Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne Movies and TV Shows

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of 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 in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), 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), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).

Personal info

Gender: Male
Date of birth: 7/30/1961 (62 years old)
Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
nationality: American
height: 1.84 m
Net worth: $30,000,000

Year

Genre

Available on the following streaming services in the United States

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

7.7

77%

role:
Bowery King

2023

Action

Crime

Thriller

7.7

77%

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)

7.7

72%

role:
Executive Producer

2023

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Kids

7.7

72%

The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil (2022)

5.9

72%

role:
School Master

2022

Action

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9

72%

All the Old Knives

All the Old Knives (2022)

6.1

60%

role:
Vick Wallinger

2022

Action

Thriller

6.1

60%

Death to 2021

Death to 2021 (2021)

6.3

60%

role:
Narrator (voice)

2021

Comedy

6.3

60%

MacGruber

MacGruber (2021)

7.1

55%

role:
General Barrett Fasoose

2021

Action

Adventure

Comedy

7.1

55%

The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

5.7

64%

role:
Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited) & 1 more

2021

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7

64%

The Ice Road

The Ice Road (2021)

5.6

70%

role:
Jim Goldenrod

2021

Action

Thriller

5.6

70%

Death to 2020

Death to 2020 (2020)

6.8

66%

role:
Narrator (voice)

2020

Comedy

6.8

66%

History's Greatest Mysteries

History's Greatest Mysteries (2020)

6.8

71%

role:

2020

Documentary

6.8

71%

Running with the Devil

Running with the Devil (2019)

5.4

54%

role:
The Man

2019

Action

5.4

54%

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)

6.5

67%

role:
Paul Jellinek

2019

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

6.5

67%

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

7.4

74%

role:
Bowery King

2019

Action

Crime

Thriller

7.4

74%

The Mule

The Mule (2018)

7.0

68%

role:
Special Agent in Charge

2018

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.0

68%

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

7.0

69%

role:
Dr. Bill Foster

2018

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0

69%

grown-ish

grown-ish (2018)

6.5

83%

role:
Executive Producer

Not available

2018

Comedy

6.5

83%

Not available

Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying (2017)

6.9

67%

role:
Reverend Richard Mueller

2017

Comedy

Drama

6.9

67%

John Wick: Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

7.4

73%

role:
Bowery King

2017

Action

Crime

Thriller

7.4

73%

Madiba

6.7

81%

role:
Nelson Mandela

2017

Drama

6.7

81%

Passengers

Passengers (2016)

7.0

69%

role:
Gus Mancuso

2016

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0

69%

Roots

Roots (2016)

7.9

69%

role:
Alex Haley

Not available

2016

Action

Adventure

Drama

7.9

69%

Not available

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

6.5

60%

role:
Perry White

2016

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5

60%

Standoff

Standoff (2016)

6.1

60%

role:
Sade

2016

Drama

Thriller

6.1

60%

Rudderless

Rudderless (2014)

7.4

72%

role:
Del

2014

Comedy

Drama

Music

7.4

72%

black-ish

black-ish (2014)

7.3

74%

role:
Pops Johnson & 1 more

Not available

2014

Comedy

7.3

74%

Not available

The Signal

The Signal (2014)

6.0

60%

role:
Dr. Wallace Damon

2014

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0

60%

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

7.1

70%

role:
Self (archive footage)

Not available

2014

Documentary

TV Movie

7.1

70%

Not available

Ride Along

Ride Along (2014)

6.1

62%

role:
Omar

2014

Action

Comedy

6.1

62%

Khumba

5.6

61%

role:
Seko (voice)

2013

Adventure

Animation

Family

5.6

61%

Man of Steel

Man of Steel (2013)

7.1

66%

role:
Perry White

2013

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1

66%

The Colony

The Colony (2013)

5.3

54%

role:
Briggs

2013

Action

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.3

54%

Hannibal

Hannibal (2013)

8.5

82%

role:
Jack Crawford

2013

Drama

8.5

82%

Contagion

Contagion (2011)

6.8

66%

role:
Ellis Cheever

2011

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8

66%

Predators

Predators (2010)

6.4

62%

role:
Noland

2010

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4

62%

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

8.6

80%

role:
(archival footage)

2010

Documentary

8.6

80%

Armored

5.7

57%

role:
Baines

2009

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

5.7

57%

Boys Over Flowers

Boys Over Flowers (2009)

7.8

83%

role:
Othello

2009

Comedy

Drama

7.8

83%

Tortured

Tortured (2008)

5.8

54%

role:
Archie Green

2008

Crime

Thriller

5.8

54%

6.8

67%

role:
Cole Williams

2008

Crime

Drama

6.8

67%

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)

5.8

62%

role:
Tad Gruzsa

2007

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

5.8

62%

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

5.6

56%

role:
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)

2007

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6

56%

TMNT

6.2

61%

role:
Narrator (voice)

2007

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.2

61%

Bobby

Bobby (2006)

7.0

65%

role:
Edward Robinson

Not available

2006

Drama

7.0

65%

Not available

Five Fingers

Five Fingers (2006)

6.3

61%

role:
Producer & 1 more

2006

Action

Drama

Thriller

6.3

61%

Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

7.4

70%

role:
Producer & 1 more

2006

Drama

7.4

70%

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

6.9

67%

role:
Theodore Brassel

2006

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.9

67%

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

7.5

72%

role:
Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited) & 1 more

2005

Action

Comedy

Crime

7.5

72%

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

6.3

61%

role:
Marion Bishop

2005

Thriller

6.3

61%

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

6.7

67%

role:
Morpheus

2003

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7

67%

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

7.2

70%

role:
Morpheus

2003

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2

70%

MTV Reloaded

MTV Reloaded (2003)

7.5

71%

role:
Morpheus (archive footage)

2003

Action

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5

71%

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz (2003)

4.6

61%

role:
Smoke

2003

Action

Drama

4.6

61%

Mystic River

Mystic River (2003)

7.9

77%

role:
Sergeant Whitey Powers

2003

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.9

77%

The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Revisited (2001)

7.4

69%

role:
Himself / Morpheus

2001

Documentary

7.4

69%

Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones (2001)

6.3

65%

role:
Thrax (voice)

2001

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.3

65%

The Matrix

The Matrix (1999)

8.7

82%

role:
Morpheus

1999

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.7

82%

Hoodlum

6.3

63%

role:
Executive Producer & 1 more

1997

Crime

Drama

6.3

63%

Event Horizon

Event Horizon (1997)

6.6

65%

role:
Miller & 1 more

1997

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6

65%

Fled

5.4

56%

role:
Piper

1996

Action

5.4

56%

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

7.1

71%

role:
Hannibal Lee

1995

Drama

History

TV Movie

War & Politics

7.1

71%

Just Cause

Just Cause (1995)

6.4

62%

role:
Sheriff Tanny Brown

1995

Action

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.4

62%

Higher Learning

Higher Learning (1995)

6.5

63%

role:
Professor Maurice Phipps

1995

Crime

Drama

Romance

6.5

63%

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

7.4

72%

role:
Vinnie

1993

Drama

7.4

72%

What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

7.3

70%

role:
Ike Turner

1993

Drama

7.3

70%

Deep Cover

Deep Cover (1992)

7.0

69%

role:
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull

1992

Action

Crime

Thriller

7.0

69%

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

8.1

79%

role:
Himself

1991

Documentary

8.1

79%

Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

7.8

76%

role:
Jason 'Furious' Styles

1991

Crime

Drama

7.8

76%

Class Action

Class Action (1991)

6.4

62%

role:
Nick Holbrook

Not available

1991

Crime

Drama

6.4

62%

Not available

King of New York

King of New York (1990)

6.9

67%

role:
Jimmy Jump

1990

Crime

Thriller

6.9

67%

Red Heat

Red Heat (1988)

6.1

61%

role:
Lt. Stobbs

1988

Action

Crime

6.1

61%

School Daze

School Daze (1988)

6.1

60%

role:
Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap

1988

Comedy

Drama

Music

6.1

60%

Cherry 2000

Cherry 2000 (1987)

5.5

60%

role:
Glu Glu Lawyer

1987

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5

60%

Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone (1987)

6.4

64%

role:
Sgt. Flanagan

1987

Drama

History

6.4

64%

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

6.6

67%

role:
Max

1987

Horror

Thriller

6.6

67%

Quicksilver

Quicksilver (1986)

5.7

57%

role:
Voodoo

1986

Action

Adventure

Drama

5.7

57%

The Color Purple

The Color Purple (1985)

7.7

77%

role:
Swain

1985

Drama

History

7.7

77%

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club (1984)

6.5

66%

role:
Bumpy Rhodes

1984

Crime

Drama

6.5

66%

Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish (1983)

7.1

70%

role:
Midget

1983

Action

Crime

Drama

7.1

70%

Death Wish II

Death Wish II (1982)

6.0

62%

role:
Cutter

1982

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.0

62%

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now (1979)

8.4

83%

role:
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

1979

Drama

War & Politics

8.4

83%

: Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Laurence Fishburne are, for example, John Wick: Chapter 4, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and The School for Good and Evil.
: The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes.
: The best Anystream ratings are The Matrix (8.5), Apocalypse Now (8.4) and Hannibal (8.4).