---
name: "Laurence Mason"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laurence-mason"
fi1m_id: "laurence-mason"
imdb_id: "nm0556808"
tmdb_id: 65141
wikidata_id: "Q1519936"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 October 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-30T09:18:21.946530+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laurence Mason

## Identity

Laurence Mason

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laurence-mason
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laurence-mason
- **IMDb ID:** nm0556808
- **TMDB ID:** 65141
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1519936
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Mason, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519936, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556808/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65141

Actor. Born 2 October 1965 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 October 1965, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2005
- **Also known as:** لارنس میسون
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 73 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $430m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Mason, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519936, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556808/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65141

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Crow*](https://film.one/film/the-crow-1994.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Laurence Mason is an American stage, film and television actor. He was born in the Bronx, New York City, to parents from Trinidad, and trained at the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan after early involvement with the First All Children's Theater.

His film credits include *True Romance* (1993) as Floyd D, *The Crow* (1994) as Tin Tin, *Hackers* (1995) as Lord Nikon, *Ali* (2001) as Luis Sarria, and *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2011) as Earl. On television he has appeared in recurring roles on *The Shield* as Halpern White and *Prison Break* as Sammy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Prison Break* (2005), Fi1m 68, as Sammy — [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Fi1m 84, as Tech Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *Ali* (2001), Fi1m 68, as Luis Sarria — [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *The Crow* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Tin Tin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-crow-1994.md)
- *True Romance* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Floyd "D" — [page](https://film.one/film/true-romance.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tin Soldier* (2025), as Shinja John
- *City of Lies* (2018), as FBI Agent Dunton
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Chief Mason
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, as Star — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Red Butterfly* (2014), as Dutch Fred
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Detective Ben Mueller, Ben Mueller
- *Stitch* (2014), as Pirino
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Martin Walcott — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Doctor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2011), as Earl
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Jeremy Levitas — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Public Enemies* (2009), as Porter at Union Station — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/public-enemies.md)
- *The Take* (2008), as Curtis Fellows aka Buddha
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, as Andre Dekker
- *Prison Break* (2005), series, as Sammy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Maurice Dushamp
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Halpern White — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Ali* (2001), as Luis Sarria — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *Behind Enemy Lines* (2001), as Brandon
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), as Tech Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *Side Streets* (1998), as Dennis
- *Parallel Sons* (1996), as Knowledge Johnson
- *Profiler* (1996), series, as Billy
- *The Keeper* (1995), as Jordi
- *Hackers* (1995), as Paul Cook / 'Lord Nikon'
- *The Crow* (1994), as Tin Tin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-crow-1994.md)
- *True Romance* (1993), as Floyd "D" — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/true-romance.md)
- *New York Undercover Cop* (1993), Actor
- *Joey Breaker* (1993), as Lester White
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Dennis Rigby — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Hardcore TV* (1992), series, as Rastaman
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Roach — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *People Not Places*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Laurence Mason](https://film.one/media/person/401340/gallery-ba97c77e813d.jpg) Laurence Mason — Sr Budá, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Sammy_Norino_%28Prison_Break%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Laurence Mason](https://film.one/media/person/401340/gallery-caa5620f090e.jpg) Laurence Mason — Image via TMDB

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