Sentences with phrase «by versatile actor»

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Hailed by many critics as one of the most brilliant and versatile actors of his generation, Robert Downey Jr. chalked up a formidable onscreen track record that quickly launched the young thesp into the stratosphere.

Natalie Portman has hinted at being a versatile actress, willing to go deep to access the emotional soil for a part, but never has she committed this fully and completely, giving herself over as actors sometimes do — Robert DeNiro is Raging Bull, Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Names Desire, Charlize Theron in Monster, Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose, Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy (Tootsie, Rain Man, etc.) These are those rare occasions when the actor is eclipsed by the character, the performance that then reaches something more than likable, believable; it becomes moving art.

Sean Wilson looks back at one of the most memorable roles undertaken by the Darkest Hour star, Gary Oldman... On the eve of Darkest Hour, the critically acclaimed new Winston Churchill biopic, the headlines have all been shrieking one thing: isn't Gary Oldman an extraordinarily versatile actor?

Paul Dano's Jimmy Tree is in a very similar spot actually, as he wants to venture off and become a more versatile actor but is only recognized by fans for playing a robot on a TV show.

Perennially underrated by most critics (the late Roger Ebert was one of the exceptions) and boxed into a «king of the romcom» niche by audiences, Grant has always been a far more versatile, complex and adventurous actor than he's usually given credit for.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Hope Madden Jamie Bell is a versatile, talented actor too often relegated to... read more →

Birdman star Michael Keaton was presented with the Hollywood Career Achievement Award by Beetlejuice co-star Geena Davis, who praised, «He's one of those versatile actors who can make us laugh out loud and then utterly change direction... and this year has given us one of his finest performances yet.»

With the exception of the first section, where the client, played by the versatile character actor Jared Harris (Pompeii), resorts to violent action to solve his problems, nothing much occurs, surface-wise, to change the lives of these women.

The versatile actor's efforts have been appreciated by the NAACP which has seen fit to nominate him for five Image Awards.

The versatile actor's efforts have been appreciated by the