Laurence Fishburne

Plays Dr Raymond Langston

Seasons 10 - 11

At age 12, Laurence Fishburne won a recurring role on daytime drama One Life to Live, and later made his film debut in Cornbread, Earl and Me. Francis Ford Coppola cast him, at age 14, in Apocalypse Now, and later in Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club and Gardens of Stone. Fishburne was catapulted into the front of the film ranks with his acclaimed lead role in John Singleton's Boyz in the Hood.

Fishburne was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the film What's Love Got to Do With It, and originated the role of Morpheus in The Matrix, which he also played in its sequels. Other film credits include Searching for Bobby Fischer, Higher Learning, Bad Company, Mystic River, and Akeelah and the Bee.

Fishburne's television work includes the telefilms Miss Evers' Boys, for which he won an Emmy Award, and The Tuskegee Airmen. He also won an Emmy for his guest appearance in the pilot episode of the series Tribeca.

Fishburne's screenwriting and directorial debut was for the film Once in the Life, in which he also starred. He is the recipient of multiple NAACP Image Awards, was nominated for a 2008 TONY Award, and won a Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his starring role in Thurgood. His other theatre credits include Two Trains Running, for which he won a TONY Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Theatre World Award; and "The Lion in Winter.