Laurence Fishburne acted in a movie.
Academy Award for Best Actor . It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry . 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 . 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 . Othello (1995 film) . It was directed by Oliver Parker and stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello , Irène Jacob as Desdemona , and Kenneth Branagh as Iago .