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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

Perry White
for Perry White in Man of Steel Returns
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A violent magical rupture beneath Kahndaq awakens a forgotten power tied to the ancient Council of Wizards. The eruption destabilizes the region and sends shockwaves across the world, drawing the attention of Black Adam, who senses that the fractured magic could restore his full divine potential — or destroy everything. His search for a way to control it leads him to a single missing component: a Kryptonian capable of surviving the magic’s raw force. Meanwhile, Clark Kent has settled into a fragile rhythm of heroism and family life with Lois Lane and young Jon Kent, whose innocence becomes Clark’s emotional anchor. But their peace shatters when a cosmic rift tears open above the Indian Ocean. From it falls Kara Zor‑El, disoriented, traumatized, and infused with unstable magical residue from her escape through the Phantom Zone. Her arrival becomes a beacon. Black Adam descends upon her, believing she is the key to stabilizing the ancient power. Superman intervenes, but Adam’s magic — amplified by the ruptured seal — overwhelms him. Kara tries to fight, but the corrupted energy inside her reacts violently, allowing Adam to extract a fragment of the magic and transform into a hybrid of divine sorcery and Kryptonian resonance.