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Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy Award and Tony Award winner known for his roles on stage and screen. He has frequently portrayed forceful, militant, and authoritative characters. Some of Fishburne's best-known roles are Morpheus in The Matrix series (1999–2003), Jason "Furious" Styles in the John Singleton drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's war film Apocalypse Now (1979), and "The Bowery King" in the John Wick film series (2017–present). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello on film when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. He has also received five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination for his performance in Deep Cover (1992). Other film credits of Fishburne include Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985), Spike Lee's School Daze (1988), Abel Ferrara's King of New York (1990), Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Steven Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), and Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying (2017). He has also gained a wider audience with the blockbuster films Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). On television, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011) and as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and had a recurring role as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022).
Laurence Fishburne
Shadow Freddy
for Shadow Freddy in Five Nights at Freddy's: The Knight of Springtrap
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Five Nights at Freddy's: The Knight of Springtrap is a 2025 American epic action film written, co-produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Produced by RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is a back-to-back sequel to A Nightmare's Wrath and the third installment in the High Legion film series. Dwayne Johnson, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Lawrence, and Laurence Fishburne reprise their roles from the previous films, and they are joined by Morgan Freeman, William Fichtner, and Michael Caine. After killing Nightmare, Golden Freddy (Johnson) disappears to pursue an urgent quest. He arrives at his destination only to find the resurrected Springtrap (Glover), who captures him and brainwashes him into his knight of destruction. Golden Freddy's friends, the Puppet, Freddy, Foxy, and Chica (Portman, Jackman, McGregor, and Lawrence) plan to stop Springtrap from destroying humanity. Following its premiere in San Francisco on March 12th, 2025, The Knight of Springtrap was released 8 days later on HBO Max; like the previous films, it received a positive reception, with praise for its direction, visual effects, action sequences, musical score, performances, screenplay, and emotional depth. The film was also a financial success like its predecessors, grossing $917 million worldwide and became one of the most successful launch items in HBO Max's history. A concluding sequel is in development.
