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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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The Plague Doctor is a 2022 American science fiction action film directed by Matt Reeves and produced by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay and story by him and David Twohy. It is the first installment in the S.C.P Foundation film series. It stars Lauren Cohan, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Norman Reedus, and Jeremy Irons. The film, based on SCP-049, follows a scientist who abandons her job and takes matters into her own hands by tracking down the Plague Doctor after his escape from the S.C.P Facility. The Plague Doctor opened in theaters on July 16th, 2022; the film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its groundbreaking visual effects, action sequences, cinematography, and Cohan’s performance, with many considering her portrayal of Alice Miller as one of her greatest lead roles, and it was a massive success at the box-office, grossing $698 million worldwide. It became the first science fiction film in years to win all award nominations; it won 6 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga), and Best Actress for Cohan, and Irons was awarded with an Oscar Award for Best Villain. A sequel entitled The S.C.P Foundation: Land of Monsters was released on May 16th, 2024.
