# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-fishburne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:28:25.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-fishburne"
name: "Laurence Fishburne"
slug: "laurence-fishburne"
description: "Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. Fishburne first came to prominence appearing in Apocalypse Now (1979) and achieved further recognition for his supporting role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). Later, he became known for portraying Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and the Bowery King in the John Wick film series (2017–)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence_Fishburne_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           30.44796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump