Laurence Fishburne filmography
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Fishburne in 2009
Here is a comprehensive list of Laurence Fishburne's stage, film, television, video game, and music video credits.
Stage[]
Year | Title | Role | Ref(s) |
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1976 | Eden | Solomon Barton | |
1980 | Contributions | Ronald | |
1985 | Short Eyes | John "Ice" Wicker | |
1988 | Urban Blight | ||
Loose Ends | Doug | ||
1992 | Two Trains Running | Sterling Johnson | |
1995 | Riff Raff | Mike | |
1999 | The Lion in Winter | Henry II | |
2006 | Fences | Troy Maxson | |
Without Walls | Morocco | ||
2008 | Thurgood | Thurgood Marshall |
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1975 | Cornbread, Earl and Me | Wilford Robinson | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III | [1] |
1979 | Fast Break | Street Kid | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III | [2] |
Apocalypse Now | Tyrone 'Mr. Clean' Miller | Credited as Larry Fishburne | [3][4] | |
1980 | Willie & Phil | Wilson | Credited as Lawrence Fishburne III | |
1982 | Death Wish II | 'Cutter' | Credited as Laurence Fishburne III | [5] |
1983 | Rumble Fish | 'Midget' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
1984 | The Cotton Club | 'Bumpy' Rhodes | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
1985 | The Color Purple | Swain | Credited as Larry Fishburne | [6][7] |
1986 | Quicksilver | 'Voodoo' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
Band of the Hand | 'Cream' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | ||
1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Max | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
Gardens of Stone | Sergeant Flanagan | Credited as Larry Fishburne | ||
Cherry 2000 | Glu Glu Lawyer | Credited as Larry Fishburne | ||
1988 | School Daze | Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
Red Heat | Lieutenant Charlie Stobbs | Credited as Larry Fishburne | ||
1990 | King of New York | Jimmy 'Jump' | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
Cadence | Stokes | Credited as Larry Fishburne | ||
1991 | Class Action | Nick Holbrook | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
Boyz n the Hood | Jason 'Furious' Styles | Credited as Larry Fishburne | ||
1992 | Deep Cover | DEA Agent Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Ike Turner, Sr. | ||
Searching for Bobby Fischer | Vinnie | |||
1995 | Higher Learning | Professor Maurice Phipps | ||
Bad Company | Nelson Crowe | |||
Just Cause | Sheriff Tanny Brown | |||
Othello | Othello | |||
1996 | Fled | John Piper | ||
1997 | Event Horizon | Captain Miller | ||
Hoodlum | Bumpy Johnson | Also executive producer | ||
1998 | Welcome to Hollywood | Himself | ||
1999 | The Matrix | Morpheus | ||
2000 | Michael Jordan to the Max | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
[8] |
Once in the Life | 20/20 Mike | Also director, writer and producer | ||
2001 | Osmosis Jones | Thrax | Voice | [9] |
2003 | Biker Boyz | Eric 'Smoke' | ||
The Matrix Reloaded | Morpheus | |||
Mystic River | Sergeant 'Whitey' Powers | |||
The Matrix Revolutions | Morpheus | |||
2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Marion Bishop | ||
Ashes and Snow | Narrator | Voice | ||
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial | Voice cameo | ||
2006 | Akeelah and the Bee | Dr. Larabee | Also producer | [10] |
Mission: Impossible III | IMF Director Theodore Brassel | |||
Five Fingers | Ahmat | Also producer | ||
Bobby | Edward | |||
2007 | TMNT | Narrator | Voice | [9] |
The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Tad Gruzsa | |||
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer | Voice | [9] | |
2008 | 21 | Cole Williams | ||
Tortured | Archie Green | |||
Days of Wrath | Mr. Stafford | |||
2009 | Armored | Baines | ||
Black Water Transit | Jack | |||
2010 | Predators | Ronald Noland | ||
Predators: Moments of Extraction | Voice Short film |
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2011 | Contagion | Dr. Ellis Cheever | ||
2013 | The Colony | Briggs | ||
Man of Steel | Perry White | [11] | ||
Khumba | Seko The Zebra | Voice | [9] | |
2014 | Ride Along | Omar | ||
The Signal | Damon | |||
Rudderless | Del | |||
2016 | Standoff | Sade | Also executive producer | |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Perry White | [12] | ||
Passengers | Gus Mancuso | |||
2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | 'The Bowery King' | ||
Last Flag Flying | Reverend Richard Mueller | |||
2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Dr. Bill Foster | ||
Imprisoned | Daniel Calvin | |||
The Mule | Warren Lewis | |||
2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | 'The Bowery King' | ||
Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Paul Jellinek | |||
Running with the Devil | The Man | |||
2021 | Under the Stadium Lights | Harold Christian | ||
The Ice Road | Jim Goldenrod | |||
The Matrix Resurrections | Morpheus | Archive footage | ||
2022 | The School for Good and Evil | The School Master | Post-production | [13] |
2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | 'The Bowery King' | Post-production | |
TBA | All the Old Knives | Post-production | ||
Slingshot | Filming | [14] | ||
Sneaks | Voice; in production Also producer |
[15] |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1972 | If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band | Fish | Television film | |
1973–1976 | One Life to Live | Josh Hall | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
1980 | The Six O'Clock Follies | Robby Robinson | Credited as Larry Fishburne | |
A Rumor of War | Lightbulb | Credited as Larry Fishburne Television film |
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1981 | Trapper John, M.D. | Hobie | Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "Finders Keepers" |
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1982 | M*A*S*H | Corporal Dorsey | Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "The Tooth Shall Set You Free" |
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Strike Force | F.T. | Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "Humiliation" |
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I Take These Men | Hank Johnson | Credited as Larry Fishburne Television film |
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1983 | For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story | Jimbo Collins | Credited as Larry Fishburne Television film |
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1986 | Hill Street Blues | Maurice Haynes | Episode: "Look Homeward, Ninja" | |
Miami Vice | Prison Guard Keller | Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "Walk-Alone" |
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1986–1990 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Cowboy Curtis | 17 episodes | [16] |
1987 | Spenser: For Hire | David Mukende | Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "Personal Demons" |
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1989 | The Equalizer | Casey Taylor | Episode: "Race Traitors" | |
1990 | Decoration Day | Michael Waring | Credited as Larry Fishburne Television film |
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1991 | American Experience | Martin Delany | Voice Episode: "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry" |
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1993 | TriBeCa | Martin | Episode: "The Box" | |
1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Hannibal Lee | Television film | |
1997 | Miss Evers' Boys | Caleb Humphries | Television film; also producer | |
1998 | Always Outnumbered | Socrates Fortlow | Television film; also producer | |
2008–2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Raymond Langston | 60 episodes | |
2009 | CSI: Miami | Dr. Raymond Langston | Episode: "Bone Voyage" | |
CSI: NY | Dr. Raymond Langston | Episode: "Hammer Down" | ||
2011 | Have a Little Faith | Henry Covington | Television film | |
2013–2015 | Hannibal | Jack Crawford | 36 episodes | |
2014–present | Black-ish | Earl "Pops" Johnson | 80 episodes; also executive producer | [17] |
2015 | The Muppets | Himself | Episode: "Hostile Makeover" | |
2016 | Roots | Alex Haley | 3 episodes | [18] |
2017 | Madiba | Nelson Mandela | 3 episodes | [19] |
2018–present | Grown-ish | Earl "Pops" Johnson | Episode: "Face the World"; also executive producer | |
2019–2021 | Mixed-ish | N/A | Executive producer | |
2020 | #FreeRayshawn | Lt. Steven Poincy | 15 episodes | |
Death to 2020 | Narrator | Voice Television special |
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History's Greatest Mysteries | Himself (host) | 4 episodes | ||
2021 | MacGruber | General Barrett Fasoose | 7 episodes | |
Death to 2021 | Narrator | Voice Television special |
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2022 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | The Beyonder | Voice Also co-creator and executive producer |
[20][21] |
Audio dramas[]
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2017–present | Bronzeville | Curtis Randolph | 15 episodes | [22] |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2000 | Spider-Man | Uatu the Watcher | ||
2003 | Enter the Matrix | Morpheus | ||
2005 | The Matrix Online | |||
The Matrix: Path of Neo | ||||
True Crime: New York City | Isaiah Reed | [23] | ||
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent | Dr. Raymond Langston | ||
2010 | CSI: Fatal Conspiracy |
Music videos[]
Year | Song | Artist | Ref(s) |
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1983 | "White Lines (Don't Do It)" | Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel | |
1985 | "Attack Me with Your Love" | Cameo | |
1986 | "Growing Up" | Whodini | |
"Come to Me" | Robert Brookins |
See also[]
- Laurence Fishburne awards and nominations
References[]
- ^ Schager, Nick (March 23, 2015). "Laurence Fishburne made his electrifying debut in this big-city snapshot". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Screen: Kaplan Makes 'Fast Break' Look Easy". New York Times. March 2, 1979. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ Hughes, Sarah (April 26, 2014). "Laurence Fishburne: 'People have been confusing Samuel L Jackson and me for 25 years'". The Guardian. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ "'Madiba' Star Laurence Fishburne Talks to Harry About His Audition for 'Apocalypse Now'". NBC Connecticut. February 7, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (February 20, 1982). "DEATH WISH II". New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ Moore, John (January 1, 2009). "'Color Purple' changes hues". Denver Post. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "The Color Purple". Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ Bengel, Chris (October 8, 2020). "'Michael Jordan to the Max' documentary being re-released in theaters this month". CBS Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Laurence Fishburne (Visual voices guide)".
- ^ Simon, Alex (July 13, 2015). "Great Conversations: Laurence Fishburne". HuffPost. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Man of Steel: Laurence Fishburne Modeled Perry White After ed Bradley".
- ^ "July 4, 2016: Interview – Laurence Fishburne Talks "Batman v Superman"". 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh Join 'The School for Good and Evil' at Netflix". 12 March 2021.
- ^ Grater, Tom (23 November 2021). "Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne & Emily Beecham Starring In Sci-Fi Thriller 'Slingshot'". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (27 October 2021). "Laurence Fishburne's Animated Feature 'Sneaks' Adds Grammy Winners Roddy Ricch, Ella Mai & Macy Gray, Swae Lee And NBA Star Chris Paul". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Bacle, Ariana (October 15, 2014). "Laurence Fishburne looks back at his 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' days". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 12, 2014). "Q&A: Laurence Fishburne On 'Black-Ish' Comedic Turn, 'Hannibal' Return & 'CSI'". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ Izuzu, Chidumga (February 15, 2016). ""Roots" Watch 1st intense trailer of miniseries remake". Pulse.ng. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
- ^ "BET Sets Air Date For Laurence Fishburne's Mandela Movie 'Madiba'". BlackAmericaWeb.com. 9 December 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ^ "Marvel's 'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur' Cartoon Headed To Disney Channel". The Hollywood Report. 24 August 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ The first @Marvel & @DisneyTVA collaboration and from people on #BigHero6TheSeries & #KimPossible will make you want a Dinosaur for Pet/BFF!
- ^ Moore, Evan F. (March 16, 2021). "Laurence Fishburne, Larenz Tate launch second season of audio series 'Bronzeville'". Chicago Sun Times. Sun-Times Media. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Surette, Tim (September 19, 2005). "True Crime: NYC cuffs voice talent". GameSpot. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
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