Amazing Shadows (2011) -
![Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy]( "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy")
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![CR: Enter the Matrix]( "CR: Enter the Matrix")
CR: Enter the Matrix (2009) -
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![106 & Park Top 10 Live]( "106 & Park Top 10 Live")
106 & Park Top 10 Live (2006) -
![Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters]( "Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters")
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![Tvist]( "Tvist")
Tvist (2005) -
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Cinema mil (2005)
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![Black in the 80s]( "Black in the 80s")
Black in the 80s (2005) -
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The Dream Studio (2004)
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![The N Word]( "The N Word")
The N Word (2004) -
MTV: Reloaded (2003)
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![Gomorron]( "Gomorron")
Gomorron (1999-2003) -
![A Century of Black Cinema]( "A Century of Black Cinema")
A Century of Black Cinema (2003) -
![A History of Sex]( "A History of Sex")
A History of Sex (2003) -
Archive footageSex and the Matrix (2000)
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![Apocalypse Pooh]( "Apocalypse Pooh")
Apocalypse Pooh (1987) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Raise My Hands]( "Raise My Hands")
Raise My Hands (2012)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
According to the DVD audio commentary on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Fishburne provided the voice of the bear in the Genaros Beer commercial.
Quotes
It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously. I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, ...
Trademark
Known for playing very wise and intelligent characters who mentor the protagonist
Nickname
Larry
Star Sign
Leo
Personal Details
Born
Laurence John Fishburne III
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Height:
6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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