How old was Laurence Fishburne in the movie The Color Purple?

Laurence Fishburne was 23 in The Color Purple when he played the character 'Swain'.

That was over 38 years ago in 1985.

Today he is 62, and has starred in 128 movies in total, 112 of those since The Color Purple was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Color Purple, I think Laurence Fishburne looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Steven Spielberg has worked with Laurence Fishburne just once in his career.
  • Laurence Fishburne's first movie was as 'Fish' in If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band, released in 1972 when he was 10
  • The Color Purple scores 7.8 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Color Purple

Laurence Fishburne's other movies