Sentences with phrase «breakthrough screen role»

However, Langella maintained a busy schedule of stage work, and in the 1990s, finally scored a breakthrough screen role in the comedy Dave as the deceitful political puppet master Bob Alexander.

Not exact matches

While the film was not released until 1987 and received poor distribution, Doe's rugged good looks and cool charisma registered well on screen, and he soon landed small roles in Oliver Stone's breakthrough film Salvador and Wayne Wang's neo-noir drama Slam Dance.
Since her breakthrough role in 1977's The Lacemaker, Huppert has proved herself one of Europe's finest, and most prolific, screen actresses.
His breakthrough role on the big screen came 10 years later.
Olsen plays Scarlet Witch in the superhero franchise and appeared alongside co-stars Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch for last night's screening - no sign yet though of Irish actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor, who landed his breakthrough role of his career as the villain in the much anticipated blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War.
Starting with his breakthrough role in the timeless classic «The Graduate» to his highly praised turn in his upcoming film, «The Meyerowitz Stories,» Dustin's wide range of roles — often portraying antiheroes or the marginalized — and the creative choices he has embodied in these complex characters, has firmly placed him amongst the most compelling actors to have graced the screen,» said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center.
There was a little speech, which I did not deliver in song, alas, but the text of my introductory essay, from the awards booklet, reads as follows: «It's been a breakthrough and haphazardly maternal sort of year on the big screen for Tony - nominated stage actress Amy Ryan, with a slate of film roles in which she memorably portrays caregivers both attentive and criminally negligent.
«I first encountered Russell Crowe in Romper Stomper in 1992, a blistering breakthrough performance of incredible power and startling intensity — two elements which he has brought to over two decades of indelible screen roles including LA Confidential, The Insider, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind et al..
Woodley hasn't done much screen work since her Descendants breakthrough, short of continuing her starring role in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, the ABC Family series that will soon wrap its fifth and final season.
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