Sentences with phrase «following a supporting role»

Following a supporting role in Helen Lesnick's erotic lesbian drama Inescapable (2003), Frederick teamed up with Jaglom for a series of efforts, including (most visibly) the 2006 Hollywood Dreams.

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To put it bluntly — and to focus solely upon the most important issue that I, as a Christian minister, must consider — I will state it as follows: Because Mormonism is a church of Satan, and Mitt Romney, in his leadership role (s) in this insidious and abominable cult, is a disciple of Satan, no Christian can support his campign.

To put it bluntly — and to focus solely upon the most important issue that I, as a Christian minister, must consider — I will state it as follows: Because Mormonism is a church of Satan, and Mitt Romney, in his leadership role (s) in this insidious and abominable cult, is a disciple of Satan, no Christian can support his candidacy.

When I wrote «taxation is necessary unless you want anarchy» it's an oversimplification of what I see as the role of taxation in supporting a government; admittedly I'm making it a binary choice (no taxes = no government; no government = anarchy) which may not follow.

This happens whenever a woman is presented with a universal statement about the «biblical» role of women in the world, which is typically extrapolated from a single biblical text without regard to literary or historical context and followed by a parenthetical string of additional unrelated and out - of - context Bible verses for support.

In addition to the Society, the following organizations serve in a supporting role with representatives serving in an advisory role and assist in the promulation process.

Following Whitlam's victory, John Gorton played a further role in reform by introducing a Parliamentary motion from Opposition supporting the legalisation of same - gender sexual relations.

Here's the caption @nascarcasm claims goes with this photo: Oscar winners (from left) Christian Bale (Best Actor In A Supporting Role, «The Fighter»), Natalie Portman (Actress In A Leading Role, «Black Swan»), Melissa Leo (Actress In A Supporting Role, «The Fighter»), Colin Firth (Actor In A Leading Role, «The King's Speech») and Kurt Busch (Best Directing, Cinematography, Costume Design and Short - Subject Documentary, «A Positive Step For Me»), celebrate backstage following the Academy Awards, which honor achievement in filmmaking.

The first homebirth she attended in the support role was a surprise breech and another soon followed while she was employed as an assistant within a local birth center.

And Pew Research surveys find that the public believes that a father's greatest role is to provide values to his children, followed by emotional support, discipline and income support.

The AAP emphasizes the essential role of the pediatrician in promoting, protecting, and supporting breastfeeding and recommends the following breastfeeding policies.

(This in fact rises to a difference of 12 years if we include the Wilson and Heath governments, where no official Deputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding»!)

«The role of a town board is to follow and support its constituents.

[56] Attlee and Greenwood played a vital role in supporting Churchill during a series of War Cabinet debates over whether or not to negotiate peace terms with Hitler following the Fall of France in May 1940, both supported Churchill and gave him the majority he needed in the War Cabinet to continue Britain's resistance.

For Red Box, YouGov asked the nation: «Thinking about retired politicians playing a role in the current election, do you think getting support from the following politicians would be an asset or a liability for today's politicians?»

Thinking about retired politicians playing a role in the current election, do you think getting support from the following politicians would be an asset or a liability for today's politicians?»

A study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology (Oct 2000; 29 (5): 832 - 6) contained the following official conclusion: «The present study provides modest support for the preventive role of soy against stomach cancer and heart disease death.»

This study contained the following official conclusion: «The present study provides modest support for the preventive role of soy against stomach cancer and heart disease death.»

Following her break up with Coldplay's Chris Martin, the actress stepped out to support her mom Blythe Danner's role in The Country House wearing this chic Monique Lhuillier number that showed off her toned bod.

The following year, he traveled into the realm of slick international caper with a supporting role in The Thomas Crown Affair, and then returned to his New York roots to portray the leader of organized crime in the Bronx in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam.

A supporting role in the long - running daytime drama Guiding Light proved just the break Reaser needed to get her foot in the door, with stage roles in a La Jolla Playhouse revival of Tennessee Williams» Sweet Bird of Youth and a New York Classic Stage Company production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (in which she appeared opposite David Strathairn and Barbara Garrick) following in quick succession.

Despite her recent onscreen success, Washington remains true to her stage roots by remaining active in theater and has also begun to branch out by attempting to make a name for herself as a writer and producer as well.Still, it was on the screen that Washington truly earned her keep, and following roles in Sexual Life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fantastic Four, Washington took a trip to the courtroom for a supporting role on David E. Kelley's Emmy - winning television comedy Boston Legal.

Upon hearing of his win, he jumped up on his seat and then took to the stage, where he proceeded to proclaim — in broken English and at great length — his great joy and gratitude.Aside from a supporting role in the 1999 fantasy adventure Astrix and Obelix vs. Cesar Benigni remained relatively low - key in the years following his success with Life is Beautiful.

Following a role as Dustin Hoffman's moll in Robert Benton's Billy Bathgate (1991), and a supporting turn as a snotty boarding school senior in the masterful Flirting (1991), which teamed her with Duigan a third time, Kidman collaborated with Cruise on their second film together, Far and Away (1992).

Lindsay Anderson, who has a supporting role in the film, was very scathing about the seeming resurgence of British filmmaking following its Oscar success.

More supporting roles in Big Fat Liar and Solaris were quick to follow, and after rounding out the «American» trilogy in American Wedding, it was burger time for Cho as he played one of the titular characters (opposite Van Wilder's Kal Penn) in the 2004 comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

Schwartzman followed the film with a supporting role in The Princess Diaries (2001), a family comedy starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway that proved to be a runaway hit both among critics and at the box office.

He followed that up with a well - received part in 2001's Last Orders and parlayed his success into a supporting role in Anthony Minghella's 2003 star - studded Civil War drama Cold Mountain.

Supporting roles followed, as an accused rapist in Just Cause, a well - to - do love interest in Set It Off, and baseball legend Jackie Robinson in the HBO original movie Soul of the Game.

Supporting roles in such television series as Shotgun Love Dolls and made - for - TV features such as Guilt by Association were quick to follow.

Following an unlikely appearance as a football player in The Replacements (2000) and a turn as the son of Old Scratch in Little Nicky (2000), Ifans» role as a socially challenged forest dweller turned opera - loving socialite in the eccentric Human Nature provided audiences with abundant laughs and a further glimpse into the quirkiness of a truly unique actor.Of course the ever - eccentric Ifans was only warming up, and after supporting roles in such efforts as The 51st State, The Shipping News and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands Ifans once again took the lead in the 2003 comedy Donnie Deckchair.

In 1949, they made their film debut in George Marshall's My Friend Irma, and their supporting work proved so popular with audiences that their roles were significantly expanded for the sequel, the following year's My Friend Irma Goes West.

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.

Shannon, an often intimidating actor who has made himself almost ordinary for this role, is playing a government functionary who's torn between following through on a long - running work project and going with his wife to California to support her artistic pursuits.

In 2000, he starred in the CBS medical drama City of Angels, followed by supporting roles in the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's Most Wanted.

Starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Northam won both critical praise and the distinction of being that year's thinking woman's luxury import.The following year, the actor played a supporting role in Steven Spielberg's Amistad and then went on to explore completely different territory with a turn as Mira Sorvino's husband in the big - budget giant cockroach thriller Mimic.

The following decade witnessed Williams guesting in series programs including CSI, Joan of Arcadia, and NYPD Blue, appearing in recurring roles on shows such as Malcolm in the Middle, and tackling a small supporting part in the farce Undercover Brother (2002).

In 1987, she won the leading role in the fact - based comedy Personal Services, as well as a major supporting role in the Joe Orton biopic Prick up Your Ears, and the following year she starred opposite pop star Phil Collins in another comedy - drama drawn from real life, Buster.

As her film career faded, Perreau flourished briefly as a TV leading lady, with supporting roles on the 1959 sitcom The Betty Hutton Show and the 1961 adventure weekly Follow the Sun.

Following a series of supporting feature performances, Cranston moved back to the small screen with a regular role in the 1988 sitcom Raising Miranda.

Along with supporting parts in Raising Helen and Racing Stripes and the lead in the second straight - to - DVD Bring It On sequel, several more small TV roles followed before 2006, when she was cast on Heroes as the cheerleader with the ability to spontaneously heal herself.

The following year she had some success for her supporting role in Neil LaBute's remake of Frank Oz's black comedy Death at a Funeral, in which she co-starred with Danny Glover, Peter Dinklage, and Martin Lawrence, among others.

The actress / singer dropped off the movie scene for several years in order to pursue her musical career and other ventures, then came back with a bang for a supporting role in Whip It, a comedy drama following an ex-pageant queen's experiences on a roller derby team.

He played future British Prime Minister Charles Grey and Keira Knightley's lover in the costume - drama The Dutchess (2008), followed by a supporting role in the Oscar - nominated An Education (2009), for which he shared a Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

The 46 - year - old actress was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Dorothy Vaughan in the biographical drama which follows the story of African American female mathematicians who worked for NASA during the Space Race.

In the following years Matthias got cast in several short films and played a supporting role in Paul Verhouven's «Black book» (2006) and also landed his first starring role in «Dennis van Rita» (2006).

Although this is not a biographical study, Thomas» book does proceed in a basically chronological manner, beginning with Lorre's work on the European stage in the 1920s and early 1930s, following his move to Hollywood and roles as a leading actor in the 1930s, proceeding to a study of his work as a supporting actor at Warner Bros. in the 1940s, his not - so - triumphant return to Europe to direct and star in Der Verlorene after WWII and finally his late screen roles in the 1950s and 1960s.

McConaughey followed up with supporting roles in more local productions, including «My Boyfriend's Back» (1993), «Angels in the Outfield» (1994), and «Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre» (lensed 1995), in which his maniacal performance was shelved for two years until he and the film's co-star, Renee Zellweger, had become famous and there was a dollar to be made.

Elba, in a supporting role, projects the kind of menacing charisma that would make men follow him into the jungle while also demonstrating the cracks in his veneer that prove to be his eventual undoing.

At work, she's shy and largely closed off to her uncaring co-workers (including, in supporting roles, Kumail Nanjiani, Rich Sommer and Natasha Lyonne); at home, she has only her friends (a scene - stealing Tyne Daly, and Caroline Aaron) to confide in, with a dismissive brother (Stephen Root) and unpleasant sister - in - law (Wendi McLendon - Covey) providing little comfort to her loneliness following her mother's death.