Sentences with phrase «american character role»

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Heisel reported a study comparing Japanese and American children's TV programs, whose results revealed that there were even few older characters on the Japanese shows: 4 per cent of all speaking roles, as compared to 9 per cent for the U.S..

Hawthorne is deeply honored for his role in the articulation of the American character because he was creatively appreciative of what he repudiated and knew to be dead.

American actor and dancer Justin Smith played character roles in several films of the»60s.

Matheson kept busy into the 1980s with a steady stream of small but distinct character roles; he enjoyed a rare starring assignment as rock»n' roll maven Alan Freed in 1978's American Hot Wax.

More supporting roles in Big Fat Liar and Solaris were quick to follow, and after rounding out the «American» trilogy in American Wedding, it was burger time for Cho as he played one of the titular characters (opposite Van Wilder's Kal Penn) in the 2004 comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

An asset as a thesp for two decades now, from youthful leads («The Faculty,» «The Slaughter Rule») to more recent character roles on big screen («Argo») and small («Heroes,» «American Horror Story»), DuVall demonstrates a deft hand guiding her cast here.

A full - blooded Oneida from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, actor Graham Greene is best known for playing Native American roles; his characters are almost always positive and very dignified.

Salt - and - pepper - haired, frequently mustachioed African - American character player Richard Gant tackled supporting roles in a plethora of Hollywood A-list features during the 1980s and»90s.

«House of Cards» is a bit of a rough go at first — the characters, their roles and the British political culture aren't all that clear to Americans.

The only significant female role — the African - American characters, male and female, are, unfortunately, pretty much relegated to grateful spectators — is Sally Field's overwrought Mary Todd Lincoln, who frets that history will remember her a madwoman.

Despite what critics and some audiences who may have inconsistencies or confusions or improbabilities, but there is one perfect thing at it's center, and that is the character of Celie, played with riveting and emotional fire by Whoopi Goldberg in her first ever theatrical role that consisted of its predominately African - American cast that also included Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Laurence Fishburne, and Adolph Caesar.

One of the most talented — and often underappreciated — character actresses of the late 1990s, Allison Janney first began courting critical attention with roles in such acclaimed films as Big Night (1996) and American Beauty (1998).

Though initially typecast in comedic roles — including a small turn in Old School (2003), a contribution to Tracey Ullman in The Trailer Tales (2003), and work on MADtv — American character actor Simon Helberg quickly branched out into diverse genres.

It strikes me that a lot of his roles have been disenfranchised characters — an illegal immigrant («Dirty Pretty Things»); a drag queen («Kinky Boots»); the frustrated brother of a drug boss («American Gangster»).

The actor, best known to Americans for his role in Guardians of the Galaxy, brings nuance to the character, infusing the lovable muscle - bound dunce (the prevailing feature of Patrick Warburton's 2001 take on The Tick) with a more human and empathetic element.

While fans wait to see the how the storied thespian takes on the role of the infamous American business magnate, Plummer is starring in The Man Who Invented Christmas as a different iconic rich misanthrope — Ebenezer Scrooge — and he said the chance to play such a famed literary character was «marvelous.»

Fans of the original American Pie trilogy may be somewhat pleased that Eugene Levy (For Your Consideration, Over the Hedge) takes a more substantial role here playing the same dopey character that delivered big laughs in the first film.

Some were unhappy at the casting of an American in the role of a British character.

With Crawford having been let go, his role will be taken over by American Pie's Sean William Scott, who will be playing an entirely new character, likely as Riggs» brother to keep the Murtagh - Riggs dynamic alive.

Neither lead should be particularly recognizable to American audiences; Knudsen has worked predominantly in Denmark and this is only D'Anna's second film (the first being Berberian Sound Studio), but these roles feel like a second skin, their actions never betraying their characters» motivations.

Michael Chiklis — «American Horror Story: Freak Show» Bill Murray — «Olive Kitteridge» Jonathan Pryce — «Wolf Hall» Stephen Rea — «The Honorable Woman» Michael Kenneth Williams — «Bessie» Finn Wittrock — «American Horror Story: Freak Show» In a category full of veteran character actors getting a moment in the sun, Murray's the obvious stand - out for his relatively brief role in «Olive Kitteredge.»

Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American film and television actor best known to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans for his various roles playing non-human characters, often in heavy makeup, in films and television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

The Macau - born, Hong Kong and American raised actor is our first confirmed new addition to Joss Whedon «s S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot (not counting Clark Gregg, since his Agent Coulson is a known character), in the role of Melinda May, and just because that name isn't familiar might not mean we don't know anything about her.

Seeing how much Scott Eastwood looks like the character and his volume high - profile roles via Fury, Flags of Our Fathers, Snowden, and now with Suicide Squad, I think he'd make an excellent Solid Snake candidate being that All - American actor which is surely lacking today in Hollywood action franchises.

And most recently, it appears to have adjusted its marketing campaign, with new posters that replace John Hawkes with character actor Clarke Peters, who is African - American, and who has a small role as the film's replacement police chief.

During an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, the revered actor questioned why British actor Daniel Kaluuya was cast as the lead character in the breakout horror film Get Out, which addresses racism in the U.S.; Jackson wondered why an African - American didn't get the role.

But the subtitles are in English, with american character actors in supporting roles (Missi Pyle, John Goodman and James Cromwell) and the theme is all old Hollywood.

Honor this thankless role player, who often gives his / her life in order to save the hero, with a marathon featuring African American characters who give their all... including their lives.

Hollywood rarely writes prominent parts for Asian American and American Indian characters and those roles could have bolstered the careers of women from those communities.»

Trained in the theater, with a versatility and discipline more common among British performers than Americans, he was a character actor who could take on any role, large or small, loathsome or sympathetic.

The film, however, features these characters in supporting roles and invents a new protagonist named Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine), an «all American» cis (i.e. non trans) white man who flees to New York after his parents kick him out for being gay.

The Swiss actor Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire, The Downfall), who is cast as a kindly esoteric German and the partner of Patricia Clarkson's mouthy American character, said he had taken pleasure in the role particularly because he wasn't used to playing comic roles or good Germans (in Downfall he played Hitler).

The victim of withering reviews, Pan has also suffered from bad press after Wright cast the white actor Rooney Mara in the role of Tiger Lily, traditionally a Native American character.

What makes American Ultra work so well is Nima Nourizadeh and writer Max Landis «playing with these iconic roles and characters.

One big help is casting great American actors in all these roles, but it's also about not sentimentalizing or patronizing the characters — showing them as human beings first, not types.

Samuels» previous credits include the series regular role of Grace in the first season of Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens and Bonnie Lipton in American Horror Story: Freak Show, along with the Lionsgate / CBS Films coming - of - age comedy, The Duff and The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in which she starred as the title character.

Aside from pointed and repeated hints that the American gunslinger harbours a dark secret, Hartnett's character seems awkwardly grafted onto the story, serving mainly to keep his girlfriend (Billie Piper, again cast as a prostitute after her starring role in «Secret Diary of a Call Girl») in the picture — for reasons that become evident before too long.

Cannes Best Actor winner and frequent Leigh collaborator Spall, a prolific character actor best known to American audiences for his role as Peter «Wormtail» Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films, received outstanding reviews for his portrayal of Turner, cementing himself as a strong contender for a Best Actor Oscar nomination, which would be his first.

The Black Panther character was first introduced to the Cinematic Universe in 2016's «Captain America: Civil War», with «42» and «Get On Up» actor Chadwick Boseman in the role of Marvel's prominent African American superhero.

Contributors include: Harvard's Alan M. Dershowitz; Daniel Goleman, whose training as a journalist and psychologist powered his Emotional Intelligence to the top of the best seller lists; CBS's Dan Rather; no - nonsense radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger; spiritual leader Marianne Williamson... and many more prominent Americans sharing fascinating insights about the role of character in community, work and family life.

Voice - over artists bring life to the characters including Marqus Bobesich voicing Sebastian Castellanos having also had roles in horror TV series and films such as The Crossbreed, American Horror Story and Survival of the Dead, while Meg Saricks voices Juli Kidman having provided additional voices in Life is Strange: Before the Storm and starred in the Nailbiter films, alongside an entire supporting cast who also perform their respective roles to an equally high standard.

The film's main character, Jameson Locke, is played by Mike Colter, an actor known for his role in The Following and American Horror Story, recently discussed his role in the series.