Laurence Fishburne (b. 1961) is an American actor who portrayed the role of IMF director Theodore Brassel in the film Mission: Impossible III.
Fishburne has appeared in movies such as Apocalypse Now, School Daze, Red Heat, King of New York, Cadence, Class Action, Boyz n the Hood, Deep Cover, What's Love Got to Do with It, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Just Cause, Othello, Event Horizon, Hoodlum, The Matrix, Osmosis Jones (for voice), The Matrix Reloaded, Mystic River, The Matrix Revolutions, Assault on Precinct 13, Akeelah and the Bee, Five Fingers, TMNT (for voice), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (voice-over), The Death and Life of Bobby Z and most recently 21. He has also appeared in episodes of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" playing Cowboy Curtis.