Birth Place: Augusta, GA, USA
He is a three time Emmy Award and Tony Award winning actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing 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 an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello on film when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. He has also received five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination for his performance in Deep Cover (1992).
Other film credits of Fishburne include Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985), Spike Lee's School Daze (1988), Abel Ferrara's King of New York (1990), Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Steven Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), and Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying (2017). He has also gained a wider audience with the blockbuster films Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). On television, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present). He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo alongside Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss.
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Laurence Fishburne's next show will be American Buffalo which opens on 4/14/2022 on Broadway.
Laurence Fishburne has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.
Laurence Fishburne has not appeared in the West End.
Laurence Fishburne has been nominated for several awards for his performances in various Broadway productions. Some of his nominations include Outstanding Lead Actor at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Thurgood," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for "Thurgood," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Thurgood," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Thurgood," and Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Two Trains Running."
Laurence Fishburne has won several awards for his performances. He won the Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Thurgood," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for "Thurgood," Outstanding Solo Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Thurgood," and Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Two Trains Running."
Laurence Fishburne has written 1 shows including Like They Do in The Movies (Playwright).
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