Biography

Ray Fisher is an American actor with a career spanning both stage and screen.

In 2013, he was lauded for his portrayal of Muhammad Ali in the New York Theatre Workshop's Off-Broadway production of Will Power's 'Fetch Clay, Make Man.' In 2023, Fisher received a Drama Desk nomination for his portrayal of Lymon in the 2022 Broadway revival of August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson.'

In 2014, Fisher was cast as Victor Stone (aka Cyborg) by director Zack Snyder in 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice'. Fisher went on to reprise that role in the global phenomenon known as 'Zack Snyder's Justice League.'

Fisher's notable television credits include playing civil rights activist Gene Mobley in Hulu's 'Women of the Movement', Henry Hays in the third season of HBO's 'True Detective', and Captain Edward Dwight in ABC's 'The Astronaut Wives Club.'
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Fisher was rumored as one of the finalists for a lead role in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). Fisher later debunked this rumor as simply hype.

While performing as Muhammad Ali in the off-Broadway play Fetch Clay, Make Man, Fisher was approached by Ang Lee to discuss playing the same part in the Oscar-winner's upcoming untitled boxing film.

Born in Baltimore, but raised in Lawnside, New Jersey, where he developed an interest in acting while still in high school.

[re his stage role as Muhammad Ali] This is more contemporary than Shakespeare, but in terms of rhythm and language, it's very Shakespearean. Will [Power]'s a poet and that definitely comes through in his writing. But it's unlike anything else I've done. People can have 20 different takes on King Lear and have them all be equally good. But the same would probably not be true of Ali.