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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
Luke Cage
for Luke Cage in Quentin Tarantino’s Luke Cage: Power Man (1994)
Suggested by thegingerbreadman
Source: https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-luke-cage-film/
Luke Cage was wrongly imprisoned, but, after an experimental procedure, he was made bulletproof, aiding him in his escape. He used his powers to help people who are willing to pay for it, becoming the first-ever Hero For Hire. However, while chasing a terrorist, he realizes that the terrorist is wearing a bomb vest, and explodes right in Luke’s face, seriously injuring a NYPD police officer named Mercedes “Misty” Knight, who is given a robotic arm to replace her missing one. She joins Luke as a partner as a Hero For Hire. They encounter a masked vigilante named Iron Fist, who aids them in their mission agianst Cornell “Cortonmouth” Stokes, and his monstrous assassin, Sabretooth. The film would feature other Marvel characters, such as Daredevil, Moon Knight, The Punisher, Bullseye, and the Kingpin.
