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Laurence Fishburne

FULL NAME

Laurence John Fishburne III

BORN

30 July 1961, Augusta, Georgia, USA

ASSOCIATION

Actor, producer

NATIONALITY American
HEIGHT 184 cm
REVIEWED ENTRIES 16 (15)
MAX. RATING

½ (Higher Learning)

MIN. RATING

½

AVERAGE RATING 3.43

 

FILMOGRAPHY (ONLY REVIEWED ENTRIES)

YEAR TITLE ROLE RATING
1979 Apocalypse Now Clean

1982 Death Wish II Cutter

½

1985 The Color Purple Swain -
1991 Boyz n the Hood Furious Styles

1995 Higher Learning Professor Phipps

½

1997 Event Horizon Captain Miller

½

1999 The Matrix Morpheus

2003 The Matrix Reloaded Morpheus

½

2003 Mystic River Detective "Whitey" Powers

2006 Mission: Impossible III Theodore Brassel

2006 Bobby Edward

2008 21 Cole Williams

½

2011 Contagion Dr. Ellis Cheever

½

2016 Passengers Chief Gus Mancuso

½

2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 "The Bowery King"

2024 Slingshot

Captain Franks

 

BIO

Powerful and intense character actor and sometimes lead who has worked steadily in Hollywood since his teens, arguably peaking in popularity with a number of high-profile roles in 1990s successes, such as Boyz n the Hood (his third film with Spike Lee), What's Love Got to Do with It, Higher Learning, and, ultimately, as Morpheus in The Matrix – his signature role. During the 21st century, Fishburne has been incredibly prolific, often appearing as more or less mysterious characters in sci-fi films, sometimes to great effect, other times on autopilot.

 

AWARDS

The Academy Awards (Oscars)

1994

Nominated for Best Actor for What's Love Got to Do with It