“I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine.”

American actor

Laurence Fishburne is an American actor known for stage and screen roles that often cast him as forceful, authoritative figures. He first drew wider attention in Apocalypse Now (1979) and later earned further recognition for his supporting role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). He is especially associated with Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy (1999 to 2003) and the Bowery King in the John Wick film series, which began in 2017. His work has often centered on characters with a commanding presence.