Laurence Fishburne Joins 'Man of Steel' Movie

According to ComingSoon.net, Laurence Fishburne has joined the upcoming Superman film 'Man of Steel.' He will play Perry White, editor in chief of The Daily Planet.

Fishburne is an Emmy Award-winning American actor of screen and stage, as well as a playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, and as singer-musician Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. He 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 adaption of the Shakespeare play.

Fishburne has won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992) and an Emmy Award for Drama Series Guest Actor for his performance in TriBeCa (1993).

'Man of Steel' is currently slated for a June 2013 release.