Laurence Fishburne is an American actor of the stage and screen.
He has received various accolades throughout is career, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ike Turner in the film What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). He has also received a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
For his work on television, he has earned eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning three times 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). He has also been nominated five times at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, thanks to The Tuskegee Airmen (1996), Mystic River (2003), Bobby (2006), Thurgood (2011), and Black-ish (2017, 2018).
For his work on stage, he has received two Tony Award nominations, winning once for Best Featured Actor in a Play for August Wilson's Two Trains Running in 1992.