Sentences with phrase «first major role»

In a stirring, narrative drama led by a fierce performance from Michael Peña in his first major role, director Diego Luna bursts forth with a story that has no shades of gray: just a glorious battle between good and evil.

Miller gets to play the flashy role of a flamboyantly gay character inhabiting a time period where this was not a popular thing (the film appears to take place in Pittsburgh sometime in the 80's, though a specific time is never hammered down), and handles it well, but it's Watson in particular who needed a grand performance in his first major role of her post Potter career.

Starting as a child actress, her first major role was in Ghost Ship, a horror mystery that was filmed in Australia.

Spielberg has cast the first major role in his upcoming adaptation of the beloved geek novel Ready Player One.

New Yorker Timothée Chalamet found his first major role not in an action movie or a comedy, but in something more nuanced — Luca Guadagnino's «Call Me by Your Name,» in theaters this fall.

Why He's About to Break Out: Although his part in «All Eyez On Me» is his first major role, no one plays Tupac and gets ignored.

It was at 16 years old that he landed his first major role on camera in L.I.E, depicting a young boy who becomes entwined with a paedophile played by Brian Cox.

The NYFF Retrospective showcases 24 of his finest performances and spans 50 years, from his first major role in The Story of G.I. Joe, which earned him an Academy Award nomination, to his late - career appearances in films by Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch, with all but two screening on celluloid.

His first major role was Remo DaVinci, a recurring character on Mork and Mindy.

Huisman's first major role in a feature film is a memorable one that gets his movie career of on the right foot.

Cooper, in his first major role post Silver Linings Playbook, may not be the best thing about the film, but he is more than passable.

But unlike «CQ,» this one is unlikely to vanish in limited release; the cast features Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Patricia Arquette, Aubrey Plaza and perhaps most importantly, tabloid magnet Charlie Sheen in his first major role since his public meltdown.

The Bad Batch, starring Jason Momoa and Keanu Reeves alongside model Suki Waterhouse, in her first major role, looks to pick up exactly where Amipour left off.

It's with Sky's sitcom Sick Note, however, that she's taken up her first major role since 2013's The Canyons, joining on for its newly announced second season (via The Hollywood Reporter), though its first season is actually set to air this fall.

His first major role was in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which ended up on Broadway and secured him a Tony nomination.

Soul diva Erykah Badu (Blues Brothers 2000, House of D) impresses with her first major role, and Tobey Maguire is always interesting to watch.

Audrey Hepburn in her first major role sparkles against Gregory Peck, it was a calling card that won her an Oscar and set her on course for an iconic career.

After bit parts in «Coming to America» and «Sing», Gooding was a revelation in his first major role.

Not only is the biracial Irish actress tearing up the small screen as the badass Tulip in AMC's «Preacher,» but her first major role on the big screen earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

Her first major role in a feature film sees her playing Abbie, a teenager whose father returns from an extended absence and causes havoc for her, her mum and her step - father.

Let's face it though, this film is just a chance to focus on Margot Robbie's shooting stardom, her first major role since breaking out in The Wolf of Wall Street.

This is her first major role in an American film, but the Luxembourg native meets the challenge, which is no small feat when you are sharing scenes with a living legend.

After a brief appearance in his former * NSYNC band mate Lance Bass» movie ON THE LINE, Timberlake's scored his first major role.

Richard Attenborough's polished, thoroughly safe — and, consequently, Oscar - garlanded — veneration of the great political and spiritual Indian leader has no room for contradiction, so here Gandhi (Ben Kingsley in his first major role) is first seen at his assassination and subsequent funeral; the film may rewind to his earlier days, but it continues as one long embalming procedure.

I loved Copley's performance in D - 9, and considering it was his first major role on screen, I can't wait to see him try something else.

Funny, since it's said that Spider - Man «s first major role as an Avenger will be in Infinity War.

The two - time Oscar nominee appeared in the commercial five years prior to his first major role as Danny Zuko in the legendary «Grease,» opposite Olivia Newton - John.

Most fans were introduced to the Conan during this loose 1982 production, directed by John Milius and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first major role.

His first major role was on the TV series The Commish where he played Officer Enrico Caruso from 1991 to 1994.

He began his career a mere decade ago, in his mid-twenties, with films in which he and his friends played characters based on himself and his friends (among them was Greta Gerwig, whose first major role was in his 2007 film «Hannah Takes the Stairs»).

American actress Trieste Dunn's first major role was that of Santa Clara University student Deora Frances Bodley, one of the victims of the September 11th terrorist hijacking, in Paul Greengrass» critically worshipped docudrama United 93 (2006).

Joss Stone is something of a newcomer to acting; while THE TUDORS is her first major role, she made her screen debut in the feature ERAGON.

Hammer landed two of his first major roles at polar opposite ends of the dramatic spectrum: one playing the young Christian evangelical minister Billy Graham in actor - turned - director Robby Benson's chronicle of Graham's early life, Billy: The Early Years (2008), and another playing the son of Satan on the small screen fantasy adventure series Reaper.

De Bankolé spent the next half - decade earning a degree in mathematics and a noncommercial pilot's license, but acting soon beckoned, much to the dismay of his family.Never one to be daunted, de Bankolé landed one of his first major roles soon thereafter, with a memorably complex lead in Claire Denis» Chocolat (1988).

Washington is accompanied on screen by Viola Davis, who also won a Tony for that 2010 revival of the play, and got one of her first major roles in film from her director in Antwone Fisher, years before her cinematic breakout with her Oscar - nominated role in Doubt.

Having earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from TCD, he landed his first major roles in «Cowboys & Angels» and «Man About Dog» while still at Trinity.

It was more or less the first major roles for both of them and both have had numerous leads subsequently.

Not exact matches

GREG Evans has got off to a flying start in his new role as KPMG's global leader of mining M&A, with one of the firm's major clients announcing its first takeover bid last week.

The Carnegie Report, so named for industrialist Sir Roderick Carnegie's role as inquiry head, was the first major piece of economic advice the newly elected Court Government received.

Amazon was the first major entrant into the smart speaker category, and continues to cement its position as market leader as it looks to expand the role of the smart speaker in the home.

The sometime DJ and artist (he has collaborated with Takashi Murakami and will have a show of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago in 2019) is the first finalist for the LVMH Young Designers Prize to be named for a major design role within one of the conglomerate's brands.

Meyers wasn't the first to suggest he had a role in Trump's presidential bid; the 2011 dinner was a major part of a New York Times article from March examining Trump's decision to run.

FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives said he believed Steinhafel, who will stay on in an advisory role for a while, is the first CEO to be removed following a major data breach.

He is a consumer Web superstar (among other things, he was the first investor in Skype and played a major role in the emergence of Skype as a powerhouse).

Agustín Carstens, the new general manager of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the self - described «bank for central banks,» has made his first major public speech since assuming the role in December 2017.

Joe graduated from Sydney University in 1989 with a BA majoring in pure mathematics before commencing his first trading role for BZW as a futures floor trader in index futures and options on the Sydney Futures Exchange in 1990.

The major element in this innovation was the unusual legislation that Augustus initiated that, although aimed primarily at the elite, for the first time made «the private life of virtually every Roman... a matter of the state's concern and regulation», with the state taking upon itself the unusual role of not only arbiter but also prosecutor for crimes of immorality, crimes in which it had previously had no interest.

In the first of a major five - part series, which examines Britain's role in slavery then and now, John Buckeridge asks; do we need to repent for the sins... More

Another headline from the study, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: For the first time since 2007, neither the Roman Catholic Church nor religion's role in U.S. politics were the No. 1 topic of faith coverage among major news media.

These divisions appeared first among elites but are now poised to play a major role among the citizenry at large.