Laurence Fishburne acted in a movie.
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film directed , produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola . Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American teen hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut , and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. , Ice Cube , Morris Chestnut , Laurence Fishburne , Nia Long , Regina King and Angela Bassett . King of New York is a 1990 crime thriller film , starring Christopher Walken , Laurence Fishburne , David Caruso , Wesley Snipes , Victor Argo , and Giancarlo Esposito . Laurence John Fishburne III ( born July 30 , 1961 ) is an American actor , playwright , director and producer , best known for playing Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy , Jason `` Furious '' Styles in the 1991 drama film Boyz n the Hood and Tyrone `` Mr. Clean '' Miller in the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now .