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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).
Valkyries: Across the Stars is a 2026 American epic fantasy war film based on the Valkyries from Norse Mythology and inspired by the Aesir-Vanir War, directed by Peter Jackson, and written by Jerry Bruckheimer and Robert Eggers. Produced by Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, distributed by Lionsgate, and narrated again by Vin Diesel, the film is the second installment in the Ragnarök trilogy and a sequel to Valkyries. It features an ensemble cast including Anne Hathaway, Liv Tyler, Elle Fanning, Zendaya, Kaya Scodelario, Tom Hardy, Brenton Thwaites, Daniel Kaluuya, Christian Bale, Nick Robinson, Liam Neeson, Djimon Hounsou, Laurence Fishburne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jason Momoa, and Kurt Russell. In the film, the Valkyrie army led by queen Arianna Haraldsson wages war towards Odin and the Asgardians for their crimes against Valhalla and Midgard. Valkyries: Across the Stars was released in theaters on February 28th, 2026; it was a major financial success, grossing $1.26 billion worldwide. Like its predecessor, the film received universal acclaim, with critics and audiences praising its visuals, action sequences, direction, performances (particularly Hathaway, Tyler, Hardy, Bale and Momoa), themes, score, messages and heart. Among its accolades, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Film Score for Hans Zimmer and Tom Holkenborg. A sequel is in development.
