Laurence Fishburne filmography

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

Laurence Fishburne filmography

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

Film

Laurence Fishburne filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1975</td><td>Cornbread, Earl and Me</td><td>Wilford Robinson</td><td>Credited as Laurence Fishburne III</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>Fast Break</td><td>Street Kid</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Apocalypse Now</td><td>Tyrone 'Mr. Clean' Miller</td><td>Credited as Larry Fishburne</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Willie & Phil</td><td>Wilson</td><td>Credited as Laurence Fishburne III</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>Death Wish II</td><td>'Cutter'</td><td>Credited as Laurence Fishburne III</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>Rumble Fish</td><td>'Midget'</td><td>Credited as Larry Fishburne</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>The Cotton Club</td><td>'Bumpy' Rhodes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>The Color Purple</td><td>Swain</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>Quicksilver</td><td>'Voodoo'</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Band of the Hand</td><td>'Cream'</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors</td><td>Max</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gardens of Stone</td><td>Sergeant Flanagan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>Cherry 2000</td><td>Glu Glu Lawyer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>School Daze</td><td>Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Red Heat</td><td>Lieutenant Charlie Stobbs</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>King of New York</td><td>Jimmy 'Jump'</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cadence</td><td>Stokes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Class Action</td><td>Nick Holbrook</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Boyz n the Hood</td><td>Jason 'Furious' Styles</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>Deep Cover</td><td>Officer Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>What's Love Got to Do with It</td><td>Ike Turner, Sr.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Searching for Bobby Fischer</td><td>Vinnie</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>Higher Learning</td><td>Professor Maurice Phipps</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bad Company</td><td>Nelson Crowe</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Just Cause</td><td>Sheriff Tanny Brown</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Othello</td><td>Othello</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Fled</td><td>John Piper</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>Event Horizon</td><td>Captain Miller</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hoodlum</td><td>Bumpy Johnson</td><td>Also executive producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Welcome to Hollywood</td><td>Himself</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>The Matrix</td><td>Morpheus</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>Michael Jordan to the Max</td><td>Narrator</td><td>Voice; Documentary</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Once in the Life</td><td>20/20 Mike</td><td>Also director, writer and producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Osmosis Jones</td><td>Thrax</td><td>Voice</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>Biker Boyz</td><td>Eric 'Smoke'</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Matrix Reloaded</td><td>Morpheus</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mystic River</td><td>Sergeant 'Whitey' Powers</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Matrix Revolutions</td><td>Morpheus</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>Assault on Precinct 13</td><td>Marion Bishop</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ashes and Snow</td><td>Narrator</td><td>Voice</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</td><td>Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial</td><td>Voice cameo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Akeelah and the Bee</td><td>Dr. Larabee</td><td>Also producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mission: Impossible III</td><td>IMF Director Theodore Brassel</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Five Fingers</td><td>Ahmat</td><td>Also producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bobby</td><td>Edward</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>TMNT</td><td>Narrator</td><td>Voice</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Death and Life of Bobby Z</td><td>Tad Gruzsa</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer</td><td>Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer</td><td>Voice</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>21</td><td>Cole Williams</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tortured</td><td>Archie Green</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Days of Wrath</td><td>Mr. Stafford</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Armored</td><td>Baines</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Black Water Transit</td><td>Jack</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Predators</td><td>Ronald Noland</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Predators: Moments of Extraction</td><td>Voice; Short film</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Contagion</td><td>Dr. Ellis Cheever</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>The Colony</td><td>Briggs</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Man of Steel</td><td>Perry White</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Khumba</td><td>Seko The Zebra</td><td>Voice</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Ride Along</td><td>Omar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Signal</td><td>Damon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rudderless</td><td>Del</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Standoff</td><td>Sade</td><td>Also executive producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice</td><td>Perry White</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Passengers</td><td>Gus Mancuso</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>John Wick: Chapter 2</td><td>'The Bowery King'</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Last Flag Flying</td><td>Reverend Richard Mueller</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Ant-Man and the Wasp</td><td>Dr. Bill Foster</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Imprisoned</td><td>Daniel Calvin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Mule</td><td>Warren Lewis</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum</td><td>'The Bowery King'</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Where'd You Go, Bernadette</td><td>Paul Jellinek</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Running with the Devil</td><td>The Man</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Under the Stadium Lights</td><td>Harold Christian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Ice Road</td><td>Jim Goldenrod</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>All the Old Knives</td><td>Vick Wallinger</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The School for Good and Evil</td><td>The School Master</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>John Wick: Chapter 4</td><td>'The Bowery King'</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Megalopolis</td><td>Fundi Romaine</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Slingshot</td><td>Captain Franks</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Transformers One</td><td>Alpha Trion</td><td>Voice</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cellar Door</td><td>Emmett</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>The Astronaut</td><td>General William Harris</td><td>Also executive producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sneaks</td><td>The Collector</td><td>Voice; also producer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Amateur</td><td>Robert Henderson</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2027</td><td>The Exorcist †</td><td>TBA</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Television

Laurence Fishburne filmography

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

Audio dramas

Laurence Fishburne filmography

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

Video games

Laurence Fishburne filmography

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
2009	CSI: Deadly Intent	Dr. Raymond Langston
2010	CSI: Fatal Conspiracy

Music videos

Laurence Fishburne filmography

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

Audiobooks

Laurence Fishburne filmography

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