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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).

Krypton è sul punto di esplodere, lo scienziato Jor-El prova ad avvertire i burocrati del posto dell'imminente catastrofe proponendo di spedire la nuova generazione su una colonia ma non viene ascoltato. Il suo ex amico, Il generale Zod, attua un colpo di stato mettendosi a capo del sistema legale del pianeta. Jor-El e sua moglie Lana spediscono loro figlio Kal-El sul pianeta terra con una navicella per farlo sopravvivere. La capsula si schianta su Smallville in Texas, il giovane Kal viene cresciuto da due contadini, Jonathan e Martha Kent, I quali scoprono che il neonato è dotato di abilità sovrumane, insegnandogli come usare i suoi poteri e spingendolo a scoprire le sue reali origini. Clark viaggia per tutto il mondo scrivendo gli avvenimenti delle sue avventure sul suo blog, usando i suoi poteri per aiutare le persone in gran segreto. Quando però trova una nave kryptoniana in Artide e incontra il suo vero padre, Clark dovrà affrontare il ritorno di Zod che vuole trasformare la terra in Krypton sterminando la popolazione umana. Alleandosi con Lois Lane e l'esercito americano, riuscirà Clark a salvare il pianeta e a diventare un simbolo di speranza per gli umani?
