Laurence Fishburne Highlights

  • 2008: Replaced departing series star William Petersen on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS) as a college lecturer and former pathologist
  • 2008: Played a casino security agent in "21" a film based on a group of MIT card counters
  • 2008: Cast as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in the Broadway production of "Thurgood" at the Booth Theatre; earned a Tony award nomination for Best Actor in a Play
  • 2006: Played Cruise's mentor in "Mission: Impossible III" directed by J.J. Abrams
  • 2006: Cast in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby"
  • 2005: Starred with Ethan Hawke and Maria Bello in "Assault on Precinct 13"
  • 2003: Again portrayed Morpheus in "The Matrix: Revolutions"
  • 2003: Played a cop opposite Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn in "Mystic River"; directed by Clint Eastwood
  • 2003: Reprised Morpheus in "The Matrix: Reloaded"
  • 2000: Made his feature directorial debut with "Once in the Life" the film version of his play "Riff Raff"
  • 1999: Starred as Henry II in a Broadway revival of James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter" at NYC's Roundabout Theatre
  • 1999: Portrayed the mysterious Morpheus in the blockbusting "The Matrix"
  • 1998: Executive produced and starred as Socrates Fortlow in HBO's "Always Outnumbered"
  • 1997: Executive produced (also starred) the acclaimed HBO movie "Miss Evers' Boys"; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries
  • 1997: Reteamed with Bill Duke as star of "Hoodlum" playing Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, a 1930s Harlem racketeer who locked horns with Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia); also executive produced
  • 1995: Became first black actor to portray Shakespeare's "Othello" in major studio feature
  • 1995: Reteamed with Singleton for "Higher Learning"
  • 1995: Played Hannibal 'Iowa' Lee in the acclaimed HBO movie, "The Tuskegee Airmen"; earned an Emmy nomination
  • 1995: Wrote, directed and starred in the Off-Broadway - one-act play, "Riff Raff"
  • 1994: Formed Loa Productions, an independent production company
  • 1993: Played Ike Turner to Angela Bassett's Tina Turner in "What's Love Got to Do with It"; received Best Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1993: Portrayed the Washington Square Park mentor of a young chess prodigy in "Searching for Bobby Fischer"
  • 1993: Earned an Emmy Award as Best Guest Actor for his turn in the pilot episode of "TriBeCa" (Fox)
  • 1992: Co-starred as an ex-con romancing a waitress in August Wilson's stage drama "Two Trains Running"; play first produced at Yale Rep before moving to Broadway; received Tony Award
  • 1991: Won acclaim for his lead performance as the father in "Boyz N the Hood"; directed by John Singleton
  • 1990: Provided some of the muscle for Christopher Walken's drug operation in Abel Ferrara's "King of New York"
  • 1988: Acted in Spike Lee's "School Daze"
  • 1987: Fourth film with Coppola, "Gardens of Stone"
  • 1986: Had continuing role as Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (CBS); met a young production assistant named John Singleton, who would later direct him in his breakthrough role "Boyz N the Hood" (1991)
  • 1985: Cast as Swain in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple"
  • 1984: Third film with Coppola, "The Cotton Club"; for his role as the fictional Bumpy Rhodes, he researched the real Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson, whom he would later portray in "Hoodlum" (1997)
  • 1983: Reteamed with Coppola for "Rumble Fish"
  • 1980: TV series debut, "The Six O'Clock Follies" (NBC)
  • 1979: Credited as Laurence Fishburne III for "Fast Break"
  • 1977: Went to the Philippines for 18 months to shoot "Apocalypse Now" (1979) under Francis Ford Coppola's direction; credited in the film as Larry Fishburne
  • 1976: Co-starred Off-Broadway in the Negro Ensemble Company production of "Eden"
  • 1975: Film debut in starring role in "Cornbread, Earl and Me"
  • 1975: Played Tony Pridgeon in "Section D" at the New Federal Theatre
  • 1973: Appeared regularly on "One Life to Live" (ABC) as Joshua West Hall, the adopted son of a police captain
  • 1971: Professional stage debut as a young baseball fan in Charles Fuller's "My Many Names and Faces" at NYC's New Federal Theatre
  • Raised by mother in Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York
  • First part was in second grade playing Peter Pan

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