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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
Black-ish Pops (2014-2022) -
All the Old Knives Vick Wallinger (2022) -
Grown-ish Pops (2019-2022) -
Death to 2021 Narrator (2021) -
MacGruber Barrett Fasoose (2021) -
The Ice Road Jim Goldenrod (2021) -
Under the Stadium Lights Harold Christian (2021) -
Death to 2020 Narrator (2020) -
#Freerayshawn Lt. Steven Poincy (2020) -
Running with the Devil The Man (2019) -
![Where'd You Go, Bernadette]( "Where'd You Go, Bernadette")
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Paul Jellinek (2019) -
![John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum]( "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum")
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Bowery King (2019) -
![The Mule]( "The Mule")
The Mule Special Agent in Charge (2018) -
![Imprisoned]( "Imprisoned")
Imprisoned Daniel Calvin (2018) -
![America 2.0]( "America 2.0")
America 2.0 President Sidney Rutherford (2018) -
![Ant-Man and the Wasp]( "Ant-Man and the Wasp")
Ant-Man and the Wasp Dr. Bill Foster (2018) -
![Last Flag Flying]( "Last Flag Flying")
Last Flag Flying Reverend Richard Mueller (2017) -
![Year Million]( "Year Million")
Year Million Narrator (2017) -
![Madiba]( "Madiba")
Madiba Nelson Mandela (2017) -
![John Wick: Chapter 2]( "John Wick: Chapter 2")
John Wick: Chapter 2 Bowery King (2017) -
![Passengers]( "Passengers")
Passengers Gus Mancuso (2016) -
![The Snowy Day]( "The Snowy Day")
The Snowy Day Narrator (2016) -
![Roots]( "Roots")
Roots Alex Haley (2016) -
![Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]( "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice")
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Perry White (2016) -
![Standoff]( "Standoff")
Standoff Sade (2016) -
![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]( "Predators Motion Comics: Moment of Extraction")
Predators Motion Comics: Moment of Extraction Noland (2010) -
![Predators]( "Predators")
Predators Ronald Noland (2010) -
![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) -
![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) -
![Tortured]( "Tortured")
Tortured Archie Green (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 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) -
![The Wild West]( "The Wild West")
The Wild West Nat Love (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) -
Schoolly D: King of New York Jimmy Jump (1990)
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![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 Dunlap (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) -
![The Six O'Clock Follies]( "The Six O'Clock Follies")
The Six O'Clock Follies Robby Robinson (1980) -
![A Rumor of War]( "A Rumor of War")
A Rumor of War Lightbulb (1980) -
![Willie & Phil]( "Willie & Phil")
Willie & Phil Wilson (1980) -
![Apocalypse Now]( "Apocalypse Now")
Apocalypse Now Tyrone 'Clean' Miller (1979) -
![Fast Break]( "Fast Break")
Fast Break Street Kid (1979) -
![One Life to Live]( "One Life to Live")
One Life to Live Josh West Hall (1974-1976) -
![Cornbread, Earl and Me]( "Cornbread, Earl and Me")
Cornbread, Earl and Me Wilford Robinson (1975) -
ActorIf You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band Fish (1972)
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Producer
![The Cave of Adullam]( "The Cave of Adullam")
The Cave of Adullam (2022) -
![History's Greatest Mysteries]( "History's Greatest Mysteries")
History's Greatest Mysteries (2021-2022) -
![Black-ish]( "Black-ish")
Black-ish (2014-2022) -
![Grown-ish]( "Grown-ish")
Grown-ish (2018-2022) -
![Mixed-ish]( "Mixed-ish")
Mixed-ish (2019-2021) -
![Bronzeville]( "Bronzeville")
Bronzeville (2017-2021) -
![The Snowy Day]( "The Snowy Day")
The Snowy Day (2016) -
![Standoff]( "Standoff")
Standoff (2016) -
![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
![Bronzeville]( "Bronzeville")
Bronzeville (2017-2021) -
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
![Eli Roth's History of Horror]( "Eli Roth's History of Horror")
Eli Roth's History of Horror (2021) -
![History of the Sitcom]( "History of the Sitcom")
History of the Sitcom (2021) -
![A Year in Music]( "A Year in Music")
A Year in Music (2020) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2018-2020) -
![National Memorial Day Concert]( "National Memorial Day Concert")
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DirtyBiology (2020)
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![Giving Voice]( "Giving Voice")
Giving Voice (2020) -
![Extra]( "Extra")
Extra (2015-2019) -
![Tucker Carlson Tonight]( "Tucker Carlson Tonight")
Tucker Carlson Tonight (2019) -
![The Best of Hollywood]( "The Best of Hollywood")
The Best of Hollywood (2017) -
![Celebrity Page]( "Celebrity Page")
Celebrity Page (2017) -
![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2012-2016) -
The Comix Scrutinizer (2015)
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![Mes Chers Contemporains]( "Mes Chers Contemporains")
Mes Chers Contemporains (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) -
![Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo]( "Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo")
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![106 & Park]( "106 & Park")
106 & Park (2006) -
![Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters]( "Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters")
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![The Making of 'Event Horizon']( "The Making of 'Event Horizon'")
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![Tvist]( "Tvist")
Tvist (2005) -
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![Cinema mil]( "Cinema mil")
Cinema mil (2005) -
![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]( "MTV: Reloaded")
MTV: Reloaded (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 footage
![Sex and the Matrix]( "Sex and the Matrix")
Sex and the Matrix (2000) -
![Apocalypse Pooh]( "Apocalypse Pooh")
Apocalypse Pooh (1987) -
Additional Crew
![Live It Up]( "Live It Up")
Live It Up (2022) -
![Raise My Hands]( "Raise My Hands")
Raise My Hands (2012)
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
Like fellow actor Paul Reubens, Fishburne is also a very private person.
Quotes
[on why he didn't read the complete play of "Othello" before acting in the film version in which more than half of the dialogue was cut] Why should I read all those words that I'm not going to get to say?
Trademark
Deep authoritative voice in many of his roles, most often delivering psychological Shakespearian speech
Nickname
Fish
Personal Details
Born
Laurence John Fishburne III
Augusta, Georgia, USA
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