A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and the first film of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise.
 The film stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film debut.
 The plot revolves around four teenagers who are stalked and killed in their dreams (and thus killed in reality) by Freddy Krueger.
 The teenagers are unaware of the cause of this strange phenomenon, but their parents hold a dark secret from long ago.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven the original creator of "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
 Although it is the seventh film in the franchise, it is not part of the series continuity, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world, and haunts the cast and crew responsible for his films.
 In this film, Freddy is depicted as closer to what Craven originally intended, being much more menacing and much less comical, with an updated attire and appearance.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 American slasher film and the fifth film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series.
 It was directed by Stephen Hopkins, stars Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel.
 It is the sequel to "" and is followed by "".
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American slasher film and the fourth film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series.
 The film was directed by Renny Harlin, stars Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel.
 Following the death of Nancy Thompson, Freddy Krueger begins to reappear in the dreams of Kristen Parker, Joey Crusel, and Roland Kincaid and uses Kristen's bestfriend, Alice Johnson, to gain access to new victims.
 The film is a sequel to "" (1987) and is followed by "" (1989).
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film directed by Chuck Russell.
 It is the third installment in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series.
 The film was written by original creator Wes Craven and stars Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, and Robert Englund.
 The plot focuses on Freddy Krueger seeking to murder the last children of the parents that burned him.
 The kids are imprisoned at a mental hospital.
 Freddy does not know that Nancy Thompson is training the patients to control their dream powers in order to fight back against the undead killer.
 The film was followed by another sequel, "", a year later.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television series, novels, and comic books.
 The franchise began with the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) created by Wes Craven.
 The franchise revolves around the fictional character Freddy Krueger, a former child killer who stalks teenagers in their dreams and kills them.
 His motives were to seek revenge on their parents, who had burned him alive.
 The original film was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script the second sequel, "" (1987), and to write and direct "New Nightmare" (1994).
 The films collectively grossed over $457 million at the box-office worldwide.
Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American action slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.
 The film is a crossover between the "Friday the 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, and pits Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger against each other in the eleventh and eighth installments in their respective series.
 The film is also the last in both the "Friday the 13th" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" series before they were both rebooted.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and the second installment in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series.
 The screenplay was written by David Chaskin.
 It stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.
 Patton plays Jesse Walsh, a teenager who, after moving into the home of Nancy Thompson, begins to have reoccurring nightmares of Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to kill in the real world.
 It is the sequel to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) and is followed by "" (1987).
 The film grossed $29.9 million at the North American box office.
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, director and producer, best known for playing Morpheus in "The Matrix trilogy", Jason "Furious" Styles in the 1991 drama film "Boyz n the Hood" and Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in the 1979 war film "Apocalypse Now".
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy is a 2010 American four-hour direct-to-disc documentary film that chronicles the entire "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise, except the 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street remake.
 The documentary also features the rise of New Line Cinema.
 Written by Thommy Hutson, produced by Daniel Farrands and Thommy Hutson, and co-directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch.
 Heather Langenkamp, who portrayed Nancy Thompson in three of the "Nightmare" films, served as the project's executive producer and narrator.

Question: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film, the film stars which American actor, playwright, director and producer, best known for playing Morpheus in "The Matrix trilogy"?
Answer: Larry Fishburne