Sentences with phrase «film character actor»

Weaver went on to TV fame as Chester on the Western series Gunsmoke, while Chapman prospered as a film character actor, playing such roles as Roy in East of Eden (1955), Rock in Baby Doll (1957), and Deke Carter in Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).

Not exact matches

This may be the first time that DiCaprio was genuinely free to be the most energetic and commanding character in a film, not left to share his spotlight with a veteran actor in a flashier role.

As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.

Black Panther is the first standalone film to focus on the titular character, the superhero alias of King T'Challa of the fictional country Wakanda, portrayed by actor Chadwick Boseman.

Leigh's script - free films generally begin with his actors working for months to invent their characters, and then improvising situations in which those characters can interact.

Genuine actors operate within a framework established by the imitative nature of film ¯ hence a good person can portray a bad one, or act out bad actions, without it being a reflection of his or her character.

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Actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Charles Xavier in the X-Men films based on the comic books, said the famous character would have voted Remain.

In film, the makeup needs to enhance the actors» performances and become part of their characters, contributing to beauty, injury, aging, etc..

It's like reading a book and visualising what the individual character would look and act like, and having that illusion shattered when you see the the film adaption where the actor is not what you visualised... for example Christian Grey

American actor and dancer Justin Smith played character roles in several films of the»60s.

The actor proved his dedication to the role by staying in character throughout filming, which not only impressed Russell and Eklund, but will most likely surprise viewers as well.

Eldard, who's been more of a character actor in the films he's been in (Sleepers, Deep Impact, Ghost Ship), finally has a role that will stand out amongst those other films.

Actors in this film have lent their vocal talents to other characters as well.

Narrated by Paul Robeson, the film employs a cast of familiar if not stellar character actors in a story of how certain enemies within the US have done their best to suppress their fellow citizens» rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom from want.

British character actor Jack Warner began his film career in the early»40s.

Like the third «Spider - Man» film, this one keeps introducing too many new characters (with comic actors Eric Idle, Seth Rogen, John Krasinski and others providing voices).

Too muted and pensive to work as a thriller, too withdrawn to be a character study, and too cold to evoke any sympathy, the film is instead a dull and alienating exercise in how to take a strong actor and interesting premise and mostly waste them.

The son of producer George Englund and noted character actress Cloris Leachman, actor Bryan Englund appeared in two feature films, Crazy Mama (1975) and The Prowler (1981).

When jobs became scarce in films for highly specialized character actors in the 1950s, Pangborn thrived on television, guesting on a number of comedy shows, including an appearance as a giggling serial - killer in a «Red Skelton Show» comedy sketch.

In the service of the film's narrative tricks, I'm omitting any mention of a few key characters and the good actors that play them.

Portrayed by comely character actor Dougray Scott, Jericho has a sad - eyed, semi-schizo, finger - pointing persona that automatically brings to mind Russell Crowe's John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, another film that changed a historical figure's Jewish relations and sexuality to make the character more «acceptable.»

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).

One year later, Apfel appeared again as an actor known for playing distinguished characters in films such as Romance of the Underworld (1928), and the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon.

Once there was a film historian who opined that Wallace Ford was in more movies than any other character actor of his prominence.

The film is worth seeing, but don't expect something great with the comedy and like I said actor Troy Gentile ruined the film as his character was dreadfully annoying.

Versatile Czechoslovakian actor George Pravda played character roles in many British films of the»60s,»70s, and»80s.

Some things that probably factor into the industry's disagreement: Peter Jackson adapted books fifty years old and respected as great literature, the Potter books were being written alongside the first movies; Lord of the Rings centered on adult characters and played to a wider audience with PG - 13 ratings, the first Potter movies were PG, skewed younger, and starred kids (though anyone can see the films matured and so did the fans, many already wrote the series off); finally, where Jackson provided one distinct vision and a cast of respected performers, Potter had a rotating director roster (all of them secondary to Rowling) and limited opportunities for its accomplished actors, giving the brunt of the work to the three kids and spectacle.

discuss the film in detail; Audran dissects her character and praises Axel as a precise, exacting director who was nonetheless easy with his actors.

In films from 1921 through 1952, white - maned American character actor Erville Alderson was most closely associated with D.W. Griffith in his early movie years.

They're all impressive - large, well engineered monstrosities with actors thinking and acting in ways that humans never think or act - and not one of them has the pure humanistic love that this film has for its characters and for people in general.

The presence of Robert Redford gives the character weight, if not depth, because we bring to the film everything we know about the actor from other movies.

He's marvelous, as are all the British character actors — Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, David Thewlis — who pop up to reprise characters from earlier films, sometimes without speaking more than a line or two.

Unsurprisingly, allegory places significant constraints on the film actors, who are forced to put life into characters that are moral abstractions, not people, restricted in manner of behavior, expression and thought.

Donat was the recipient of a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the title character, and the film features the debut performance of a young Garson.

Phillips - as both director and actor - has trouble with the film's key character; he's so insufferable, he upsets the delicate balance they seem to be going for.

With dogged determination, the producers continued onward with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), at which point fans finally flocked to the series, rallying behind the film's crisp space battles and the melodramatic tête - à - tête between Shatner and Ricardo Montalban.Shatner had to wrestle with his advancing age and the deaths of several characters in Star Trek II and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), but by Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), the actor got to indulge in his more whimsical side, which has since characterized his career.

Studi, a great actor who has a long career playing fearsome warriors in films like Dances With Wolves and The Last of the Mohicans, is equally stoic but is given even less character shading.

The lead actors fought to maintain their characters» drive to maintain their passion during times of glossed over turmoil, but the continued lack of emotional connection to each other and the scantily adapted source material made the final film installment feel anti-climatic.

American character actor Albert Paulsen has been in films from 1961.

And while the movie's obvious highlight comes with Roma's brutal dressing - down of Kevin Spacey's officious manager, Mamet's screenplay affords virtually all of the actors their moment in the sun - with Lemmon's sad - sack of a character ultimately standing as the film's emotional center (ie despite his exceedingly slimy actions, Levene becomes a figure worthy of the viewer's sympathy).

While the Man in the Mask (Damian Maffei, «Closed for the Season»), Pin - up Girl (Lea Enslin) and Dollface (Emma Bellomy) characters have returned, they're not even played by the same actors from the original film.

This film is under the radar for one reason only: character actors Charles Coburn and Spring Byington step from behind the shadow of the leads and take a bite out of the script themselves, and man, what a bite.

Today, he is a recognizable New York - based character actor with roles in the city's best theater, television, and film productions.

The film will feature live performances by the lead actors and is rumored to have a documentary feel as it tracks one week in the life of the main character.

Authoritative, sandy - haired character actor Willis Bouchey abandoned a busy Broadway career in 1951 to try his luck in films.

An Emmy winner for his work on the various Sid Caesar programs, he entered films as a character actor in 1959.

The actor remained in the role until Star Trek's cancellation in 1969, subsequently reviving the character for the 1974 cartoon series and the many theatrical films.

Runyonesque American character actor Tom D'Andrea came to films when the Broadway production This is the Army was transferred to the screen in 1943.