Laurence Fishburne is an American film, television, and stage actor best known worldwide for portraying Morpheus in the Matrix film series. His commanding screen presence and authoritative performances have made him one of the most respected actors of his generation.

Laurence John Fishburne III was born on July 30, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia, United States, to Hattie Bell Fishburne and Laurence John Fishburne Jr.. His parents divorced during his childhood, after which he moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York. At the age of ten, Fishburne began acting on stage in Manhattan and later received formal acting training at the Lincoln Square Academy in New York.

Fishburne made his film debut at a remarkably young age, appearing in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975). At just 14 years old, he was cast in Francis Ford Coppola’s epic war film Apocalypse Now, where he portrayed Mister Clean, famously lying about his age to secure the role.

Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Fishburne built a reputation for powerful dramatic performances in films such as Boyz n the Hood, King of New York, and Deep Cover. His portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It earned widespread acclaim and further established his versatility.

In 1999, Fishburne achieved global stardom by starring opposite Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Hugo Weaving in The Matrix, portraying the enigmatic leader Morpheus. He reprised the role in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), cementing his legacy in science fiction cinema.

He continued appearing in major Hollywood productions, including Mission: Impossible III (2006), directed by J.J. Abrams, where he starred alongside Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Simon Pegg. Fishburne also portrayed Perry White in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

In his personal life, Fishburne has been married twice. His first marriage was to Hajna O. Moss in 1985, ending in divorce in 1999. They had two children, Langston Fishburne (born 1987) and Montana Fishburne (born 1991). In 2002, he married actress Gina Torres, with whom he has a daughter, Delilah Fishburne (born 2007). Fishburne resides primarily in Los Angeles, with an additional home in New York.

Awards:
1992 – Tony Awards – Best Featured Actor in a Play (Two Trains Running)
1993 – Emmy Awards – Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (TriBeCa)
1997 – Emmy Awards – Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Miss Evers’ Boys)
2015 – Saturn Awards – Best Supporting Actor on Television (Hannibal)

Filmography and Television Work:
Producer:
1998 – Always Outnumbered (TV Film)

Actor:
2019 – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Bowery King) (Feature Film)
2019 – The Mule (Feature Film)
2018 – Ant-Man and the Wasp (Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath) (Feature Film)
2018 – Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Feature Film)
2017 – Knockaround Guys (Mueller) (Feature Film)
2017 – John Wick: Chapter 2 (Bowery King) (Feature Film)
2016 – Passengers (Colonel Alexander) (Feature Film)
2016 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Perry White) (Feature Film)
2015 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Feature Film)
2015 – Standoff (Sade) (Feature Film)
2014 – Ride Along (Omar) (Feature Film)
2014 – The Signal (Dr. Wallace Damon) (Feature Film)
2014 – Rudderless (Del) (Feature Film)
2013 – The Colony (Briggs) (Feature Film)
2013 – Hannibal (Jack Crawford) (TV Series)
2013 – Man of Steel (Perry White) (Feature Film)
2011 – Thurgood (Thurgood Marshall) (TV Film)
2011 – Contagion (Dr. Ellis Cheever) (Feature Film)
2010 – Predators (Noland) (Feature Film)
2010 – Armored (Baines) (Feature Film)
2008 – 21 (Cole Williams) (Feature Film)
2007 – TMNT (Narrator) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2006 – Mission: Impossible III (Theodore Brassel) (Feature Film)
2006 – Akeelah and the Bee (Dr. Larabee) (Feature Film)
2005 – Assault on Precinct 13 (Marion Bishop) (Feature Film)
2003 – The Matrix Reloaded (Morpheus) (Feature Film)
2003 – The Matrix Revolutions (Morpheus) (Feature Film)
2003 – Mystic River (Whitey Powers) (Feature Film)
1999 – The Matrix (Morpheus) (Feature Film)
1997 – Event Horizon (Captain Miller) (Feature Film)
1997 – Hoodlum (Bumpy Johnson) (Feature Film)
1995 – Othello (Othello) (Feature Film)
1993 – What’s Love Got to Do with It (Ike Turner) (Feature Film)
1992 – Deep Cover (Russell Stevens Jr.) (Feature Film)
1991 – Boyz n the Hood (Furious Styles) (Feature Film)
1990 – King of New York (Jimmy Jump) (Feature Film)
1988 – School Daze (Dap) (Feature Film)
1979 – Apocalypse Now (Mister Clean) (Feature Film)
1975 – Cornbread, Earl and Me (Wilford Robinson) (Feature Film)

Source: Biyografiler.com