07/30/1961
Augusta, Georgia, USA:
Laurence John Fishburne III (nato il 30 luglio 1961) è un attore americano. È vincitore di tre Emmy Award e Tony Awards, noto per i suoi ruoli a teatro e sullo schermo. Ha spesso interpretato personaggi decisi, militanti e autorevoli. Alcuni dei ruoli più noti di Fishburne sono Morpheus nella serie Matrix (1999–2003), Jason "Furious" Styles nel film drammatico di John Singleton Boyz n the Hood (1991), Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller nel film di guerra di Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now (1979) e "The Bowery King" nella serie di film John Wick (2017–presente). Per la sua interpretazione di Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Fishburne è stato nominato all'Oscar come miglior attore. Ha vinto un Tony Award come miglior attore non protagonista in un'opera teatrale per la sua interpretazione in Two Trains Running (1992) e un Emmy Award come miglior attore ospite in una serie drammatica per la sua interpretazione in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne divenne il primo afroamericano a interpretare Otello al cinema, quando apparve nell'adattamento cinematografico del 1995 di Oliver Parker della pièce di Shakespeare. Ha inoltre ricevuto cinque nomination ai Screen Actors Guild Awards. Ha ricevuto una nomination all'Independent Spirit Award come miglior protagonista maschile per la sua interpretazione in Deep Cover (1992). Altri crediti cinematografici di Fishburne includono The Color Purple (1985) di Steven Spielberg, School Daze di Spike Lee (1988), King of New York di Abel Ferrara (1990), Mystic River di Clint Eastwood (2003), Contagion di Steven Soderbergh (2011) e Last Flag Flying di Richard Linklater (2017). Ha inoltre conquistato un pubblico più ampio con i film blockbuster Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) e Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). In televisione, ha interpretato il Dr. Raymond Langston nel dramma poliziesco della CBS CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011) e come l'agente speciale Jack Crawford nella serie thriller NBC Hannibal (2013–2015), e ha avuto un ruolo ricorrente come Earl "Pops" Johnson nella sitcom della ABC Black-ish (2014–2022).
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Untitled The Exorcist Film (2027) as |
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The Astronaut (2025) as General William Harris |
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Megadoc (2025) as Self |
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Wick Is Pain (2025) as Self |
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Sneaks (2025) as The Collector (voice) |
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The Amateur (2025) as Henderson |
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Cellar Door (2024) as Emmett |
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Megalopolis (2024) as Fundi Romaine |
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Transformers One (2024) as Alpha Trion (voice) |
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Slingshot (2024) as Captain Franks |
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) as Bowery King |
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Bonnie (2022) as Self |
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The School for Good and Evil (2022) as School Master |
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Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) as Self |
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black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special (2022) as Self |
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All the Old Knives (2022) as Vick Wallinger |
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Death to 2021 (2021) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Matrix Resurrections (2021) as Morpheus (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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The Ice Road (2021) as Goldenrod |
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Under the Stadium Lights (2021) as Harold Christian |
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Death to 2020 (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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Ricky Powell: The Individualist (2020) as Self |
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Our Lady of 121st Street (2020) as Rooftop |
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Imprisoned (2019) as Daniel Calvin |
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Running with the Devil (2019) as The Man |
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) as Paul Jellinek |
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) as Bowery King |
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The Mule (2018) as Special Agent in Charge |
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Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) as Dr. Bill Foster |
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Last Flag Flying (2017) as Reverend Richard Mueller |
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) as Bowery King |
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Passengers (2016) as Gus Mancuso |
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The Snowy Day (2016) as Narrator (voice) |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as Perry White |
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Standoff (2016) as Sade |
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Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015) as Self |
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015) as Self |
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August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015) as Self |
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Rudderless (2014) as Del |
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The Signal (2014) as Dr. Wallace Damon |
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Ride Along (2014) as Omar |
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Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (2013) as Self |
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Khumba (2013) as Seko (voice) |
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Man of Steel (2013) as Perry White |
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The Colony (2013) as Briggs |
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Slavery by Another Name (2012) as Narrator |
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Have a Little Faith (2011) as Henry Covington |
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A Man's Story (2011) as Self |
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Contagion (2011) as Ellis Cheever |
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The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011) as Self |
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Thurgood (2011) as Thurgood Marshall |
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Predators: Moments of Extraction (2010) as Noland (voice) |
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Predators (2010) as Noland |
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Rappin' With The Rickster (2010) as Self |
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Predators: The Chosen (2010) as |
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Armored (2009) as Baines |
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The Black List: Volume Two (2009) as Self |
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Days of Wrath (2008) as Mr. Stafford |
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Tortured (2008) as Archie Green |
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21 (2008) as Cole Williams |
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The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007) as Tad Gruzsa |
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice) |
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TMNT (2007) as Narrator (voice) |
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America's Game: 1986 New York Giants (2007) as Narrator |
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) as Self |
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Bobby (2006) as Edward Robinson |
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Five Fingers (2006) as Ahmat |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) as Dr. Larabee |
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Mission: Impossible III (2006) as Theodore Brassel |
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The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006) as Self |
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) as Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited) |
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On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Ashes and Snow (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) as Marion Bishop |
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Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix (2004) as Morpheus |
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The Matrix Revolutions Revisited (2004) as Self |
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The Matrix Reloaded Revisited (2004) as Self |
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The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase (2004) as Self |
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Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004) as Self |
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The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) as Self |
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The Matrix Revolutions (2003) as Morpheus |
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Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003) as Self |
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The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load (2003) as Self |
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Mystic River (2003) as Whitey Powers |
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Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003) as Self |
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003) as Self |
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The Soul of a Man (2003) as Self - Narrator |
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The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as Morpheus |
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MTV Reloaded (2003) as Morpheus (archive footage) |
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Biker Boyz (2003) as Smoke |
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Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz' (2003) as Self |
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A History of Sex (2003) as Self |
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Undercover Brother (2002) as Verification Hand (voice) (uncredited) |
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The Matrix Revisited (2001) as Self - Morpheus |
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Spooge (2001) as Self |
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Osmosis Jones (2001) as Thrax (voice) |
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Once in the Life (2000) as 20 / 20 Mike |
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Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as Laurence Fishburne |
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Sex and the Matrix (2000) as Morpheus (archive footage) |
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Michael Jordan to the Max (2000) as Narrator (voice) |
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Making "The Matrix" (1999) as Self |
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The Matrix (1999) as Morpheus |
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Always Outnumbered (1998) as Socrates Fortlow |
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Black Hollywood (1997) as Self |
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Hoodlum (1997) as Bumpy Johnson |
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Event Horizon (1997) as Miller |
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Miss Evers' Boys (1997) as Caleb Humphries |
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Fled (1996) as Piper |
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Othello (1995) as Othello |
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The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) as Hannibal Lee |
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Just Cause (1995) as Sheriff Tanny Brown |
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Bad Company (1995) as Nelson Crowe |
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Higher Learning (1995) as Professor Maurice Phipps |
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) as Vinnie |
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What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) as Ike Turner |
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Deep Cover (1992) as Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull |
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) as Self |
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Boyz n the Hood (1991) as Furious Styles |
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Class Action (1991) as Nick Holbrook |
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991) as Self |
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Decoration Day (1990) as Michael Waring, DOD Man |
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Cadence (1990) as Roosevelt Stokes |
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King of New York (1990) as Jimmy Jump |
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) as Cowboy Curtis |
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Red Heat (1988) as Lt. Stobbs |
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School Daze (1988) as Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap |
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Cherry 2000 (1987) as Glu Glu Lawyer |
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Gardens of Stone (1987) as Sgt. Flanagan |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) as Max |
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Band of the Hand (1986) as Cream |
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Quicksilver (1986) as Voodoo |
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The Color Purple (1985) as Swain |
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The Cotton Club (1984) as Bumpy Rhodes |
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Rumble Fish (1983) as Midget |
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) as Jimbo Collins |
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I Take These Men (1983) as Hank Johnson |
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Death Wish II (1982) as Cutter |
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Willie & Phil (1980) as High School Student |
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Apocalypse Now (1979) as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller |
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Fast Break (1979) as Street Kid |
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Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) as Wilford Robinson |
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972) as Fish |
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Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn () as Self |
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The Little Bedroom () as |
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Blacksmith () as Mather |
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The Blacksmith () as |
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Crimson Blues () as Mills |
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The Astronaut (2025) Executive Producer |
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Sneaks (2025) Producer |
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The Cave of Adullam (2022) Producer |
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The Cave of Adullam (2022) Executive Producer |
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Predators: Moments of Extraction (2010) Thanks |
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Five Fingers (2006) Producer |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) Producer |
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Once in the Life (2000) Director |
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Once in the Life (2000) Writer |
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Once in the Life (2000) Screenplay |
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Once in the Life (2000) Producer |
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Once in the Life (2000) Theatre Play |
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Always Outnumbered (1998) Executive Producer |
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Hoodlum (1997) Executive Producer |
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Miss Evers' Boys (1997) Executive Producer |
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The Rule of Nines () Director |