Laurence Fishburne made his screen debut in the 1972 American television film ‘If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band’ directed by Fred Coe. The following year, he joined the cast of the American soap opera ‘One Life to Live’ created by Agnes Nixon. He played the role of ‘Josh Hall’ and remained a part of the show until 1976. Fishburne went on to make his big-screen debut in the 1975 American coming-of-age drama film ‘Cornbread, Earl and Me’ directed by Joseph Manduke. The film holds a 6.8 out of 10 rating on IMDb. He went on to star in films such as ‘Fast Break’ (1979), ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979), ‘Willie & Phil’ (1980), ‘Death Wish II’ (1982), ‘Rumble Fish’ (1983), and ‘The Cotton Club’ (1984). In 1985, he starred as ‘Swain’ in the Steven Spielberg-directed American epic coming-of-age period drama film ‘The Color Purple.’ The film received critical acclaim upon release and was a major commercial success, grossing over $142 million on a budget of $15 million. He continued to star in films like ‘Quicksilver’ (1986), ‘Band of the Hand’ (1986), ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’ (1987), ‘Gardens of Stone’ (1987), ‘School Daze’ (1988), ‘King of New York’ (1990), ‘Class Action’ (1991), ‘Boyz n the Hood’ (1991), and ‘Deep Cover’ (1992).
Fishburne received an ‘Academy Award’ nomination for his portrayal of ‘Ike Turner, Sr.’ in the 1993 American biographical film ‘What's Love Got to Do with It’ directed by Brian Gibson. The film was praised by critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $61 million on a budget of $15 million. The same year, he also appeared in the Steven Zaillian-directed American drama film ‘Searching for Bobby Fischer’ where he played the role of "Vinnie" Vincent Livermore. The film was well-received by critics and currently holds a 100% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. He was next seen in films like ‘Higher Learning’ (1995), ‘Just Cause’ (1995), ‘Othello’ (1995), ‘Fled’ (1996), ‘Event Horizon’ (1997), ‘Hoodlum’ (1997), and ‘Welcome to Hollywood’ (1998). In 1999, he starred as ‘Morpheus’ in the science fiction action film ‘The Matrix’ directed by The Wachowskis. The film opened to wide critical acclaim and did impressive business at the box office, grossing over $467.2 million on a budget of $63 million. He next starred in films such as ‘Michael Jordan to the Max’ (2000), ‘Once in the Life’ (2000), ‘Osmosis Jones’ (2001), ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ (2003), ‘The Matrix Revolutions’ (2003), ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ (2005), ‘Ashes and Snow’ (2005), ‘Akeelah and the Bee’ (2006), ‘Mission: Impossible III’ (2006), ‘The Death and Life of Bobby Z’ (2007), ‘21’ (2008), ‘Tortured’ (2008), ‘Armored’ (2009), ‘Predators’ (2010), and ‘Contagion’ (2011).Â
In 2013, he played the role of ‘Perry White’ in the Zack Snyder-directed superhero film ‘Man of Steel.’ The film received mixed reviews from critics but managed to gross over $668 million on a $225–258 million budget. He next appeared in films like ‘Ride Along’ (2014), ‘The Signal’ (2014), ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ (2016), ‘Passengers’ (2016), ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ (2017), ‘Last Flag Flying’ (2017), ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ (2018), ‘The Mule’ (2018), ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ (2019), ‘Where'd You Go, Bernadette’ (2019), and ‘The Ice Road’ (2021). He was last seen in the 2022 American spy thriller film ‘All the Old Knives’ directed by Janus Metz Pedersen. The film received a 64% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Color Purple tells the story of a black woman growing up in the early 1900s, who was impregnated by her own father at the age of 14. The film explores her hardships and struggles over the next 30 years.
Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer, is led to fight an underground war against powerful computers who have constructed his entire reality with a system called the Matrix.
Set in the time of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now details a soldier's descent into madness, when he is tasked with assassinating a rogue Special Forces officer, who has apparently set himself up as a 'God' deep in the Cambodian jungle.
After getting into a fight, Tre Styles is sent to live with his strict father Furious Styles, who instills in him values like self-respect and responsibility despite living in a crime-filled neighborhood. He is friends with less fortunate half-brothers Ricky, an aspiring athlete, and hotheaded Doughboy who gradually succumbs to a life of violence, dragging his friends along.
Akeelah is an 11-year old girl who discovers her talent in spelling. Despite her mother’s objections, she starts aiming to participate and win the National Spelling Bee. She soon finds help in the form of a mysterious teacher.
This crime drama film takes us to the 1930s and revolves around two gangs who fight for control over various illegal businesses in Harlem. One is headed by Bumpy Johnson, an African American gangster, while the other one is run by Dutch Schultz, a Caucasian criminal.
Drug-lord Frank White, who returns to New York after serving a long prison sentence, is determined to re-claim his position as mafia kingpin, and use his competitors’ money to build a hospital for the needy in his old neighborhood. Before that, he has to deal not only with his rivals but also a group of corrupt cops who are hunting for him.
Legendary assassin John Wick's retirement plan is delayed again after he is forced to honor an unbreakable promise he had made to Italian crime lord Santino D'Antonio for a past favor. Embarking on a mission to assassinate D'Antonio's sister, a ruthless high-tier mafia, he finds himself surrounded by several assassins who are after a large bounty on his head.
Othello is a romantic drama film which tells the story of a Moorish General Othello who returns home to Venice after a battle. But he is soon manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been having an affair with his faithful lieutenant.
After a period of twenty five years, a Harvard professor is back to the courtroom to defend a young man named Bobby Earl, who is facing the death penalty for the murder of a child.
Starting from a musician, and the gorgeous girlfriend of a well-known gangster, the lives of various characters intersect at Cotton Club.
The movie begins six months after the events of the first movie of The Matrix film franchise. An army of Sentinels is fast approaching Zion, the last human city on earth, and threatens to destroy it. Neo, Trinity and Morpheus must locate the Keymaker to reach the source of the Matrix. Neo also has to deal with his recurring dreams of Trinity’s death and the rogue programme Agent Smith.
Rumble Fish is a crime drama film, which tells the story of an absent-minded street thug named Rusty James, who struggles to live up to the reputation of his legendary older brother.
Dave, a blue-collar worker who was abducted and sexually abused as a child 25 years earlier, is the prime suspect after the daughter of his neighborhood friend, ex-con Jimmy, is found dead. While their childhood friend Sean, now a homicide detective, investigating the crime, Jimmy takes law in his own hand by launching a separate investigation.
The third installment of the adrenaline raising crime-thriller, the film continues with the story of John Wick, a retired assassin on a near unstoppable path of revenge. But this time he is on the run with a $14 million price tag on his head. Excommunicated by the High Table for killing one of its members, tired and injured, he must somehow reach the Elder, the only man who can save him.
Josh is a regular kid, who likes playing football. However, his father notices that he is quite good at chess. Therefore, he starts encouraging his son, and helps him in developing his tactics.
After his son is killed in a school shootout, Sam finds himself getting addicted to drinking. However, when he accidentally learns that his son had wanted to be a musician, he finds a purpose in his own life.
After a twelve year old girl witnesses a murder, she is targeted by an assassin. However, Carter Green, a war veteran, who is looking for a chance at redemption, decides to protect her. He is soon forced into a physical and psychological warfare against the assassin, to protect the girl’s life.
Anna Mae Bullock has been raised in an unhappy and uncomfortable environment. After moving to St Louis, she tries to achieve success as a professional singer, but this worsens her married life.
Based on the DC Comics character Superman, the movie follows the story of Clark Kent as he realises that he is an alien with superpowers. He strives to find out his real home and the purpose for which he was sent to earth. However, when survivors from his planet attack earth, he must rise and save the humanity from annihilation.
In this sequel to 2015 Ant-Man, Scott Lang is under house arrest and is trying to strike a balance between being a superhero and a father. When he receives a message from Janet, he, along with her husband Hank Pym and daughter Hope, sets out to bring her back from the quantum realm where she has been trapped for three decades.
On-board the spaceship The Avalon, James ‘Jim’ Preston is woken up from his hibernation, 90 years too early, after an asteroid collision. After a year alone, he wakes up another passenger Aurora out of desperation, thus robbing her of her future life. The two eventually reunite to save the ship and all its hibernating passengers.
Bobby is a musical romantic drama film, which tells the story of a Raja, and Bobby, who fall in love. However, Raja, is the son of a rich Hindu businessman, while Bobby is the daughter of a poor Catholic fisherman. Therefore their families try to keep them apart.
School Daze is a musical comedy drama film which takes us to a college in the South of the United States, and revolves around two groups of students having different ideas and beliefs, which lead to various conflicts among them.
IMF Agent, Ethan Hunt is retired from field work but makes a comeback when one of his own student is captured by arms dealer Owen Davian. As the situation gets more dangerous, Ethan has to find out about a mysterious object code named the Rabbit's Foot, deal with IMF’s double agent and simultaneously protect his wife Julia.
A uniformed police officer is assigned to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring. However, along the way, he is forced to take his cover to depths that he never thought he would, by selling drugs himself and even eliminating potential competitors.
Ben Campbell, an MIT student unable to afford Harvard Medical School, joins a group of four other students specially trained by unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa in card counting and covert signaling to win big at casinos. However, Ben is soon overcome by greed and arrogance, and endangers the safety of the whole group including their teacher.
When Beth Emhoff and her son Clark die because of unknown causes, it is just the beginning of deadly infection. It soon spreads and turns into a pandemic. As people panic, medical researchers and public health officials around the world continuously try to determine the cause of the disease and its cure.
Thirty years after they had served in the Vietnam War, a former Navy Corpsman Larry, reunites with two of his old friends Sal and Richard, to bury his son, a young Marine, who was killed in the war in Iraq. On their way to New Hampshire, they come to terms with the shared memories of a war that still affects their lives.
Neo, the One to end the war between humans and the machines, is trapped in a limbo world from where his associates, Morpheus and Trinity, must free him while the brave Zion military is holding back the Sentinel invasion. Meanwhile, a new threat emerges in the form of rogue program, Agent Smith, who plans to destroy both worlds.
Five Fingers is a drama thriller film which tells the story of Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, who is in Morcoo to start a food charity meant for malnourished children. However, shortly after his arrival, terrorists kidnap him and take him to an abandoned warehouse. To save himself, Martin needs to convince the terrorist leader that he has no agenda behind his altruistic actions.
The third installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street Series, this film is about few friends who manage to survive the attack of a dangerous killer. In an attempt to fight back, they learn to control their dreams.
A starship Event Horizon that disappeared during its maiden journey, sends out a distress signal seven years later prompting a rescue mission. However, when the rescue team on board Lewis and Clark reaches the starship, they realise that it has not returned alone, rather an evil presence dominates it. Will the crew survive?
Higher Learning is a drama thriller film which revolves around three freshmen from different backgrounds who experience racism as well as other negative experiences while studying at an university campus.
Franklin Bean is a rebellious Army private who is sentenced to ninety days in the stockade after he assaults a military policeman on his base. Things get even worse for him because Master Sergeant McKinney, who is the stockade commander, takes a dislike to Bean as well.
A group of lethal killers find themselves waking up in an alien planet where they are being hunted by a group of Super Predators nicknamed Tracker, Berserker, and Falconer. They also encounter Noland, who has survived on the planet for ten seasons. The group must survive the predators and find a way to escape the planet.
Sergeant Clell Hazard wants to be an instructor for new recruits during the Vietnam War, but he is disheartened when he is instead stationed as a guard at a cemetery. When Private Jack Willow, the son of an old friend, is stationed under him, Hazard tries to teach him about war, before he is deployed to Vietnam.
Fearing that Superman's alien powers are left unchecked, Batman launches a personal mission to get rid of the Kyrptonian, while the Man of Steel is also wary of Batman's form of justice. However, as they realize that they were both being manipulated by supervillain Lex Luthor, they must join forces with Wonder Woman to save mankind from an abomination.
On their way to transfer crime lord Marion Bishop, a raging snowstorm forces the transport bus to be redirected to the soon-to-be-closed Precinct 13. However, when a group of masked gunmen start attacking the Precinct, emotionally compromised Sergeant Jake Roenick must form an uneasy truce with the criminals to save all of their lives.
As a new Ice Age descends on the planet, people are compelled to take shelter in underground colonies. When Colony-7 loses contact with the only other surviving settlement, Colony-5, they set out through the frozen terrain to investigate. After reaching Colony-5, as they encounter a savage threat much worse than Ice Age; they must fight to save themselves and also, Colony-5 survivors.
High school security guard, Ben Barber, has been trying to convince his girlfriend’s brother, Detective James Payton, that he is good enough for his sister. When Ben is finally accepted into Police Academy, James tries to test Ben by taking him on a ride along that ends up putting both their lives in danger.
A basketball fanatic in New York City dreams of becoming a successful coach. After a long wait, he receives a dubious offer from a small Nevada college, which is ready to pay $60 for each win, but promises a lucrative contract if he can lead the college to victory over Nevada State. He accepts the offer and starts assembling his team.
Captain Ivan Danko, a tough Russian policeman, is sent to the USA to apprehend a Georgian drug lord, who has fled from USSR after killing Danko’s partner. In Chicago, he teams up with Police Detective Sergeant Art Ridzik to catch the fugitive. But the job is not easy.
When the CIA discover that one of their agents had leaked information that had cost the lives of hundreds, they decide to hunt down the traitor. Veteran CIA operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole, and he first goes to interview his former colleague and lover Celia, who is a possible suspect, as she had abruptly departed from the CIA.
The 2014 sci-fi thriller tells the story of two friends who are drawn to an isolated area by a computer hacker, during their road trip. However, everything goes dark all of a sudden, and one of them Nic, regains consciousness, but finds himself in a waking nightmare.
Willie & Phil is a romantic comedy drama film, which tells the story and the experiences of two friends, a photographer and a teacher, who fall in love with the same woman.
Death Wish II is an action thriller crime drama film which revolves around Paul Kersey, an architect, whose daughter is murdered by five street thugs. He is forced to become a vigilante again, and find the culprits who are responsible.
The Death and Life of Bobby Z is an action crime thriller film which revolves around a former ex-marine Tim, who is now a prisoner. He is offered a way out of his prison sentence, and in return, he has to impersonate a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch.
War veteran Ty Hackett is having financial troubles raising his brother alone, so he joins an armored truck company as a security guard. His mentor, Mike Cochrane, persuades him into joining a plan to rob their own trucks carrying $42million. Ty agrees only when Mike convinces him of a foolproof plan with harm to none. But an unexpected turn makes everything about the heist go wrong.
When a remote diamond mine collapses in northern Canada, a group of miners find themselves trapped. As time continues to run out, they have only a few hours of air left. It is up to an ice road driver to lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen lake, in order to save the lives of the trapped miners.
As two escaped convicts are chased by enemies from both sides of the law, they try their best to survive as they are hunted through the wilderness of Georgia.
This American science fiction action adventure film takes us to a dystopian 2017, where a man named Sam Treadwell is managing a recycling plant. He is assisted by Cherry 2000, a lifelike robot. However, things get complicated when Cherry expires, but Treadwell is still emotionally attached to her. He refuses to settle for a newer robot. He tries to find a way to bring Cherry back.
Biker Boyz is an action drama film which revolves around Manuel, who is the head of a biker gang. When Kid, the son of his late mechanic asks to join the gang, Manuel refuses, which turns kid into his aggressive rival.
This mystery crime film revolves around a murder investigation which brings together a private detective and a thief ,who is masquerading as an actor. Soon a struggling actress also gets involved in the investigation.
The Fantastic Four have returned to their normal lives. Mr Fantastic and Invisible Woman are all set to marry but the appearance of The Silver Surfer throws everything in chaos. The Fantastic Four now have to protect the world from the evil intentions of an inter-galactic villain, Galactus and simultaneously deal with the return of Dr Doom who has his own malicious agenda.
Careless zookeeper Frank DeTorre, who tends to overeat, become a cause of concern to his daughter, Shane. Eating a germ-infested egg, Frank contracts a deadly virus 'Thrax,' which plots to finish Frank in 48 hours. The ‘City of Frank’ inside Frank’s body is protected by enthusiastic white blood cell cop Osmosis ‘Ozzy’ Jones. Partnering with cold-pill Drix, now Ozzy must kill Thrax to save Frank.
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have grown apart since their last adventure. But when the world is threatened by an army of ancient monsters, they must not only unite, but must also strengthen their bond if they want to stand against it.
When a drought occurs, Khumba, the half-striped zebra is blamed for it. Even his father, the leader of the herd, blames him, and Khumba finds himself becoming an outcast. Eventually, he decides to embark on a daring quest, not only to earn the rest of his stripes, but also to find a way to save all the animals.
Laurence Fishburne Awards
| #FreeRayshawn | Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | 2020 |
| Miss Evers' Boys | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | 1997 |
| Tribeca | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | 1993 |
| The Matrix | Best Fight | 2000 |
