Laurence Fishburne is an American actor of the stage and screen. He has received various accolades including six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, five Actor Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Fishburne earned acclaim for his role as a special agent in the thriller Deep Cover (1992) for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. The following year he portrayed Ike Turner in the drama film What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also acted in the Clint Eastwood drama Mystic River (2003) and the drama film Bobby (2006) for which he was nominated for the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
On television, he portrayed a flight cadet in the HBO television film The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. Fishburne has won the Primetime Emmy Award thrice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for TriBeCa (1993), Outstanding Made for Television Movie as a producer of Miss Evers' Boys (1997), and Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for #FreeRayshawn (2017).
On stage, he has received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as a young man recently released from prison in the August Wilson play Two Trains Running (1992). He was Tony-nominated for his role as Thurgood Marshall in the play Thurgood (2008). He reprised his role in the 2011 film of the same name earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.
Major associations Academy Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1994 Best Actor in a Leading Role What's Love Got to Do with It
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie The Tuskegee Airmen 2004 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Mystic River 2007 Bobby 2012 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Thurgood 2017 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series Black-ish 2018 Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1993 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series TriBeCa: The Box 1996 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special The Tuskegee Airmen 1997 Miss Evers' Boys Outstanding Made for Television Movie 2011 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Thurgood 2016 Outstanding Comedy Series Black-ish Outstanding Narrator Roots 2017Outstanding Comedy SeriesBlack-ish2018 Outstanding Narrator Year Million: Homo Sapien 2.0 2020 Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series #FreeRayshawn Daytime Emmy Awards 2017 Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program The Snowy Day Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2023 Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Outstanding Animated Special Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated Series 2024
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie The Tuskegee Airmen
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1992 Best Male Lead Deep Cover
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1992 Best Featured Actor in a Play Two Trains Running 2008 Best Actor in a Play Thurgood
Miscellaneous awards Saturn Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Supporting Actor The Matrix 2015 Best Supporting Actor on Television Hannibal
Acapulco Black Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Best Actor Hoodlum
BET Awards Year Category Nominated work Result BET Film Awards 2004 Best Actor The Matrix ReloadedThe Matrix RevolutionsMystic River
Black Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Outstanding Motion Picture (Producer) Akeelah and the Bee 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role
Black Reel Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Actor The Matrix 2007 Best Supporting Actor Akeelah and the Bee Best Motion Picture (Producer)
MTV Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Fight The Matrix Best On-Screen Duo
NAACP Image Award Year Category Nominated work Result NAACP Film Award 1994 Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureWhat's Love Got to Do with It 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Higher Learning 1996 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Othello 1998 Hoodlum 2000 The Matrix 2004 The Matrix Revolutions 2006 Assault on Precinct 13 2007 Akeelah and the Bee 2012 Contagion NAACP Television Award1996 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series The Tuskegee Airmen 1998 Miss Evers' Boys 1999 Always Outnumbered 2009 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2010 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 2011 2021 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Black-ish Outstanding Performance in a Short-Form Series #FreeRayshawn NAACP Theatre Awards2005Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 Best Male Lead – Equity Without Walls
San Diego Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2019Gregory Peck Award Lifetime Achievement
Theatre World Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1992 Theatre World Award Two Trains Running
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