Laurence Fishburne
b. 1961 (age 65)
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Actor
Director
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. He became the first African-American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaption of the Shakespeare play. Fishburne has won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Drama Series Guest Actor for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne’s first marriage was to actress to Hajna O. Moss. They had two children together: a son, Langston and a daughter, Montana. Fishburne is now married to actress Gina Torres. They live in Hollywood with their daughter Delilah.
Known For
Filmography
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The Exorcist
2027 Actor
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★ 4.8
The Astronaut
2025 Actor
Gen. William Harris
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★ 3.9
Sneaks
2025 Actor
The Collector
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★ 7.6
Transformers One
2024 Actor
Alpha Trion
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★ 4.7
Megalopolis
2024 Actor
Fundi Romaine
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★ 5.7
Slingshot
2024 Actor
Captain Franks
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★ 5.2
Cellar Door
2024 Actor
Emmett
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★ 6.5
Clipped
2024 Actor
Doc Rivers
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★ 5.8
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl's Lab
2024 Actor
The Beyonder
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Awards Buzz: YouTube Channel
2024 Self
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★ 7.6
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 Actor
Bowery King
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★ 7.4
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 Actor
The Beyonder
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Like They Do in the Movies
2023 Actor
Writer
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★ 5.9
The School for Good and Evil
2022 Actor
School Master
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★ 6.2
All the Old Knives
2022 Actor
Vick Wallinger
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★ 7.2
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 Self
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★ 6.9
Bonnie
2022 Self
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★ 4.0
Shackleton's Endurance: The Lost Ice Ship Found
2022 Self
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★ 5.7
The Ice Road
2021 Actor
Jim Goldenrod
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★ 6.3
Death to 2021
2021 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.1
MacGruber
2021 Actor
Barrett Fasoose
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★ 7.0
History's Greatest Mysteries
2020 Self
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★ 6.5
#Freerayshawn
2020 Actor
Lt. Steven Poincy
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★ 7.5
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
2020 Self
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★ 7.4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019 Actor
Bowery King
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★ 7.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum: HBO First Look
2019 Self
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★ 6.5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 Actor
Paul Jellinek
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★ 5.4
Running with the Devil
2019 Actor
The Man
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★ 5.3
Imprisoned
2019 Actor
Daniel Calvin
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In Depth
2019 Self
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★ 7.0
The Mule
2018 Actor
Special Agent in Charge
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★ 7.9
They've Gotta Have Us
2018 Self
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★ 5.2
America 2.0
2018 Actor
President Sidney Rutherford
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★ 7.4
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 Actor
Bowery King
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★ 6.9
Last Flag Flying
2017 Actor
Reverend Richard Mueller
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★ 7.4
Year Million
2017 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.8
Madiba
2017 Actor
Nelson Mandela
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★ 3.9
The 48th NAACP Image Awards
2017 Self
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★ 6.4
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 Actor
Perry White
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★ 7.0
Passengers
2016 Actor
Gus Mancuso
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★ 6.1
Standoff
2016 Actor
Sade
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★ 7.9
Roots
2016 Actor
Alex Haley
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★ 7.4
Dawn of the Justice League
2016 Self
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★ 7.4
The Snowy Day
2016 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.6
Roots: A History Revealed
2016 Actor
Alex Haley
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★ 9.2
Roots: A New Vision
2016 Actor
Alex Haley
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★ 7.3
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015 Self
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The 8th Annual Television Academy Honors
2015 Self
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★ 6.1
Ride Along
2014 Actor
Omar
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★ 6.0
The Signal
2014 Actor
Damon
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★ 8.5
Hannibal
2013 Actor
Jack Crawford
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★ 5.3
The Colony
2013 Actor
Briggs
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★ 5.7
Khumba
2013 Actor
Seko
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★ 7.8
Slavery by Another Name
2012 Actor
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★ 7.4
True Crime: The Movie
2012 Self
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★ 6.8
Contagion
2011 Actor
Dr. Ellis Cheever
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★ 6.9
Have a Little Faith
2011 Actor
Henry Covington
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★ 7.9
Thurgood
2011 Actor
Thurgood Marshall
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★ 6.4
Predators
2010 Actor
Ronald Noland
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★ 6.1
A Man's Story
2010 Self
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★ 5.7
Armored
2009 Actor
Baines
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★ 6.8
Black Water Transit
2009 Actor
Jack
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★ 6.1
The Black List: Volume Two
2009 Self
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★ 6.8
21
2008 Actor
Cole Williams
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★ 6.6
Days of Wrath
2008 Actor
Mr. Stafford
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★ 7.7
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008 Self
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★ 5.6
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007 Actor
The Silver Surfer
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★ 6.2
TMNT
2007 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.8
Bobby Z
2007 Actor
Tad Grusza
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★ 7.0
Bobby
2006 Actor
Edward
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★ 7.4
Akeelah and the Bee
2006 Actor
Dr. Larabee
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★ 6.3
Five Fingers
2006 Actor
Ahmat
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★ 9.1
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006 Self
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★ 7.9
2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
2006 Self
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★ 3.5
The 2006 Black Movie Awards
2006 Self
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★ 6.6
Catering Impossible: M: i: III
2006 Self
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The Annual ShoWest Awards
2006 Self
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★ 6.3
Assault on Precinct 13
2005 Actor
Marion Bishop
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★ 8.0
Ashes and Snow
2005 Actor
Narrator
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★ 4.1
The Black Movie Awards
2005 Self
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★ 7.6
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004 Self
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The 2004 Vision Awards
2004 Self
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★ 7.2
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 Actor
Morpheus
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★ 6.7
The Matrix Revolutions
2003 Actor
Morpheus
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★ 7.9
Mystic River
2003 Actor
Whitey Powers
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★ 4.7
Biker Boyz
2003 Actor
Smoke
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★ 7.4
MTV: Reloaded
2003 Actor
Morpheus
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★ 6.1
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003 Self
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★ 7.7
Decoded: The Making of 'The Matrix Reloaded'
2003 Self
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★ 8.0
What's Going on?
2003 Self
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The Annual Hollywood Film Awards
2003 Self
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★ 6.3
Osmosis Jones
2001 Actor
Thrax
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★ 7.3
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2001 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 Actor
CSI Dr. Ray Langston
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★ 5.2
Once in the Life
2000 Actor
Director
Writer
20 Mike
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★ 8.7
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
2000 Self
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★ 8.7
The Matrix
1999 Actor
Morpheus
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★ 8.6
Making 'The Matrix'
1999 Self
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★ 7.9
The Matrix: The Movie Special
1999 Self
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★ 7.1
Always Outnumbered
1998 Actor
Socrates Fortlow