Sentences with phrase «after small roles»

After small roles on episodic television and the occasional film, she hit it big in 1973 by appearing in two of the year's biggest hits, «The Way We Were» and the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, «The Sting.»

After her small roles in the 2002 films Swept Away and Catch Me If You Can, she later appeared, with more prominence, in the movies Seabiscuit (2003), the Spider - Man sequels (2004/2007), Slither (2006), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and The Uninvited (2009) among others.

After small roles

After smaller roles in Paul Thomas Anderson's earlier films, he became a dramatic lead and then a skilled comedian, giving us all great difficulty when trying to define exactly what he is.

After a small role in Andrew Niccol's «In Time,» Heathcote, who got her start like so many others on the Aussie soap «Neighbours,» first came to the attention of many as a contender for the lead in «Snow White and the Huntsman.»

Not exact matches

In an interview with the Boston Globe, Pelosi made clear she is still the boss and has no intention of taking on a smaller role after the 2018 midterm elections this fall.

After landing various small roles, including appearing as a suitcase girl on the game show «Deal or No Deal,» the actress got her big break on «Suits.»

However, Jackson called up Sonnenfeld after seeing the first movie and asked to play a small role in the sequel — and so Jackson became an agent who negotiated a peace treaty between aliens.

At a conference days after the U.S. presidential election, Zuckerberg dismisses concerns about Facebook's role in its outcome: «Personally, I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, of which it's a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea.»

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

A job on Ice Cube's Friday led to a small role on Friday After Next.

After all, the company was founded in response to academic research proving that even small cash rewards triple the effectiveness of weight - loss programs; that people are more effective at losing weight when their own money is at risk; and that social dynamics play a large role in the spread of obesity, and will likely play a large role in reversing obesity.

How do you cope with life after football, and are you fulfilled sufficiently in your business life to compensate for playing a much smaller role in our game?

The age of your child plays a big role in how you approach the topic of job loss — after all, small children won't understand if you start talking about layoffs, downsizing, or the economy.

Smaller businesses generally have to follow the same rules as bigger ones when it comes to maternity leave and holding open a job, but that doesn't mean it's easy for moms to slide back into their old role after having baby.

But nine months after an election that left the charity smaller in size, scope, and funding, Hillary Clinton is stepping into a new supporting role — to raise money on behalf of the organization.

A small group of Queens officials quietly schmoozed with disgraced ex-Comptroller Alan Hevesi last night, reuniting with him for a «welcome home» dinner after he was jailed for his role in a massive pay - to - play scandal.

«I ran for NYC Council in 1997 after a career as a teacher, city planner, small business owner, district manager of a community board, and having held a number of civic leadership roles.»

The move comes after years of work by a small group of psychologists who exposed the APA's role in legitimizing the U.S. government's use of torture in the war on terror.

After appearing in a pair of supporting roles (Trapped in Paradise and The Road to Wellville (both 1994)-RRB- and a cameo (1996's The Shot) shortly thereafter, Carvey disappeared almost entriely from the public eye until resurfacing in the 1999 Saturday Night Live; Presidential Bash and once again taking a small role in Adam Sandler's Little Nicky (2000).

Oscar Issac, on the other hand, is more or less wasted here — his part is a small one, and he adds a lot to it, but after his brilliant turn in Ex Machina, his limited role is a little disappointing.

After having his first major Broadway success with A Shot in the Dark, Matthau began working on the screen, usually in small supporting roles that cast him as thugs, villains, and louts in such films as The Kentuckian (1955) and King Creole (1958).

The men are all pretty much the same, the women are also pretty much the same, and the small - town loser stereotypes are a bit stale, but Sarah Colonna plays a great wallflower with secret bondage fetish, Morena Baccarin is sassy and accessibly beautiful in a «regular girl» role, and Rosenbaum's likable straight man who does the honorable thing in the end is all the more impressive after having seen his real life dude - brah persona.

Encouraged by her local agents and her long time acting coach, and after many long discussions, the family made the commitment to let her try L.A.After finding a manager and spending just 6 weeks in L.A. she booked small guest roles on C.S.I. and Yes, Dear.

Not long after, he moved to Los Angeles, landing his first film role in POWWOW HIGHWAY and making his TV debut in a small role in the ABC TV movie LONGARM in 1988.

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

Soon after his breakout in «Bottle Rocket,» Wilson had a small role in Stiller's second movie as director, the dark Jim Carrey comedy «The Cable Guy,» then paired with him on addiction drama «Permanent Midnight,» but the film that really launched them as co-stars was Stiller's absurdist comedy «Zoolander,» with the actors playing moronic male models.

After several of these smaller roles, Loy was offered parts as exotics, often playing a temptress and homewrecker.

The Scottish director had never met Phoenix before the weeks of furiously prepping her first American film — needing to take advantage of a small summer opening in Phoenix's packed schedule, just one month after having secured financing at the Cannes Film Festival — but he more than confirmed her instincts that he would be perfect for the role.

You would think after the heroics of the previous two films and saving the Earth twice that he'd undergo at least a small personality change, accepting his rather serious role as Earth's biggest bad - ass, but he's always the same immature, smart - ass, easily annoyed goofball.

Some twelve years after the conclusion of Alias, actress Jennifer Garner is set for a return to the small screen, with TV Line reporting that she is set for a leading role in the new HBO comedy series Camping.

After a career playing bubbly, enthusiastic characters in small roles, Melissa McCarthy hit the big time with her Oscar - nominated turn in 2011's Bridesmaids.

The biggest news to celebrate may be that after several years of absence, Owen Wilson also returns to the fold for the first time since 2007 (though he had a small voice role in «Fantastic Mr. Fox»).

Rourke's next trip, on the other hand, was to Chinatown (or the soundstage equivalent thereof) in the epic crime saga Year Of The Dragon, his second film for director Michael Cimino after playing a small role in Heaven's Gate.

HBO has continued to be good to him, with recurring roles on «How To Make It In America» and «Treme,» and after smaller parts in «Prom Night» and «The Next Three Days,» he's had more impressive parts in indie favorite «Starlet,» and stole the show as the deputy in horror sleeper «Sinister.»

Smaller roles in Brit flicks «Skeletons» and «Chatroom» followed soon after, before a shift to TV with recurring roles on series «Friday Night Dinner,» «Sirens» and «Sinbad.»

Scott Thomas has a small role, but she makes quite an impact playing the woman who did her own bit in establishing the Churchill legacy, both before and after him.

And Martin is in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz in small roles, and we wanted him to have a bigger part this time, because, you know, we figured, after the billion dollar grossing The Hobbit, that he was up to the task.

«This rider covers the crew, and it covers the on - screen roles of the smaller parts, you know, the folks who make their living doing part after part, who also combine that with waiting tables.

Monty Python star Michael Palin has landed another Tv acting role after returning to the small screen last year (13) in black comedy The Wipers...

He contacts scientists and universities, and is startled when the FBI turns up in its obligatory role as paranoid sniffer after suspicious behavior (his interview with a federal agent is a small gem).

He began acting during his senior year and after graduation, he headed to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he began cobbling together a career of smaller roles that left lasting impressions.

After appearing in small screen guest spots for some of the biggest shows on TV, Elizabeth made the move from New York to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding more film roles.

Post-script: Guy Pearce's status as an Oscar good luck charm seems destined to end after small supporting roles in two consecutive Best Picture winners.

Carrell made the film after a string of solid supporting roles in similar ensemble - oriented comedies but before The Office established him a small screen star and plays the role as amiable if socially awkward, with an undercurrent of melancholy in his isolation from the rest of the world.

She's younger, and doesn't have the career Blanchett has had (though give it time, as she'll presumably get a second career nomination this year after her lead nomination for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which is arguably a smaller role than her one in Carol).

After working on the stand - up comedy circuit and scoring small roles in films and television shows, the actress broke out in a huge way with her performance in Girls Trip last year.

After starring in a number of United Kingdom and United States television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro and the 1999 crime thriller film Entrapment.

Lynch is pretty good at this kind of drollery, and he's not the only actor here who registers strongly in a smaller role: Others include Ron Livingston as a lawyer; Ed Begley Jr. as the doctor who examines Lucky after a mysterious fall; and Tom Skerritt as a veteran who swaps World War II stories with Lucky.

When Terrence Malick made The Thin Red Line in the late»90s after two decades away from feature directing, it seemed like everyone turned up for a small role in the movie.