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There's a long line of familiar British faces among the cast, most notably Noel Coward in his last film acting role as the prison inmate lording it over fellow prisoners and staff alike.

by Beth Wilson Stars of new Australian film Snowtown, Daniel Henshall and Louise Harris talk about their first feature film acting roles and understanding their characters.

Not exact matches

Markle is best known for her role in the legal drama «Suits,» but she has also acted in a long list of shows like «CSI: NY» and «Castle,» as well as films including «Get Him To The Greek.»

The story of these marches is told in the film, which is directed by Ava DuVernay with production credits for Oprah Winfrey, who has a supporting acting role, and for Brad Pitt.

But Tahir built up his chops by acting in plays while waiting for film and television roles to trickle in, and turning down parts when they felt too much like typecasting.

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Having acted in more than 80 films, he's played roles as diverse as...

American actor Jim Caviezel has revealed a conversation he had with film director Mel Gibson, in which he was told he may never act again if he played the role of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ.

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.

She then moved to Hollywood to pursue acting, quickly landing roles in TV and film including Mad Men, LIFE, In the Valley of Elah, Rent and Something's Got ta Give.

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.

Angelina Danielle's passion for acting recently landed her the principle role of Hope in the all Michigan based TV sitcom / film «Percipience» which is set to be released in 2016.

A minor diplomat before he turned to acting, Hale began appearing in minor film roles in 1934, showing up fleetingly in such well - remembered films as the Karloff / Lugosi film The Raven (1935), the Marx Brothers» A Night at the Opera (1935) and the first version of A Star is Born (1937).

Roth began acting during her years as an expatriate, earning her first major film role in Ivan Zuleta's cult film Arrebato (1979).

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.

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.

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

His acting break came playing the role of Liam in the 2006 horror film TURISTAS.

Julie first began acting in 1990 with the small role in the film Due occhi diabolici.

At the beginning of 1995, he directed a segment of the anthology film Four Rooms and acted in Robert Rodriguez's sequel to El Mariachi, Desperado, and the comedy Destiny Turns on the Radio, in which he had a starring role.

A native of Trinidad (with East Indian ancestry), Bednob originally attended the University of Toronto as a sociology major — a field far removed from acting, though Bednob had naturally played the role of class clown in school for years, which seemed to predestine him for stage and film.

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 following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Jason continued with small acting and voice - acting roles in sitcoms, cartoons, and films until 1992, where he landed the role of Dash X in «Eerie, Indiana» (1991).

Earnestly presented and well acted, particularly by newcomer Nicole Beharie in the central role, the film shares with many other such agenda - driven dramas a complete lack of narrative surprise, merely connecting the dots.

Although starring in a TV film, providing voices for cartoons, and guest - starring in sitcoms, Jason's next memorable role was a voice - acting one, that of Goofy's son, Max Goof, in the animated film A Goofy Movie (1995).

Povinelli sometimes performed stunts, in films like Van Helsing and Employee of the Month, but largely stuck to acting, earning particular attention for the role of Walter in the 2011 period drama Water for Elephants.

Cast as themselves in the film, the three men, acting for the first time, bring sincerity and authenticity to their roles, even though professional actors may have had more polish.

After studying acting with Ned Wayburn and appearing as a chorus dancer in a George M. Cohan musical, Jobyna began showing up in extra roles in films.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, acting in the eight feature films and related properties between 1999 and 2011.

Best known as a big - band leader, Leighton Noble also occassionally acted in feature films, beginning with a small role as an orchestra leader in the musical Gift of Gab (1934).

Colm Feore's talent crosses many borders: an international success story, he acts in both English and French and has conquered many mediums, with starring roles in film, television, and on stage.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

She went on to test her acting chops by appearing on shows like CSI and The 4400, before reprising the role of River for 2005's feature film adaptation of Firefly, Serenity.

Hallmarks of Altman's aural and visual style are evident everywhere - overlapping dialogue, life - like improvised roles and ensemble acting, multiple means of communication to connect the characters (phone calls, tape recordings, radio and TV, and P.A. announcements), a continuously moving camera, long takes, and imaginative sound and film editing.

The always funny comedic acting of David Koechner is prevalent throughout the film, but we also get a glimpse at a much darker side that he can play, something very refreshing from an actor you only really see in a supporting role.

Ejiofor is at the center of an embarrassment of acting talent throughout this film with even smaller roles occupied by the likes of Brad Pitt, Michael K Williams, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, and last year's Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild).

He's a brilliant writer (known for being a co-author of Wes Anderson's critically - acclaimed films including «Rushmore» and «The Royal Tennenbaums), though he's never acted a day in his life (with possibly the exception of his role in «The Minus Man»).

The film also stars Woody Allen, in a rare acting role in a film he's not written and directed himself.

It's not a great film, but it looks beautiful, is well - acted (Jeremy Irons is excellent as the passive senior missionary, Robert de Niro as a reformed mercenery and Ray McAnally as a papal representitive and smaller roles for Aidan Quinn, Ronald Pickup and Liam Neeson) and then of course comes the pièce de résistance, one of the greatest contributions to cinema of one of cinema's all - time - greatest contributors, Ennio Morricone.

Regardless, this film relies not only on solid acting, but the cinematography has an equally important role in telling the story.

The film works on multiple levels — as a supernatural thriller (though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby's eyes), as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy, and as the last word in marital betrayal, since the most despicable villain here is surely Guy, who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role.

But it was her role in last year's film that made everyone take notice of her acting talent.

It's no wonder so many good actors — Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, Željko Ivanek among them — signed up for small roles in this film; at the very least, they're allowed to act.

And while there are admittedly a few nifty twists within the third act - all of which, naturally, were present within the original film - Shutter's place as an absolutely redundant piece of work is undeniable virtually from start to finish (which is a shame, really, given how infrequently Jackson is afforded the opportunity to take on leading man roles within theatrical releases).

Truly a delightful film and despite the amateurish acting in supporting roles, very moving as well.

She moved to New York in 2002 to study English and philosophy at Barnard, did lots of drama and theatre, graduated in 2006 and went into acting, immediately landing a role in LOL, a film by mumblecore auteur Joe Swanberg.

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.

Talking with «People» magazine about his role in the new horror film «Happy Birthday,» the singer reveals he's been bitten by the acting bug.

Emily Blunt delivers an extraordinary performance in the lead role (rather than simply acting drunk, she plays Rachel as an alcoholic desperately trying to look sober), but it feels like she's in a different film — one that isn't marred by soapy plot turns and Taylor's messy direction.