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Actor LAURENCE FISHBURNE

Fresh Air
Published December 24, 1995 at 10:00 PM MST

2: 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

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