Laurence Fishburne is known for his role as Morpheus in the "The Matrix" movies.

He played Tyrone 'Clean' Miller (a.k.a. Mr. Clean) in the movie "Apocalypse Now (1979)", Ike Turner Sr. in "What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)", Othello in "Othello (1995)", Captain Miller in "Event Horizon (1997)", Theodore Brassel in "Mission: Impossible III (2006)", Noland in "Predators (2010)", Dr. Ellis Cheever in "Contagion (2011)" and Perry White in "Man of Steel (2013)" and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)", "Fas Break (1979)", "Willie & Phil (1980)", "Death Wish II (1982)", "Rumble Fish (1983)", "The Cotton Club (1984)", "The Color Purple (1985)", "Quicksilver (1986)", "Band of the Hand (1986)", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)", "Gardens of Stone (1987)", "Cherry 2000)", "School Daze (1988)", "Red heat (1988)", "King of New York (1990)", "Cadence (1990)", "Class Action (1991)", "Boyz n the Hood (1991)", "Deep Cover (1992)", "Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)", "Higher Learning (1995)", "Bad Company (1995)", "Just Cause (1995)", "Fled (1996)", "Hoodlum (1997)", "Always Outnumbered (1998)", "Once in the Life (2000)", "Biker Boyz (2003)", "Mystic River (2003)", "Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)", "Akeelah and the Bee (2006)", "Five Fingers (2006)", "Bobby (2006)", "The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)", "21 (2008)", "Tortured (2008)", "Days of Wrath (2008)", "Black Water Transit (2009)", "Armored (2009)", "The Colony (2013)", "Ride Along (2014)", "The Signal (2014)", "Standoff (2016)" and "Passengers (2016)", "John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)".

He played Dr. Raymond Langston (2008-2011) on the CBS TV show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015)", Jack Crawford on the NBC TV show "Hannibal (2013-2015)" and Earl "Pops" Johnson on the ABC TV show "Black-ish (2014-)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "A Rumor of War", "Trapper John, M.D.", "M*A*S*H ", "Strike Force", "Hill Street Blues", "Miami Vice", "Spenser: For Hire", "The Equalizer", "The Civil War", "Pee-wee's Playhouse", "Tribeca", "CSI: Miami", "CSI: NY", "The Muppets", "Roots" and "Madiba".

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