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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).

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for Michael Wilson in The Marksman: A Veteran's Child
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The Marksman: A Veteran's Child is a 2026 American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Neill Blomkamp, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by Blomkamp and James Cameron. A co-production between Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, it is the second installment in the Marksman trilogy and the direct sequel to The Marksman. The film stars Sasha Calle returning in the title role and replacing the previous one played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, alongside Gina Rodriguez, Terry Crews, Josh Brolin, Sylvester Stallone, Abdul-Mateen, Tom Hiddleston, Taika Waititi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, and Michael Douglas. In the film, Amara O'Connor must honor her late father's legacy when she is transported to a different future than the one she came from. Aided by her mother Emilia, uncle Danny, godfather Ethan Breck and cousin Michael Wilson, she works to prevent this future from happening in the present time, and must find a poisonous gas bomb and bring it back to the present to wipe out the alien race that is set to provoke humanity into war. The Marksman: A Veteran's Child was released in theaters on December 18th, 2026; it grossed $814 million worldwide against a break-even point of $140 million and received acclaim for its action sequences and Calle's performance. It has been called one of the most stunning science fiction films. A sequel is currently in production.