Laurence Fishburne has appeared in everything from John Singleton’s to the film franchise. He earned an Oscar nomination for and won two Emmys, for performances in and.
He’s nominated again — his 11th total — for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for his harrowing performance as Lt.
Poincy in the Quibi series about a Black man in a standoff with the police. Fishburne says that while they could have never predicted what happened to George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died at the hands of the police one month after debuted on the streaming platform, it speaks to the realities of what it means to be a Black person in America.
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