Not exact matches
The TV exposure led to acting
roles for Jimmy, as a regular on Daniel Boone, and in
feature films, including his
debut in the James Bond flick Diamonds are Forever.
Phil Jones and Chris Smalling have both
featured in the position in their early Manchester United careers; however, Louis van Gaal is eager to develop the pair's experience and partnership in central defence, and they were both deployed only in the central defensive
role in the Dutchman's
debut Old Trafford campaign.
Club record signing Ryan Mason and Will Keane may be given bigger
roles after making their
debuts off the bench in last week's 1 - 1 draw at Burnley, while fellow new recruits Markus Henriksen, James Weir and David Marshall hope to
feature.
Taye Diggs made his
feature film
debut in How Stella Got Her Groove Back and plays the
role of Dr. Sam Bennett in Private Practice.
Her
feature debut in the 2002 drama Joy Rider found the emerging actress caught in the middle of a heated love triangle, and after essaying a
role in a BBC television drama Bedtime in 2001, Miller crossed the pond to appear on the stateside series Keen Eddie.
Joss Stone is something of a newcomer to acting; while THE TUDORS is her first major
role, she made her screen
debut in the
feature ERAGON.
Following the series» demise in 1991, Helgenberger returned to television guest - star status on ER, where she had a four - episode - long recurring
role, and in the miniseries The Tommyknockers.A presence on the big screen since 1989, when she made her
feature - film
debut in Steven Spielberg's romantic fantasy Always, Helgenberger has played a wide variety of
roles in films ranging from Species (1995) to the moody The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) to Steven Soderbergh's widely acclaimed Erin Brockovich (2000).
For credibility and weight, Wayans intuitively cast blaxploitation vets Isaac Hayes, Bernie Casey, and Jim Brown in leading
roles; the film also
features Chris Rock's
debut.
Following Beshay, a man cured of leprosy, and Obama, an orphan, as they journey across Egypt in search of Beshay's parents, writer - director A.B. Shawky's
debut feature is dividing critics, except for the praise given to Rady Gamal and Ahmed Abdelhafiz in the lead
roles.
After flexing his acting muscles on television in Saturday Night Live, That»70s Show (in which he played his own father), and The Net, Johnson made his
feature debut with his
role as the dreaded Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001).
Kuzyk made her
feature debut in 1984's He's Hired, She's Fired, but went on to spend the bulk of her career playing supporting
roles and occasional leads in television movies such as Family Sins (1987) and The Lifeforce Experiment (1995).
Born in London and raised in Norwich, Norfolk, Harris studied at the Drama Centre in London and made his
feature leading
role debut in 2007's SAXON, a black comedy set in a London housing project.
The interview reminds us of her upcoming
role in Alan Ball's long - delayed, much - discussed
feature debut «Towelhead,» of which she has this to say about her character, the mother of a child abuse victim:
If her 2017 IMDb page is any indication, however, she'll soon have to dust off those high heels and ring up Swennen, with five
feature films set to
debut this year, including a
role in Greta Gerwig's highly - anticipated directorial
debut, Ladybird.
While Christopher Nolan has enlisted a number of A-list stars for his upcoming World War II epic Dunkirk, 19 - year - old newcomer Fionn Whitehead (Him) is set to take on the lead
role in his
feature film
debut, and Entertainment Weekly has released a new image of his character, the young British soldier Collins; check it out here... -LSB-...]
Takamasa Ishihara similarly impresses in his
debut feature film
role as Mutsushiro Watanabe, aka «The Bird.»
Aside from Robert Downey Jr.'s usual charisma in the
role of Tony Stark, Iron Man 2's only redeeming
feature is that it's also the cinematic
debut of Black Widow, the femme fatale who still sorely needs her own turn in the spotlight.
Interesting casting sees singer Norah Jones in her
feature film
debut, and while you certainly won't see anything in her performance to suggest big things in her future from an acting standpoint, she does a decent enough job in a relatively undemanding
role.
Natalie Portman recently made her directorial
feature debut with her adaptation of Amos Oz's A Tale of Love and Darkness, and spoke to Business Insider about how she sees the
roles for women in Hollywood changing.
The
debut feature by husband - and - wife team Erdstein and Foulcher — who met while students at Melbourne's esteemed Victorian College of the Arts — wrote the screenplay together, with Erdstein taking on directorial duties while Foulcher played not one but both of the starring
roles.
The occasion took another talented presence looking to branch out — «Six Feet Under» writer / producer Jill Soloway with her
feature directorial
debut, «Afternoon Delight» — to see Hahn not just in a comedic lead
role, but one that presents her stunning dramatic range as well.
Momentum Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Half Magic, the
feature directorial
debut of actress Heather Graham, who also stars in the film in the lead
role as «Honey».
The Criterion
debut of the film
features a new video interviews with Ballhaus and the original featurette «Outsiders»
featuring new interviews with actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla, plus a new interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc about director Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the film, and the 1992 documentary
Role Play: Women on Fassbinder, originally made for German TV and
featuring interviews with Carstensen, Schygulla, and actors Irm Hermann and Rosel Zech.
Filming has officially started on location in England and Scotland on the Working Title Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title
role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her
feature directorial
debut on the movie.
But did you know that Danielle briefly reprised her iconic
role as Michael's niece Jamie Lloyd in her own
feature film directorial
debut Among Friends?
Director Volker Schlöndorff had already made three
feature films (including his influential 1966
debut, Young Törless) by the time he tackled this project, casting a twenty - four - year - old Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the
role of a booze - soaked, womanizing poet who goes on a scorched - earth bender across the German countryside.
Exclusive to the Berlinale competition, however, is African - American actress - turned - filmmaker Victoria Mahoney's
debut feature «Yelling to the Sky,» which offers Gabourey Sidibe her first post - «Precious» big - screen
role.
Krysten Ritter released her
debut novel «Bonfire» last month,
featuring a character not unlike her «Jessica Jones»
role and a setting much like her...
«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen
role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s
feature directorial
debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast.
Kate is starring in the movie Chappaquiddick, and she's playing a leading
role in Pose, a groundbreaking musical drama
debuting this summer about life in New York City in the 1980s,
featuring the biggest transgender cast ever on a TV series.
The star of Jeune Femme talks to Demetrios Matheou about her breakthrough
role in
feature debut director Léonor Serraille's acclaimed film.
BREAKING: After making her mark on
features from Juno to Inception, Ellen Page will make her directing
debut on Miss Stevens, and she's got Anna Faris attached to play the title
role.
«I'm going to write the best f*cking female
role,» Stewart said of developing her
feature directorial
debut.
Elizabeth Banks makes her impressive
feature directorial
debut in «Pitch Perfect 2» as well as produces and reprises her
role as an A Capella judge in the sequel to 2012's hit musical comedy about the Barden Bellas, the f...
In an exclusive interview, the multi-talented RZA talked about the genesis of the project, what appealed to him about his character, how he prepared for the
role, his collaboration with Delamarre on his
feature directorial
debut, working with Belle and the late Walker and what they brought to the film, his bold line of dialogue, what he learned about himself while making the movie, how Walker inspired him, his
role in the upcoming martial arts sequel «The Protector 2» with Tony Jaa directed by Prachya Pinkaew, and his new Fox Network TV series, «Gang Related,» that premieres May 22nd.
Elizabeth Banks makes her impressive
feature directorial
debut in «Pitch Perfect 2» as well as produces and reprises her
role as an A Capella judge in the sequel to 2012's hit musical comedy about the Barden Bellas, the first all - female group to win a national title.
In addition, Munn will play the title
role Justine Bateman's
feature film directorial
debut «Violet,» Variety reported last week.
The film marks the unlikely
feature directorial
debut of Michael Rapaport, a veteran actor whose juiciest credits came in Tribe's one successful decade and include Beautiful Girls, Cop Land, Deep Blue Sea, and a recurring
role on «Friends.»
The story of a little six year old girl who lives at a run - down motel with her on - the - brink mother in the shadow of Disney World in Orlando, Florida, The Florida Project
features one of the most incredible child performances I've ever seen from Brooklynn Prince, as well as a fantastic
debut role from non-actress Bria Vinaite as the mother / daughter pair that form the film's heart.
Jeff Bridges won an Academy Award ® for his
role as the richly comedic, semi-tragic, romantic anti-hero, Bad Blake, in the
debut feature film, Crazy Heart, from writer - director Scott Cooper.
Matt Damon was just 18 when he made his movie
debut with a small
role in 1988's «Mystic Pizza,» which was also the second
feature of Julia Roberts.
Jackson has been such a prolific actor and racked up so many memorable
roles over the past 20 years that nobody usually mentions his performance as Jimmy, the smalltime hood who exerts a rather negative influence on John C. Reilly, in Anderson's 1996
debut feature Hard Eight.
In news coming out of the American Film Market, Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Rooney Mara (Carol) are to star in Annette, the English - language
debut of Holy Motors director Leos Carax, which also has Rihanna (Home) set to
feature in a minor
role
Scout Tafoya's series on overlooked or under appreciated films continues with screenwriter John Patrick Shanley's
debut feature, a comedy starring Tom Hanks as a put - upon factory worker and Meg Ryan in three
roles as three different muses.
Fruitvale, meanwhile, is the
feature writing / directing
debut of Ryan Coogler, and stars Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant, with Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, and Chad Michael Murray in supporting
roles.
Congrats on landing the
role of Cyborg for your
feature film
debut on the strength of your stage and TV work.
The
role effectively serves as her
feature film
debut, though she did make an appearance playing herself in the 2002
feature The Master of Disguise.
«Lucky» is the
feature directing
debut for actor John Carroll Lynch, himself a longtime character actor recognizable from
roles in movies such as «Fargo,» «Zodiac» and «Shutter Island.»
Hittman does nab a fascinating lead (out of England because few upcoming American male actors would take on, and shed off, a
role this revealing) out of Dickinson, who makes his
feature film
debut.
Gia Coppola's directorial
debut adapting a book of James Franco short stories has no end of pedigree behind it, and while it
features established actors like Franco and Val Kilmer in
roles, they share the screen with quite a few up - and - comers, the best of whom is Nat Wolff's Fred.