Sentences with phrase «best character actors»

It's been 32 years since the Coens burst onto the scene with Blood Simple., and over a career of sixteen features, their output has been marked by undeniably idiosyncratic performances from a cadre of the best character actors in the world as they careen from comedy to drama to everything in between.

Along the way, it hosts a convention for many of TV's best character actors: Wendell Pierce, Woodbine, Jamie McShane, Brent Sexton and Aisha Hinds all do fine work.

, and over a career of sixteen features, their output has been marked by undeniably idiosyncratic performances from a cadre of the best character actors in the world as they careen from comedy to drama to everything in between.

Ball Of Fire — This Howard Hawks screwball comedy stars Gary Cooper as the head of an eccentric group of brainy encyclopedists made up of some of the best character actors of the 30s and 40s.

Narrated by Sam Elliot and starring an ensemble cast of some of the best character actors in the business, «The Big Lebowski» tells the story of two very different Jeffrey Lebowskis, one of whom is described as «the laziest in all of Los Angeles County» — a genial deadbeat who insists on being called The Dude (Jeff Bridges).

One of the best character actors in current US cinema — he was Brian Wilson's domineering dad in Love & Mercy — Camp excels at playing nondescript, careworn, middle - aged men, and his presence is one of the touches that make Midnight Special so distinctive.

This is some of the best character work I've seen in any movie, featuring some of the best character actors, and with a writer / director team known for endless subtle touches, it's a film you can watch again and again, and never tire of.

There are no big - name stars in the film, but there are some familiar faces, with some of the world's best character actors.

He's always been one of our very best character actors, and now that he has brilliantly played against type, he has finally grabbed the attention of the Academy.

Produced by J.J. Abrams and Creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason (Lie to Me), the series will star some of the best character actors working today, including Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (Daredevil), Terry O'Quinn (The Stepfather, The X-Files), Jane Levy (Don't Breathe) and another young actor you've likely seen clowning around, Bill Skarsgard (IT).

Andy Serkis once again proves he is one of the best character actors of his generation.

You have to admire that cast, which is made up of the best character actors from the 1990s (maybe the GREATEST character actor showcase in any movie of the 90's?)

And with a cast that's littered with some of the best character actors in the business, «Argo» is pretty much a shoo - in for Best Director and Best Picture nominations come awards season.

This show is straight up ridiculous, a live - action cartoon filled with unbridled performances from the decade's best character actors.

The cast is rich with good character actors, most of whom play the funniest lines with a droll delivery and poker - faced ambivalence, which also lends this independent film a good deal of zany charm.

Present are a raft of good character actors, including David Strathairn and Tony Shalhoub.

He takes a bit longer than necessary to wrap this up, and yet, it's hard to fault him much for lingering when he has so many good character actors to spotlight.

Not exact matches

He joins Chris Evans (Human Torch / Captain America), Peter Dinklage (X-Men's Bolivar Trask and a character in «Infinity War»), and actor Josh Brolin who plays the villain in not only «Infinity War,» but this summer's «Deadpool 2» as well.

In a throwaway line intended to highlight his perpetually boyish good looks, his agent Rick Yorn refers to DiCaprio as a character actor in a leading man's body.

Hoping to avoid the possibility of a white actor taking on the role of the Chinese warrior, Molnar wrote: «Casting a Caucasian actor as a character of colour, regardless of reason has a direct, harmful impact on not only the movie itself, but the audience, as well as POC members of the acting community.»

When they make a movie of my life, they'd better cast a character actor in the lead.

For two decades, the critically acclaimed actor has sought roles that challenge big ideas and present complicated characters like 12 Years a Slave (for which he was nominated for a best actor Oscar), Mary Magdalene (he plays Peter), Children of Men, Amistad and dozens of others.

Now a transient place full of hipsters, bond traders, and actors, as well as actors and hipsters who are the children of bond traders, all searching for an «authentic» place to replace the Midwestern suburbs and rural towns they came to Brooklyn to escape, Brooklyn for me will always be Flatbush Avenue and Rudy Giuliani, Bernie (Goetz, not Madoff), and Ed Koch, block parties, radios murmuring Yankees games on back porches (all of us too poor to afford air conditioning, which kept us outside in that great urbanist semi-public space), the blackout of 1977 and the blizzard of 1995, Mickey Rivers and Bucky Dent, not to mention the wild cast of characters appearing in the Daily News, a paper that practically taught me to read.

The play's cast of community performers and professional actor, Duncan Rennie - who plays Jesus - are currently working on improvised scenes as well as writing parts for their own characters.

They discover an unexpected indeterminate action that transforms for good or ill the character of the actors.

Genuine actors operate within a framework established by the imitative nature of film ¯ hence a good person can portray a bad one, or act out bad actions, without it being a reflection of his or her character.

Now, puberty does cruel things to a child — most of us would be best served by serving in camera - free prison camps between the ages of 10 and 14 — and Lino Facioli (the actor playing Robin) is hardly the only hormonal disaster on the show (see also: Stark, Bran), but at least his wiener teen face serves his dainty, dim - witted character.

Relying on moral character to figure out a good mate made people less vulnerable «to others» gaze and to their validation, precisely because the actors sentiments did not radiate from the interiority of their self.»

Monikers of the actors who voiced these memorable characters rose as well: Kristen (Kristen Bell, who voiced Anna) gained 22 percent, Santino (Santino Fontana, who voiced Hans) gained 11 percent, and Jonathan (Jonathan Groff, who voiced Kristoff) gained 7 percent.

Well - known Ethans: actor Ethan Hawke; director Ethan Coen; revolutionary Ethan Allen; Edith Wharton character Ethan Frome.

Well - known Henrys: Prince Henry («Harry») of Wales; Henry Huggins (character in children's books by Beverly Cleary); actor Henry Winkler («The Fonz»).

He's a good actor and an absolutely funny character.

Actor Lauren Cohan's character Maggie Greene is an all - time favorite for good reason: She's Hershel's eldest daughter, mixing talent and tomboyish style.

The key to making the Transformer characters interact well with the human actors and the sets was giving these mammoth machines a sense of weight and a fluidity of motion.

I'm not sure I dig the interpretation of this character — more on that below — but the actor does well.

Middendorf plays her good girl character with aplomb while Hughes doesn't bug me nearly as much as other child actors.

As one of the best known French actors working today, Vincent Cassel has a penchant for playing compelling characters driven by a deeper desire.

Well written, interesting characters, infectious actors, educational, life - like, and even edgy!

The actor proved his dedication to the role by staying in character throughout filming, which not only impressed Russell and Eklund, but will most likely surprise viewers as well.

Actors in this film have lent their vocal talents to other characters as well.

Narrated by Paul Robeson, the film employs a cast of familiar if not stellar character actors in a story of how certain enemies within the US have done their best to suppress their fellow citizens» rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom from want.

Now that I've seen him play the same character in One Fine Day, ER, and now The Peacemaker, I see that he's one of the worst actors to make it big, good looks aside.

The same goes for supporting cast members like Foster, as well as character actors Jesse Plemons and Rory Cochrane, who play two of Joe's longtime fellow officers.

The actors are all quite good, shading their characters quite nicely, with Paltrow especially notable as she provides some much - needed warmth to the proceedings.

In the service of the film's narrative tricks, I'm omitting any mention of a few key characters and the good actors that play them.

Best known today for playing Officer Torch in Universal's Flash Gordon serials, American character actor Earl Leslie Askam had studied voice in Italy and appeared in numerous stage operettas prior to making his screen debut in 1930.

The two characters and the actors who play them are much better balanced than Natalie Portman and Aston Kutcher are in Strings.

This is the character actor's debut as a writer and director, and it's a good beginning as Buscemi is able to flesh out real people in an engaging character study, of characters who are not the inventions of Hollywood.

Maïwenn brings up the dirty and dark side of Paris with the help of an excellent team of child actors - Malonn Lévana, the lovely little girl of «Tomboy» (where she plays the sister of the leading character) is someone to keep an eye on - and the best known actors of the French cinema of today: Marina Foïs, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Frédéric Pierrot, Karin Viard, Louis - Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing (L'heure d'été, Le père de mes enfants), Jérémie Elkaïm (La guerre est déclarée), Karole Rocher, and others.

There's little doubt that Date Night fares best in its opening half hour, as the palpable chemistry between Carell and Fey is undoubtedly heightened by the ease with which the actors slip into their respective characters.