Sentences with phrase «character roles»

In the late 1930s, he played character roles in films.

Option 2: select students to play character roles from the original book and have them perform the script for the rest of the class.

As for character roles that idea sounds pretty cool!

It's modest budget not only allows for lots of fancy costumes and a plethora of small character roles, but the special effects that come into play are quite decent as well.

There are four different game modes as well as four different character roles.

Thing is not more different just characters role changed.

«It's gotten easier to pursue character roles, because now I have a bit of an arsenal to show people the different roles I've done,» he says.

The actress's character roles in the 1940s and 1950s may have been smaller than before, but she always gave 100 percent to her craft.

A busy schedule of character roles in such films as Junior, Lolita, and The Ninth Gate followed, though Langella still remained a frequent and distinguished presence in the New York theatrical community.

During the»30s he played high - energy, gregarious leads in many «B» - movies and second leads in major films; later he moved into character roles.

«First, it tells game designers that they may want to focus their content development efforts on actions consistent with character roles, and spend less time on content that players are unlikely to use.

Comedian Al Murray will stand in his comedy character role as The Pub Landlord against UKIP leader Nigel Farage at the general election.

Each side has two main character roles — builders and attackers (you can interchange between the roles as you feel the need).

Thus far her CV has consisted mainly of best friend / supporting character roles in films WARM BODIES, LUCY, and CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE; TWO NIGHT STAND is her first go at a lead.

Fans and reporters alike have been speculating for weeks on who would be cast in the new character roles for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Comedian Al Murray will stand in his comedy character role as The Pub Landlord against UKIP leader Nigel Farage at the general election, promising beer at 1p a pint if he is voted in.

Research finds that player behavior in narrative role - playing games reflects specific character roles — even if the game tells players nothing about the character's role.

It includes: - Discussion of the role of these characters in the play - List of key moments for each character and related activities - Key vocab words to describe character relationships - Opportunities for pupils to plan and predict questions featuring these characters

John Harron briefly rallied with a string of good character roles in Warner Bros.» «B» product of the late 1930s, but his comeback was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 37.

JB: It's great to see that despite his success, Strathairn is still taking on character roles like this.

It brightens your corners, adds a pop of bright in the corner, and really will give you the drama of botox without giving up the vital expressive character role our eyebrows play on the face.

The final chapter of that boat's life is a number of men who apparently had title character roles in the movie «Deliverance» showed up and took the boat off my friend's hands.

Matheson kept busy into the 1980s with a steady stream of small but distinct character roles; he enjoyed a rare starring assignment as rock»n' roll maven Alan Freed in 1978's American Hot Wax.

An asset as a thesp for two decades now, from youthful leads («The Faculty,» «The Slaughter Rule») to more recent character roles on big screen («Argo») and small («Heroes,» «American Horror Story»), DuVall demonstrates a deft hand guiding her cast here.

As he grew balder and stockier, he remained in demand for middle - aged character roles, often portraying wistful drunks or philosophical ne'er - do - wells.

Just when it seemed that he was to be permanently relegated to playing supporting and dark character roles on stage and screen, Matthau won the part of irretrievably slavish sportswriter Oscar Madison in the first Broadway production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple (1965).

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

After the war, his film parts multiplied, and he was very busy on the screen during the 1950s, in productions as different as Anthony Asquith's The Importance of Being Earnest and Tony Richardson's Look Back in Anger, and playing every kind of character role from coroners (in Cast a Dark Shadow) to British admirals (in Sink the Bismarck!)

Minus his trademarked mustache for the most part in the mid-1960s, Coleman specialized in secondary character roles.

Carole Shelley's film appearances of the 1990s have included such choice character roles as Mrs. Hookstratten in The Road to Wellville (1994) and Charles Van Doren's (Ralph Fiennes) aunt in Quiz Show (1994).

Extending his activities into TV, Blue continued accepting character roles until retiring from acting in 1954.

Actor Edward Pawley played numerous character roles in 1930s crime dramas and is best remembered for playing notorious criminal Danny Leggett in the James Cagney vehicle G - Men (1935).

Steve Franken persevered into the»70s and»80s, notably as an actor / director on the popular religious TV anthology Insight, with frequent appearances on the Jerry Lewis Telethons and in occasional character roles in such films as Westworld (1973).

If «Roman J. Israel, Esq.» is remembered for anything, it will be for the chance it gives Denzel Washington to do a pure character role.

But to leave it there would be to omit its undulating, fluid character roles and its depiction of lonely strangers accepting the roles foisted upon them by the other in order to feel loved.

August 9, 2013 • Karen Black parlayed her strange and singular allure into quirky character roles that in many ways captured the zeitgeist of the 1960s and»70s.

Actors like Marsan and Considine, often resigned to unremarkable character roles, flourish in this group dynamic, getting nearly as many good moments as Pegg and Frost, who have fun swapping their usual straight man and wild card duties.

Michel Bouquet has become a favorite purveyor of complex character roles in Truffault's The Bride Wore Black (1967) and Mississippi Mermaid (1969), and in Chabrol's La Femme Infidele (1969), Just Before Nightfall (1971) and Cop Au Vin (1985)

Nothing is certain and they'll likely start casting non-DC character roles eventually.

Like George Clooney, who's the same age (57), Grant seems to be welcoming the onset of age and wrinkles as an opportunity to play juicier character roles.

Her later career includes character roles in Miss Congeniality and Sweet Home Alabama.

Daniels is an industry titan having worked in character roles throughout much of his career in the 1980s («Terms of Endearment,» «The Purple Rose of Cairo,» «Something Wild»), 1990s («Pleasantville»), and 2000s («The Hours,» «Good Night and Good Luck»), and appearing in last year's «The Martian» and «Steve Jobs.»

Scoot McNairy, an actor known for colorful character roles («Argo,» «Killing Them Softly»), was another revelation.

Ireland's Liam Neeson was considered a solid B - list actor heading toward character roles and retirement.

Travolta's good solo, but nothing compared to when he's with Jackson and Jackson gets the only real character role in the film.

In our world, outside the context of a three - act narrative and self - evident character roles, determining who might wish to do us harm is distressingly tricky.

It's one thing to fill a traditional African - American character role such as Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Anthony Mackie - or to consider an up and coming black actor to portray the African prince Black Panther onscreen - but go and cast Oscar - winnier Jamie Foxx to play Electro in Amazing Spider - Man 2 and, well... you can just sit back and watch the fighting begin.