Laurence John Fishburne III is an actor, playwright, director, and producer, well-known for his roles in The Matrix trilogy (1999-2003). Fishburne began his acting career on the soap opera, One Life to Live (1968), and has made appearances in other television shows M*A*S*H* (1982) and American Playhouse (1983), among others. In 1985, he made a […]
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Laurence John Fishburne III is an actor, playwright, director, and producer, well-known for his roles in The Matrix trilogy (1999-2003). Fishburne began his acting career on the soap opera, One Life to Live (1968), and has made appearances in other television shows M*A*S*H* (1982) and American Playhouse (1983), among others. In 1985, he made a major debut in Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple. Subsequent films were What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor; Higher Learning (1995), Mystic River (2003), Man of Steel (2013), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Fishburne has appeared in ten play productions in the span of 1976-2008. Upcoming projects include films Passengers, and John Wick: Chapter Two, and the television mini-series, Madiba.
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