Sentences with phrase «actor than his reputation»

Playing (and I do mean playing) a bored TWA pilot recruited by the CIA, Cruise, whom I have always thought was a far more interesting actor than his reputation allows, nails the thrill and naivety of a family man who can't say no.

Not exact matches

In Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack, Hoffman plays Michael Dorsey, an actor struggling more because of his difficult reputation than lack of talent.

After more than 50 years as an actor — years that have included 80 - plus movies, dozens of TV shows, Oscar and Emmy nominations and a reputation as one of the classic character actors of his generation — Bruce Dern didn't exactly think that his career was over.

His aviation skills and reputation for sailing close to the wind lead to an approach from Schafer, a CIA agent (or possibly a composite of several) played by Domhnall Gleeson (whose father, actor Brendan Gleeson, resembles the stocky real Seal much more than sleek Tom Cruise does).

The standout is Monáe — perhaps unexpectedly, given her reputation as a musician and model rather than actor — playing Mary as a fierce warrior against racism and sexism, calculating both flight trajectories for Project Mercury and how to pick her battles.