Laurence Fishburne

Acting · Born 1961-07-30 in Augusta, Georgia, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Apocalypse Now as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
• Rumble Fish as Midget
• Mystic River as Whitey Powers
• The Color Purple as Swain
• Mission: Impossible III as Theodore Brassel
• TMNT as Narrator (voice)
• The Matrix as Morpheus
• The Matrix Reloaded as Morpheus
• The Matrix Revolutions as Morpheus
• Boyz n the Hood as Furious Styles