Laurence Fishburne portrayed a character.
Laurence Fishburne . Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker 's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play . In 2013 , he portrayed Perry White in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot Man of Steel and in 2016 reprised his role in Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice . Perry White is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics .