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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 Serpent is a 2024 science fiction action film written and directed by Lexi Alexander and produced by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski. Based on the Sea Serpent folklore creature, it is the first installment in the Sea Monsters Universe. The film stars Sasha Calle and Ruby Rose as well as an ensemble cast of Anthony Ramos, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Ron Livingston, Viola Davis, Laurence Fishburne, Idris Elba, Salma Hayek, Michael Keaton, and Bradley Whitford. Its story follows a young biologist and professional diver, and an ex-navy scout swimmer who must go on a near-suicide mission to destroy a dangerous serpent in the North Atlantic. The Serpent opened in theaters on January 15th, 2024; the film grossed $891 million worldwide and received universal acclaim, with praise for its visual effects, score, the action sequences, emotional weight, and the performances of Calle and Rose. Two follow-ups set before this films events were also produced; the first, entitled the Bloop, was released six months later, and second, entitled Bukavac, was released one year later. A proper sequel entitled The Terrors of the Lusca is set to be released one month after Bukavac.
