
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.
Series | Sex and the Matrix | Morpheus | 2019 |
Film | Imprisoned | Daniel Calvin | 2019 |
Film | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Himself | 2019 |
Film | Ruby in Murdertown | None | 2019 |
Film | The Matrix Reloaded Revisited | Himself / Morpheus | 2019 |
Film | John Wick 3 | The Bowler King | 2019-05-15 |
Film | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | None | 2018-10-19 |
Film | Ant-Man et la Guêpe | Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath | 2018-07-05 |
Film | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath | 2018-07-06 |
Series | Madiba | Nelson Mandela | 2017-02-01 |
Film | Bobby: The Making of an American Epic | Himself | 2017-09-17 |
Film | Last Flag Flying | Reverend Richard Mueller | 2017-11-17 |
Film | The 48th NAACP Image Awards | Himself - Presenter | 2017-02-11 |
Film | Last Flag Flying | Mueller | 2017-11-03 |
Film | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Bowery King | 2017-02-10 |
Film | John Wick 2 | The Bowler King | 2017-02-08 |
Film | Essence Ninth Annual Black Women in Hollywood | Himself | 2016-02-27 |
Film | Batman v Superman : L’Aube de la justice | Perry White | 2016-03-23 |
Film | Тупик | Sade | 2016-02-26 |
Series | Thurgood | Thurgood Marshall | 2016 |
Film | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Perry White | 2016-03-25 |
Film | Standoff | Sade | 2016-01-04 |
Film | Roots: A New Vision | Alex Haley | 2016-06-04 |
Film | The Snowy Day | Narrator | 2016-11-25 |
Film | The Snowy Day | Narrator | 2016-11-25 |
Film | The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | Himself | 2016-12-04 |
Film | Passengers | Gus Mancuso | 2016-12-21 |
Film | Passengers | Gus Mancuso | 2016-12-21 |
Series | Racines | Alex Haley | 2016-05-30 |
Film | Batman v Superman : L'aube De La Justice (version longue) | Perry White | 2016-07-15 |
Series | Roots | Alex Haley | 2016-05-30 |
Film | Roots | Alex Haley | 2016-05-30 |
Film | Roots: A History Revealed | Alex Haley | 2016-06-03 |
Film | Hannibal: Season Three - Getting the Old Scent Again: Re-imagining Red Dragon | Himself - 'Jack Crawford' | 2015-12-08 |
Film | Days of Wrath | Mr. Stafford | 2014-01-01 |
Film | Ride Along | Omar | 2014-01-17 |
Series | Black-ish | Pops / ... | 2014-09-24 |
Film | Rudderless | Del | 2014-10-17 |
Film | Mise à l'épreuve | Omar | 2014-05-14 |
Film | Король сафари | Seko | 2014-03-01 |
Series | black-ish | Pops Johnson | 2014-09-24 |
Film | The Signal | Dr. Wallace Damon | 2014-03-15 |
Film | The Signal | Damon | 2014-07-10 |
Film | Hannibal: This Is My Design | Himself | 2014-09-16 |
Series | Hannibal | Jack Crawford | 2013-04-04 |
Series | Hannibal | Jack Crawford | 2013-04-04 |
Film | Man of Steel | Perry White | 2013-06-12 |
Film | A Taste for Killing | Himself | 2013-09-24 |
Film | Strong Characters, Legendary Roles | Himself - 'Perry White' | 2013-11-12 |
Film | Колония | Briggs | 2013-09-20 |
Film | Khumba | Seko (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
Film | Man of Steel | Perry White | 2013-06-14 |
Film | The Colony | Briggs | 2013-04-12 |
Film | A Man's Story | Himself | 2012-03-09 |
Film | Slavery by Another Name | None | 2012-02-13 |
Film | America's Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Narrator | 2012-11-26 |
Film | Have a Little Faith | Henry Covington | 2011-11-27 |
Film | Have a Little Faith | Henry Covington | 2011-11-27 |
Film | A Man's Story | Himself | 2011-10-08 |
Film | Contagion | Dr. Ellis Cheever | 2011-09-08 |
Film | The Enduring Significance of Boyz n the Hood | Himself | 2011-07-19 |
Film | Thurgood | Thurgood Marshall | 2011-02-24 |
Film | Contagion | Dr. Ellis Cheever | 2011-09-09 |
Film | Predators | Noland | 2010-07-03 |
Film | CSI: Fatal Conspiracy | Dr. Raymond Langston | 2010-10-26 |
Film | Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn | Himself | 2010-10-19 |
Film | Predators | Noland | 2010-07-09 |
Film | CR: Enter the Matrix | Morpheus | 2009-12-07 |
Film | Armored | Baines | 2009-12-04 |
Film | The Black List: Volume Two | Himself | 2009-02-26 |
Film | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent | Dr. Raymond Langston | 2009-10-20 |
Film | National Memorial Day Concert | Himself | 2009-05-24 |
Film | Black Water Transit | Jack | 2009-05-13 |
Film | Black Water Transit | Jack | 2009-05-13 |
Film | Blindés | Baines | 2009-12-04 |
Film | Tortured | Archie Green | 2008-09-10 |
Film | Tortured | Archie Green | 2008-09-16 |
Film | 21 | Cole Williams | 2008-03-28 |
Film | Las Vegas 21 | Cole Williams | 2008-03-27 |
Film | Черепaшки-ниндзя | Narrator | 2007-03-23 |
Film | Kill Bobby Z | Tad Gruzsa | 2007-07-23 |
Film | TMNT: Voice Talent First Look | Himself | 2007-08-07 |
Film | Bobby Z | Tad Grusza | 2007-11-17 |
Film | TMNT | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
Film | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition | Himself | 2007-06-20 |
Film | Les 4 Fantastiques et le Surfer d'Argent | Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) | 2007-06-13 |
Film | Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer | The Silver Surfer | 2007-06-15 |
Film | Akeelah | Dr. Larabee | 2006-04-28 |
Film | 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner | Himself | 2006-04-29 |
Film | Akeelah and the Bee | Dr. Larabee | 2006-04-28 |
Film | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | Himself | 2006-04-18 |
Film | Five Fingers | Ahmat | 2006-08-25 |
Film | Bobby | Edward Robinson | 2006-09-05 |
Film | The 2006 Black Movie Awards | Himself | 2006-10-18 |
Film | Mission: Impossible III | Theodore Brassel | 2006-05-05 |
Film | Catering Impossible: M:i:III | Himself | 2006-04-29 |
Film | Five Fingers | Ahmat | 2006-05-01 |
Film | Mission : Impossible 3 | Theodore Brassel | 2006-05-03 |
Film | Bobby | Edward | 2006-11-23 |
Film | Нападение на 13-й участок | Marion Bishop | 2005-01-19 |
Film | The Black Movie Awards | Himself - Presenter | 2005-10-19 |
Film | True Crime: New York City | Isaiah Reed | 2005-11-15 |
Film | The Matrix Online | Morpheus | 2005-03-22 |
Film | On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' | Himself | 2005-09-13 |
Film | Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' | Himself | 2005-02-01 |
Film | Assaut sur le central 13 | Marion Bishop | 2005-03-02 |
Film | The Matrix Recalibrated | Himself | 2004-04-06 |
Film | Душа человека | Himself - Narrator | 2004-05-06 |
Film | The Matrix Recalibrated | Himself | 2004-04-06 |
Series | Mystic River: From Page to Screen | Himself - 'Whitey' | 2004-06-08 |
Film | Tiger: The Authorised DVD Collection | Narration | 2004-11-16 |
Film | Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | Himself - 'Whitey Powers' | 2004-06-08 |
Film | The Matrix Reloaded Revisited | Morpheus | 2004-12-07 |
Film | The Matrix Revolutions Revisited | Morpheus | 2004-12-07 |
Film | The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase | Himself | 2004-12-07 |
Film | The Burly Man Chronicles | Himself | 2004-12-07 |
Film | The N Word | None | 2004-06-26 |
Series | Dr House | Unknown | 2004-11-16 |
Film | The Matrix Revolutions: New Blue World | Himself | 2004-12-07 |
Film | Biker Boyz | Smoke | 2003-01-31 |
Film | Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' | Himself | 2003-01-30 |
Film | A History of Sex | Himself | 2003-01-14 |
Film | Biker Boyz | Smoke | 2003-01-31 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Film | Matrix Reloaded | Morpheus | 2003-05-16 |
Film | Crash Course | Himself | 2003-10-14 |
Film | Matrix Revolutions | Morpheus | 2003-11-05 |
Film | The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load | Himself | 2003-10-14 |
Film | Mystic River | Whitey Powers | 2003-10-15 |
Film | The Soul of a Man | Narrator | 2003-05-16 |
Film | Mystic River | Sergeant Whitey Powers | 2003-10-07 |
Film | A Century of Black Cinema | Himself | 2003-06-24 |
Film | Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend | Himself | 2003-09-02 |
Series | The Blues | Himself - Narrator | 2003-09-28 |
Film | Matrix Revolutions | Morpheus | 2003-11-05 |
Series | Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson | Himself | 2002-10-31 |
Film | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Himself | 2002-12-27 |
Series | Les Experts : Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Film | The Matrix Revisited | Himself / Morpheus | 2001-11-20 |
Film | Behind 'The Matrix' | Himself | 2001-11-27 |
Film | Osmosis Jones | Thrax (voice) | 2001-08-07 |
Film | The Matrix Revisited | Himself / Morpheus | 2001-11-19 |
Film | Osmosis Jones | Thrax | 2001-08-10 |
Film | 31st NAACP Image Awards | Himself | 2000-04-06 |
Series | Les Experts | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Film | Once in the Life | 20 / 20 Mike | 2000-10-27 |
Film | Michael Jordan to the Max | Narrator | 2000-05-05 |
Film | Michael Jordan to the Max | Narrator (voice) | 2000-05-05 |
Film | VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards | Himself | 2000-10-20 |
Film | Once in the Life | 20 / 20 Mike | 2000-10-27 |
Film | Making The Matrix | Himself | 1999-09-01 |
Film | The Matrix | Morpheus | 1999-03-31 |
Series | Making 'The Matrix' | Himself | 1999-09-21 |
Film | Matrix | Morpheus | 1999-03-30 |
Film | Always Outnumbered | Socrates Fortlow | 1998-03-21 |
Film | Welcome to Hollywood | Laurence Fishburne | 1998-10-01 |
Film | La rage de survivre | Socrates Fortlow | 1998-03-21 |
Film | Miss Evers' Boys | Caleb Humphries | 1997-02-22 |
Film | Miss Evers' Boys | Caleb Humphries | 1997-02-22 |
Film | Event Horizon : Le vaisseau de l'au-delà | Captain Miller | 1997-08-15 |
Film | Event Horizon | Captain Miller | 1997-08-15 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Film | Hoodlum | Bumpy Johnson | 1997-08-27 |
Film | Les seigneurs de Harlem | Bumpy Johnson | 1997-08-27 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Film | Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary | Himself | 1996-08-18 |
Film | Liens d'acier | Piper | 1996-07-19 |
Film | Беглецы | Piper | 1996-07-19 |
Film | Othello | Othello | 1996-01-19 |
Film | 1996 VH1 Honors | Himself | 1996-03-31 |
Film | Bad Company | Nelson Crowe | 1995-01-20 |
Film | Higher Learning | Professor Maurice Phipps | 1995-01-11 |
Film | Fièvre à Columbus University | Professor Maurice Phipps | 1995-01-11 |
Film | The Tuskegee Airmen | Hannibal Lee | 1995-08-26 |
Film | Othello | Othello | 1995-12-15 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Film | Pilotes de Choix | Hannibal Lee | 1995-08-25 |
Film | 25th Anniversary Essence Awards | Himself - Presenter | 1995-06-13 |
Film | Just Cause | Sheriff Tanny Brown | 1995-02-17 |
Film | Juste Cause | Sheriff Tanny Brown | 1995-02-17 |
Film | Duo Mortel | Nelson Crowe | 1995-01-20 |
Series | HBO First Look | Himself | 1994-03-01 |
Film | The 1994 Billboard Music Awards | Himself | 1994-12-01 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
Film | The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards | Himself | 1993-01-10 |
Film | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Vinnie | 1993-08-11 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Film | A la recherche de Bobby Fischer | Vinnie | 1993-08-13 |
Film | Tina | Ike Turner | 1993-06-09 |
Series | TriBeCa | 1993-03-23 | |
Film | 25th NAACP Image Awards | Himself - Presenter | 1993-01-16 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Film | Deep Cover | Russell Stevens Jr./John Hull | 1992-04-15 |
Film | Deep Cover | Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull | 1992-04-15 |
Film | Affaire non classée | Nick Holbrook | 1991-03-15 |
Film | Aux coeurs des ténèbres: L'apocalypse d'un metteur en scène | Himself | 1991-09-06 |
Film | Boyz'n the Hood, la loi de la rue | Jason 'Furious' Styles | 1991-07-12 |
Film | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Himself | 1991-12-06 |
Film | Class Action | Nick Holbrook | 1991-03-15 |
Film | Cadence | Stokes | 1991-02-15 |
Film | The King of New York | Jimmy Jump | 1990-07-18 |
Series | La guerre de sécession | Various | 1990-09-23 |
Film | La guerre de sécession | Various | 1990-09-23 |
Film | Decoration Day | Michael Waring, DOD Man | 1990-12-02 |
Film | L'Eveil | Orderly | 1990-12-19 |
Film | Decoration Day | Michael Waring, DOD Man | 1990-12-02 |
Film | Cadence | Roosevelt Stokes | 1990-11-16 |
Series | The Civil War | Various / ... | 1990-09-23 |
Film | King of New York | Jimmy Jump | 1990-09-28 |
Film | Cherry 2000 | Glu Glu Lawyer | 1988-02-05 |
Film | Double détente | Lt. Charlie Stobbs | 1988-07-06 |
Film | School Daze | Dap | 1988-02-12 |
Film | Red Heat | Lt. Stobbs | 1988-06-17 |
Film | Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse | Cowboy Curtis | 1988-12-21 |
Film | Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | 1988-12-25 | |
Film | School Daze | Dap | 1988-02-12 |
Film | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Max | 1987-02-27 |
Film | Gardens of Stone | Sgt. Flanagan | 1987-05-08 |
Film | Jardins de pierre | Sgt. Flanagan | 1987-05-05 |
Film | Les Griffes du cauchemar | Max | 1987-02-27 |
Film | Cherry 2000 | Glu Glu Lawyer | 1987-11-12 |
Film | Quicksilver | Voodoo | 1986-02-14 |
Film | Quicksilver | Voodoo | 1986-02-14 |
Film | Band of the Hand | Cream | 1986-04-11 |
Series | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Unknown | 1986-09-13 |
Film | Le mal par le mal | Cream | 1986-04-11 |
Series | Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
Film | La Couleur Pourpre | Swain | 1985-12-18 |
Series | Deux Flics à Miami | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Film | Cotton Club | Bumpy Rhodes | 1984-12-14 |
Film | The Cotton Club | Bumpy Rhodes | 1984-12-14 |
Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Film | Rumble Fish | Midget | 1983-10-21 |
Film | Rusty James | Midget | 1983-10-20 |
Film | Un justicier dans la ville 2 | Cutter | 1982-02-20 |
Film | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Jimbo Collins | 1982-01-01 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Series | A Rumor of War | Lightbulb | 1980-04-12 |
Series | The Six O'Clock Follies | Robby Robinson | 1980-04-24 |
Film | Apocalypse Now | Tyrone 'Clean' Miller | 1979-08-15 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Film | Apocalypse Now | Tyrone 'Clean' Miller | 1979-08-15 |
Film | Cornbread, Earl and Me | Wilford Robinson | 1975-05-21 |
Film | Cornbread, Earl and Me | Wilford Robinson | 1975-05-21 |
Series | MASH | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | Cérémonie des Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |