Laurence John Fishburne III (30-iyul, 1961-yilda tug‘ilgan) amerikalik aktyordir. U sahna va ekrandagi rollari bilan tanilgan uch marta Emmy mukofoti va Tony mukofoti sohibidir. Fishburne ko‘pincha kuchli, harbiy va hokimiyatga ega xarakterlarni tasvirlagan. Uning eng mashhur rollari orasida "The Matrix" seriyasidagi Morpheus (1999–2003), Jon Singletonning "Boyz n the Hood" dramasi (1991) filmidagi Jason "Furious" Styles, Frensis Ford Koppolaning "Apocalypse Now" urush filmidagi Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller (1979) va "The Bowery King" rolidagi Jon Vick film seriyasidagi (2017–hozirgi vaqt) rollari mavjud. Fishburne "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) filmidagi Ike Turner rolini ijro etgani uchun Eng yaxshi aktyor nominatsiyasida Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo‘lgan. U "Two Trains Running" (1992) spektaklida Eng yaxshi qo‘shma aktyor uchun Tony mukofotini va "TriBeCa" (1993) dramasi seriyasida Eng yaxshi mehmon aktyor uchun Emmy mukofotini qo‘lga kiritgan. Fishburne 1995-yilda Oliver Parkerning Shekspir asarining film adaptatsiyasida Othello rolini ijro etgan birinchi afroamerikalik aktyor bo‘ldi. Shuningdek, u beshta Ekran aktyorlari gildiyasi mukofoti nominatsiyasini olgan. "Deep Cover" (1992) filmidagi ijrosi uchun Eng yaxshi erkak bosh rolida mustaqil ruh mukofoti nominatsiyasini olgan. Fishburnening boshqa film ishlari orasida Stiven Spilbergning "The Color Purple" (1985), Spayk Liyning "School Daze" (1988), Abel Ferrara ning "King of New York" (1990), Klint Istvudning "Mystic River" (2003), Stiven Soderberghning "Contagion" (2011) va Richard Linklaterning "Last Flag Flying" (2017) filmlari mavjud. U shuningdek, "Man of Steel" (2013), "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016) va "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018) kabi blokbaster filmlari bilan keng auditoriyaga ega bo‘ldi. Televiziyada u CBSning jinoyat dramasi "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2008–2011) da Dr. Raymond Langston sifatida, NBCning triller seriyasi "Hannibal" (2013–2015) da Maxsus agent Jack Crawford sifatida, va ABCning sitcomi "Black-ish" (2014–2022) da Earl "Pops" Johnson sifatida takroriy rol o‘ynagan.
