Laurence Fishburne
Biography
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.
| Acting | |
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| 2011 | Contagion … Dr. Ellis Cheever |
| 2011 | Thurgood … Thurgood Marshall |
| 2011 | Have a little faith … Henry Covington |
| 2010 | Predators … Noland |
| 2009 | Armored … Baines |
| 2008 | Tortured … Archie Green |
| 2008 | 21 … Cole Williams |
| 2007 | TMNT … Narrator |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer … Silver Surfer (voice) |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z … Tad Gruzsa |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee … Dr. Larabee |
| 2006 | Five Fingers … Ahmat |
| 2006 | Bobby … Edward Robinson |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 … Marion Bishop |
| 2003 | The Blues: The Soul of a Man … Narrator |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz … Smoke |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded … Morpheus |
| 2003 | Mystic River … Sergeant Whitey Powers |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions … Morpheus |
| 2001 | The Matrix Revisited … Himself / Morpheus |
| 2001 | Apocalypse Now Redux … Tyrone 'Clean' Miller |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones … Thrax (voice) |
| 2000 | Once in the Life … 20 / 20 Mike |
| 1999 | The Matrix … Morpheus |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered … Socrates Fortlow |
| 1997 | Hoodlum … Bumpy Johnson |
| 1997 | Event Horizon … Captain Miller |
| 1996 | Fled … Piper |
| 1995 | Othello … Othello |
| 1995 | Just Cause … Sheriff Tanny Brown |
| 1995 | Bad Company … Nelson Crowe |
| 1995 | Higher Learning … Professor Maurice Phipps |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen … Hannibal Lee |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer … Vinnie |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It … Ike Turner |
| 1992 | Deep Cover … John Hull |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood … Jason 'Furious' Styles |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse … sich selbst |
| 1990 | Cadence … Roosevelt Stokes |
| 1990 | King of New York … Jimmy Jump |
| 1988 | School Daze … Dap |
| 1988 | Red Heat … Lt. Charlie Stobbs |
| 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors … Max |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone … Sgt. Flanagan |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 … Glu Glu Lawyer |
| 1986 | Quicksilver … Voodoo |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand … Cream |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish … Midget |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now … Tyrone 'Clean' Miller |
| 1975 | Cornbread, Earl and Me … Wilford Robinson |
| 1900 | America's Game: 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers … Narrator |
| Production | |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Five Fingers … Producer |
| 2000 | Once in the Life … Producer |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered … Executive Producer |
| Directing | |
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| 2000 | Once in the Life … Director |
| Writing | |
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| 2000 | Once in the Life … Writer |
| 2000 | Once in the Life … Screenplay |