Laurence Fishburne
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.
| Movie | Character | Year | |
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Apocalypse Now | Tyrone 'Clean' Miller | 1979 |
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Death Wish 2 | Cutter | 1982 |
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Rumble Fish | Midget | 1983 |
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The Color Purple | Swain | 1985 |
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Band of the Hand | Cream | 1986 |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Max | 1987 |
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Cherry 2000 | Glu Glu Lawyer | 1987 |
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Red Heat | Lt. Charlie Stobbs | 1988 |
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King of New York | Jimmy Jump | 1990 |
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Decoration Day | Michael Waring, DOD Man | 1990 |
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Searching for Bobby Fischer | Vinnie | 1993 |
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What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner | 1993 |
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Event Horizon | Captain Miller | 1997 |
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The Matrix | Morpheus | 1999 |
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Apocalypse Now Redux | Tyrone 'Clean' Miller | 2001 |
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Osmosis Jones | Thrax (voice) | 2001 |
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The Matrix Revisited | Himself / Morpheus | 2001 |
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The Matrix Reloaded | Morpheus | 2003 |
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Mystic River | Sergeant Whitey Powers | 2003 |
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The Matrix Revolutions | Morpheus | 2003 |
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Assault on Precinct 13 | Marion Bishop | 2005 |
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Five Fingers | Ahmat | 2006 |
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Mission: Impossible III | Theodore Brassel | 2006 |
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Bobby | Edward Robinson | 2006 |
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TMNT | Narrator | 2007 |
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Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Silver Surfer (voice) | 2007 |
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21 | Cole Williams | 2008 |
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Armored | Baines | 2009 |
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Predators | Noland | 2010 |
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Contagion | Dr. Ellis Cheever | 2011 |
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Man of Steel | Perry White | 2013 |
