Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III born July 30 1961 is an American actor He is a threetime Emmy Award and Tony Award winner known for his roles on stage and screen He has frequently portrayed forceful militant and authoritative characters Some of Fishburnes bestknown roles are Morpheus in The Matrix series 19992003 Jason Furious Styles in the John Singleton drama film Boyz n the Hood 1991 Tyrone Mr Clean Miller in Francis Ford Coppolas war film Apocalypse Now 1979 and The Bowery King in the John Wick film series 2017present For his portrayal of Ike Turner in Whats 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 Parkers 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 Spielbergs The Color Purple 1985 Spike Lees School Daze 1988 Abel Ferraras King of New York 1990 Clint Eastwoods Mystic River 2003 Steven Soderberghs Contagion 2011 and Richard Linklaters 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 AntMan and the Wasp 2018 On television he starred as Dr Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI Crime Scene Investigation 20082011 and as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal 20132015 and had a recurring role as Earl Pops Johnson in the ABC sitcom Blackish 20142022
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