Sentences with phrase «great screen actor»

That Good Night has an obvious added poignancy as the final feature made by John Hurt (one of Britain's greatest screen actors) before his death last year.

Who should win: Call us crazy, but Tom Hardy's mumbling, menacing villain turn in The Revenant is yet another argument for why he's one of the greatest screen actors to emerge in recent years.

Little Voice Sally Hawkins has quietly become one of Britain's greatest screen actors.

Not exact matches

A chapter from history which is APTly supported by great performances from the actors involved, but not fluently adAPTed for the screen by Michael Apted.

Cruise is probably the most graceful physical performer to occupy the screen since Burt Lancaster, and in this sort of action role, he's just about peerless... He may not be a great actor, but to find a greater movie star would be a nigh impossible mission.

Character actor of stage, screen, and television, Joey Faye was among the last of the great burlesque comedians.

There are several great performances, and each actor brings something unique to the screen, which elevate the film significantly.

Some characters get a great deal of screen time, while other talented actors — like James LeGros and Patton Oswalt — only appear briefly, even though they're all introduced with the same weight.

Utilizing a $ 20M budget with plenty of little - known actors, it's easy to see that almost every dollar ends up on the screen: Conan is an epic in every sense of the word, thanks to plenty of great action, vast landscapes and a fantastic score by Basil Poledouris.

«The reason why it resonates with a lot of people is because of the real life inspiration behind it,» he said, adding that great actors like Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga help bring these real people to life on screen.

«With Daniel's ability to deliver intense, nuanced performances, we knew we had found yet another great actor to share the screen with some of our biggest heroes.»

It's also a treat to see an older generation of great African - American actors get a decent role on screen; Angela Bassett (pictured above with Letitia Wright) and Forest Whitaker acquit themselves well.

Surrounding our two leads are a wonderful assortment of great character actors: George Kennedy, Murray Hamilton, Mike Kellin, a young James Brolin, Hurd Hatfield, William Marshall, an early appearance by the great William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor), as well as the big screen debut of Sally Kellerman.

«With Daniel «s ability to deliver intense, nuanced performances, we knew we had found yet another great actor to share the screen with some of our biggest heroes,» the movie's producer Kevin Feige shared in a statement about the 36 - year - old actor.

Here we look back over the actor's greatest big - screen roles.

As she tackles the Queen in Steven Spielberg's The BFG, out this week, we look back over the greatest big - screen hits of the Downton Abbey actor

With the ambitious and challenging «Get Out,» which premiered in a secret screening at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Jordan Peele reveals that we may someday consider directing the greatest talent of this fascinating actor and writer.

This big - screen version of Jay and Seth vs the Apocalypse portrays actors in the way they appear most comical to great effect as we see their reaction to the end of the world.

Ruffalo, one of the great dramatic film actors of his age, has never been, to put it charitably, the funniest screen presence, but he acquits himself admirably.

As Howard, the great John Goodman creates one of the most chilling screen personalities in recent memory; having spent the last decade energising support parts in Argo, The Artist, Flight and Inside Llewellyn Davis, the actor gets to dominate a film with subtle, multi-tiered character work.

Viewers would be forgiven for their hesitance to see another movie from the directors of the «Vacation» reboot, but John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, working from a pitch - perfect screenplay by Mark Perez («Accepted»), have crafted an ensemble comedy that lives up to its high - concept premise while giving a gang of talented actors — including the gifted Jason Bateman, so rarely employed to great effect on the big screen — fun characters and big, outrageous moments.

The film's greatest assets are these actors and the movie is at its best when they share the screen.

Only the third film that the acclaimed actor has made as a director (after 2002's Antwone Fisher and his last, 2007's The Great Debaters), Washington certainly had familiarity with August Wilson's beloved Pulitzer Prize - winning material when he decided to bring it to the big screen; the actor won a Tony Award of his own for starring in the 2010 revival of the production, to go along with the play's Tony for Best Revival (and the many that it won during its first run on stage in 1987).

Of all the actors I've spoken to over the years, I do not remember having such a great time as I did with Michelle Monaghan, currently on screens in «Trucker» and generating some awards chatter for her work.

It's actually astonishing that we not only have great actors nailing tricky scenes, and really some stunning, winding camerawork to go with it, but such things as the weaving in of special effects and the utter lack of capturing any of the off - screen crew members who surely must have been around helping with the shoot (that we never see anything we shouldn't in any of the many on - screen mirrors is quite astonishing) only makes this one of the more brilliant efforts at shooting a seamless film since the first in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.

«The great thing is that tonally, how the movie's working now everyone — it's not like you see one person who is the lead of the movie,» the Faclon actor said during a set visit attended by Screen Rant and other outlets.

One gets the sense that fuck - up Gerry, with his stringy hair and fidgety goofiness, is the closest Day - Lewis came to playing a younger version of himself on screen, with the actor showing great comfort and lack of self - consciousness when he's simply palling around with his friends.

His success with «Alias» ultimately launched his career, and now, ten years later, here he is approaching A-list status, starring in a fine - looking action film, sharing the screen with none other than, in the words of Ricky Gervais, «the greatest screen - actor to have ever lived» — Robert De Niro.

Yes, they're adults now, but even for actors who've grown up on screen, it's asking a great deal.

«With Daniel's ability to deliver intense, nuanced performances, we knew we had found yet another great actor to share the screen with some of our biggest heroes,» said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige in the release, giving little hint as to his role.

Actors including Trace Lysette, Alexandra Billings, Jen Richards have made great strides in representation on the small screen.

Tonight marked the 20th anniversary of the Screen Actors Guild Award show, an award ceremony that has become a great precursor to help predict how the acting categories could turn out for the Oscars.

There is so much talent on screen, so many great actors, that it's no surprise it's an entertaining watch.

Among the co-stars that Tomlin encounters over a day of reckoning is Sam Elliott, who demonstrates that he's a great actor even when he's not playing the «Sam Elliott» we've come to know so well on the big screen over the years.

His best - known plays include Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984), the Pulitzer Prize - winning The Piano Lesson (1990) and the Tony Award - and Pulitzer - winning Fences (1987), now on the screen courtesy of actor - turned - director Denzel Washington, whose third outing in that role this is, after Antwone Fisher (2002) and The Great Debaters (2007).

Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain and Charlie Hunnam had a great on - screen dynamic and brought out personalities that we have not seen from these actors.

He is, simply put, one of the great actors of all time — one who can do both larger - than - life screen demolishing performances and quiet, subtle acting with his eyes alone.

He has been a great actor for a long time, is beloved and respected, and just won the Screen Actors Guild award; since actors represent the largest slice of the academy membership, that can be anActors Guild award; since actors represent the largest slice of the academy membership, that can be anactors represent the largest slice of the academy membership, that can be an omen.

The whitewashing in «Annihilation» may not be deliberate, but Portman still told Yahoo! it was problematic and called for greater representation on the big screen for minority actors.

It's great to see Nicholson and Keaton sparring again, 22 years after their last collaboration in «Reds» in 1981 and how often do you get a film that has veterans such as these two great actors sharing screen time with the successful names of today, like Keanu Reeves and Frances McDormand?

David Suchet is no ordinary screen actor but a thespian of great ability.

The intensity and believability drops off significantly in the 1997 version, but oddly, the older actors are much more fun to watch on screen... especially the great Helen Mirren.

Q: You have a great rapport on screen with Lucas Hedges and Matthew Lintz, the young actors who play your sons.

For actor, Capt. Jack is one of the screen's great creations.

A great actor, there wasn't much that Bill Paxton was in that was not good (maybe the big screen outing of Thunderbirds was one).

Patrick Wilson is a very gifted actor (and a wonderful theatre actor) with great charisma, and he has an incredible screen presence.

The 24th annual SAG Awards honor the greatest performances from 2017, as chosen by other actors which means this is one of the most definitive lists of the best on - screen performances.

Ryan, one of the great film noir heavies, could play sociopathic bad guys like few other actors on screen.

There are other good performances: Barry Pepper as Jack's right - hand man Michael Scanlon; Jon Lovitz as a crooked Florida mattress salesman who joins forces with Jack; and the late Maury Chaykin, the great Canadian actor, who plays a mob kingpin and whose last screen appearance this is.

The SAG Awards honor the greatest performances from 2016, as chosen by other actors which means this is one of the most definitive lists of the best on - screen performances.