Sentences with phrase «in drama»

In this drama about a retired Hollywood screen cowboy reckoning with his estranged family and career frustrations, Elliott has his juiciest role to date.

But don't let the breezy vibe fool you: In the drama, Lewis plays a cutthroat hedge fund manager and self - made billionaire named Bobby «Axe» Axelrod whose extraordinary track record arouses the suspicions of a combative U.S. attorney, Chuck Rhoades, played by Paul Giamatti.

And while that's definitely present in this drama of two buddies (Jean - Pierre Bacri and Jamel Debbouze) trying to make a documentary on a famous feminist author and journalist (Agnès Jaoui) making a run for politics, it lacks the gravitas and resonance of her previous films.

Lead Actor in a Drama Series Kyle Chandler, Bloodline Rami Malek, Mr. Robot Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Matthew Rhys, The Americans Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Actress Claire Danes, winner Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series for «Homeland», poses backstage at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre, on Sept. 23, in Los Angeles.

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Bryan Cranston, «Breaking Bad»; Kevin Spacey, «House of Cards»; Jon Hamm, «Mad Men»; Jeff Daniels, «The Newsroom»; Woody Harrelson (pictured), «True Detective»; Matthew McConaughey (pictured), «True Detective»

He was the sort of multi-talented director who could switch between genres without breaking a sweat, working in drama, comedy, science fiction, horror, romance, and war pictures.

Unfortunately, Timothy didn't win best actor in a drama series — but congratulations to Margo Martindale for her award for the best supporting actress in a drama series.

Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity, in this drama from top French director Règis Wargnier.

At least McShera will get to give the orders for a change — her Downton co-star, Lilly James, who plays cousin Rose in the drama, takes the lead in Cinderella.

Brian Presley also stars in this drama about a former football star who gets a second chance as a high school coach.

Three - time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp («Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,» «Finding Neverland,» the «Pirates of the Caribbean» films) stars as notorious mobster James «Whitey» Bulger in the drama «Black Mass,» directed by Scott Cooper («Crazy Heart»).

The British star is nominated for best actor in a drama for his performance as transgender artist Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, while DiCaprio received his 11th nod for his gruelling turn as Hugh Glass in revenge saga The Revenant.

The Globes might not throw a wrench into the Best Actress race, but if Jessica Chastain wins in Drama or if Margot Robbie wins in Comedy, well, things are going to shift really quickly.

His work on the critically lauded program would earn him four Emmys for Best Actor in a Drama Series (plus another two as a producer on the series).

Three years after «The Sudden Departure,» where two percent of the world's population disappeared suddenly, the townspeople of Mapleton struggle with life including Police Chief Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux), who has to deal with mysterious happenings in town, his two rebelling teenaged children, as well as a cult called the Guilty Remnant that includes Laurie (Amy Brenneman), a self - proclaimed prophet named «Holy Wayne» (Paterson Joseph), Rev. Matt Jamison (Christopher Eccleston), and Mayor Lucy Warburton (Amanda Warren) in this drama series based on Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name.

Cumberbatch's portrayal of Christopher Stejens in the drama PARADES END earned him an Emmy nomination and in 2016, his portrayal of Richard III in the HOLLOW CROWN series earned him another BAFTA nomination.

[Frank] Berry directs with the eye of a documentary maker but could show plenty of others a thing or two about keeping the tension in a drama from start to finish.

But he does not understand that in drama, talent is

In this drama, set in England, an honorable textbook writer in a village becomes friends with a pregnant girl.

Jackman is performing in a drama, Crowe on his concert stage, and Hathaway alone in her room.

A family reunion stirs up some painful memories for a young man in this drama from Australia.

A native of Santa Cruz, CA, who was born in 1973, actor Adam Scott first encountered acting in elementary school, on a decidedly negative note (thanks to a not - so - pleasant experience in a science play), but by mid-adolescence changed his views about the craft and aggressively pursued a career in drama.

Synopsis: A young man (Joe Seo) is forced to take a night job at a spa when his family suffers financial woes, introducing him to an underground world of gay sex that sparks his sexual awakening in this drama directed by Andrew Ahn.

Though weak in the drama department, the story of a brother and sister who love each other but have different political ideas and personal agendas effectively captures the tension of the time.

In this drama, set in a Scandinavian hospital in 1915, the individual stories of three pregnant women about to give birth are presented.

But he does not understand that in drama, talent is no less important.

Early TV roles included TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, THE LAST ENEMY and his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the drama HAWKING, which earned him his first BAFTA nomination.

But the sprawling narrative, including flashbacks to terrorist training in Frankfurt and Yemen, and a misguided, metaphorical subplot of an Israeli dance troupe performing on stage, leaves little room to learn more about the rest of the Air France crew or even the hostages, who register as little more than extras in the drama.

That same year, he was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Actor in a Dramatic Series for his role of Theo in the drama YAMASKA, a long - running, one - hour television series starring Anne Marie Cadieux and Elise Guilbaut.

Tatiana Maslany and Stuart Hughes star in this drama following a young girl's dreams of becoming a writer in Toronto during the 1930s.

He was spotted by Marcel Pagnol who had him play a pimp in his drama Angele.

The actor will portray John Fitzgerald, a prisoner of war alongside Louis Zamperini in this drama based on an incredible true story.

He was nominated in 2012 and again in 2013 as part of the Best Ensemble Cast (HOMELAND) at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as individually for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama at the 2013 Emmy Awards.

A meandering movie that sometimes hits dead center and sometimes misfires dismally, resulting in a drama more tangled than taut.

Ruffalo also stayed firmly within the independent cinema realm, co-starring as terminally ill Sarah Polley's lover in the drama My Life Without Me (2003).

In 2008, Turman scored his first Emmy ® win as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for IN TREATMENT.

She's a delight in drama and comedy, but she can't pass for the star of the Bolshoi ballet, no matter how nimble her doubles.

For her performance as Carrie Mathison on HOMELAND she has won back - to - back Golden Globe ® Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama, a 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award ® for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and the 2012 Emmy ® Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

A woman uncovers her husband's sinister human trafficking ring in this drama.

IN fact, the audience was thoroughly engaged in the drama of these women's lives, what would become of the farm and the family, and who would end up together.

A Los Angeles man leads a double life as a rocket engineer by day and a performer of sex magic rituals by night in this drama series set in the 1940s.

A series about 911 responders comes with built - in advantages in the drama department.

That same year, she made her credited screen debut starring opposite Sammy Davis Jr. in the drama A Man Called Adam (her first uncredited film role was in 1959's Odds Against Tomorrow).

The real - life scandal involving the public exposure of Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA agent by vindictive White House officials determined to punish her husband Joe Wilson for his political views is recounted in this drama starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and Sam Shepard.

Cassie (Britt Robertson) moves to Chance Harbor, Washington, after her mother dies and discovers she is one of several high school girls who descend from powerful witches, in the drama based on the books by L.J. Smith (who also penned the Vampire Diaries books).

He had also been nominated along with the rest of the Boston Legal cast for a Screen Actors Guild Award for «Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series» in 2006,2007 and 2008.

While he has some credentials in drama, Yates does not do set - pieces very well, the result being that all the fights which should feel weighty instead feel distracted and unfocussed.

Her film work includes THE GREEN MILE, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, and TOMBSTONE, to name a few, but she is perhaps best known for playing Trixie in the critically acclaimed television drama DEADWOOD, and was nominated for a SAG Award ® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2007.

Between 1964 and 1966, Langella would win three Obie awards for his work in off - Broadway theater, and in 1969, he received a Drama Desk award for his work in the drama A Cry of Players.