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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).
Wakanda had been under the fair and just rule of King T’Challa son of King T’Chaka for almost a decade. The Wakandans still didn’t interact with the outside world but T’Challa was thinking of opening up the borders after working with the Avengers. A woman named Zenzi believed T’Challa wasn’t a good leader and that he lacked the spine to truly rule the nation. She used her powers of manipulation to turn the people against T’Challa and they revolted against him and the entirety of his bloodline. T’Challa hid in the jungles seeking guidance from Bast. Zenzi wanted M’Baku the known killer of T’Chaka to be king. T’Challa came in contact with an old childhood friend of his Storm who was now the leader of the X-Men. She believed it wasn’t a good idea to get the rest of her team caught up in this but she agreed to lend her support. T’Challa felt old feelings rising up to the surface. T’Challa visited T’Chaka in the ancestral plain and T’Challa figured out what to do. He would win back the support of the people. The rebellion begun and T’Challa and his forces went up against Zenzi, M’Baku and the Wakandan army. T’Challa reluctantly decided to kill Zenzi sending M’Baku into a blind rage. M’Baku and T’Challa fought but T’Challa won. T’Challa decided to exile M’Baku from Wakanda. T’Challa and Storm rekindled their romance and T’Challa officially crowned her as queen of Wakanda.
