History Creator / LaurenceFishburne

* ''Film/{{Thurgood}}'' (2011) as Thurgood Marshall

* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'' (2023) as the Beyonder (Also co-developer and executive producer)

* ''Film/{{Contagion}}'' (2011) as Dr. Ellis Cheever.

* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur'' (2022) as the Beyonder (Also co-developer and executive producer)

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and film director, and a quiet man. [[ItsQuietTooQuiet Maybe too quiet]]. Sometimes to the point of being almost inaudible.

Has a minor claim to fame in being the first black man to play the title character in a film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}''.

His noteworthy voice landed him the role of narrator in ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' (2007), as well as the voice of the Silver Surfer in the second ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' movie.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'' (1999) as Morpheus.

* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' (2003) as Morpheus.
* ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' (2003) as Morpheus.
* ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' (2003) as Morpheus.

* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' (2005) as Morpheus and Narrator.

One of his early roles was Cowboy Curtis on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', as well as having a role in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', the latter of which he got by lying about his age during auditioning, claiming that he was 17, rather than his real age of 14. By the end of ''Apocalypse Now''[='s=] infamously TroubledProduction, he was an actual 17 year old with a nasty heroin addiction (this is what happens when you work with Creator/DennisHopper in TheSeventies).

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[MemeticMutation What if I told you that]] [[BeamMeUpScotty I never said "What if I told you"]] at any point in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' trilogy?]]

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and film director, and a quiet man. [[ItsQuietTooQuiet Maybe too quiet]]. Sometimes to the point of being almost inaudible.

* ''Film/TheColony'' (2013) as Briggs.

One of his early roles was Cowboy Curtis on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', as well as having a role in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', where he started at age 14 (he lied about his age when auditioning) playing an 18 year old soldier and ended filming as an 17 year old with a nasty heroin addiction (this is what happens when you work with Creator/DennisHopper in TheSeventies).

One of his early roles was Cowboy Curtis on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', as well as having a role in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', where he started at age 14 playing an 18 year old soldier and ended filming as an 18 year old with a nasty heroin addiction (this is what happens when you work with Creator/DennisHopper in TheSeventies).

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and film director, and a quiet man. [[ItsQuietTooQuiet Maybe too quiet]]. Sometimes to the point of being almost inaudible.

[-[[caption-width-right:300:[[MemeticMutation What if I told you that]] [[BeamMeUpScotty I never said "What if I told you"]] at any point in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' trilogy?]]-]

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He is perhaps best known for his role as Morpheus in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' trilogy, (which makes his previous role on Pee Wee HilariousInHindsight) and for his portrayal of singer musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt?''. [[NeverLiveItDown Pity that women gave him the evil eye for years because of the last one]].

Was married to Creator/GinaTorres, but they separated recently. His daughter from his first marriage, Montana, was formerly a porn star; he did not approve. His son from the same marriage, Langston, is an actor and ballet dancer and [[StrongFamilyResemblance looks a lot like his father]]. Some movies take advantage of this by casting him as a younger version of a character played by his father, most notably in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''. He and Gina welcomed their first child, a daughter named Delilah, in 2007.

* ''Film/AkeelahAndTheBee'' (2006)

-->--'''Morpheus''', ''Film/TheMatrix''.

His noteworthy voice landed him the role of narrator in ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' (2007), as well as the voice of the Silver Surfer in the second ''Film/FantasticFour'' movie.

Was married to Creator/GinaTorres, but they separated recently. His daughter from his first marriage, Montana, was formerly a porn star; he did not approve. His son from the same marriage is an actor and ballet dancer and [[StrongFamilyResemblance looks a lot like his father]]. Some movies take advantage of this by casting him as a younger version of a character played by his father, most notably in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''. He and Gina welcomed their first child, a daughter named Delilah, in 2007.