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From the Archives: Actor Larry Fishburne.

Actor Laurence Fishburne. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and at 15, he played a young G.I. in "Apocalypse Now." He also played the musician Ike Turner in the film biography of Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It," and portrayed a streetwise chess pro in "Searching for Bobby Fischer." He plays the title role in the new film adaptation of "Othello." (Rebroadcast from April 6, 1992)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 25, 1995: Interviews with Kenneth Branagh; Interview with Laurence Fishburne; Review of the film "Sense and Sensibility."
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From the Archives: Kenneth Branagh on "Henry V" and "Dead Again."

Actor and director Kenneth Branagh. He stars as Lago in the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. We feature excerpts from two interviews with Branagh from our archives. Branagh's films include a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth, with himself in the title role, "Dead Again," a psychological thriller starring Branagh and Emma Thompson, and Much Ado About Nothing," also starring himself.

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Actor Larry Fishburne.

Actor Larry Fishburne. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and he played a young G.I. in "Apocalypse Now" when he was only 15. He was last in "Boyz in the Hood" as the main character's father. His latest role is in the soon-to-be-released film "Deep Cover," in which he plays an undercover cop. (Fine Line Pictures).

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Actor Laurence Fishburne

Actor Laurence Fishburne was 15 when he played a young G.I. in Apocalpyse Now. He was also Cowboy Curtis on Pee-wee's Playhouse. His films include Boyz N the Hood, Deep Cover, Searching for Bobby Fisher, What Love Got to Do With It, and The Matrix.

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