Laurence Fishburne biography
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor, born on 30 July 1961 in Augusta.
Laurence Fishburne's screen career began in 1972 with If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band, playing Fish.
Laurence Fishburne has appeared in 98 films and 40 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Amateur (2025), The Astronaut (2025), Sneaks (2025).
Laurence Fishburne is best known for The Matrix, John Wick.
Honours include Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Saturn Awards.
Coming up next: Gatto (2027), The Exorcist: Martyrs (2027).
- Born
- 30 July 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Augusta
- Work
- Film actor, Television actor, Film director, Film producer, Playwright
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1972 to present
- Known for
- The Matrix, John Wick
- Awards
- Theatre World Award
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Saturn Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
Laurence Fishburne filmography
100 films and 40 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Gatto | Rocco | Upcoming | |
| 2027 | The Exorcist: Martyrs | Father Nichol | Post-production | |
| 2025 | The Amateur | Robert Henderson | ||
| 2025 | The Astronaut | General William Harris | Also executive producer | |
| 2025 | Sneaks | The Collector | Voice; also producer | |
| 2024 | Cellar Door | Emmett | ||
| 2024 | Slingshot | Captain Franks | ||
| 2024 | Megalopolis | Fundi Romaine | ||
| 2024 | Transformers One | Alpha Trion | Voice | |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | 'The Bowery King' | ||
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | The School Master | ||
| 2022 | All the Old Knives | Vick Wallinger | ||
| 2021 | The Ice Road | Jim Goldenrod | ||
| 2021 | Under the Stadium Lights | Harold Christian | ||
| 2020 | The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X | ||
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 , Parabellum | 'The Bowery King' | ||
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Paul Jellinek | ||
| 2019 | Running with the Devil | The Man | ||
| 2018 | The Mule | Warren Lewis | ||
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Dr. Bill Foster | ||
| 2018 | Imprisoned | Daniel Calvin | ||
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | 'The Bowery King' | ||
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying | Reverend Richard Mueller | ||
| 2017 | Bronzeville | Curtis Randolph | 15 episodes | |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Perry White |
Show all 100 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Standoff | Sade | Also executive producer | |
| 2016 | Passengers | Gus Mancuso | ||
| 2014 | The Signal | Damon | ||
| 2014 | Ride Along | Omar | ||
| 2014 | Rudderless | Del | ||
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Perry White | ||
| 2013 | The Colony | Briggs | ||
| 2013 | Khumba | Seko The Zebra | Voice | |
| 2011 | Contagion | Dr. Ellis Cheever | ||
| 2010 | Predators | Ronald Noland | ||
| 2010 | Predators: Moments of Extraction | Ronald Noland | Voice; Short film | |
| 2010 | CSI: Fatal Conspiracy | Dr. Raymond Langston | ||
| 2009 | Black Water Transit | Jack | ||
| 2009 | Armored | Baines | ||
| 2009 | CSI: Deadly Intent | Dr. Raymond Langston | ||
| 2008 | 21 | Cole Williams | ||
| 2008 | Tortured | Archie Green | ||
| 2008 | Days of Wrath | Mr. Stafford | ||
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer | Voice | |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Tad Gruzsa | ||
| 2007 | TMNT | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | IMF Director Theodore Brassel | ||
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee | Dr. Larabee | Also producer | |
| 2006 | Five Fingers | Ahmat | Also producer | |
| 2006 | Bobby | Edward | ||
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Marion Bishop | ||
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial | Voice cameo | |
| 2005 | Ashes and Snow | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2005 | True Crime: New York City | Isaiah Reed | ||
| 2005 | The Matrix: Path of Neo | Morpheus | ||
| 2005 | The Matrix Online | Morpheus | ||
| 2003 | Mystic River | Sergeant 'Whitey' Powers | ||
| 2003 | Biker Boyz | Eric 'Smoke' | ||
| 2003 | The Soul of a Man | English | ||
| 2003 | The Shmatrix | English | ||
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | Morpheus | ||
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Morpheus | ||
| 2003 | Enter the Matrix | Morpheus | ||
| 2001 | The Matrix Revisited | English | ||
| 2001 | Apocalypse Now Redux | Khmer | ||
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Thrax | Voice | |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | English | ||
| 2000 | Michael Jordan to the Max | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2000 | Once in the Life | 20/20 Mike | Also director, writer and producer | |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Morpheus | ||
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Bumpy Johnson | Also executive producer | |
| 1997 | Event Horizon | Captain Miller | ||
| 1996 | Fled | John Piper | ||
| 1995 | Othello | Othello | ||
| 1995 | Just Cause | Sheriff Tanny Brown | ||
| 1995 | Higher Learning | Professor Maurice Phipps | ||
| 1995 | Bad Company | Nelson Crowe | ||
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Vinnie | ||
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner, Sr. | ||
| 1992 | Deep Cover | Officer Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood | Jason 'Furious' Styles | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | English | ||
| 1991 | Class Action | Nick Holbrook | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1990 | King of New York | Jimmy 'Jump' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1990 | Cadence | Stokes | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1988 | School Daze | Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1988 | Red Heat | Lieutenant Charlie Stobbs | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1988 | Cherry 2000 | Glu Glu Lawyer | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Max | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | Sergeant Flanagan | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand | 'Cream' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1986 | Quicksilver | 'Voodoo' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Swain | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | 'Bumpy' Rhodes | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish | 'Midget' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1982 | Death Wish II | 'Cutter' | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III | |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil | Wilson | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III | |
| 1979 | Fast Break | Street Kid | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Tyrone 'Mr. Clean' Miller | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1975 | Cornbread, Earl and Me | Wilford Robinson | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Witcher | Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy | ||
| 2024 | Clipped | Doc Rivers | 6 episodes | |
| 2023 | What If...? | Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath | Voice; 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Beyonder / Bill Foster | Voice, 19 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2021 | MacGruber | General Barrett Fasoose | 7 episodes | |
| 2021 | Death to 2021 | Narrator | Voice; Television special | |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 | Narrator | Voice; Television special | |
| 2020 | #FreeRayshawn | Lt. Steven Poincy | 15 episodes | |
| 2019 | Mixed-ish | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2019 | Grown-ish | Earl "Pops" Johnson | 3 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2017 | Madiba | Nelson Mandela | 3 episodes | |
| 2016 | Roots | Alex Haley | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Black-ish | Earl "Pops" Johnson | 89 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Jack Crawford | 36 episodes | |
| 2011 | Have a Little Faith | Henry Covington | Television film | |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Dr. Raymond Langston | Episode: "Hammer Down" | |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Dr. Raymond Langston | Episode: "Bone Voyage" | |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Raymond Langston | ||
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered | Socrates Fortlow | Television film; also producer | |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys | Caleb Humphries | Television film; also producer | |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Hannibal Lee | Television film | |
| 1993 | TriBeCa | Martin | Episode: "The Box" | |
| 1991 | American Experience | Martin Delany | Voice; Episode: "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry" | |
| 1990 | The Civil War | English | ||
| 1990 | Decoration Day | Michael Waring | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film |
Show all 40 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Equalizer | Casey Taylor | Episode: "Race Traitors" | |
| 1988 | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | English | ||
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | David Mukende | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Personal Demons" | |
| 1986 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Cowboy Curtis | 17 episodes | |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | Prison Guard Keller | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Walk-Alone" | |
| 1986 | Hill Street Blues | Maurice Haynes | Episode: "Look Homeward, Ninja" | |
| 1983 | For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story | Jimbo Collins | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film | |
| 1982 | Strike Force | F.T. | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Humiliation" | |
| 1982 | MASH | Corporal Dorsey | ||
| 1982 | I Take These Men | Hank Johnson | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film | |
| 1981 | Trapper John, M.D | Hobie | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Finders Keepers" | |
| 1980 | The Six O'Clock Follies | Robby Robinson | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Lightbulb | Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film | |
| 1973 | One Life to Live | Josh Hall | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
| 1972 | If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band | Fish | Television film |