Here is a comprehensive list of Laurence Fishburne's stage, film, television, video game, and music video credits.
Here is a comprehensive list of Laurence Fishburne's stage, film, television, video game, and music video credits.
| Year | Title | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Eden | Solomon Barton | |
| 1980 | Contributions | Ronald | |
| 1985 | Short Eyes | John "Ice" Wicker | |
| 1988 | Urban Blight | as Himself | |
| 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 | |
| † | 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 Lawrence 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 | DEA Agent 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 | Slingshot † | Captain Franks | Post-production | [14] |
| Megalopolis † | TBA | |||
| Transformers One † | Alpha Trion | Voice; in production | [15] | |
| 2025 | The Amateur † | TBA | Filming | [16] |
| Thunderbolts* † | Dr. Bill Foster | |||
| TBA | Sneaks† | Voice; in production Also producer | [17] |
| 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 | [18] |
| 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 | Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie | |
| 2013–2015 | Hannibal | Jack Crawford | 36 episodes | |
| 2014–2022 | Black-ish | Earl "Pops" Johnson | 89 episodes; also executive producer | [19] |
| 2015 | The Muppets | Himself | Episode: "Hostile Makeover" | |
| 2016 | Roots | Alex Haley | 3 episodes | [20] |
| 2017 | Madiba | Nelson Mandela | 3 episodes | [21] |
| 2018–present | 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) | 4 episodes | ||
| 2021 | MacGruber | General Barrett Fasoose | 7 episodes | |
| Death to 2021 | Narrator | Voice Television special | ||
| 2023–present | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Beyonder / Bill Foster | Voice, main role Also co-creator and executive producer | [22] [23] |
| 2023 | What If...? | Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath | Voice role; episode: "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" | [24] |
| 2024 | Clipped | Doc Rivers | Limited series | [25] |
| Cookies & Milk | TBA | Animated television series Co-creator and executive producer | [26] | |
| TBA | The Witcher | Regis | [27] |
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–present | Bronzeville | Curtis Randolph | 15 episodes | [28] |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
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