Sentences with phrase «dramatic actors like»

As was the case with Feig's casting of Jason Statham in Spy earlier this summer, including dramatic actors like Williams and Garcia in his newest production should lend some weight to the comedy.

The film boasts a shockingly good ensemble that allows typically dramatic actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor a chance to be funny and comedians such as Kristen Wiig and Donald Glover a chance to do their thing.

With such a farfetched plot already in place, this is the sort of film that could have easily degenerated into a muddled farce with a one - note stand - up comic as the lead, but with a good comedic and dramatic actor like Kline at the forefront, he is able to keep the tone of the comedy and drama appropriate to each scene.

Not exact matches

It has some sparkly rivets and the neckline has a dramatic shape so it looks like it's made to be the star of the outfit, rather than a supporting actor.

David Starsky is just the sort of uptight, anal retentive stick - in - the - mud that Stiller's has a lot of success with in films like Meet the Parents and Along Came Polly - while Wilson's Ken Hutchinson is reminiscent of virtually every character in the actor's repertoire (with few exceptions, including his rare dramatic performance in The Minus Man).

The sad part of this is that you have great actors like Theron and even Hemsworth, who come across as overly dramatic.

They like rewarding predominantly comic actors for taking a darker dramatic turn, even if the degree of difficulty isn't notably higher than in their comedy work.

Nanjiani's biggest strength as a comedian is also his biggest weakness as a dramatic actor: the withering line deliveries that sound like he's struggling to control his sarcasm.

It's probably too early to assess that as this movie could be long forgotten by then, but it's the perfect role of him to utilize his strengths as both a comedic and dramatic actor without it feeling like he's trying so hard to prove himself.

What made it even more remarkable at the time was that Kline was known almost exclusively as a dramatic actor, in films like Sophie's Choice, The Big Chill, and Cry Freedom — only people who'd seen him onstage or in The Pirates Of Penzance could have anticipated such a broadly comic turn.

Patton Oswalt is a stand - up comedian and actor best known for his dramatic turn in «Young Adult» and recurring roles in TV shows like «Agents of SHIELD» and «Veep».

I don't want to be considered [just] a comedic actor, or a dramatic actor... I'd like to do it all.

Jack Black shows that he can hold his own against much more experienced dramatic actors, and others like John Turturro and Ciarán Hinds excel in smaller roles.

Like Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture, this show and its actors satirize, but also take very seriously, this particular bourgeois affliction as dramatic material.

As an actor I like being in dramatic things but I like to try to find the humor in them, and when I'm in something that; s funny I like to make it as dramatic as possible.

Phillippe has established himself as a credible dramatic actor in films like Igby Goes Down and Breach, but he regresses here to the kind of sneering playboy roles he vacantly inhabited before he proved he could act.

I thought Mr. Sunshine had its moments, and we know from his work in Studio 60 and guest spots on shows like The West Wing and The Good Wife that Perry is an incredibly gifted dramatic actor, so I'm hoping that Go On has a bit of a dramedy aspect.

The Oscar - winning actor, who does a fine job of balancing dramatic fare like Sicario with appearances in blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy, was cast in Star Wars: The Last Jedi a long time ago... but we still don't know who he's playing.

Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Like Crazy» Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): «How To Die In Oregon» World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Happy, Happy» World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary): «Hell and Back Again» Audience Award (Dramatic): «Circumstance» Audience Award (Documentary): «Buck» World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic): «Kinyarwanda» World Cinema Audience Award (Documentary): «Senna» The Best of NEXT Audience Award: «to.get.her» Directing Award (Dramatic): Sean Durkin, «Martha Marcy May Marlene» Directing Award (Documentary): Jon Foy, «Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles» World Cinema Directing Award (Dramatic): Paddy Considine, «Tyrannosaur» World Cinema Directing Award (Documentary): James Marsh, «Project Nim» Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: «Another Happy Day» World Cinema Screenwriting Award: «Restoration» Documentary Editing Award: «If a Tree Falls» World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: «The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975» Cinematography Award (Dramatic): «Pariah» Cinematography Award (Documentary): «The Redemption of General Butt Naked» World Cinema Cinematography Award (Dramatic): «All Your Dead Ones» World Cinema Cinematography Award (Documentary): «Hell and Back Again» Special Jury Prize (Acting): Felicity Jones, «Like Crazy» Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Another Earth» Special Jury Prize (Documentary): «Being Elmo» World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Documentary): «Position Among The Stars» World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): actors Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan, «Tyrannosaur» Alfred P. Sloan Prize: «Another Earth» Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award: Cherien Dabis

Transferring to this, one, as a comedic actor, you watch people like the great Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Jamie Foxx, that started out comedians and ended up doing really dramatic roles.

If you're like most people, you probably know James Franco best as the goofy comic actor from «Pineapple Express,» «This Is the End,» «The Interview» and the like, or the intense dramatic actor who earned an Oscar nomination for «127 Hours,» played «Spider - Man's» best friend / nemesis in Sam Raimi's movies and headlined an acclaimed James Dean TV biopic after getting his start on «Freaks and Geeks.»

A capable dramatic actor, he is supposed to be broadly comedic here, like a verbal Mr. Bean, but comes up short with a twitchy, unappealing performance you don't enjoy as the common thread.

Jamie Foxx is the rare comedian who didn't really hit it big in movies until he began appearing in dramatic roles — like his lead performance in Ray, for which he was awarded the 2004 Best Actor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedicActor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedicactor than a comedic one.

If I were to cast an action movie that's got some dramatic tension (so not just a shoot»em up kind of flick), I'd cast Alan Rickman or Timothy Dalton opposite a young actor like James McAvoy or Tom Hardy as a villain.

From the above description, Soul Food may sound like a drag, but director George Tillman Jr.'s script is as warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully - fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting; to single any single actor out is to discount the equally commendable efforts by everyone else.

After appearing in a more serious dramatic role in Wes Anderson's «Rushmore,» Bill has been experiencing a film renaissance, with tons of critical praise for his work in films like «The Royal Tenenbaums» and «Lost in Translation,» which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

«I like actors with great comic timing in dramatic parts.

After appearing in cult classics like «Edward Scissorhands» (where he met equally eccentric director, Tim Burton) and «Ed Wood,» Johnny's talent for portraying the free spirit became the buzz of the red carpet, but he quickly proved to critics that there was even more to the rebellious actor, wowing them with dramatic roles in «What's Eating Gilbert Grape» and «Donnie Brasco» in the following years.

Often dressed in an anachronistic cassock and with a rather astonishing sweep of leonine hair, Gleeson cuts an imposing and authoritative figure, like something from a rough - edged spaghetti western dropped on the dramatic west coast of Ireland.The role provides a fantastic showcase for the actor, as he captures the inner conflict and outward placidity of the character.

Actors like Taylor Kitsch, Chris Hemsworth and Anne Hathaway have undergone dramatic weight loss for roles.

Having Rudd in front of the camera helps the actor carry the comedic rhythms through the movie's more dramatic moments, bringing balance and relief to heavier elements like the Hope / Hank Pym reconciliation story with well - timed everyman charm that is Rudd's claim to fame.

Johnson was lucky to land Gordon - Levitt for the role; a veteran of the sitcom 3rd Rock From the Sun, he's proved a formidable dramatic actor in indies like Manic (2001) and Mysterious Skin (2004), and in Brick he holds the screen as powerfully as Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.