The Amateur star Laurence Fishburne on 9 of his key roles, from The Matrix to John Wick 2

If the filmmaking duo known as Daniels had not named their Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, it would have been the perfect title for a tribute to Laurence Fishburne.
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Since his breakthrough as the energetic Mr Clean in 1979's Apocalypse Now, the actor has been a ubiquitous presence in Hollywood and beyond, shifting seamlessly from hit franchises including The Matrix and John Wick to groundbreaking films such as Boyz N the Hood, television shows like black-ish and the recent Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo.
He also writes and directs, and has been recruited to lend his distinctive voice to animations, video games and podcasts.
The latest is 20th Century Studios'
action-espionage drama The Amateur, starring Rami Malek as Charlie Heller, a talented CIA analyst who undertakes a mission of vengeance after his wife is killed in a terrorist attack.
Fishburne is Henderson, a retired colonel specialising in training field agents, who comes into Heller's orbit.
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And although Fishburne is in only a handful of scenes, his formidable presence adds gravitas to the entire film.

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