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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
Silver the Hedgehog
for Silver the Hedgehog in Shadow the Hedgehog: Resurrection
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Shadow the Hedgehog: Resurrection is a 2026 American science fiction action film based on the Sega Games character of the same name. It is the sequel to Shadow the Hedgehog: Reign of Black Doom, and is the fifth installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series. Directed by Zack Snyder, the film features Keanu Reeves reprising his role as Shadow the Hedgehog. Morena Baccarin, Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Jim Carrey and Mckenna Grace also reprise their roles from the previous films, while Jared Leto, Laurence Fishburne, and Dakota Fanning join the cast. It follows Shadow, who is revived by the Master Emerald due to the world needing him to stop Eggman, who has betrayed Sonic and his friends after Shadow had been killed by Black Doom. The film was released on February 3rd, 2026; it was a financial success, grossing $917 million worldwide. Like its predecessors, the film received generally positive reviews, with praise for the action sequences, performances, villains, direction, music, cinematography, visual effects, and emotional depth. A sequel is in development.
