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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).
The Blood Wolf is a 2026 American action film directed by David Twohy and produced by Guillermo del Toro from story by him and Twohy. It is a back-to-back sequel to The Phantom's Edge and the fourth installment in the Chronicles of Mister Wolf film series, Nad initially, the conclusion. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Emma Stone, John Krasinski, Tyrese Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Hiddleston, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Laurence Fishburne reprising their roles, alongside Morena Baccarin, James McAvoy, and Jeff Goldblum. In the film, Marcus Black (Skarsgård) has settled down with his his wife, Dakota (Stone) and their daughter, but his archenemy, Virginia Walker (Weaver) continues roaming the forest to hunt him. He teams up with Gabriel O'Hara, who survived being killed by Walker, as well as Larry Kress (Fishburne) and Mark Quinn (Gibson) to defeat her. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 18th, 2026; releasing 4 days later, it grossed $2.191 billion worldwide and became the highest-grossing release of the series. Upon release, The Blood Wolf was met with universal acclaim, with praise for its visual style, musical score, direction, action sequences, the darker tone, story, performances (particularly Skarsgård, Stone, Krasinski, and Weaver), themes, and emotional weight. A direct sequel entitled The Howling Death: New Blood will revive the series in 2029.
