Actors

actor Tessa Thompson. She's starring in the new limited series "His & Hers," a true crime thriller on Netflix. She's known for her roles in "Dear White People," "Creed," "Thor: Ragnarok" and other Marvel movies, "Sorry To Bother You" and "Passing." For the "Creed" films, she cowrote and performed all of her character Bianca's songs.

In his new film, Fraser plays an actor in Tokyo who takes a job with a rental family service. It's based on a real phenomenon in Japan: companies where you can hire someone to fill a gap in your life.

Our guest is actor Mark Hamill. He's in the new movie "The Life Of Chuck," directed by Mike Flanagan, who adapted the movie from a Stephen King story.

Richard Kind. He's currently in the Netflix series "Everybody's Live With John Mulaney" as Mulaney's side kick.

Faithfull, who died Jan. 30, was discovered at a Rolling Stones party in 1964 and later became Mick Jagger's girlfriend. She went on to become an acclaimed singer. Originally broadcast in '94 and '05.

Gomez grew up speaking Spanish, but eventually lost her fluency. She spent months relearning the language for her latest role as the wife of a Mexican cartel boss. Originally broadcast Nov. 19, 2024

The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now she's defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2021.

Actor John David and director Malcolm talk about growing up with their famous father, Denzel Washington, and collaborating with their dad and sister on the Netflix adaptation of August Wilson's play.

In this 2000 interview, the Pulp Fiction star remembered watching movies in segregated theaters. Though he often plays tough guys he said, in real life, "I don't walk around looking for trouble."

Eastwood's breakout role came in the 1964 Western A Fistful of Dollars. In 1997 he talked about his signature squint: "[There's a] bunch of lights ... and it's 90 degrees and it's hard not to squint."

As a kid, Foster appeared in both the Disney film Freaky Friday and as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. She later won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. Originally broadcast June 17, 2002.

Over the course of his decades-long career, Caine has appeared in well over 100 films, including Alfie, The Ipcress File and The Dark Knight Batman films. Originally broadcast in 1992.

The acclaimed police procedural set in Baltimore will be streaming Peacock. We’ll listen back to interviews with executive producer and writer Tom Fontana and actors Andre Braugher and Clark Johnson.

The hugely popular Netflix reality show Love is Blind purports to be an experiment where contestants have a chance to fall in love -- sight unseen. But some members have accused the show's production company of exploitation, and two former cast members have formed a group to help connect reality show contestants to legal and mental health resources.

Wiig was a cast member on SNL until 2012. She's also starred in films, including Bridesmaids, which she co-wrote, Ghostbusters and the Despicable Me movies. In the new Apple TV+ show Palm Royale, she plays a former pageant queen who wants to break into the upper echelons of Palm Beach, Fla., high society in the late 1960s.

Corman, who died May 9, made hundreds of films, including the cult classics House of Usher and A Bucket of Blood. We listen back to a 1990 interview, plus critic John Powers offers an appreciation.

Diarra Kilpatrick is a write, actor, and star of the new series Diarra from Detroit. It is a dark comedy about a public school teacher going through a divorce who decides to hit the dating scene. When a guy she meets on Tinder ghosts her, Diarra goes on a hunt to find out why — and winds up embroiled in a decades old mystery.

In the new series Ripley, Andrew Scott plays a con artist with no conscience. Scott is best known for his role as the "hot priest" in the comedy series Fleabag. And he played Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, in the British series Sherlock.

Stone had her first panic attack at age 7. She says acting helps with anxiety, because it draws on her "big feelings." She's nominated for an Oscar for Poor Things. Originally broadcast Jan. 31, 2024.

Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows. In Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, he writes about studios, actors and the frustrations and joys of the business.