Sentences with phrase «leading character actors»

There was no looking back now, as Brennan joined the front rank of leading character actors.

Not exact matches

But that's the situation that fans of the critically - acclaimed NBC drama This Is Us found themselves in after Tuesday's episode, in which the long - anticipated death of a leading character (actor Milo Ventimiglia's Jack) is hinted to ended up coming at the hands of a faulty slow - cooker, of all things.

In a throwaway line intended to highlight his perpetually boyish good looks, his agent Rick Yorn refers to DiCaprio as a character actor in a leading man's body.

When paired onscreen with actors living fully in the present — playing characters who are defined by their relationship with the lead rather than by their own complicated backstories — DiCaprio is again made to suffer.

He is allowed to be both a character and a lead, a perfect match for his sensibilities as an actor.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

When they make a movie of my life, they'd better cast a character actor in the lead.

He delivers a knockout performance in the lead role as Caesar that should cause critics to give pause and ponder the possibility of an actor playing a GC character being in contention this awards season.

Then the lead actor says, «I think my character shouldn't just be the captain of the starship, he should be the juggling captain of the starship,» and everyone agrees and keeps shooting, making changes as they go.

Cristiano Ronaldo went supernova, Wayne Rooney solidified his claim as one of the greatest Premier League players of all time, and Carlos Tevez played a leading man who was disguised as a character actor.

I'd wondered whether the Hollywood star Clint Eastwood, directing Hollywood actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon as the two leading characters, could possibly capture the essence, even the magic, of that final; of how it became such a unifying force for a society still in a fragile process of transition from white supremacy to majority rule, fear and hostility abounding.

Maïwenn brings up the dirty and dark side of Paris with the help of an excellent team of child actors - Malonn Lévana, the lovely little girl of «Tomboy» (where she plays the sister of the leading character) is someone to keep an eye on - and the best known actors of the French cinema of today: Marina Foïs, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Frédéric Pierrot, Karin Viard, Louis - Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing (L'heure d'été, Le père de mes enfants), Jérémie Elkaïm (La guerre est déclarée), Karole Rocher, and others.

But, in a rarity for a star who's always been a character actor as much a leading man, there simply isn't anything to Gerry.

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.

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.

He was positioned as a leading man but he always behaved like a character actor.

Why can't it feature women as lead characters for a change, or actors who are not impossibly pretty

William Hudson was a character actor and sometime leading man on television and in movies.

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.

With a talent as large as his girth, John Goodman proved himself both a distinguished character actor and engaging leading man.

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.

With the most close - up shot I have ever seen in a movie the lead character played by Noa Kooler shows so much emotions with her mouth and eyes than most actors with their entire body.

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.

All the lead's do well in this character study that becomes a chase movie, the actors given space to not explain every character nuance to us, the photography's decent, wide vistas of rugged Western canyons.

Great Performances from all the cast especially the lead actor who brings to life a very complex character.

This isn't a great idea for a film, but with two very credible character actors leading the way, there was the chance for some excitement.

A number of other lead actor contenders this year have portrayed real - life characters as well, and there's quite a wide range.

He'd previously experienced dark «blue» periods after completing past films, leading «My Left Foot» director Jim Sheridan to say «Daniel hates acting»; usually, the actor eventually found a new character with a story too tempting to resist.

Robert Easton, a character actor whose command of a vast array of foreign and American regional accents led to a flourishing second career as a dialect coach to Hollywood stars such as Charlton Heston and Anne Hathaway, has died.

It looks like Sony is aiming high for the lead role in Bloodshot, the first offering from the studio's shared Valiant movie universe, with The Wrap reportedly revealing a wishlist of actors to play the title character.

Surrounding our two leads are a wonderful assortment of great character actors: George Kennedy, Murray Hamilton, Mike Kellin, a young James Brolin, Hurd Hatfield, William Marshall, an early appearance by the great William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor), as well as the big screen debut of Sally Kellerman.

The result — subtitled Archer: Vice — is a hilariously ridiculous new conceit buoyed by the sharp writing and excellent voice cast, which is led by Bob's Burgers voice actor H. Jon Benjamin as the titular character.

Some of the smaller characters band together to create a podcast led by one of the new actors, In the Loop's Zach Woods.

The rest of the cast are uniformly great, from Campbell Scott as the lead to a rich supporting cast of character actors - including a well written woman's role (shock!)

The film's ideas and lead actors / characters are each given attention.

But the real winner here is Spall, the ever great character actor, (best known for Mr. Turner and Secrets and Lies), as the romantic lead.

Actor Ed Skrein turned down the lead role in Hellboy 2 after finding out the original comic book character was Japanese.

In one of Comic Con's most awaited presentations, Marvel superheroes of all kinds from Iron Man to Ant - Man took over the fan convention recently as leading actors revealed surprises to films that will showcase the characters

While Ronan remained tight - lipped on her exact role, she did describe the characters as being «very stylized,» before commenting on the cast — which will consist of unknown talent and name actors — and their homework leading up to the shoot.

Shaye has proven herself to be a talented character actor in her 40 + years in film, often stealing scenes out from under high - paid leads.

Not now either, because even more so I think most of the films you want to be in have actors who are called character actors in the lead roles.

Looking beyond the scope of its strange popularity, The Hunger Games is a compelling drama led by well - written characters, performed by strong actors working in exciting environments.

It also features a lead character who is split between two identities, both played by Watts: bright eyed aspiring actor Betty Elms fresh off the bus in Hollywood, and bitter failed actor Diane Selwyn who may or may not have murdered her lover.

The film's cast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientation.

There's little doubt such attributes, coupled with Will Smith's typically engrossing work, goes a long way towards compensating for the ineffectiveness of the younger Smith's performance, as the fledgling actor's less - than - competent turn ensures that Kitai simply never becomes the dynamic, charismatic lead character that one might've expected (and hoped for).

This Oscar - nominated companion piece to 2006's Days of Glory reunites Bouchareb with his three lead actors, playing different characters (with the same names) through the following 15 years of French - Algerian history.

Black Panther, which stars actor Chadwick Boseman as the lead character T'Challa, made headlines for its 90 % African - American cast with the movie being based in Africa, Kenya.

Adrien Brody was infamously cut down from a lead to a supporting actor in «The Thin Red Line,» but Jack had his moment along with a few other herbivores at the 2013 D23 panel discussion on «The Good Dinosaur» and his character builders can be consoled that he made it to action figure status.

«We believe these character actors are not being given the recognition they deserve as the Supporting Acting Award is now mostly going to leading men and women,» Carney Award producers said, in a statement.

That said, as an efficient, low - stakes thriller, A Patch of Fog comes recommended, mainly thanks to the showcase it provides for its leads: two reliable character actors given a chance to headline a psychologically probing battle - of - the - wits, something usually reserved for bigger movie stars, when this sort of film had an easier time getting funded in the current landscape.