FrameThrower · Actors · Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
22 films · 1,825 frames · top-billed in 10 · 1979–2024
Born 30 July 1961 · Augusta, Georgia, USA
Laurence John Fishburne III 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 22 films · 1,825 frames · top-billed in 10 · 1979–2024
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series2020
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie1997
- Emmy Award1993
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series1993
- Tony Awards1992
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play1992
- MTV Movie Award for Best Fight2000
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture1995
- Theatre World Award1992
- Audie Award for Best Male Narrator
- Saturn Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,825 frames from the 22 films we hold. This is the look of the work Laurence takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 22 films we hold, 54% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Laurence takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · Bowery King
Last Flag Flying
2017 · Reverend Richard Mueller
Contagion
2011 · Ellis Cheever
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · Morpheus
The Matrix Revolutions
2003 · Morpheus
The Matrix
1999 · Morpheus
Event Horizon
1997 · Miller
Miss Evers' Boys
1997 · Caleb Humphries
Deep Cover
1992 · Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Boyz In The Hood
1991 · Furious Styles
Megalopolis
2024 · Fundi Romaine
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 · Bowery King
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
2019 · Bowery King
Where’d You Go Bernadette
2019 · Paul Jellinek
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 · Dr. Bill Foster
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Perry White
Passengers
2016 · Gus Mancuso
Man Of Steel
2013 · Perry White
Predators
2010 · Noland
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Max
Rumble Fish
1983 · Midget
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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