Cast & creator
Laurence Fishburne
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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).
Also known as: Larry Fishburne, Laurence John Fishburne, Лоуренс Фишборн, Laurence John Fishburne III
168
film credits
64
television credits
210
1951–2027 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (232)
Showing 232 of 232 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Daily Show
Self
1996
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Raymond Langston
2000
Conan
Self
2010
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
CSI: Miami
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CSI: NY
Ray Langston
2004
M*A*S*H
Corporal Dorsey
1972
The Talk
Self
2010
American Playhouse
Jimbo Collins
1982
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Miami Vice
Prison Guard Keller
1984
black-ish
Pops Johnson
2014black-ish
Executive Producer
2014
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Witcher
Regis
2019
What If...?
Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021What If...?
Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
2021
The Matrix
Morpheus
1999
Hannibal
Jack Crawford
2013
The Equalizer
Casey Taylor
1985
grown-ish
Pops Johnson
2018grown-ish
Executive Producer
2018
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bowery King
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Foster (voice)
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The Beyonder (voice)
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Backstory Man (voice)
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Beyonder (voice)
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Executive Producer
2023
Man of Steel
Perry White
2013
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Matrix Reloaded
Morpheus
2003
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Perry White
2016
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Bill Foster
2018
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Bowery King
2019
The Amateur
Henderson
2025
Apocalypse Now
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
1979
John Wick: Chapter 2
Bowery King
2017
Transformers One
Alpha Trion (voice)
2024
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Mission: Impossible III
Theodore Brassel
2006
The Matrix Revolutions
Morpheus
2003
Spenser: For Hire
1985
mixed-ish
Pops Johnson
2019mixed-ish
Executive Producer
2019
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015
The Muppets
Self
2015
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self - Host
2020
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006
Mystic River
Whitey Powers
2003
The Matrix Resurrections
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Event Horizon
Miller
1997
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer (voice)
2007
Passengers
Gus Mancuso
2016
Predators
Noland
2010
The Ice Road
Goldenrod
2021
The Civil War
Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
1990
Gatto
Rocco (voice)
2027
Boyz n the Hood
Furious Styles
1991
The Mule
Special Agent in Charge
2018
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Cowboy Curtis
1986
Megalopolis
Fundi Romaine
2024
Contagion
Ellis Cheever
2011
Top Gear
2010
MacGruber
General Barrett Fasoose
2021
The School for Good and Evil
School Master
2022
Ride Along
Omar
2014
King of New York
Jimmy Jump
1990
Roots
Alex Haley
2016
All the Old Knives
Vick Wallinger
2022
The Astronaut
General William Harris
2025The Astronaut
Executive Producer
2025
TMNT
Narrator (voice)
2007
Red Heat
Lt. Stobbs
1988
Assault on Precinct 13
Marion Bishop
2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
2005
21
Cole Williams
2008
The Color Purple
Swain
1985
The Frame
Perry White
2013
The Blues
Self - Narrator
2003
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Rhodes
1984
Clipped
Doc Rivers
2024
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Paul Jellinek
2019
Osmosis Jones
Thrax (voice)
2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Michael Waring
1951
The Signal
Dr. Wallace Damon
2014
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
Undercover Brother
Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited)
2002
Just Cause
Sheriff Tanny Brown
1995
#FreeRayshawn
Steven Poincy
2020
The Colony
Briggs
2013
Khumba
Seko (voice)
2013
Rumble Fish
Midget
1983
Akeelah and the Bee
Dr. Larabee
2006Akeelah and the Bee
Producer
2006
Death Wish II
Cutter
1982
Cellar Door
Emmett
2024
Year Million
Narrator
2017Year Million
Executive Producer
2017
A Rumor of War
Lightbulb
1980
Biker Boyz
Smoke
2003
Deep Cover
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1992
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Tad Gruzsa
2007
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
2017
Hoodlum
Bumpy Johnson
1997Hoodlum
Executive Producer
1997
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Max
1987
What's Love Got to Do with It
Ike Turner
1993
Last Flag Flying
Reverend Richard Mueller
2017
MADtv
Self
1995
Slingshot
Captain Franks
2024
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
Wick Is Pain
Self
2025
Armored
Baines
2009
Sneaks
The Collector (voice)
2025Sneaks
Producer
2025
Running with the Devil
The Man
2019
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Vinnie
1993TriBeCa
1993
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Flanagan
1987
Higher Learning
Professor Maurice Phipps
1995
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
Band of the Hand
Cream
1986
Death to 2021
Narrator (voice)
2021
Class Action
Nick Holbrook
1991
Cherry 2000
Glu Glu Lawyer
1987
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991
Fled
Piper
1996
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
2020
School Daze
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
1988
Quicksilver
Voodoo
1986The Six O'Clock Follies
Robby Robinson
1980
Megadoc
Self
2025
Standoff
Sade
2016
Bobby
Edward Robinson
2006
Welcome to Hollywood
Laurence Fishburne
2000
Five Fingers
Ahmat
2006Five Fingers
Producer
2006
The Tuskegee Airmen
Hannibal Lee
1995
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
2022
Once in the Life
20 / 20 Mike
2000Once in the Life
Director
2000Once in the Life
Writer
2000Once in the Life
Screenplay
2000Once in the Life
Producer
2000Once in the Life
Theatre Play
2000
Tortured
Archie Green
2008
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Bonnie
Self
2022
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Cowboy Curtis
1988
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Sex and the Matrix
Morpheus (archive footage)
2000
Bad Company
Nelson Crowe
1995
Rudderless
Del
2014
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Michael Jordan to the Max
Narrator (voice)
2000
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
Willie & Phil
High School Student
1980Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Self
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self
2003
Cadence
Roosevelt Stokes
1990
Othello
Othello
1995
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
2015
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
2022
Making "The Matrix"
Self
1999Interference
Miss Evers' Boys
Caleb Humphries
1997Miss Evers' Boys
Executive Producer
1997
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Morpheus
2001
The Soul of a Man
Self - Narrator
2003
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
Self
2017
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
2011
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
2004
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
2006
MTV Reloaded
Morpheus (archive footage)
2003
Days of Wrath
Mr. Stafford
2008
Ashes and Snow
Narrator (voice)
2005
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Wilford Robinson
1975
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
2004Inheritance
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2015
The Snowy Day
Narrator (voice)
2016
Under the Stadium Lights
Harold Christian
2021
A History of Sex
Self
2003
Our Lady of 121st Street
Rooftop
2020
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
2007
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
2004
Have a Little Faith
Henry Covington
2011
I Take These Men
Hank Johnson
1983
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
2003
Slavery by Another Name
Narrator
2012
Predators: Moments of Extraction
Noland (voice)
2010Predators: Moments of Extraction
Thanks
2010
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
2015
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
2004
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Jimbo Collins
1983
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
2009The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
2003Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004
Always Outnumbered
Socrates Fortlow
1998Always Outnumbered
Executive Producer
1998
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Fish
1972Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Self
2003
Predators: The Chosen
2010
Spooge
Self
2001
Imprisoned
Daniel Calvin
2019
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Morpheus
2004
The Cave of Adullam
Producer
2022The Cave of Adullam
Executive Producer
2022
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl's Lab
Creator
2024
Thurgood
Thurgood Marshall
2011
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Self
1991
America’s Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Narrator
2007
Decoration Day
Michael Waring, DOD Man
1990
Fast Break
Street Kid
1979The Rule of Nines
Director
The Blacksmith
Mather
The Little Bedroom
Black Hollywood
Self
1997
Crimson Blues
Mills
America's Game: 1986 New York Giants
Narrator
2007Blacksmith
Mather