Sentences with phrase «supporting appearances in films»

Supporting appearances in films like THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE (1983), STREETS OF FIRE (1984), and THE TERMINATOR (1984) followed until his roles in WEIRD SCIENCE (1985), ALIENS (1985), and NEAR DARK (1987), made a lasting impression on film audiences.

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An eco-lodge supported by Christian Aid is set to make an appearance in a new film starring Daniel R...

Many film fans assume that Mitchell won his 1939 Best Supporting Oscar for his portrayal of Gerald O'Hara in the blockbuster Gone With the Wind; in fact, he won the prize for his performance as the drunken doctor in Stagecoach — one of five Thomas Mitchell movie appearances in 1939 (his other films that year, classics all, were Only Angels Have Wings, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

In 2000, McDormand made memorable supporting appearances in two filmIn 2000, McDormand made memorable supporting appearances in two filmin two films.

Throughout his Broadway years, he made infrequent film and TV appearances; he played supporting roles in such movies as All the President's Men (1976) and Pennies from Heaven (1980), was briefly a regular on Falcon Crest, guested as Shelley Fabares» father on the sitcom Coach, and was seen in the made - for - TV features Separate but Equal (1991) and Citizen Cohn (1992).

After several seasons» worth of stage experience, Schiavelli made his first film appearance in Milos Forman's Taking Off (1971) playing a pot - smoking support group leader by the name of... Schiavelli.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting appearance as Dodger in Comes a Horseman (1978); the star of that film was Jane Fonda, whose father, Henry, had been doubled by Farnsworth in The Tin Star (1957).

A restless Navy officer (Henry Fonda, reprising his Broadway role) aboard a rust - bucket World War II cargo ship butts heads with his martinet captain (James Cagney) in this Best Picture nominee that garnered Jack Lemmon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and marked the final film appearance of William Powell.

A restless Navy officer (Henry Fonda, reprising his Broadway role) aboard a rust - bucket World War II cargo ship butts heads with his martinet captain (James Cagney) in this Best Picture nominee that garnered Jack Lemmon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (more...) A restless Navy officer (Henry Fonda, reprising his Broadway role) aboard a rust - bucket World War II cargo ship butts heads with his martinet captain (James Cagney) in this Best Picture nominee that garnered Jack Lemmon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and marked the final film appearance of William Powell.

He's a figure of great notoriety, and has been represented in film several times previous to the Richardson version, including the 1906 silent film The Story of the Kelly Gang and a 1960 Australian television version starring Ken Goodlet as Kelly, who makes an appearance as a supporting character here (amidst a healthy mix of other Australian character actors, including Bill Hunter and Frank Thring).

Michael Shannon also makes a brief appearance as a Life magazine photographer, who captures an image of the couple that provides a powerful moment in the film, but his role isn't large enough for supporting consideration.

He's also been on the low end of the Best Actor contenders but this is his first appearance in Supporting for the film.

The supporting cast is mostly restricted to the background, but character actors such as Angus Sampson (also known for playing the ghost - hunting Tucker in the Insidious films) and Eamon Farren (who made a splash as the disturbing Richard Horne in last year's Twin Peaks: The Return) do get to make some fun appearances here.

In supporting turns, Ike Barinholtz's dumb brother character is given far too much screen time and Joan Cusack is badly misused in a too - rare film appearancIn supporting turns, Ike Barinholtz's dumb brother character is given far too much screen time and Joan Cusack is badly misused in a too - rare film appearancin a too - rare film appearance.

And there are plentiful delights to be found in the eclectic supporting cast, from Wasikowska's fragile love interest, adeptly staying this side of manic pixie dream girl territory, to return appearances from all the principles of «Submarine» (it's impossible to dislike a film in which Paddy Considine essentially plays Doctor Who), to J. Mascis, of all people, as a janitor.

Since his first film and television appearances in the late - eighties, actor Chris Cooper's filmography has come to include blockbusters (The Bourne Identity, the upcoming The Amazing Spider - Man 2), comedies (Me, Myself, and Irene, The Muppets), Best Picture nominees (Seabiscuit, Capote), a Best Picture winner (American Beauty), and his own Oscar win in 2003 for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation.

Brendan Gleeson is an pleasant surprise in the Best Supporting Actor category, and while I anticipated Brad Pitt's appearance in that field for «Burn After Reading,» Tilda Swinton's Supporting Actress nod for the same film is the kind of out - of - nowhere hometown favoritism that only BAFTA can come up with.

Both Hill and Franco are also Oscar nominees — Franco earned a Best Actor nod for his work in the 2010 movie «127 Hours,» while Hill received Best Supporting Actor nominations for his appearances in the 2011 movie «Moneyball» and the 2013 film «The Wolf of Wall Street.»

Though he turned in memorable supporting roles in Ed Zwick's The Last Samurai and Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, Japanese actor Hiroshi Watanabe scored his biggest role to date thanks to a brief appearance in a little - seen independent film, Big Dreams Little Tokyo.

His shocking turn in BLUE CAR, sterling support in IN THE GLOAMING and his varied appearances in John Sayles» films (EIGHT MEN OUT, LIMBO, PASSION FISH, etc) are all indelible, the impression they leave that of an understated, under - rated genius passing as the common main BLUE CAR, sterling support in IN THE GLOAMING and his varied appearances in John Sayles» films (EIGHT MEN OUT, LIMBO, PASSION FISH, etc) are all indelible, the impression they leave that of an understated, under - rated genius passing as the common main IN THE GLOAMING and his varied appearances in John Sayles» films (EIGHT MEN OUT, LIMBO, PASSION FISH, etc) are all indelible, the impression they leave that of an understated, under - rated genius passing as the common maIN THE GLOAMING and his varied appearances in John Sayles» films (EIGHT MEN OUT, LIMBO, PASSION FISH, etc) are all indelible, the impression they leave that of an understated, under - rated genius passing as the common main John Sayles» films (EIGHT MEN OUT, LIMBO, PASSION FISH, etc) are all indelible, the impression they leave that of an understated, under - rated genius passing as the common man.