I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.

On August 2 2011 it was announced that Fishburne had been cast in the role of Perry White in the Zack Snyder directed Superman reboot Man of Steel. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for his performance.

From 2008 to 2011 he starred as Dr. Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30 1961) is an American film and stage actor playwright director and producer.