Laurence Fishburne

RECENT CREDITS
Contagion (FILM)  Sep. 9, 2011
Predators (FILM)  Jul. 9, 2010
Armored (FILM)  Dec. 4, 2009
21 (FILM)  Mar. 28, 2008
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HIGHLIGHTS
At age 14, he claimed to be 18 in order to land a role in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece Apocalypse Now.
Turned down the role of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It five times. When he heard Angela Bassett would be playing Tina, he reconsidered.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Alchemist  
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Armored  2009 -Baines
Actor
Film


21  2008 -Cole Williams
Actor
Film


Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer  2007 -Silver Surfer
Actor
Film


TMNT  2007 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Bobby  2006 -Edward Robinson
Actor
Film


Mission: Impossible III  2006 -Theodore Brassel
Actor
Film


Akeelah and the Bee  2006 -Dr. Larabee
Producer, Actor
Film


Assault on Precinct 13  2005 -Marion Bishop
Actor
Film


The Matrix Revolutions  2003 -Morpheus
Actor
Film


Mystic River  2003 -Whitey Powers
Actor
Film


The Matrix Reloaded  2003 -Morpheus
Actor
Film


Biker Boyz  2003 -Manuel 'Smoke' Galloway
Actor
Film


Osmosis Jones  2001 -Thrax
Voice
Film


Apocalypse Now Redux  2001 -Clean
Actor
Film


Michael Jordan to the Max  2000 -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Matrix  1999 -Morpheus
Actor
Film


Deep Cover  1992 -Russell Stevens, Jr./John Hull
Actor
Film


Class Action  1991 -Nick Holbrook
Actor
Film


Cadence  1991 -Stokes
Actor
Film


Boyz 'N the Hood  1991 -Furious Styles
Actor
Film


King of New York  1990 -Jimmy Jump
Actor
Film


Red Heat  1988 -Lt. Stobbs
Actor
Film


School Daze  1988 -Vaughn "Dap" Dunlap
Actor
Film


Cherry 2000  1988 -Glu Glu Lawyer
Actor
Film


Gardens of Stone  1987 -Cpl. Flanagan
Actor
Film


Band of the Hand  1986 -Cream
Actor
Film


Quicksilver  1986 -Voodoo
Actor
Film


Apocalypse Now  1979 -Clean
Actor
Film


Always Outnumbered   -Socrates Fortlow
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


CSI: Crime Scene Investigation   -Raymond Langston
Actor
TV


CSI: Miami   -Ray Langston
Actor
TV


CSI: NY   -Ray Langston
Actor
TV


Decoration Day   -Michael Waring
Actor
TV


Miss Evers' Boys   -Caleb Humphries
Executive Producer, Actor
TV


One Life to Live   -Joshua Hall
Actor
TV


Six O'Clock Follies   -Robby Robinson
Actor
TV


The Tuskegee Airmen   -Hannibal Lee
Actor
TV


Have a Little Faith  
Actor
Film


Once in the Life  2000 -20/20 Mike
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Play Author
Film


Hoodlum  1997 -Ellsworth (Bumpy) Johnson
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Event Horizon  1997 -Captain Miller
Actor
Film


Fled  1996 -Piper
Actor
Film


Waterworld  1995
Actor
Film


Just Cause  1995 -Tanny Brown
Actor
Film


Higher Learning  1995 -Professor Maurice Phipps
Actor
Film


Searching for Bobby Fischer  1993 -Vinnie
Actor
Film


The Color Purple  1985 -Swain
Actor
Film


The Cotton Club  1984 -Bumpy Rhodes
Actor
Film


Rumble Fish  1983 -Midget
Actor
Film


Miss Evers' Boys  
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Othello   -Othello
Actor
Film


The Blues: The Soul of a Man   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Fast Break   -Street Kid
Actor
Film


Five Fingers   -Ahmat
Producer, Actor
Film


Death Wish 2   -Cutter
Actor
Film


Decoration Day   -Michael Waring
Actor
Film


Cornbread, Earl and Me   -Wilford
Actor
Film


Bobby Z  
Actor
Film


Bad Company   -Nelson Crowe
Actor
Film


Always Outnumbered   -Socrates Fortlow
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


A Rumor of War  
Actor
Film


Welcome to Hollywood  
Actor
Film


What's Love Got to Do with It?   -Ike Turner
Actor
Film


Willie and Phil   -Wilson
Actor
Film


The Tuskegee Airmen   -Hannibal Lee
Actor
Film


Tortured  
Actor
Film


Contagion  2011 -Dr. Ellis Cheever
Actor
Film


Predators  2010 -Noland
Actor
Film


Days of Wrath  
Actor
Film


Black Water Transit   -Jack Vermillion
Actor
Film


Man of Steel  2013 -Perry White
Actor
Film




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Highlights

At age 14, he claimed to be 18 in order to land a role in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece Apocalypse Now.
Turned down the role of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It five times. When he heard Angela Bassett would be playing Tina, he reconsidered.


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