Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

1961-07-30 Augusta, Georgia, USA 147 Credits

Biography

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961; usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) 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 been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing 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...

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The Astronaut

The Astronaut

2025

as General William Harris

Acting

After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical...

The Astronaut

The Astronaut

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical...

Wick Is Pain

Wick Is Pain

2025

as Self

7.5
Acting

Witness the never-before-seen footage and true story behind the John Wick phenomenon – from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.

Sneaks

Sneaks

2025

as The Collector (voice)

5.4
Acting

Ty, a misguided, one-of-a-kind designer sneaker, doesn’t know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoebox. After his sister is stolen by a s...

Sneaks

Sneaks

2025

Producer

5.4
Producing

Ty, a misguided, one-of-a-kind designer sneaker, doesn’t know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoebox. After his sister is stolen by a s...

The Amateur

The Amateur

2025

as Henderson

7.0
Acting

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into ...

Cellar Door

Cellar Door

2024

as Emmett

6.0
Acting

Looking for a fresh start after a miscarriage, a couple find themselves being gifted the house of their dreams with one caveat - they can never open t...

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

as Fundi Romaine

5.2
Acting

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

Transformers One

Transformers One

2024

as Alpha Trion (voice)

8.1
Acting

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate ...

Slingshot

Slingshot

2024

as Captain Franks

6.2
Acting

An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeu...

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

as Bowery King

7.7
Acting

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face ...

Bonnie

Bonnie

2022

as Self

5.0
Acting

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil

2022

as School Master

7.1
Acting

Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle betwee...

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

7.4
Acting

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

The Cave of Adullam

The Cave of Adullam

2022

Producer, Executive Producer

Producing

Living by the mantra 'it's easier to raise boys than to repair broken men', martial arts sensei Jason Wilson tenderly guides his often-troubled young ...

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special

2022

as Self

10.0
Acting

An exclusive look at final table read and original audition tapes; interviews with cast, crew and guest stars of the show's eight seasons.

All the Old Knives

All the Old Knives

2022

as Vick Wallinger

6.0
Acting

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to ...

Death to 2021

Death to 2021

2021

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer...

The Ice Road

The Ice Road

2021

as Goldenrod

6.8
Acting

After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, an ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save th...

Under the Stadium Lights

Under the Stadium Lights

2021

as Harold Christian

6.0
Acting

After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges b...

Death to 2020

Death to 2020

2020

as Narrator (voice)

6.5
Acting

2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a litt...

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

Ricky Powell: The Individualist

2020

as Self

4.8
Acting

Ricky Powell boasts a quintessential New York story, rising to fame as a street photographer in the 80’s and 90’s and touring with the Beastie Boys, c...

Our Lady of 121st Street

Our Lady of 121st Street

2020

as Rooftop

Acting

In this hysterical and deeply moving play, a group of old friends find themselves at Harlem's Ortiz Funeral Home to mourn the death of a beloved nun f...

Imprisoned

Imprisoned

2019

as Daniel Calvin

4.6
Acting

Dylan Burke attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal with his true love Maria. He soon realizes that his past will continue to haunt him...

Running with the Devil

Running with the Devil

2019

as The Man

5.4
Acting

A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019

as Paul Jellinek

6.6
Acting

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bern...

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

as Bowery King

7.4
Acting

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member o...

The Mule

The Mule

2018

as Special Agent in Charge

6.9
Acting

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive....

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

as Dr. Bill Foster

6.9
Acting

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into...

Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying

2017

as Reverend Richard Mueller

6.8
Acting

Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Mar...

John Wick: Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2

2017

as Bowery King

7.3
Acting

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oat...

Passengers

Passengers

2016

as Gus Mancuso

7.0
Acting

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passe...

The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

2016

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

as Perry White

6.0
Acting

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, mode...

Standoff

Standoff

2016

as Sade

6.0
Acting

A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single she...

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

2015

as Self

10.0
Acting

An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series' third season "reboot" of the Red Dragon arc.

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Sco...

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

as Self

Acting

Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronic...

Rudderless

Rudderless

2014

as Del

7.2
Acting

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this un...

The Signal

The Signal

2014

as Dr. Wallace Damon

6.0
Acting

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness ...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Ride Along

Ride Along

2014

as Omar

6.3
Acting

For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game jun...

Khumba

Khumba

2013

as Seko (voice)

6.0
Acting

A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wi...

Man of Steel

Man of Steel

2013

as Perry White

6.6
Acting

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he w...

The Colony

The Colony

2013

as Briggs

5.5
Acting

Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than natur...

Slavery by Another Name

Slavery by Another Name

2012

as Narrator

7.2
Acting

A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.

Have a Little Faith

Have a Little Faith

2011

as Henry Covington

6.4
Acting

At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit t...

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

2011

as Self

6.9
Acting

Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

Contagion

Contagion

2011

as Ellis Cheever

6.6
Acting

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control t...

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2011

as Self

2.0
Acting

A wonderful retrospective supplement that features much of the primary cast cast as well as Writer/Director John Singleton looking back at the picture...

Thurgood

Thurgood

2011

as Thurgood Marshall

6.2
Acting

This one-man play stars Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Cour...

Predators: The Chosen

Predators: The Chosen

2010

as Noland

5.9
Acting

A brief profile of the main characters of Predators movie who parashooted onto the planet. The short film was released on the Predators (2010) Blu-ray...

Predators: Moments of Extraction

Predators: Moments of Extraction

2010

as Noland (Voice)

4.0
Acting

Moments of Extraction is an animated short film shows what each character of Predators movie was doing when they were captured by the Predators. Creat...

Predators

Predators

2010

as Noland

6.3
Acting

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

Rappin' With The Rickster

Rappin' With The Rickster

2010

as Self

2.0
Acting

Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.

Armored

Armored

2009

as Baines

5.7
Acting

A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with...

Black Water Transit

2009

as Jack

4.2
Acting

In this action thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, business owner Jack Vermillion (Laurence Fishburne) is struggling to run a legitimate shippin...

The Black List: Volume Two

The Black List: Volume Two

2009

as Self

6.0
Acting

THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to th...

Days of Wrath

Days of Wrath

2008

as Mr. Stafford

5.5
Acting

The lives of rival gang members, a teacher, a TV news crew and other intertwine in the city of Los Angeles.

Tortured

Tortured

2008

as Archie Green

5.4
Acting

A mobster orders an undercover FBI agent to torture an accountant.

21

21

2008

as Cole Williams

6.7
Acting

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine ...

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007

as Tad Gruzsa

6.1
Acting

A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hosta...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007

as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)

5.6
Acting

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is...

TMNT

TMNT

2007

as Narrator (voice)

6.1
Acting

After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei...

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

as Self

8.5
Acting

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam...

Bobby

Bobby

2006

as Edward Robinson

6.4
Acting

In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assas...

Five Fingers

Five Fingers

2006

as Ahmat

6.0
Acting

Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, howeve...

Five Fingers

Five Fingers

2006

Producer

6.0
Producing

Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, howeve...

Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

2006

as Dr. Larabee

7.1
Acting

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classm...

Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

2006

Producer

7.1
Producing

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classm...

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III

2006

as Theodore Brassel

6.8
Acting

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, ...

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

2006

as Self

7.4
Acting

The Making of Event Horizon, a five-part documentary: Into the Jaws of Darkness, The Body of the Beast, Liberate Tutume Ex Infernis, The Scale to Hell...

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005

as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along wi...

Ashes and Snow

Ashes and Snow

2005

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-...

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

2005

as Marion Bishop

6.2
Acting

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and crim...

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

2004

as Self

7.3
Acting

The making of The Matrix Revolutions: The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

2004

as Self

6.7
Acting

The making of The Matrix Reloaded: Go to the middle movie's furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes.

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

2004

as Himself

7.0
Acting

This thirty-minute documentary follows the Wachowski sisters and the film's crew through production on the film's famed highway chase sequence. We get...

The Matrix Recalibrated

The Matrix Recalibrated

2004

as Self

6.7
Acting

The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us h...

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

2003

as Morpheus

6.7
Acting

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing t...

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

2003

as Self

6.1
Acting

This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the fi...

Mystic River

Mystic River

2003

as Whitey Powers

7.7
Acting

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003

as Self

4.5
Acting

Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between...

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

2003

as Self

7.5
Acting

Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and...

The Soul of a Man

The Soul of a Man

2003

as Self - Narrator

6.5
Acting

In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and ...

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

2003

as Morpheus

7.1
Acting

Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from...

MTV Reloaded

MTV Reloaded

2003

as Morpheus (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In this MTV short film parody of The Matrix Reloaded, Justin Timberlake and Seann William Scott must navigate their way through the world of The Matri...

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz

2003

as Smoke

6.2
Acting

A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle clu...

Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'

2003

as Self

Acting
A History of Sex

A History of Sex

2003

as Self

5.4
Acting

Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950 in New York City) is an American photographer and artist who has become notorious through his photos of corpses a...

The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Revisited

2001

as Self - Morpheus

6.8
Acting

The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.

Spooge

Spooge

2001

as Self

Acting

Back in the day day, I did this crazy documentary across the world entitled “Spooge”. This documentary would not have been possible without Director ...

Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones

2001

as Thrax (voice)

6.5
Acting

A white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.

Once in the Life

Once in the Life

2000

as 20 / 20 Mike

4.6
Acting

Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dop...

Once in the Life

Once in the Life

2000

Director, Writer, Screenplay

4.6
Directing Writing Producing

Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dop...

Sex and the Matrix

Sex and the Matrix

2000

as Morpheus (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

A spoof created for the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, combining The Matrix and "Sex in the City".

Michael Jordan to the Max

Michael Jordan to the Max

2000

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

This documentary showcases basketball player Michael Jordan's awe-inspiring moves, providing behind-the-scenes and on-the-court action, including foot...

Making 'The Matrix'

Making 'The Matrix'

1999

as Self

7.2
Acting

A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in...

The Matrix

The Matrix

1999

as Morpheus

8.2
Acting

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful co...

Welcome to Hollywood

Welcome to Hollywood

1998

as Laurence Fishburne

3.6
Acting

A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

1998

as Socrates Fortlow

6.4
Acting

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighb...

Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

1998

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighb...

Black Hollywood

1997

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997

as Bumpy Johnson

6.4
Acting

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harle...

Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harle...

Event Horizon

Event Horizon

1997

as Miller

6.6
Acting

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its...

Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys

1997

as Caleb Humphries

6.3
Acting

The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure...

Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys

1997

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure...

Fled

Fled

1996

as Piper

5.6
Acting

During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to s...

Othello

Othello

1995

as Othello

6.4
Acting

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

as Hannibal Lee

7.1
Acting

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. ...

Just Cause

Just Cause

1995

as Sheriff Tanny Brown

6.2
Acting

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Bad Company

Bad Company

1995

as Nelson Crowe

4.8
Acting

CIA operative Nelson Crowe is tasked with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm. Once inside, he teams with Margar...

Higher Learning

Higher Learning

1995

as Professor Maurice Phipps

6.3
Acting

African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will ...

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Vinnie

7.1
Acting

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

as Ike Turner

7.1
Acting

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

Deep Cover

Deep Cover

1992

as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull

6.8
Acting

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian fore...

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

as Self

7.9
Acting

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming o...

Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991

as Furious Styles

7.6
Acting

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre...

Class Action

Class Action

1991

as Nick Holbrook

6.3
Acting

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie ag...

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

1991

as Self

4.3
Acting

American Experience

Decoration Day

Decoration Day

1990

as Michael Waring, DOD Man

7.0
Acting

A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in tro...

Cadence

Cadence

1990

as Roosevelt Stokes

6.7
Acting

As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of fa...

King of New York

King of New York

1990

as Jimmy Jump

6.7
Acting

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and ...

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

as Cowboy Curtis

7.2
Acting

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, te...

Red Heat

Red Heat

1988

as Lt. Stobbs

6.2
Acting

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

School Daze

School Daze

1988

as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap

5.7
Acting

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

Cherry 2000

Cherry 2000

1987

as Glu Glu Lawyer

6.0
Acting

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson t...

Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone

1987

as Sgt. Flanagan

6.2
Acting

A sergeant; stationed in Arlington, Virginia in the late 1960s; must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

as Max

6.7
Acting

During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for...

Band of the Hand

Band of the Hand

1986

as Cream

6.3
Acting

An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.

Quicksilver

Quicksilver

1986

as Voodoo

5.6
Acting

Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerv...

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

1985

as Swain

7.8
Acting

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After...

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

1984

as Bumpy Rhodes

6.5
Acting

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish

1983

as Midget

7.0
Acting

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare w...

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

as Jimbo Collins

Acting

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the...

I Take These Men

I Take These Men

1983

as Hank Johnson

1.0
Acting

Moments before being surprised at an anniversary garden party thrown by her husband and their family and friends, Carol Sherwood shocks him by saying ...

Death Wish II

Death Wish II

1982

as Cutter

6.2
Acting

Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.

Willie & Phil

Willie & Phil

1980

as High School Student

4.3
Acting

Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of ...

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

1979

as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

8.3
Acting

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." ...

Fast Break

Fast Break

1979

as Street Kid

4.7
Acting

David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along s...

Cornbread, Earl and Me

Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975

as Wilford Robinson

6.7
Acting

The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adapta...

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

1972

as Fish

1.0
Acting

Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Gr...

The Little Bedroom

N/A

Acting

Follows Edmond, a man recovering in a facility after taking a bad fall. He finds out that his son has sold his apartment, so he leaves with a nurse to...

Blacksmith

N/A

as Mather

Acting

A weapons expert is forced to go on the run after his lab is destroyed.

The Blacksmith

N/A

Acting

Wes Loomis, a ‘Blacksmith’ – the intelligence community’s go-to weapons expert. When his clandestine lab is destroyed and his colleagues murdered, he ...

Crimson Blues

Crimson Blues

N/A

as Mills

Acting

Haunted by a chilling twist-of-fate from his past, hard nosed Homicide Detective Eddie Braun (Thomas Jane) finds elusive redemption in the back alleys...