Laurence Fishburne

**Laurence John Fishburne III** (lahir 30 Juli 1961) adalah seorang aktor Amerika. Sepanjang kariernya, ia telah memperoleh pengakuan atas perannya di panggung dan layar sebagai karakter yang militan dan berwibawa. Fishburne pertama kali menjadi terkenal saat tampil di *[[Apocalypse Now]]* (1979) dan mendapatkan pengakuan lebih lanjut atas peran pendukungnya dalam *[[Boyz n the Hood]]* (1991). Kemudian, ia dikenal karena memerankan Morpheus dalam trilogi ''The Matrix'' (1999–2003) dan Bowery King dalam seri film ''John Wick'' (2017–).

Atas perannya sebagai Ike Turner dalam *[[What's Love Got to Do with It (film 1993)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]* (1993), Fishburne dinominasikan untuk Academy Award untuk Aktor Terbaik. Dia juga telah memenangkan enam Emmy Awards untuk berbagai proyek televisi, dan Tony Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik dalam Drama atas penampilannya dalam *[[Two Trains Running]]* (1992). Dia juga menerima nominasi untuk Golden Globe Award dan lima Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Karya film terkenal lainnya termasuk *[[The Color Purple (film 1985)|The Color Purple]]* (1985), *[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]]* (1987), *[[School Daze]]* (1988), *[[King of New York]]* (1990), *[[Deep Cover (film 1992)|Deep Cover]]* (1992), *[[Searching for Bobby Fischer]]* (1993), *[[Higher Learning]]* (1995), *[[Event Horizon (film)|Event Horizon]]* (1997), *[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]* (2003), *[[Akeelah and the Bee]]* (2006), **' (2006), ''[[Predators (film 2010)|Predators]]'' (2010), ''[[Contagion (film 2011)|Contagion]]'' (2011), ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' (2013), ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' (2016), ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'' (2018), dan ''[[The Mule (film 2018)|The Mule]]'' (2018). Di televisi, ia memiliki peran berulang sebagai Cowboy Curtis di ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'' (1986–1990), membintangi drama kriminal [[CBS]] **' (2008–2011), memerankan Jack Crawford dalam serial thriller NBC *[[Hannibal (seri televisi)|Hannibal]]* (2013–2015), dan memerankan Earl "Pops" Johnson dalam sitkom ABC *[[Black-ish]]* (2014–2022).

## Stage

* *[[Eden (1976 play)|Eden]]* (1976)
* *[[Short Eyes]]* (1985)
* *[[Urban Blight]]* (1988)
* *[[Loose Ends]]* (1988)

* *[[Two Trains Running]]* (1992)
* *[[Riff Raff (play)]]* (1995)
* *[[The Lion in Winter]]* (1999)
* *[[Fences (play)]]* (2006)

## Filmografi
### Aktor

* *[[One Life to Live]]* (1973-1976)
* *[[Cornbread, Earl and Me]]* (1975)
* *[[Fast Break (film)|Fast Break]]* (1979)
* *[[Apocalypse Now]]* (1979)
* *[[Willie & Phil]]* (1980)
* *[[Death Wish II]]* (1982)
* *[[Rumble Fish]]* (1983)
* *[[For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story]] (1983)
* *The Cotton Club* (1984)
* *The Color Purple* (1985)
* *Quicksilver* (1986)
* *Pee-wee's Playhouse - Vols. 1-8* (1987)
* *A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors* (1987)
* *Gardens of Stone* (1987)
* *Red Heat* (1988)
* *School Daze* (1988)
* *Cadence* (1990)
* *King of New York* (1990)
* *Decoration Day* (1990)
* *Class Action* (1991)
* *Boyz N the Hood* (1991)
* *Deep Cover* (1992)
* *What's Love Got to Do with It?* (1993)
* *Searching for Bobby Fischer* (1993)
* *Higher Learning* (1994)
* *Alien Warrior* (1994)
* *Othello* (1995)
* *Just Cause* (1995)

* *Bad Company* (1995)
* *The Tuskegee Airmen* (1996)
* *Fled* (1996)
* *Miss Evers' Boys* (1997)
* *Hoodlum* (1997)
* *Event Horizon* (1997)
* *Always Outnumbered* (1998)
* *The Matrix* (1999)
* *Once in the Life* (2000)
* *Michael Jordan to the Max* (2000)
* *Osmosis Jones* (2001)
* *Deep Cover / Chill Factor* (2001)
* *Biker Boyz* (2003)
* *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003)
* *Mystic River* (2003)
* *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003)
* *Assault on Precinct 13* (2005)
* *True Crime: New York City* (Video Game, 2005)
* *Five Fingers* (2006)
* *Akeelah and the Bee* (2006)
* ** (2006)
* *Bobby* (2006)
* *The Death and Life of Bobby Z* (2006)
* *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2007)
* *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007)
* *Black Water Transit* (2007)
* *The Last Full Measure* (2007)
* *21* (2008)
* *Days of Wrath* (2008)
* *Tortured* (2008)
* *4Chosen* (2008)
* *The Amateur* (2025)





=== Produser ===

* *TriBeCa* (1993)
* *Hoodlum* (1997)
* *Once in the Life* (2000)
* *Akeelah and the Bee* (2006)


=== Screenwriter ===

* *Once in the Life'' (2000)

## Pranala luar

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* Laurence Fishburne  di Internet Off-Broadway Database
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