Sentences with phrase «career as a character actor»

Mr. Strong is transitioning from a substantial career as a character actor, and most of his writing and directing efforts thus far have been in television.

Gandolfini made a name for himself early in his career as a character actor, whose performances were almost unrecognizable from one film to the next.

Simmons gives an intense performance worthy of an Oscar nod, in what may be his best in a long and distinguished career as a character actor.

Ms. Wilson is one of the very few who have enjoyed a fifty plus year career as a character actor.

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Rockwell's career has been a roller - coaster ride because of Hollywood's trouble placing him as either a movie star or a character actor over the years.

John Doe is a man who balances two well - respected careers — as a musician, Doe was the co-founder, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist of one of America's most acclaimed alternative rock bands, X, and while he continues to write and record new material, he has also carved out a reputation as a busy and well - regarded character actor.

With his barrel chest and oversized frame, British - born actor Dominic Purcell seemed almost tailor - made for a career as a character player.

Hamilton and D'Abo are both understated and terrific here, as are the character actors who served as Baumbach's rep company during the first phase of his career: Eigeman, unsmiling and hostile; the hilarious Jacott, all self - aware neuroses; and obligatory»90s indie mascot Eric Stoltz as Chet, the bartender who's still working on his thesis and maintaining an encyclopedic knowledge of classes and campus events.

Robert Easton, a character actor whose command of a vast array of foreign and American regional accents led to a flourishing second career as a dialect coach to Hollywood stars such as Charlton Heston and Anne Hathaway, has died.

This is a movie that places mood and character above all else, and while that might not be everyone's cup of tea, Michaël R. Roskam's «The Drop» is a well - paced and expertly acted film that serves as a fitting end to one actor's career and the exciting emergence of another.

Benedict Cumberbatch's career is soaring with the British actor currently appearing as both big and small screen titular characters in Marvel Universe's Dr Strange and Sky Atlantic's Patrick Melrose.

And finally, the coup de grace of his career was in that bastion of character actor bliss, HBO's Deadwood where he was the rival saloon owner who was the boss of the marvelous Ricky Jay as a dealer of cards.

The unforgettable character actor Steve Buscemi has been developing a solid sideline career for himself as a director during the last decade.

A truly dynamic performer, she forged a lengthy career as one of Canada's most versatile, underrated character actors.

Much of this positivity can be credited to the casting of Gal Gadot in the title role, a role that she will no doubt be associated with for pretty much the rest of her career in the same way that Christopher Reeve was with Superman, and that isn't to say either actor is typecast but they just nailed everything about the character they portray so much that it is difficult to think of them as anything else.

After more than 50 years as an actor — years that have included 80 - plus movies, dozens of TV shows, Oscar and Emmy nominations and a reputation as one of the classic character actors of his generation — Bruce Dern didn't exactly think that his career was over.

This is a movie that places mood and character above all else, and though it comes with the undesirable label of being James Gandolfini's final screen appearance, «The Drop» is a well - paced and expertly acted film that serves as a fitting end to one actor's career and the exciting emergence of another.

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

The characters in Hero are understood not simply in terms of the single film they're in, but in relation to the whole history of martial arts films (and perhaps just as significantly for that film, in relation to the careers of its lead actors, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung).

Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut, Lucky, is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.

In what would prove to be the culmination of a long and celebrated career, the late and legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton stars as Lucky, a 90 - year - old small - town iconoclast and avowed atheist who, although surprisingly healthy despite his cigarette habit, nevertheless finds himself pondering his own mortality with a certain amount of unease.

For the most part throughout his career, Sam Elliott has thrived as a character actor, best known for supporting work in films such as «Tombstone», «The Big Lebowski» and «Hulk» — and for countless TV roles in the 70s and 80s.

The young actor was on the cusp of launching her illustrious TV career; she was cast as the titular character on «Felicity» two years later.

Singh plays the character with aplomb in what is certainly a career - defining role for the actor who is more often cast as the romantic lead in mega Bollywood productions.

The Fault in Our Stars actor comes of age here; it may not prove to be quite as career - making a turn as Ryan Gosling in Drive, but he sells the character perfectly: a good guy caught in a bad situation.

One of American cinema's finest character actors, Dern, whose career took off in the Seventies, proved too eccentric, too unconventional to work as a mainstream leading man in commercial fare, but here he's wonderfully worthy of this auspicious lineage.

As previously announced, the group chose George Takei as the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to «an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.&raquAs previously announced, the group chose George Takei as the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to «an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.&raquas the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to «an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.»

The notion that Gleeson has lurched from one disaster to another, ruining everything from the Coen brothers» remake of True Grit to Richard Curtis's romcom About Time, seems a pretty unique interpretation of his burgeoning career as a versatile character actor.

He then cast Bateman, who was on in an earlier incarnation, signed dramatic veterans such as Fonda and the character actor Stoll and re-teamed with «Date Night» star Fey (in arguably her most dramatic part), hoping to bring her along for the career reinvention.

Meanwhile, Jane Krakowski's (L) socialite divorcée Jacqueline focuses on her new career as the talent agent of Tituss Burgess» (R) out - of - work actor character Titus Andromedon

Meanwhile, Jane Krakowski's socialite divorcée Jacqueline focuses on her new career as the talent agent of Tituss Burgess» out - of - work actor character Titus Andromedon.

Just two projects into his filmmaking career, writer - director - actor Tom McCarthy is already establishing himself as the best friend of the veteran character actor.

And by the way, the Mounties, unfortunately, do not get as much screen time as the titular super troopers, but they (including some notable character actors such as Tyler Labine and Will Sasso) make the most of their focus, namely with a sidesplitting movie stealing extended exchange on the career of Danny DeVito.

But that hasn't stopped him from carving out a nice career as one of the most recognizable character actors in the business.

As previously announced, the group chose Lily Tomlin as the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to «an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.&raquAs previously announced, the group chose Lily Tomlin as the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to «an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.&raquas the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to «an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.»

Hoffman, who was no matinee idol figure with his tubby, lumpy build and limp blond hair, made his career mostly as a character actor.

Japanese actor Seizo Fukumoto is said to have enacted 50,000 screen deaths in his long career as a kirare - yaku, a minor character whose role is to die extravagantly in a sword fight.

, 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.

Not only is Armie Hammer irresistibly charming in this movie, turning in what might be the best performance of his career, but we see the rise of a fine young actor in Timothée Chalamet, who gives a breakthrough performance as our main character, one that is subtle and thoughtful.

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.

James Woods is in his element as Elisabeth's shady and slimy mentor; just as intimidating, if not more, is Clarence Williams III as a colonel loyal to the general (James Cromwell, carving out a nice post-Babe career as an all - purpose character actor).