Sentences with phrase «film acting career»

President Ronald Reagan (who also had a radio, television and film acting career) called Rancho del Cielo, near Solvang, the «Western White House» during his two terms in office.

Entering the teaching profession after a TV / film acting career, James Encinas has served for the past fifteen years as an educator and role model for the heavily Latino population at Westminster Avenue Elementary School.

A well - made but schizophrenic film that marked the end of Gary Cooper's film acting career, the peak of Charlton Heston's and the beginning for Richard Harris.

When Dwayne Johnson began his film acting career way back in 2001, with The Mummy Returns, he seemed stiff and dead - eyed, which wasn't entirely down to the fact he was playing a recently resuscitated 3,000 - year - old Egyptian.

Not exact matches

Although she performed in films, theater and TV, Duke was most successful in her TV acting career.

Greta Gerwig has had a very successful acting career in independent films, several you haven't seen and one you may even like, Damsels in Distress.

His acting career started with a small education film, which lead to starring roles in memorable movies and television shows, including the 1993 Disney classic, Cool Runnings, and the hit Fox television series New York Undercover.

It is Jackson's first foray into acting since she entered the Commons in 1992, following a film career that including two best actress Oscars in the 1970s.

The film explores how the pretty veneer that Lamarr shrewdly used to advance her acting career ultimately trapped her in a life she found emotionally isolating and intellectually unfulfilling.

After his success in bodybuilding competitions, Reeves enjoyed a flourishing acting career that spanned 16 years and 18 films.

On the heels of her new video release, Till the World Ends, the singer is making plans to get back into acting and develop a serious film career.

Born in Tunisia to Italian parents, Claudia Cardinale's 50 - year acting career consists of some of the most acclaimed European films of her time.

While he was a student there, he wrote and starred in his own film, Crying Joy.Leto moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to pursue his acting career.

Pursued an acting career on stage in London and New York before breaking into film.

The 1990s proved a busy decade for Jeter, and roles in such popular films as Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Air Bud (1997), and The Green Mile (1999) assured that his career would flourish well into the new millennium.

Staying with her acting career, she went on to appear in various supporting roles in independent films, mainstream blockbusters, and TV specials.

By the time Great Balls of Fire was released, X had announced their breakup (though the band would stage several reunions throughout the 1990s), and while Doe began recording and touring as a solo act, he also devoted an increasing amount of his time to his acting career, so much so that by the end of the 1990s Doe's film work had outstripped music as his primary livelihood.

Beginning his own acting career in the pre-WW I era, the younger Harrigan made his film debut in 1917.

She continued her music career and eventually moved to acting, making her film debut in Sparkle (2012), which was Whitney Houston's film final role.

The hard - working actress has made a career of choosing diverse and challenging projects both in film and television, starting with her acting debut in the movie JOE, which she soon followed with the 1975 cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

Coincidentally, The Method (also known simply as Method) was Elizabeth Hurley's first film project after taking a two - year break from her acting career following the birth of her son in the spring of 2002.

He begins by exploring the director's early life and career in his native Hungary, revealing how Curtiz shaped the earliest days of silent cinema in Europe as he acted in, produced, and directed scores of films before immigrating to the United States in 1926.

Though she would first gain notice as the dutiful daughter of an Asian - American family attempting to bridge the gap between the past and the present in The Joy Luck Club, Tom had already been acting in film and television for over a decade — her career gradually gaining momentum thanks to bit parts in such films as Wall Street, Blue Steel, and Cadillac Man.

The film is not a career changer like a «Goodfellas» or «Raging Bull», the subject matter is far too well - mined and the last act too clunky for that.

Born in Los Angeles on September 9, 1923, Robertson began his acting career with small, uncredited appearances in low budget films.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is an acting showcase featuring one of the best performances of Joaquin Phoenix «s career and a supporting turn for Jonah Hill that joins his acclaimed performances in films like Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

His film career is a list of Oscar - worthy performances (including his actual win for «Good Will Hunting»), but 1993's intricately rendered drag act remains best of all.

What a cool added bonus for the film to have launched a major acting career for Peter Dinklage, who the very same year appeared briefly in one of the many hilarious parts of Elf, playing... a jaded children's book author (not what you would have guessed, huh?).

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.

Appearing Monday on CBS's «The Late Late Show» to promote his post-apocalyptic thriller «Maggie,» Arnold Schwarzenegger teamed with host James Corden to act out moments from his film career in six minutes.

His film acting credits also include Steel Magnolias, playing the husband of the beauty shop owner; Terence Malick's Days of Heaven, for which his movie career took off; Resurrection; Frances; Country; Fool for Love; Crimes of the Heart; Baby Boom; Bright Angel; Defenseless; Hamlet; The Notebook; Black Hawk Down; Don't Come Knocking; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Brothers; Safe House; Mud; August: Osage County; Cold in July; Midnight Special; Ithaca; In Dubious Battle; and You Were Never Here.

«Bad Company» is largely a forgotten film, but it marked the beginning of Jeff Bridges» acting a career and Robert Benton's behind the camera.

The acting — not just Cruise and De Mornay, who are both fantastic and have a great chemistry (even though her career's had a far different trajectory than his, they really ought to do another film together)-- is great.

After the war, Sernas pursued a career as a journalist (after dropping plans to enter medicine), but was sidetracked into film acting.

In one of the best movies in Denzel Washington's acting career, he plays Alonzo Harris a corrupt LAPD detective in the film Training Day.

Aronofsky, didn't make her into a great actress all of a sudden and her acting ability is just fine as demonstrated by such films as Leon and Closer (career best work so far).

Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.

He's clearly been interested in pursuing a larger film - acting career since finishing his tenure as The Doctor, so it should be interesting to see how prominent Smith's mysterious Terminator character becomes in future installments - assuming they happen, of course.

Kidder acted in dozens of films throughout her career, including a starring role as Kathy Lutz in the 1979 supernatural horror film, The Amityville Horror.

Rowling's Harry Potter novels were adapted into blockbuster Hollywood films which launched the careers of Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson as well as attracting the cream of British acting talent.

Christina's short film career could be called illustrious to say the least, but most moviegoers aren't very familiar with her resume past the child acting days of «The Addams Family» and «Casper.»

Final Portrait is both written and directed by American actor - director Stanley Tucci, who has previously directed the films Big Night, The Impostors, Joe Gould's Secret, and Blind Date (along with an incredible acting career).

As a window into the auteur's late - career preoccupation with adolescent angst, «Bertolucci Makes The Dreamers» is illuminating, bookended as it is by telling quotes («When I'm with these kids, I feel the same age» and «Maybe I didn't talk enough about young people when I was young») that make one wish Bertolucci would do a film about the vanishing act of youth rather than these pitiful attempts to trap it in a jar.

Johnson, who has successfully transitioned into the world of movies (leaving his wrestling career behind him until his inevitable return), has adequately proven his acting ability in quirky, family friendly roles like «Tooth Fairy» and «Journey 2: The Mysterious Island» and shown he can bust heads alongside the best of them in films like «Pain & Gain» and «Furious 7.»

Her 60 year acting career included plenty of great films (such as the «Taking Of Pehlam One Two Three «-RRB- and TV shows («The Sopranos «-RRB-, including one Woody Allen credit — Crimes And Misdemeanors.

The film stars Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller and, most intriguingly, Adam Sandler, whose controversial 2015 flop The Ridiculous Six called his acting career into question.

The acting by both Eastwood and Kevin Costner makes this easily one of the better films in both their careers, which is interesting since they are so much better known for other — sometimes lesser — films.

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.

The men of «Platoon» have in many cases gone on to significant acting careers, but only Tom Berenger was working steadily in film when Stone recruited them.

Throughout Glenn Close's distinguished career — she's received an Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award, plus six Academy Award nominations for acting — she has been a fierce advocate for independent film.