Sentences with phrase «calling as a character actor»

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Sonny has some actor in him, and against the Giants he was in true character, clasping his helmet in disbelief at officiating calls, scooping up a handful of dirt in disgust, either with himself or because of a dropped pass, and looking at times as if he would not be able to raise up from one knee after he had called a play in the huddle.

It wasn't long before the studios realized that Jagger's true calling was as a character actor.

And there's a hidden triumph in the supporting cast from the always - reliable character actor Bill Camp (Black Mass, Midnight Special), whose spectacular, hideously convincing wipe - out as a guy called Harlan Eustice, in the course of a single night, sets much of the plot in motion.

Clearly, no actor would say no to a phone call from Steven Spielberg asking if they'd like to participate in an Abraham Lincoln movie, so even the smallest part is filled by either a big name movie star or a noticeable character actor, among them Lukas Haas, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones (serving as the de facto emotional center for the movie), David Strathairn, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Gregory Itzin, Jared Harris, Michael Stuhlbarg and Walton Goggins.

In an April 2013 article about television for Wired, Jordan Crucchiola called actor David Costabile «a performer who inhabits his characters so perfectly as to consistently be a fan favorite.»

The cover story, «Grade B — But Choice,» is devoted to an obscure 1934 musical called «Young and Beautiful,» featuring «budding starlets, grade - A character actors, grade - B musical numbers, a pair of vaudevillians, a look behind the scenes of Hollywood, bogus appearances by Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton and a script by Dore Schary» [later famous as a producer of films such as «Crossfire,» «Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,» «They Live By Night» and «The Red Badge of Courage»].

By going with an actress four years older than the character in the book, Lionsgate has locked itself into a cast packed with very late teens or actors in their early twenties as compared to if they'd gone with someone like 14 - year - old Chloe Moretz who would have called for a far younger Peeta and Gale.

The town of Ebbing might as well be called Character Actor Central, as roles are richly filled by John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage, Lucas Hedges (2016's «Manchester by the Sea») and Caleb Landry Jones playing, respectively, Mildred's ex-husband Charlie, Mildred's pool - playing buddy James, Mildred's teenage son Robbie, and Ebbing Advertising owner Red Welby.

Baker, cast as a Stetsoned, suit - wearing gunman at the Organization's beck and call, confirms his standing as one of the most dangerously dynamic young character players in the business; the monumental violence of the man, so disturbingly out of directorial control in his Walking Tall Savior - with - a-big-stick role, is here mesmerizingly contained by both director and actor, whose most lethal gesture is to smile.

You've made a prolific career as this thing we call a character actor.

I wouldn't call this a reboot or remake as we are picking up with the same characters and actors that have come before.

The new mode is called Rave in the Red Woods and features comedic actor / director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob) as one of the playable characters.

The top - tier cast, including Tilda Swinton as a character called Social Services, may be star overload, but each actor performs small miracles.

Steve Martin steps into the gumshoes of Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the character made famous by actor Peter Sellers, and does an admirable job as the clumsy crime fighter on the trail of a stolen diamond called The Pink Panther.

Jenny Agutter provides «Call the Midwife» with a solid center as the head of the order of nuns with whom the midwives live and work, and several other razor - sharp character actors fill out other roles extremely well, but Miranda Hart, who plays Chummy, walks off with the show.

Actor Joonas Suotamo, left, and a person wearing a costume of the character Chewbacca take a selfie photograph as they pose for photographers during a photo call for the film «Solo: A Star Wars Story» at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

Famously dubbed a «transcendental» filmmaker (along with Yasujiro Ozu and Carl Dreyer) by Paul Schrader, Bresson is notable for continually refining the strict precision of his style — abolishing psychology, professional actors, and ornate camera work, and instead concentrating on the rigid movements of his «models» (as he called his actors) and the anguished solitude of his martyred characters.

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).

Taken just as a list of actors, without considering the actual movies, this would be a pretty plausible roll - call for any year's Best Actor nominations: two prior winners (Crowe for «Gladiator» along with two other nominations, Firth for «The King's Speech» plus a nod for «A Single Man»); one two - time nominee who has bizarrely never won (Fiennes, nommed in support for «Schindler's List» and in the lead for «The English Patient»); a character actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (HaActor nominations: two prior winners (Crowe for «Gladiator» along with two other nominations, Firth for «The King's Speech» plus a nod for «A Single Man»); one two - time nominee who has bizarrely never won (Fiennes, nommed in support for «Schindler's List» and in the lead for «The English Patient»); a character actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Haactor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Hardy).

He's joined by Cary Grant (voicing the Mock Turtle), Gary Cooper (bumbling through as the White Knight) Edward Everett Horton, Edna May Oliver, Ned Sparks and a roll call of character actors whose faces and voices are more familiar than their names.

Michael Stuhlbarg, «Call Me by Your Name» (Sony Pictures Classics) The year is full of tender performances from lauded character actors; Willem Dafoe defies type as a kindly motel manager in «The Florida Project,» while Richard Jenkins gives «The Shape Of Water» some of its tragic warmth.

Today we may be creating anything from those same point - and - click demos (now called «microlearning»), to interactive software simulations, to soft skills training with gamification, to scenario - based training with embedded video of real actors (if Andy from accounting counts as an actor), to videos with animated characters, to a talking - heads style SME interview.