Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
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- Hallmark hall of fame. Decoration Day [VR] 1990:credits (Larry Fishburne)
- Higher learning, c1995:container (Laurence Fishburne)
- Internet Movie Database, Feb. 6, 2003(b. 30 July 1961 in Augusta, Ga.; sometimes credited as: Laurence Fishburne III, Lawrence Fishburne III; changed his name from Larry to Laurence in his films in 1991)
- Wikipedia, Apr. 27, 2011(Laurence Fishburne; b. Laurence John Fishburne III, July 30, 1961, Augusta, Ga.; actor, playwright, director, and producer)
- Laurence Fishburne WWW site, Apr. 27, 2011(Laurence Fishburne; b. July 30, 1961, Augusta, Ga.)
- African American National Biography, accessed December 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Fishburne, Laurence; stage / screen actor; born 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, United States; attended the High School of the Performing Arts in Manhattan; became most visible in the late 1990s, playing the character Morpheus in The Matrix (1999); won the role of Tyrone Clean Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979); won the 1992 Tony Award for Best Actor for his performance in Two Trains Running; nominated for an Oscar for What's Love Got to Do with It in 1993; won an Emmy Award for his play in the short-lived television series Tribeca Stories; NAACP awarded him the Image Award (1998) for his starring role in Miss Evers' Boys (1997); was selected as an ambassador for the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) (1996))
- Cornbread, Earl and me, 2016:title frame (Laurence Fishburne III
- AG. LCN 2017
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. He first came to prominence appearing in Apocalypse Now (1979) and achieved further recognition for his supporting role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). Later, he became known for portraying Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and the Bowery King in John Wick film series (2017–). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also won six Emmy Awards for various television projects, and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992). He has also received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Other notable film credits include The Color Purple (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Predators (2010), Contagion (2011), and The Mule (2018). He also appeared in superhero franchises playing Perry White in the DC Extended Universe (2013, 2016) and Bill Foster / Goliath in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2018–). On television, he had a recurring role as Cowboy Curtis in Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1990) and starred in the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011), as Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022).
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