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Character Bio Morpheus is a commander of a ship, the Nebuchadnezzar that is one of the few places that people under the control of their own conciousness still exist. Most everyone else is plugged into an artificial world known as the Matrix. Morpheus believes that Neo is "the one" that can rescue humanity who is largely under the control of a computer simulation. When captured Morphues struggles with all he has to keep from giving the security codes to the entrance of the human habitatat Zion to the agents of the Matrix. |
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Character Bio LAURENCE FISHBURNE (Morpheus), honored for his work on the stage and screen, earned an Academy Award nomination for his searing portrayal of Ike Turner in the hit biopic "What's Love Got To Do With It?" Fishburne, who began acting at the age of 10, was only 15 years old when he won the role of a young G.I. in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now." He went on to work with Coppola on "Rumble Fish," "Gardens Of Stone" and "The Cotton Club." Fishburne has collaborated twice with noted director John Singleton, on "Boyz N The Hood" and "Higher Learning," earning an NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for the former. His other credits include "Othello," "Searching For Bobby Fischer," "Just Cause," "Bad Company," "Class Action," "Deep Cover," "Fled," "Cadence," "King Of New York," "Red Heat," "Band Of The Hand," Spike Lee's "School Daze," Steven Spielberg¼s "The Color Purple" and, most recently, "Hoodlum" and "Event Horizon." On the small screen, Fishburne received nominations for the Emmy, Golden Globe and CableACE Awards and won an NAACP Image Award for his performance in the HBO Movie "The Tuskegee Airmen," the story of America's first black combat pilots. He also won an Emmy Award for his role in the premiere episode of Robert De Niro's series "Tribeca." In 1997, Fishburne received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his starring role in the HBO drama "Miss Evers' Boys," which he executive produced. "Miss Evers' Boys" was awarded five Emmys, including the coveted President's Award, which honors a program that illuminates a social or educational issue. Fishburne's other television credits include the critically acclaimed telefilms "A Rumor of War," "For Us the Living" and "Decoration Day". In 1992, Fishburne received the Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Theater World Award for his work in the Broadway production of August Wilson's "Two Trains Running," in which he reprised the role of Sterling Johnson that he originated at the Yale Repertory Theatre. |
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Filmography (49) Alchemist, The (2004) (in production) Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) (post-production) .... Morpheus Mystic River (2003) .... Whitey Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Morpheus Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) .... Morpheus ... aka Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience, The (2003) (USA: IMAX version) Biker Boyz (2003) .... Smoke Osmosis Jones (2001) (voice) .... Thrax Sex and the Matrix (2000) (TV) (archive footage) .... Morpheus Once in the Life (2000) .... 20/20 Mike Matrix, The (1999) .... Morpheus Always Outnumbered (1998) (TV) .... Socrates Fortlow ... aka Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (2002) (TV) (USA: DVD title) Hoodlum (1997) .... Bumpy Johnson Event Horizon (1997) .... Capt. Miller Fled (1996) .... Charles Piper Before Your Eyes (1996) (TV) .... Narrator Othello (1995) .... Othello Tuskegee Airmen, The (1995) (TV) .... Hannibal Lee Just Cause (1995) .... Sheriff Tanny Brown Bad Company (1995/I) .... Nelson Crowe Higher Learning (1995) .... Professor Maurice Phipps Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) .... Vinnie ... aka Innocent Moves (1993) What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) .... Ike Turner, Sr. Deep Cover (1992) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Russell Stevens, Jr./John Hull Class Action (1991) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Nick Holbrook Boyz N the Hood (1991) .... Furious Styles ... aka Boys in the Hood (1991) Cadence (1990) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Roosevelt Stokes ... aka Count a Lonely Cadence (1990) ... aka Stockade (1990) Decoration Day (1990) (TV) .... Michael Waring, DOD Man King of New York (1990) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Jimmy Jump Red Heat (1988) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Lt. Charlie Stobbs (Chicago Police Dept.) |
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School Daze (1988) .... Dap Cherry 2000 (1987) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Glu Glu lawyer Gardens of Stone (1987) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Flanagan Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Max ... aka Nightmare on Elm Street, Part III: Dream Warriors, A (1987) (USA: closing credits title) "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986) TV Series (as Larry Fishburne) .... Cowboy Curtis Band of the Hand (1986) .... Cream Quicksilver (1986) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Voodoo Color Purple, The (1985) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Swain Cotton Club, The (1984) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Bumpy Rhodes For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983) (TV) (as Larry Fishburme) .... Jimbo Collins... aka For Us, the Living (1983) (TV) (USA: short title) Rumble Fish (1983) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Midget Death Wish II (1982) (as Laurence Fishburne III) .... Cutter, Mugger "Six O'Clock Follies, The" (1980) TV Series .... Robby Robinson Willie and Phil (1980) .... Wilson, Willie's Student Rumor of War, A (1980) (TV) .... Lightbulb Apocalypse Now (1979) (as Larry Fishburne) .... Gunner's Mate 3rd Class (GM3) Tyrone Miller/'Mr. Clean' ... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) (International: longer version English title) Fast Break (1979) (as Lawrence Fishburne III) .... Street Kid Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) .... Wilford Robinson ... aka Hit the Open Man (1975) If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1975) (TV) "One Life to Live" (1968) TV Series .... Dr. Joshua 'Josh' Hall #1 (1973-1976) ... aka "One Life to Live: The Summer of Seduction" (2001) (USA: promotional title) |
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