Laurence Fishburne filmography

Fishburne in 2009

Here is a comprehensive list of Laurence Fishburne's stage, film, television, video game, music video, and audiobook credits.

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
1976	Eden	Solomon Barton
1980	Contributions	Ronald
1985	Short Eyes	John "Ice" Wicker
1988	Urban Blight	Performer
	Loose Ends	Doug
1992	Two Trains Running	Sterling Johnson
1995	Riff Raff	Mike
1999	The Lion in Winter	Henry II
2006	Fences	Troy Maxson
	Without Walls	Morocco
2008	Thurgood	Thurgood Marshall
2022	American Buffalo	Donny
2024	Like They Do In the Movie	Himself

Film

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1975	Cornbread, Earl and Me	Wilford Robinson	Credited as Laurence Fishburne III	[1]
1979	Fast Break	Street Kid		[2]
	Apocalypse Now	Tyrone 'Mr. Clean' Miller	Credited as Larry Fishburne	[3] [4]
1980	Willie & Phil	Wilson	Credited as Laurence Fishburne III
1982	Death Wish II	'Cutter'	Credited as Laurence Fishburne III	[5]
1983	Rumble Fish	'Midget'	Credited as Larry Fishburne
1984	The Cotton Club	'Bumpy' Rhodes
1985	The Color Purple	Swain		[6] [7]
1986	Quicksilver	'Voodoo'
	Band of the Hand	'Cream'
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Max
	Gardens of Stone	Sergeant Flanagan
	Cherry 2000	Glu Glu Lawyer
1988	School Daze	Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
	Red Heat	Lieutenant Charlie Stobbs
1990	King of New York	Jimmy 'Jump'
	Cadence	Stokes
1991	Class Action	Nick Holbrook
	Boyz n the Hood	Jason 'Furious' Styles
1992	Deep Cover	Officer Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
1993	What's Love Got to Do with It	Ike Turner, Sr.
	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Vinnie
1995	Higher Learning	Professor Maurice Phipps
	Bad Company	Nelson Crowe
	Just Cause	Sheriff Tanny Brown
	Othello	Othello
1996	Fled	John Piper
1997	Event Horizon	Captain Miller
	Hoodlum	Bumpy Johnson	Also executive producer
1998	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself
1999	The Matrix	Morpheus
2000	Michael Jordan to the Max	Narrator	Voice; Documentary	[8]
	Once in the Life	20/20 Mike	Also director, writer and producer
2001	Osmosis Jones	Thrax	Voice	[9]
2003	Biker Boyz	Eric 'Smoke'
	The Matrix Reloaded	Morpheus
	Mystic River	Sergeant 'Whitey' Powers
	The Matrix Revolutions	Morpheus
2005	Assault on Precinct 13	Marion Bishop
	Ashes and Snow	Narrator	Voice
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial	Voice cameo
2006	Akeelah and the Bee	Dr. Larabee	Also producer	[10]
	Mission: Impossible III	IMF Director Theodore Brassel
	Five Fingers	Ahmat	Also producer
	Bobby	Edward
2007	TMNT	Narrator	Voice	[9]
	The Death and Life of Bobby Z	Tad Gruzsa
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer	Voice	[9]
2008	21	Cole Williams
	Tortured	Archie Green
	Days of Wrath	Mr. Stafford
2009	Armored	Baines
	Black Water Transit	Jack
2010	Predators	Ronald Noland
	Predators: Moments of Extraction		Voice; Short film
2011	Contagion	Dr. Ellis Cheever
2013	The Colony	Briggs
	Man of Steel	Perry White		[11]
	Khumba	Seko The Zebra	Voice	[9]
2014	Ride Along	Omar
	The Signal	Damon
	Rudderless	Del
2016	Standoff	Sade	Also executive producer
	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Perry White		[12]
	Passengers	Gus Mancuso
2017	John Wick: Chapter 2	'The Bowery King'
	Last Flag Flying	Reverend Richard Mueller
2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Dr. Bill Foster
	Imprisoned	Daniel Calvin
	The Mule	Warren Lewis
2019	John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum	'The Bowery King'
	Where'd You Go, Bernadette	Paul Jellinek
	Running with the Devil	The Man
2021	Under the Stadium Lights	Harold Christian
	The Ice Road	Jim Goldenrod
2022	All the Old Knives	Vick Wallinger
	The School for Good and Evil	The School Master		[13]
2023	John Wick: Chapter 4	'The Bowery King'
2024	Megalopolis	Fundi Romaine
	Slingshot	Captain Franks		[14]
	Transformers One	Alpha Trion	Voice	[15]
	Cellar Door	Emmett		[16]
2025	The Astronaut	General William Harris	Also executive producer
	Sneaks	The Collector	Voice; also producer	[17]
	The Amateur	Robert Henderson		[18]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1972	If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band	Fish	Television film
1973–1976	One Life to Live	Josh Hall	Credited as Larry Fishburne
1980	The Six O'Clock Follies	Robby Robinson
	A Rumor of War	Lightbulb	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film
1981	Trapper John, M.D.	Hobie	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Finders Keepers"
1982	M*A*S*H	Corporal Dorsey	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "The Tooth Shall Set You Free"
	Strike Force	F.T.	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Humiliation"
	I Take These Men	Hank Johnson	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film
1983	For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story	Jimbo Collins
1986	Hill Street Blues	Maurice Haynes	Episode: "Look Homeward, Ninja"
	Miami Vice	Prison Guard Keller	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Walk-Alone"
1986–1990	Pee-wee's Playhouse	Cowboy Curtis	17 episodes	[19]
1987	Spenser: For Hire	David Mukende	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Episode: "Personal Demons"
1989	The Equalizer	Casey Taylor	Episode: "Race Traitors"
1990	Decoration Day	Michael Waring	Credited as Larry Fishburne; Television film
1991	American Experience	Martin Delany	Voice; Episode: "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry"
1993	TriBeCa	Martin	Episode: "The Box"
1995	The Tuskegee Airmen	Hannibal Lee	Television film
1997	Miss Evers' Boys	Caleb Humphries	Television film; also producer
1998	Always Outnumbered	Socrates Fortlow
2008–2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Raymond Langston	60 episodes
2009	CSI: Miami		Episode: "Bone Voyage"
	CSI: NY		Episode: "Hammer Down"
2011	Have a Little Faith	Henry Covington	Television film
2013–2015	Hannibal	Jack Crawford	36 episodes
2014–2022	Black-ish	Earl "Pops" Johnson	89 episodes; also executive producer	[20]
2015	The Muppets	Himself	Episode: "Hostile Makeover"
2016	Roots	Alex Haley	3 episodes	[21]
2017	Madiba	Nelson Mandela	3 episodes	[22]
2019–2022	Grown-ish	Earl "Pops" Johnson	3 episodes; also executive producer
2019–2021	Mixed-ish	—	Executive producer
2020	#FreeRayshawn	Lt. Steven Poincy	15 episodes
	Death to 2020	Narrator	Voice; Television special
	History's Greatest Mysteries	Himself (host)	6 seasons 2020 to present
2021	MacGruber	General Barrett Fasoose	7 episodes
	Death to 2021	Narrator	Voice; Television special
2023–2025	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Beyonder / Bill Foster	Voice, 19 episodes; also executive producer	[23] [24]
2023–2024	What If...?	Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath	Voice; 2 episodes	[25]
2024	Clipped	Doc Rivers	6 episodes	[26]
2025	The Witcher	Regis		[27]

Audio dramas

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Ref(s)
2017–2021	Bronzeville	Curtis Randolph	15 episodes	[28]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Ref(s)
2003	Enter the Matrix	Morpheus
2005	The Matrix Online
	The Matrix: Path of Neo
	True Crime: New York City	Isaiah Reed		[29]
2009	CSI: Deadly Intent	Dr. Raymond Langston
2010	CSI: Fatal Conspiracy

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Ref(s)
1983	"White Lines (Don't Do It)"	Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
1985	"Attack Me with Your Love"	Cameo
1986	"Growing Up"	Whodini
	"Come to Me"	Robert Brookins
2000	"Things I've Seen "	Spooks

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Voice role	Ref(s)
2020	The Autobiography of Malcolm X	Malcolm X	[30]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Laurence Fishburne

References

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6. Moore, John (January 1, 2009). "'Color Purple' changes hues". Denver Post . Retrieved November 8, 2017.
7. "The Color Purple". Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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23. "Marvel's 'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur' Cartoon Headed To Disney Channel". The Hollywood Report. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
24. The first @Marvel & @DisneyTVA collaboration and from people on #BigHero6TheSeries & #KimPossible will make you want a Dinosaur for Pet/BFF!
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26. "Laurence Fishburne & Jacki Weaver To Star In 'The Sterling Affairs' FX Limited Series About Disgraced LA Clippers Owner". Deadline Hollywood. April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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