Sentences with phrase «film acting debut»

And so during his teen years, he made his film acting debut: as older brother Brand to Sean Astin's Mikey in «The Goonies» in 1985.

Rounding out the cast is a group of newcomers in Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden and Aneurin Barnard, led by One Direction's Harry Styles making his feature film acting debut.

bond between Georgia and Sharice; the backstory about a long - dead undercover FBI agent; the disintegrating friendship between Buddy and his right - hand man, Sir Ivy (rapper Common, making a solid film acting debut); and Messner's gradual disillusionment with the agency.

Tye Sheridan (from «Tree of Life» and the upcoming David Gordon Green film, «Joe,» which so far in a brief career makes him three for three in working with terrific filmmakers) and his co-star Jacob Lofland (in his film acting debut) transcend the child actor ghetto (saying they're good for being kid actors is wildly understating it).

He made his feature film acting debut in 2017 with the war drama film The Man with the Iron Heart.

Meanwhile Ang Lee's Life of Pi, which got financed to the tune of $ 120 million and grossed over $ 600 million worldwide, was the feature film acting debut of «Suraj so - and - so.»

(That part is played, unexpectedly if passably, by the singer Josh Groban in his film acting debut.)

Lewensohn, a famous Israeli theatrical director, makes his film acting debut, while the veteran Ashkenazi («Late Wedding») handles his low - key role with bearlike grace.

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.

Since his acting debut in 1983, Lee has become a prolific supporting actor on Korean film and The AMA is live!

She made her acting debut in 1991 and has been starring in television and film since.

Critics Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

Critic Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

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

Washington stayed with the ACT for a year, and, after his time there, he began acting in various television movies and made his film debut in the 1981 Carbon Copy.

Hill made his film debut in 1950, then returned to the Navy for two more years before settling down to acting on a permanent basis.

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.

The One I Love is cleverly written by Justin Lader and directed with budget - minded skill by Charlie McDowell (son of actor Malcolm, and step - son to Ted Danson, who makes a small acting appearance), both of whom are making their feature film debuts.

What You Need To Know: Jason Statham fans are spoilt for choice in 2013; the bald British bruiser has three films, starting off with Taylor Hackford «s «Parker» in the near future, with «Hummingbird,» the intriguing directorial debut from «Eastern Promises» writer Steven Knight following on later in the year (we've heard some good buzz, and it apparently stretches The Stath's acting muscles more than most).

Set aesthetics aside, Boneta makes his first feature film debut as Drew and proves he's not just a very pretty face; he's got the acting and singing credentials to go with it.

Green's feature debut is an expansion of his 2015 short Stop, but the film is told through differing views: the bystander who filmed the act, a black police officer, and a high - school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.

Returning to the «Machete» fold are Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez, but there's an entirely new ensemble joining in as well, including Lady Gaga (making her acting debut), Amber Heard, Vanessa Hudgens, Sofia Vergara, Demián Bichir, Cuba Gooding Jr., Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson as the film's main villain.

Shriya made her Acting Debut with Telugu film Ishtam and had her..

Writer / director Michael Pearce's feature film debut is exceedingly well acted by a cast virtually unknown in the U.S., but not in the U.K.

Guest director Joshua Oppenheimer, whose wrenching «The Act of Killing» debuted at TFF in 2012, has put together an eclectic program that includes Werner Herzog's 1970 «Even Dwarfs Started Small» (with Herzog in attendance), Jon Bang Carlsen's intriguing and obscure «Hotel of the Stars» (1981), an hour - long Danish documentary about extras who live in a shabby apartment hotel in Hollywood; the only movie directed by Charles Laughton, 1955's exquisitely - shot «The Night of the Hunter,» starring a brilliant, terrifying Robert Mitchum, and fortuitously playing in his centenary year; «Salam Cinema,» Mohsen Makmalbaf's 1995 record of auditions by aspiring actors; a new print of Frederick Wiseman's long - banned, corrosive «Titicut Follies» (1967), filmed in a notorious Massachusetts hospital for the criminally insane; and Jacques Demy's glorious, gorgeous musical, «The Umbrellas of Cherbourg» (1967), starring the glorious, gorgeous Catherine Deneuve.

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.

It was set to debut in theaters but after North Korean hackers called the film an act of war and made threats, many cinema chains chose not to screen the movie.

«The Voices» is directed by Oscar nominated Iranian filmmaker Marjane Satrapi («Persepolis») and marks the acting debut of producer Adi Shankar, best known for executive producing action flicks «The Grey» and «Dredd,» as well as several «bootleg» Marvel short films.

The film, Bong's English - language debut, is a violent sci - fi action flick that lets its anarchist leanings take over in the final act.

In the meantime, Blauvelt had started acting as DoP on shorts, and made his feature film debut in 2010 with Kelly Reichardt «s «Meek's Cutoff.»

The Oscar - winning octogenarian recalls making her film debut, after ten years of other acting, across from Brando and Kazan.

Besedka Johnson, who made her acting debut in the film and is featured extensively in the bonus features, died last month at the age of 87, adding a further, bittersweet note.

After spending a decade acting in film and TV projects, writer / director Scott Cooper made his feature film debut in 2009 with Crazy Heart.

Marina (Daniela Vega, a Chilean lyrical singer and transwoman making her acting debut) is a lounge singer and waitress in Chile, spending a wonderful evening with her lover, an older man named Orlando (Francisco Reyes) in the film's opening scenes.

After years of acting in films both awesome and terrible, David Cross is finally making his directorial debut with Hits.

Recent films include: Safe Haven, Act of Valor and Immortals, the latter both opening number one at the box office in their debut.

# 4: Sleepwalk With Me - Rarely does a comedian successfully translate a stand - up act so well to television or film, let alone for a directorial debut, but the hilarious Mike Birbiglia does both effortlessly.

It's been nearly five years since acting veteran Lois Smith (who made her Broadway debut in 1952 followed by TV and film debuts in 1953 and 1955, respectively) first fell in love with playwright Jordan Harrison's «Majorie Prime.»

In addition to his celebrated acting both on stage and on screen, Hoffman made his directorial debut with the feature film Quartet, based on Ronald Harwood's stage play.

After a promising debut at two locations, the film expanded to 119 and performed poorly, prompting a quick retreat, a disappearing act, and now a swift arrival on Blu - ray and DVD.

His feature debut was in Boy Eats Girl (2005) and in 2006, he acted alongside his father again in the Irish film Studs.

They discuss how the film quickly took shape, shooting in Greece, having veteran cinematographer Walter Lassally make his acting debut, the film's big fight, what the movie says about romance, and what it's like to reprise these characters that people have such strong feelings for.

The cast are uniformly excellent and it is a credit to feature film debut directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris that they have taken such a diverse ensemble of actors and seamlessly blended their acting styles together.

Acting career: Jeff Goldblum made his film debut in Charles Bronson's «Death Wish» in 1974.

The film is based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a freeman kidnapped into slavery, and Nyong» o's performance as Patsey, a young slave who's become the object of obsession for sadistic cotton plantation Master Edwin Epps, played by Michael Fassbender, is easily one of the most arresting acting debuts in recent memory.

A 2018 Sundance Film Festival premiere, «Wildlife» — Paul Dano's Cannes - bound, directorial debut — is the last film that tasked Gyllenhaal with acting and producing duties.

Known for his acting chops in Art School Confidential, The Social Network and more recently, a stint on «The Handmaid's Tale,» Max Minghella got into the vocation of filmmaking with Teen Spirit — a feature film debut he also wrote and which becomes one of several 2018 projects for American independent swiss army knife actress Elle Fanning.

Among them is the erotic drama Sleeping Beauty, the directorial debut of novelist Julia Leigh which stars Emily Browning in a daring role; A Separation, the Asghar Farhadi directed drama which won the film and ensemble acting awards at the Berlin Film Festival; and the much awaited return of master filmmaker Terrence Malick, with his anticipated drama The Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, finally making its way to our screens.

But Focus was pleased with the debut of the film, for which McConaughey and Leto are drawing acting awards buzz, and saw a second - day surge as significant.