Sentences with phrase «guy character actor»

Though seemingly born with a battered bulldog countenance and a rattly voice best suited to such lines as «We don't like you kind around these parts, stranger,» tough - guy character actor Kenneth Tobey was originally groomed for gormless leading man roles when he came to Hollywood in 1949.

For Dish, today's comments reveal merely a change in executive linguistics; the company, in its advertising, has been directly targeting traditional cable for some time, evidenced by its national campaign of TV ads starring tough - guy character actor Danny Trejo.

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Now, unable to break out in anything outside the series - and thus, one of the few peripheral actors still affordable in a merely supporting role - and on top of that, the character has been written into a horribly useless nice guy corner - he virtually has nothing to say.

Best known as Steve, the boyishly charming nice - guy bartender (and the perfect complement to his onscreen romantic partner, snappish Miranda Hobbes) in HBO's blockbuster original series Sex and the City, the slightly diminutive, raven - haired American character actor David Eigenberg was born in Manhasset, NY, on May 17, 1964.

What a stellar cast we have in Lawless, (Gary Oldman) as the gangster, (Guy Pearce) as the violent deputy from Chicago, (Tom Hardy) as the oldest bondurent brother, (Jessica Chastain) as the head waitress at the Bondurants restaurant, then finally (Shia LeBeouf) as the lead actor and most developed character in the film.

And there's a hidden triumph in the supporting cast from the always - reliable character actor Bill Camp (Black Mass, Midnight Special), whose spectacular, hideously convincing wipe - out as a guy called Harlan Eustice, in the course of a single night, sets much of the plot in motion.

To top that, the twist with her character makes it even more unbelievable because she gives up her entire career for this guy, I mean this could be a workable plot but you would need actors that gel way better.

And both actors are a bit outside of their comfort zones in The Other Guys; Ferrell generally doesn't do a whole lot of action (admittedly, neither does his character), while Wahlberg has yet to star in a well - reviewed comedy (we loved I Heart Huckabees, but many critics didn't).

Teller is terrific as Pazienza before the accident, all wise - guy mouth and muscular confidence; you get the sense his character and the actor aren't exactly worlds apart.

In Braven (2018), he plays the role of an average joe (his character is even named Joe) that frankly any tough guy actor could have played but suits Momoa fine.

Those were guys who were both leading men and character actors.

For the most part, the films showcased Dern as a character actor who specialized in psychopaths and misfits, and a guy who knew how to jazz up a scene with an arsenal of quirks that became known as Dernsies.

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These guys look like they're auditioning for extras on Dukes of Hazzard: overweight, overanxious, and not the smoothest character actors you'll ever meet.

Robert Duvall, eminent character actor of the Hackman - Caan generation of difficult big - screen guys, returns to the director's chair with Wild Horses, a dawdling and sometimes damn near unintelligible ensemble piece set in a Texas border town.

The great character actors of the Warner Bros. stock company fill in the supporting roles, with Ginger Rogers in a memorable role as the gold - digging chorine known as «Anytime Annie,» Una Merkel as her chorus girl buddy, and Ned Sparks as a wise guy investor dropping wry remarks with a cynical sneer.

After a few comments from the actors — Lilly knows almost nothing about her character as she's not yet seen a script, Stoll alludes to his character being the scientist bad - guy, and Rudd prepares for superhero stardom — they played a video made just for Comic - Con, as the film hasn't started any filming.

Gary Cole One of the crown princes of being «that guy» — a familiar, but maybe not immediately recognizable character actor who regularly steals the show (see also Stephen Root, William Fichtner, and many, many others)-- Gary Cole has been in the game for three decades, usually in supporting parts.

The guys briefly scratch the surface of their favorite character actors and talk over how some of them have transitioned to leading parts.

That Guy Dick Miller by Elijah Drenner pays homage to one of Hollywood's hardest working and finest character actors during the last six decades.

Besides it would be criminal if one of Hollywood's finest bad guy actors was given half a character in a Marvel movie.

«Looking at his performance in «Watchmen,» here's a guy playing a character under a mask yet you feel tremendous empathy for him,» said Bayer of the actor.

The Fault in Our Stars actor comes of age here; it may not prove to be quite as career - making a turn as Ryan Gosling in Drive, but he sells the character perfectly: a good guy caught in a bad situation.

Entertainment Weekly has released a faux public service announcement with character actors explaining why you should care about «that guy from that thing» more than «that guy on the billboard.»

As for everyone else, Anthony Mackie is the movie's best actor in which he plays a character who you don't know whether or not he's a bad guy.

We've got innovators and artists, public servants, rabble rousers, athletes, renowned character actors — like the guy from Space Jam,» Obama said.

Lavant, the lead actor, is familiar to American audiences from his lead performances in the first three features of Leos Carax — Boy Meets Girl (1984), Bad Blood (1986), and Lovers on the Bridge (1992)-- in which he plays essentially the same character, a guy named Alex, Carax's own real first name.

(Better known for tough guy characters in Rollerball and Mission: Impossible, actor Jean Reno also displays his previously undisclosed talent for deadpan humor in this role as Martin's straight man.)

The group of guys are written quite generic at best and are not given anything juicy for the actors to play with regarding character development.

The obvious way to use Shannon as a character actor would be to cast him as a henchman or bad guy (Premium Rush, for example, cleverly positions him as, essentially, a bad guy functioning as his own incompetent henchman).

Here's a guy who genuinely could have been one of the great character actors, if only Hitchcock hadn't come along and cast him as one of the most iconic movie characters of the»60s.

Starring It - actors Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace in leading roles, the former as an android and the latter as a doctor akin to Sigourney Weaver's character Ellen Ripley, Charlize Theron is also involved as the semi-villainous corporate figure, with Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and newcomer Logan Marshall - Andrews also among the top - billed names..

Valiant does have a splendid cast of character actors, with terrific and energetic voice work from veterans like John Cleese (Complete Guide to Guys), Tim Curry (Kinsey), and Jim Broadbent (Robots).

McNairy is slowly but surely establishing himself as one of contemporary film's most watchable character actors (he'll soon be seen in Steve McQueen «s buzzed - about «12 Years a Slave»), and the surprise scene - stealer here is Pais, one of those journeyman That - Guy actors whose face you know and name you probably don't.

In his long, varied career actor William Devane has played more than his share of bad guys, romantic leads and comic characters.

There are a number of intriguing subplots, not the least of which is one involving sixty - something actor Ambrose Hilliard (beautifully underplayed by Bill Nighy) who must come to grips with the fact he's no longer an above - the - title star and is instead the veteran character guy called in to play the loveable drunken uncle who gets killed off before the third act.

The presence of always - fun character actors like Robbie Coltrane and Ewen Bremmer, as the cynical / compassionate lawyer - bill collector duo Jaggers and Wemmick, made me wish for a lavish sendup by the «Hot Fuzz» / «The World's End» guys.

Disc two, though, includes a making - of documentary, deleted scenes, theatrical theater, the actors» screen tests, the music video for «No Tears for Caesar,» a television pilot for a movie review series called «Café Fantastique» (it's hosted by the guys who inspired the characters in «Free Enterprise»); in addition, the screenplays are available on the DVD - ROM.

Played by Harry Dean Stanton, that wonderful character actor who could be Robert Mitchum's sneaky cousin, the guy turns out to be an Army recruiter.

You might not know Davis's name, but you probably recognize her — she's a classic «That Guy / Gal» character actor who has been in a bunch of stuff over the years, but never really broken into the celebrity mainstream.

(1:29) lets the lead actors dispute, somewhat in character, who deserves credit for the guys» invention.

characters (portrayed by creators Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant), actors Luke Wilson and Chris O'Donnell, Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner, comedians Larry the Cable Guy and Paul Rodriguez, deaf Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, and tennis great Pete Sampras.

The film stars Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders as gym trainer coworkers, but it has been veteran character actor Kevin Corrigan as their new wealthy client, that has been getting the most acclaim.

But when it came to playing Richard Strickland — a government agent overseeing a plot between American and Russian scientists involving a fantastical sea creature (Doug Jones)-- in Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, what appealed to the twice Oscar - nominated actor (Revolutionary Road, Nocturnal Animals) was the fact that, several decades ago, his character would have been cast as the good guy.

1:50 - 1:51: The big metal guy who backhands Deadpool into the car is Colossus (Andre Tricoteux), a character who previously appeared in X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), but played by a different actor.

Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine) rounds out the cast in a role that will certainly elevate his status from quirky, offbeat guy to abundantly skilled character actor.

Characters like Spider - Man and Black Panther, who were ostensibly killed, are the new, young heroes who will shepherd Phase 4 of the MCU, while we know that guys like Captain America and Iron Man, who survived in Infinity War, are played by actors on expiring contracts.

The Japanese cast does a tremendous job giving life to those polygonal characters, with special praise not only to Kiryu's voice actor, but also to «Beat» Takeshi Kitano (you might know him as that guy from the Ghost in the Shell movie with Scarlett Johansson).