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  • Fishburne receives honorary doctorate - 15 May 2009
    -Actor Laurence Fishburne can add doctor to his resume after collecting an honorary degree from a prestigious U.S. university.- -The Matrix star donned the traditional hat and gown for Howard University's graduation ceremony in Washington, D.C. last weekend (09-10May09), wh


  • Aces high for Laurence Fishburne - 22 January 2007
    Laurence Fishburne, who audiences have seen in many guises including those of Ike Turner and ship captain Morpheus in The Matrix, has signed on to appear in a casino-themed thriller.-Also starring Kevin Spacey, 21 is to tell the story of six college friends who are trained

Laurence Fishburne - what members say


  • Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It
  • Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It review by from Birmingham, UK
    Rated - 5 stars Or 25 August 2004
    ...sed. The real draw here is the acting, though. There was never any doubt that Laurence Fishburne was a great screen presence and a fine actor. Here, his Oscar nominated Ike Tu...  
  • Mystic River
  • Mystic River review by from west sussex
    Rated - 2 stars Bacon and Ex 17 August 2004
    ...th understated direction and first class acting from all three principals (plus Laurence Fishburne in an excellent supporting role). Nevertheless, the end-result is perhaps a ...  
  • Boyz 'N The Hood
  • Boyz 'N The Hood review by A customer from Manchester, UK
    Rated - 4 stars A little Gem! 24 July 2006
    ...looking cute in their early 90s American clothes. For example Cuba Gooding Jr & Laurence Fishburne ( both personal favourites) also Angela Bassett, Nia long & Ice Cube all looki...  

Laurence Fishburne - filmography


  • 21 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jim Sturgess,  Kevin Spacey,  Kate Bosworth
    Director: Robert Luketic
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    21 is the fact based story about six M.I.T students who were trained in the art of card counting. They subsequently took the Vegas casinos for millions! Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) and young Hollywood super star Kate Boswoth (Superman Returns) star in this clever and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 46,306 members
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  • Akeelah And The Bee on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Angela Bassett,  Laurence Fishburne,  Keke Palmer
    Director: Doug Atchison
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,415 member
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  • Five Fingers on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Laurence Fishburne,  Touriya Haoud,  Isa Hoes
    Director: Laurence Malkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Martijn (Ryan Phillipe) is on a goodwill mission in Morocco when he is stabbed with a syringe and wakes up blindfolded and shackled in a hideout. His captors want information - and they’ll do anything to get it. So Martijn had better come up with a plan of action, because he’s running out of time, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,914 members
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  • Biker Boyz on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Orlando Jones,  Laurence Fishburne,  Derek Luke
    Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This eclectic entry in the "extreme sports" genre takes a close, fictionalized look at the world of California motorcycle clubs. (It is based on an L.A. New Times article.) The great Laurence Fishburne appears as Smoke, the unbeaten "king of Cali" motorcycle racing, and president of The Black ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,614 members
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  • Mystic River - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Tim Robbins,  Kevin Bacon
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with gritty ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 2 members
    Due for release on 8th February 2010
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  • The Matrix on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Laurence Fishburne,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: The Wachowski Brothers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 79% from 74,611 members
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  • Hoodlum on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Laurence Fishburne,  Tim Roth,  Andy Garcia
    Director: Bill Duke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Bill Duke's HOODLUM, with its rich visuals, brutal violence, and moral probing, pays homage to THE GODFATHER and other classic gangster films while exploring the nature of black empowerment as it relates to criminality. The film is Duke's second collaboration with Laurence Fishburne, and as with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 492 members
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  • Event Horizon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Laurence Fishburne,  Kathleen Quinlan
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 13,679 members
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  • Bad Company (1995)
    Starring: Ellen Barkin,  Laurence Fishburne,  Frank Langella
    Director: Damian Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Laurence Fishburne ('The Matrix'/ 'TINA - What's Love Got To Do With It') is Nelson Crowe, an undercover Government agent with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm There he teams up with Margaret Wells (Ellen Barkin - 'The Big Easy'), a master spy and seductive ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 35 members
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  • Higher Learning on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jennifer Connelly,  Ice Cube,  Omar Epps
    Director: John Singleton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The third installment in John Singleton's trilogy about South Central Los Angeles, HIGHER LEARNING examines mid-1990s university politics from racial, sexual, and economic standpoints. At fictional Columbus University (where a statue of the explorer stands witness to the dominant culture's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,275 member
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  • Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
    Starring: Max Pomeranc,  Joe Mantegna,  Joan Allen
    Director: Steven Zaillian
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A sportswriter is thrilled to find his son is a chess prodigy. Taking his son into the amazing world of championship chess, he learns that loving his kid is the best way to mold a champion in this intelligent and fascinating film.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 13 members
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  • Innocent Moves on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Joe Mantegna,  Joan Allen,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Steve Zaillain
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Though he's only seven, Josh looks at a chessboard and anticipates moves that mature chess players don't even see. He's a malleable young boy with an incredible talent for the game of masterminds. When Josh begins honing his talent, playing a speedy version of the game called "blitz" with hustlers ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 238 members
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  • Red Heat on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  James Belushi,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,940 members
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  • The Cotton Club on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Gregory Hines,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Beautiful music and striking dance performances are the highlight of Francis Ford Coppola's musical/mobster flick centered around the legendary Harlem nightclub. The club's black dancers and musicians entertain the exclusively white audience made up of gangsters and Hollywood stars. Local boy Dixie ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 802 members
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Laurence Fishburne - watch online


  • Akeelah And The Bee to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Angela Bassett,  Laurence Fishburne,  Keke Palmer
    Director: Doug Atchison
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 109 minutes
    Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6 members
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  • Event Horizon to Watch Now (1997)
    Starring: Laurence Fishburne,  Sam Neill,  Kathleen Quinlan
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 95 minutes
    Its name: EVENT HORIZON. The high-tech, pioneering research spacecraft mysteriously vanished, without a trace, on its maiden voyage seven years earlier. But a weak, persistent signal form the long-missing craft prompts a rescue team, headed by the intrepid Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne, THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 113 members
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Laurence Fishburne facts

5 most recent films

Armored - 2.0 stars
Tortured - 3.0 stars
21 - 3.5 stars
21 - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Death And Life Of Bobby Z - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9 - 4.0 stars
Matrix/Matrix Reloaded/Matrix Revolutions, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Complete Matrix Trilogy - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
The Matrix - 4.0 stars
Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Armored - 2.0 stars
Bad Company - 2.5 stars
Cadence - 3.0 stars
Searching for Bobby Fischer - 4.0 stars
Mystic River - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Carrie-Anne Moss - 11 times - show films
Keanu Reeves - 11 times - show films
Hugo Weaving - 10 times - show films
Joe Pantoliano - 7 times - show films
Sean Pertwee - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andy Wachowski - 6 times - show films
Larry Wachowski - 6 times - show films
Paul W.S. Anderson - 5 times - show films
The Wachowski Brothers - 4 times - show films
J.J. Abrams - 3 times - show films