Sentences with phrase «aged character roles»

As he grew balder and stockier, he remained in demand for middle - aged character roles, often portraying wistful drunks or philosophical ne'er - do - wells.

Not exact matches

LaBeouf takes on the role of his character convincingly, but despite good acting, is somewhat restricted in bringing truth to the role by his age.

Though inclined to stoutness — and baldness — from age 16 onward, Alexander had such a commanding stage presence that he was invariably cast as the star in school plays, in roles ranging from romantic leads to elderly character parts.

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

Youthful character actor Fisher Stevens was first seen on Broadway at age 19 in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy; he followed this with a plum role in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Doctor Strange is one of the few mainstream comic characters that could be played by an actor of any age, and yes, Marvel will probably go relatively young for the part, but this is a role that could benefit being brought to life by a more experienced actor.

For instance, Sam Elliot, a veteran character actor, is truly a perfect fit for this role as an aging Western star.

As we get closer to Ender's Game and more people hear about the movie, it wouldn't surprise me if people see Abigail Breslin's name and immediately picture a Valentine the same age as Breslin's character in Little Miss Sunshine, the role that got her a Best Supporting Actress nomination in the 2007 Academy Awards.

Both of the roles could have been tired retreads of similar characters in recent film history, but Gosling and Pitt serve their characters with more devotion than is often seen in actors of their age.

The role is one of Binoche's least commanding yet most touching: The character's terrified she's nearing the end of her romantic shelf life, and the star leans into her age (advanced only by Hollywood standards), playing Isabelle's vanity without a whit of her own.

It's always a pleasure to watch Jean Reno, and he's an actor who has progressed effortlessly through his roles as he's aged, but the characters in Ca $ h are only here to double cross one another.

Laggies is nicely acted by Keira Knightley in one of her more appealing characters in some time, though she is perhaps too youthful in appearance to buy in the role given that she could pass for a decade younger than her real age.

As some of you may or may not know, the character of Quicksilver appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past played by Evan Peters, and is due to be played by Aaron Taylor - Johnson in next years Avengers: Age of Ultron, but Peters has already set the standard for the role.

It all came to light earlier this year when the productions for Marvel Studios» The Avengers: Age of Ultron and 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Days of Future Past both announced it would feature the mutant character Quicksilver, albeit with different actors playing that role --(Aaron Taylor - Johnson and Evan Peters, respectively).

Like George Clooney, who's the same age (57), Grant seems to be welcoming the onset of age and wrinkles as an opportunity to play juicier character roles.

British character actor Roger Rees, known for roles ranging from «Cheers» to «Robin Hood: Men in Tights,» died on July 10 at the age of 71.

A-list actors, Oscar - nominees, veteran character actors, and heretofore unknowns of all shapes, ages, colors, and sizes, throw themselves into their roles with remarkable dedication, many making a great impact with little screentime.

Moretz stars as the young actress that's been cast in the role that made Binoche's character famous, and Stewart plays Binoche's assistant in this movie about age, nostalgia, and art imitating life (read our review).

Harrelson is set to play another cranky middle - aged man in The Edge of Seventeen, but there's something especially promising about the prospect of him inhabiting such a character for a lead role.

Jason Bateman has probably done enough of these man - child roles at this point (it's unsettlingly weird watching his character wonder whether he's ready to have a kid at age forty - nine), but he's reliably amusing.

Perhaps the biggest irony of the film is that Dash (still looking fantastic at 40) and Rudd (in his late 30s), are playing not only younger than they are in their respective roles in the film, but the characters themselves are stars of a TV show that requires them to be high school age.

But ageing up for the role, Hanks gives the mild - mannered character - and the movie - a heartbeat.

I think, though, that it's relatively rare to find a character like that who is a middle - aged woman in a supporting role.

Nicholas Hoult: The script was the most original thing I'd read for ages but also that Flem role was the most interesting, with all the dynamics he had with each other character from the film, and I was fascinated by him, it was really well written.

DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age tells a captivating tale of a hunted hero and is the long - awaited role - playing game from series creator Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama, and series composer Koichi Sugiyama.

Frank Vincent, a character actor best known for roles as Italian mafia members, has died at the age of 78 on Sep. 13.

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Their responses and notes about the female characters could be transcripts from pitch meetings today: age the characters down, recast them with younger starlets, and beef up the non-essential role of the sexy neighbor.

A performance of amazing, quiet authority, von Sydow reprised the role in John Boorman's much - maligned 1977 «Exorcist II,» and, because his scenes flashed back to a demon origin story, he played the character as much closer to his own real age!

Stallone's performance as the aged fighter may have been his defining moments as an actor and compare to his debut role as the same character.

The way this 20 year old woman can so effectively make her character age from 15 to her mid to late twenties over the course of a few hours is remarkable, and reminiscent of similar roles we've seen from Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone or Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene.

The way that Woodley handles the character is one that makes her much more realistic because she doesn't take this role to the extreme by making the character over the top nerdy and unrelatable to shy girls around her age.

His dialogue, once so vibrant and alive, has aged rather poorly, resulting in this keenly unshakable feeling that the actors are always just actors playing roles instead of fully embodying the characters they have been cast to play.

Alas, looking this deep into it isn't warranted, and one can claim Role Models a coming - of - age film for the adult characters as much as the youngsters.

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.

Starring Karl Urban in the lead role — wearing a perma - helmet and armed with as many cornball one - liners at his disposal as laser bullets or whatever — the film brings the comic character to life in a brand new story about an age old problem.

Michael B. Jordan's character is one of the antagonists of the film, allied with the mercenary Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis, reprising his role from Avengers: Age of Ultron), an arms dealer who has plundered Vibranium before and plans to do it again.

And seeing as Redgrave splits the role with daughter Joely Richardson, who plays Elizabeth at a younger age, it's conceivable that voters may view the character as not being owned and defined by a single actress.

Rob Campbell, teacher and ICT coordinator, talks us through the role that technology plays in the school: «With just six children aged from four to nine, Holy Island School has a unique identity and character.

Other strategies include: (1) establishing and using a time - out or cooling - off place (even an informal time - out activity like having a child take a message, book, or box of chalk to another teacher could give the student the space and time he or she needs to maintain or regain composure); (2) applying role plays, simulations (for example, Barnga, Living in a Global Age, Rafa - Rafa, and Broken Squares) and moral dilemmas to teach students how to resolve conflicts, make collective decisions, appreciate different perspectives, weigh consequences, identify right from wrong, and check impulsive behavior; and (3) suggesting or assigning literature with characters who face similar challenges to that of the disabled student.

Emma Tate who voices Nico Collard, Maria de Santos, a young Tiago Marques and Sofia has a massive amount of experience in voice - overs having voiced characters in television series including Captain Scarlet, The Jungle Book, Angelina Ballerina and more besides, alongside roles in videogames such as Telltale's Wallace and Gromit episodic games, Rogue Trooper, Shinobido, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, LEGO: The Hobbit and Bloodborne, amongst others; while Nicholas Boulton voices Richard Langham having voiced characters in Killzone 3, The Witcher 2, Mass Effect 3, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward and much more besides; Toby Longworth voices Marques having voiced Senator Lott Dodd and Gragra in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace as well as videogames such as Tropico 5, Sacred 3, Risen 3: Titan Lords and more besides; Terry Wilton voices Father Simeone and Vlad having previously narrated the Trine games, alongside an incredibly talented cast.

It's very similar to games like Dragon Age and Dark Souls, trying to meld intense character - action combat with deep role - playing mechanics.

The Zodiac Age tweaks this system again, further adjusting its balance to allow two roles for each character.

The rest of the team may fall into the archetypal roles easily enough; hard - ass second in command, snarky sniper, etc, but I had such a huge soft spot for Jorge, feeling this was the best new character they had introduced in the series for an age.

The intense and ambiguous characters, in both video and sculptural media, challenge established identity roles such as gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality and family relations, and convey a vision of a fragmentary, commercialized world caught in a process of continuous technological development.

Ladouceur utilizes a language that will be blurrily familiar to many of us, subconsciously quoting comic / cartoon characters we faintly remember from childhood, as his characters guide our boggled understanding of the world's belief systems across visions of totem poles, lotus blossoms and piles of elephant heads; all the while new age gurus, goofy mystics and Biblical actors flex and fumble through their roles as spiritual advisors, leaving us to sort it out for ourselves.

Driven by an awareness of the sheer volume of blabber that has smoked out all reasonable attempts to locate the truth in this shifting soap opera, she adopted the role of a court painter and PR agent for the age of fatuity, and proceeded to advance the notoriety of the sordid character types and events in formal (psychic) portraiture.

Character as well as temperament, played an important role in explaining children's problem behaviors after age and gender of children were taken into account.