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Laurence Fishburne

1961-07-30 (63 years old) in Augusta, Georgia, USA

Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of The Matrix series (1999–2003), Jason "Furious" Styles in the John Singleton drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's war film Apocalypse Now (1979), and "The Bowery King" in the John Wick film series (2017–present). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992), and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). 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. Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). On television, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).

Movies

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Sneaks
0 %|Apr 24, 2025
Animation, Comedy
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Bonnie
30 %|Nov 12, 2022
Documentary
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Armored
57 %|Dec 4, 2009
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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21
67 %|Mar 27, 2008
Drama, Crime
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The Death and Life of Bobby Z
61 %|Jul 23, 2007
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
56 %|Jun 13, 2007
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
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TMNT
61 %|Mar 23, 2007
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Bobby
64.11 %|Sep 5, 2006
Drama
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Five Fingers
60 %|May 1, 2006
Drama, Action, Thriller
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Mission: Impossible III
67 %|Apr 25, 2006
Adventure, Action, Thriller
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Assault on Precinct 13
62 %|Jan 19, 2005
Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
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The Matrix Revolutions
67 %|Nov 5, 2003
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Mystic River
77.44 %|Oct 7, 2003
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Matrix Reloaded
71 %|May 15, 2003
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Biker Boyz
63 %|Jan 31, 2003
Action, Drama
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Osmosis Jones
65 %|Aug 10, 2001
Adventure, Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
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The Matrix
82.18 %|Mar 31, 1999
Action, Science Fiction
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Always Outnumbered
64 %|Mar 21, 1998
Drama, TV Movie
actor
Black Hollywood
0 %|Dec 29, 1997
Documentary
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Hoodlum
64 %|Aug 27, 1997
Crime, Drama
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Event Horizon
65 %|Aug 15, 1997
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
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The Tuskegee Airmen
70.52 %|Aug 25, 1995
War, History, Drama, TV Movie
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Just Cause
62 %|Feb 17, 1995
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Deep Cover
67 %|Apr 15, 1992
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
78.97999999999999 %|Nov 27, 1991
Documentary
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Boyz n the Hood
76.14 %|Jul 12, 1991
Crime, Drama
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King of New York
67 %|Jul 18, 1990
Thriller, Crime
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Red Heat
62.23 %|Jun 17, 1988
Action, Crime
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
67 %|Feb 27, 1987
Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
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Band of the Hand
64 %|Apr 11, 1986
Action
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Quicksilver
56 %|Feb 14, 1986
Action, Adventure, Drama
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The Color Purple
78 %|Dec 18, 1985
Drama, History
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Rumble Fish
70 %|Oct 9, 1983
Crime, Drama
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Apocalypse Now
82.77 %|Aug 15, 1979
Drama, War
actor
The Astronaut
0 %|Invalid Date
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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The Amateur
0 %|Apr 9, 2025
Thriller
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Transformers One
81 %|Sep 11, 2024
Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure, Family, Action
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Slingshot
61 %|Aug 30, 2024
Science Fiction, Thriller
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John Wick: Chapter 4
77 %|Mar 22, 2023
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Death to 2021
59.84 %|Dec 27, 2021
Comedy
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
74 %|May 15, 2019
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Man of Steel
66.28 %|Jun 12, 2013
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Have a Little Faith
65 %|Nov 27, 2011
Drama, TV Movie
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Contagion
66.44 %|Sep 8, 2011
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Thurgood
63 %|Feb 24, 2011
Drama, TV Movie
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Predators
63 %|Jul 3, 2010
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
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Tortured
54 %|Sep 10, 2008
Crime, Thriller
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
85 %|Jan 16, 2007
Documentary
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Akeelah and the Bee
71 %|Apr 28, 2006
Drama
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The Soul of a Man
64 %|May 16, 2003
Documentary, Music
actor
Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
0 %|Jan 30, 2003
Documentary
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A History of Sex
55 %|Jan 14, 2003
Documentary
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The Matrix Revisited
68 %|Nov 19, 2001
Documentary
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Once in the Life
44 %|Oct 27, 2000
Action, Crime, Drama
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Miss Evers' Boys
63 %|Feb 22, 1997
Drama, History, TV Movie
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Fled
55 %|Jul 19, 1996
Action
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Othello
64 %|Dec 15, 1995
Drama
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Bad Company
48 %|Jan 20, 1995
Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Higher Learning
63 %|Jan 11, 1995
Drama, Crime
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
71 %|Aug 13, 1993
Drama
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What's Love Got to Do with It
71 %|Jun 9, 1993
Drama, Music, History
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Decoration Day
73 %|Dec 2, 1990
TV Movie, Drama
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Cadence
67 %|Nov 16, 1990
Drama
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School Daze
59 %|Feb 12, 1988
Comedy, Drama, Music
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Cherry 2000
60 %|Nov 10, 1987
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Gardens of Stone
62.85 %|May 5, 1987
War, Drama, History
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Death Wish II
63 %|Feb 20, 1982
Action, Crime, Drama
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Cornbread, Earl and Me
72 %|May 21, 1975
Drama
actor
The Little Bedroom
0 %|Invalid Date
Drama
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Megalopolis
55.88 %|Sep 25, 2024
Science Fiction, Drama
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
74 %|Oct 9, 2022
Documentary
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
66.2 %|Aug 16, 2019
Comedy, Drama
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
69.31 %|Jul 4, 2018
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Last Flag Flying
68 %|Nov 3, 2017
Drama, Comedy
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John Wick: Chapter 2
73 %|Feb 8, 2017
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Passengers
69.48 %|Dec 21, 2016
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
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The Snowy Day
70 %|Nov 25, 2016
Animation
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
59.720000000000006 %|Mar 23, 2016
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Standoff
60 %|Feb 26, 2016
Thriller, Drama
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Rudderless
72 %|Oct 17, 2014
Music, Drama, Comedy
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The Signal
60 %|Mar 15, 2014
Thriller, Science Fiction
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Ride Along
62.53 %|Jan 7, 2014
Action, Comedy
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Khumba
60 %|Jul 18, 2013
Animation, Adventure, Family
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The Colony
54 %|Apr 12, 2013
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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A Man's Story
69 %|Oct 8, 2011
Documentary
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The Black List: Volume Two
60 %|Feb 26, 2009
Documentary
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Days of Wrath
100 %|Sep 17, 2008
Drama
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The Making of 'Event Horizon'
75 %|Apr 18, 2006
Documentary
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The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
72 %|Dec 7, 2004
Documentary
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The Matrix Recalibrated
66 %|Apr 6, 2004
Documentary, Science Fiction
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Spooge
0 %|Nov 10, 2001
Comedy, Documentary
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Sex and the Matrix
64 %|Jun 3, 2000
Comedy
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Michael Jordan to the Max
73 %|May 5, 2000
Documentary
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Welcome to Hollywood
38 %|Oct 1, 1998
Comedy
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Class Action
63 %|Mar 15, 1991
Drama, Crime
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
43 %|Jan 1, 1991
Documentary
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
75 %|Dec 21, 1988
Family, Comedy, TV Movie
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The Cotton Club
65 %|Dec 14, 1984
Crime, Drama
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
0 %|Mar 22, 1983
TV Movie, Drama
actor
Black Water Transit
40 %|Invalid Date
Drama, Crime
actor
Blacksmith
0 %|Invalid Date
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Cellar Door
62 %|Oct 31, 2024
Horror, Thriller
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The School for Good and Evil
71 %|Oct 19, 2022
Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
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All the Old Knives
60.019999999999996 %|Apr 8, 2022
Thriller, Action
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The Ice Road
68 %|Jun 24, 2021
Action, Thriller
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Under the Stadium Lights
66 %|Jun 4, 2021
Drama
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Death to 2020
65.03 %|Dec 27, 2020
Comedy
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Our Lady of 121st Street
0 %|May 23, 2020
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Imprisoned
52 %|Sep 12, 2019
Thriller
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Running with the Devil
54.65 %|Aug 29, 2019
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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The Mule
68.49000000000001 %|Dec 14, 2018
Crime, Drama
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
60 %|Aug 18, 2015
Documentary, TV Movie
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And the Oscar Goes To...
70 %|Feb 1, 2014
Documentary, TV Movie
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Slavery by Another Name
72 %|Feb 11, 2012
Documentary, History
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Predators: The Chosen
61 %|Oct 19, 2010
Action, Science Fiction
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Predators: Moments of Extraction
43 %|Oct 19, 2010
Action, Animation
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
78.1 %|May 4, 2010
Documentary
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Rappin' With The Rickster
20 %|Jan 1, 2010
Documentary
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
72 %|Sep 14, 2005
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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Ashes and Snow
72 %|Mar 5, 2005
Documentary, Drama
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The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
67 %|Dec 7, 2004
Documentary
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The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
70 %|Dec 7, 2004
Documentary
actor
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
61.25 %|Oct 14, 2003
Documentary
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Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
45 %|Sep 2, 2003
Documentary
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
75 %|Jun 24, 2003
Documentary
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MTV Reloaded
73 %|May 13, 2003
Comedy, Science Fiction, Action
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Making 'The Matrix'
69 %|Sep 21, 1999
Documentary
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I Take These Men
0 %|Jan 5, 1983
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
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Willie and Phil
44 %|Aug 15, 1980
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Fast Break
52 %|Mar 2, 1979
Comedy
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
0 %|Dec 19, 1972
TV Movie, Drama, Comedy
actor
The Blacksmith
0 %|Invalid Date
Action, Thriller
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Crimson Blues
0 %|Invalid Date
Action, Crime, Thriller

Series

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Clipped
67 %|Jun 4, 2024
Drama
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
76 %|Feb 10, 2023
Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
76 %|Feb 10, 2023
Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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MacGruber
59 %|Dec 16, 2021
Action & Adventure, Comedy
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Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
0 %|Sep 9, 2021
Documentary
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What If...?
81 %|Aug 11, 2021
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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History's Greatest Mysteries
74 %|Nov 14, 2020
Documentary, Mystery
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#FreeRayshawn
72 %|Apr 13, 2020
Drama, Crime
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mixed-ish
79 %|Sep 24, 2019
Comedy
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Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
63 %|Oct 13, 2018
Documentary
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grown-ish
81 %|Jan 3, 2018
Comedy
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Year Million
82 %|May 15, 2017
Drama, Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Madiba
77 %|Feb 1, 2017
Drama
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Roots
69 %|May 30, 2016
Drama, Action & Adventure
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Jay Leno's Garage
75 %|Oct 7, 2015
Reality, Documentary, Comedy, Talk
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The Muppets
70 %|Sep 22, 2015
Comedy, Family
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black-ish
73 %|Sep 24, 2014
Comedy
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The Frame
100 %|Apr 9, 2013
News, Documentary
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Hannibal
82.46000000000001 %|Apr 4, 2013
Drama, Crime
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Top Gear
59.75 %|Nov 21, 2010
Comedy, Documentary
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Conan
70 %|Nov 8, 2010
Talk, Comedy, News
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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
60 %|Nov 17, 2006
Documentary
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
67 %|Jan 3, 2005
Comedy, Talk
poster
The Blues
71 %|Sep 28, 2003
Documentary
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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CSI: Miami
77.28 %|Sep 23, 2002
Drama, Mystery, Crime
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
76 %|Oct 6, 2000
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Magic Hour
50 %|Jun 8, 1998
Talk
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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The Daily Show
63 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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MADtv
69 %|Oct 14, 1995
Comedy
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Inside the Actors Studio
73 %|Aug 14, 1994
Talk
actor
TriBeCa
0 %|Mar 23, 1993
Drama
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
54 %|May 25, 1992
Talk, Comedy
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The Civil War
81 %|Sep 23, 1990
Documentary, War & Politics
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
54 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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Pee-wee's Playhouse
71 %|Sep 13, 1986
Kids, Comedy
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Spenser: For Hire
66 %|Sep 20, 1985
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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The Equalizer
71 %|Sep 18, 1985
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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Miami Vice
75 %|Sep 16, 1984
Crime, Drama
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Hill Street Blues
76 %|Jan 15, 1981
Drama, Crime
poster
A Rumor of War
60 %|Sep 24, 1980
Drama, War & Politics
actor
The Six O'Clock Follies
0 %|Apr 24, 1980
Comedy
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Trapper John, M.D.
63 %|Sep 23, 1979
Drama
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M*A*S*H
79.03999999999999 %|Sep 17, 1972
War & Politics, Drama, Comedy
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Tony Awards
50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
88 %|Dec 24, 1951
Drama