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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
Nick Fury
for Nick Fury in Iron Man - Film 2 (My MCU)
Suggested by biggord
Synopsis: Tony Stark is the controversial millionaire in New York City. He gets drunk every day and is harsh to his employees. One day, his wife Pepper Potts comes up with the idea that he can take a vacation in China, which he does. It's a good trip only until he is kidnapped by terrorists who lock him in a cave. There he replaces his weak heart with a homemade heart by Stark Technology. He also creates a robot suit that he uses to escape. When he returns to America, he is a changed man. He wants to use his brain and technology for a good cause. With the support of his wife Pepper, his driver Happy and his AI J.A.R.V.I.S, he will do the right thing. He intends to build suits with which he will fight crime. Tony and his father Howard's friend Obadiah Stane will run for president of America. In front of the cameras, he is happy and friendly, but in reality he is a mean drug dealer who abuses people who do not like him. Tony has had his suspicions about Stane for a while now, but has done nothing to respect his father. When Stane gets hold of Tony's old costume he used to escape the cave, he shows the world who he really is. He begins causing chaos and destruction in the city. Tony enters the fight against Stane to stop his destruction. After a long battle, Tony finally manages to win, and Stane is sentenced to life in prison. New Yorkers pay tribute to their new hero 'Iron Man'.
