Age: 64
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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
Scarecrow
for Scarecrow in The Amazing Kiteman
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After father Charles "Chuck" Brown is brutalized by The Batman while delivering wood crates for penguin, his son is killed by the Riddler with a poisoned Kite string. In an attempt to find happiness during his depression, him and his wife go on a date. After leaving they're robbed at gunpoint. Refusing to be a victim, Charles springs into action protecting his wife and grabbing control of the gun. Yet, mistaking Charles for the attacker, The Batman attacks Charles for a second time. After being heavily injured twice and having his belongings stolen from him after the attack, Charles decides to become a superhero. While coming up with ideas, he realizes he will become "The Kiteman." After learning the basics of being a superhero, he fights his old friend Garfeild now known as "Firefly" in a burning C-5 Galaxy delivering toxins to the scarecrow. After all is done, his wife divorces him reveling she only cared about his money and son.
