Line #46 Creator/LaurenceFishburne


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3	->"''What is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.''"
4	-->--'''Morpheus''', ''Film/TheMatrix''
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6	Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, UsefulNotes/{{Georgia\|USA}}) 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.
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8	For most of his early career, he was credited as Larry Fishburne. 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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10	He is perhaps best known for his role as Morpheus in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' trilogy, and for his portrayal of singer musician Ike Turner in the Music/TinaTurner biopic ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993''. [[NeverLiveItDown Pity that women gave him the evil eye for years because of the last one]].
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12	His noteworthy voice landed him the role of narrator in ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' (2007), as well as the voice of the Silver Surfer in ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer''.
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14	Has been cast as criminologist Dr. Raymond Langston on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' and has landed the role of [[DaEditor Perry White]] in the 2013 ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' movie ''Film/ManOfSteel''. Was a regular on ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', playing Jack Crawford, and a main cast member on ''Series/BlackIsh'', where he played Pops.
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16	Was married to Creator/GinaTorres, but they separated in 2017. 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.
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19	!! Roles:
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21	* ''Film/CornbreadEarlAndMe'' (1975) as Wilford Robinson.
22	* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' (1979) as Tyrone "Clean" Miller.
23	* ''Film/DeathWishII'' (1982) as Cutter.
24	* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' (1982) as Corporal Dorsey.
25	* ''Film/TheCottonClub'' (1984) as Bumpy Rhodes.
26	* ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'' (1985) as Swain.
27	* ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' (1986) as Maurice Haynes.
28	* ''Series/MiamiVice'' (1986) as Prison Guard Keller.
29	* ''Film/{{Quicksilver}}'' (1986) as Voodoo.
30	* ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' (1986-1991) as Cowboy Curtis.
31	* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors'' (1987) as Max.
32	* ''Film/RedHeat'' (1988) as Lt. Stobbs.
33	* ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (1989) as Casey Taylor.
34	* ''Film/KingOfNewYork'' (1990) as Jimmy Jump.
35	* ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' (1991) as Furious Styles.
36	* ''Film/DeepCover'' (1992) as Russell Stevens Jr.
37	* ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer'' (1993) as Vinnie.
38	* ''[[Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993 What's Love Got to Do with It]]'' (1993) as Ike Turner.
39	* ''Film/{{Bad Company\|1995}}'' (1995) as Nelson Crowe.
40	* ''Film/{{Othello\|1995}}'' (1995) as Othello, the Moor of Venice.
41	* ''Film/TheTuskegeeAirmen'' (1995) as Captain Hannibal "Iowa" Lee, Jr.
42	* ''Film/{{Fled}}'' (1996) as Charles Piper.
43	* ''Film/EventHorizon'' (1997) as Captain Miller.
44	* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' as Morpheus:
45	** ''Film/TheMatrix'' (1999)
46	** ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' (2003).
47	** ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' (2003).
48	** ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' (2003).
49	** ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' (2005).
50	* ''Film/OsmosisJones'' (2001) as Thrax.
51	* ''Literature/MysticRiver'' (2003) as Whitey Powers.
52	* ''Film/{{Assault on Precinct 13\|2005}}'' (2005) as Bishop.
53	* ''Film/AkeelahAndTheBee'' (2006) as Dr. Joshua Larabee.
54	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' (2006) as Theodore Brassel.
55	* ''Film/{{Bobby}}'' (2006) as Edward.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' (2007) as TheNarrator.
57	* ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer'' (2007) as the Silver Surfer[[note]]physical performance by Creator/DougJones[[/note]].
58	* ''Film/TwentyOne'' (2008) as Cole Williams.
59	* ''CSI'' franchise as as Dr. Raymond Langston.
60	** ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' (2008-2011)
61	** ''Series/CSIMiami'' (2009).
62	** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' (2009).
63	* ''Film/{{Armored}}'' (2009) as Baines.
64	* ''Film/{{Predators}}'' (2010) as Noland.
65	* ''Film/{{Contagion\|2011}}'' (2011) as Dr. Ellis Cheever.
66	* ''Film/{{Thurgood}}'' (2011) as Thurgood Marshall.
67	* ''Film/{{The Colony\|2013}}'' (2013) as Briggs.
68	* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'' as Perry White:
69	** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (2013).
70	** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (2016).
71	* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' (2013-2015) as Jack Crawford.
72	* ''Film/RideAlong'' (2014) as Omar.
73	* ''Series/{{BlackIsh}}'' (2014-2022) as Pops Johnson.
74	* ''Film/{{The Signal\|2014}}'' (2014) as Damon.
75	* ''Film/{{Passengers\|2016}}'' (2016) as Gus Mancuso.
76	* ''John Wick'' franchise as the Bowery King.
77	** ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' (2017)
78	** ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' (2019)
79	** ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' (2023)
80	* ''Film/LastFlagFlying'' (2017) as Richard "Mullah" Mueller.
81	* ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' (2018) as Bill Foster.
82	* ''Film/TheIceRoad'' (2021) as Jim Goldenrod.
83	* ''Film/MacGruber'' (2021) as General Fasoose.
84	* ''Film/{{The School for Good and Evil\|2022}}'' (2022) as the School Master.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur\|2023}}'' (2023) as the Beyonder and Bill Foster (Also co-developer and executive producer).
86	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersOne'' (2024) as Alpha Trion.
87	* ''Film/{{Megalopolis}}'' (2024)

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