Sentences with phrase «leading dramatic roles»

While Scorsese's career in the two decades since has remained strong, De Niro hasn't really had a critically acclaimed lead dramatic role in several years.

Not exact matches

It will be a dramatic change from Whitman's role leading an enterprise technology conglomerate.

He played a key role in the dramatic expansion of Roche oncology enterprise leading to Roche becoming the global leader in oncology.

That philosophy has led Cecilia Muñoz to the role of point woman, as domestic policy council director, for President Obama's dramatic recent executive initiatives for immigration reform (among many other policy issues).

Critic Consensus: With a slow build to a dramatic conclusion, In Country benefits largely from its strong acting, particularly by Emily Lloyd in the lead role.

Plus, it'll be interesting to see Watson in a dramatic lead role, especially opposite Hawke, who seems cozy in his new niche as the anguished face of low - ish budget shockers (The Purge, Sinister).

After smaller roles in Paul Thomas Anderson's earlier films, he became a dramatic lead and then a skilled comedian, giving us all great difficulty when trying to define exactly what he is.

For one, it's an attempt at reviving a commercially successful franchise that was laughed out of theaters twice in the early 2000s, with Angelina Jolie (in the first chapter of her conversion from dramatic riot grrl to action star) declining to continue in the lead role.

Nesbitt has since appeared in several more dramatic roles; he starred alongside Liam Neeson in Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), and was one of three lead actors in the television miniseries Occupation (2009) and The Deep (2010).

By all accounts, this new project represents something of a turn for Cohen, giving him what's likely to be his first dramatic leading role.

On the small screen, Kerry is set to play the lead role of Olivia Pope on Scandal, a dramatic TV - series premiering on ABC in April.

Since then, Brittany has continued to make a name for herself through a variation of roles that range from psychotic dramatic characters to bubbly romantic comedy leads.

The occasion took another talented presence looking to branch out — «Six Feet Under» writer / producer Jill Soloway with her feature directorial debut, «Afternoon Delight» — to see Hahn not just in a comedic lead role, but one that presents her stunning dramatic range as well.

But first, we discuss how she broke into the business despite having no encouragement from her parents at the time; why she loves to go on auditions even if the prospect of getting work is hopeless; her time in The Groundlings and how it led to having the part of Rita in the movie smash Bridesmaids (written for her by fellow Groundlings Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo); as well as taking on a real - life dramatic role in the upcoming Felt, the story of infamous Watergate «Deep Throat» Mark Felt — played, she says sensationally, by Liam Neeson.

Leading up to the success of «Crash,» Thandie continued to show her range: a recurring character on the venerable «E.R.,» a dramatic turn in «The Pursuit of Happyness,» and a comic role in «Norbit.»

And this month, he's putting his Southern stoner act on hold in two leading roles: First up is Crown Heights, which won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance and hits theaters on August 18th, which finds him playing Colin Warner, a Trinidadian immigrant unjustly accused of murder in 1980.

Though his dramatic performance is somewhat too mild, classical - pop violinist David Garrett brings an electrifying musical authenticity to the lead role in «The Devil's Violinist.»

From impressive physicality in Marvel's Avengers universe to solid dramatic chops in a film like Rush, Hemsworth is a great leading man in the right role - but here he seems miscast (because most hackers have NFL physiques), off - balance (what accent are we going for?)

For the Dargons, the wounds of that initial disappearance run deep, driving a wedge between husband and wife that ultimately leads to a dramatic unraveling in the film's second half — one that brings a fascinating degree of complexity to Nixon's role, as she tries desperate measures to break through to her long - lost little girl.

This is not to say that Douglas (Cape Fear), in her first leading role, is unable to hold the screen on her own; she is an appealing, likable presence with a refreshing, sometimes self - deprecating sense of humor balanced with the right amount of earnestness needed to pull off the heavier dramatic scenes.

Jamie Foxx is the rare comedian who didn't really hit it big in movies until he began appearing in dramatic roles — like his lead performance in Ray, for which he was awarded the 2004 Best Actor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedic one.

Although the material in Mr. Church wasn't really worthy of it, Eddie Murphy gave a solid performance in his first dramatic lead role, bringing nuance to his portrayal of an alcoholic cook who helps out a sick mother and her teenage daughter.

She can play the leading lady in dramatic roles, but she makes for a great character actress who is not afraid to get down and dirty in a role.

Having propped up an array of other people's films, this is perhaps his first dramatic lead role since 2004's Dead Man's Shoes, and a salutary reminder that he is one of our finest, most versatile talents.

As Tommy Saunders, the police sergeant who joined first responders and investigators in pursuing the perpetrators of the attacks, Wahlberg capably steps into the role of dramatic leading man.

This has led to a range of proposals for dramatic changes in how we finance and govern higher education, which is an area where the federal government does play a large role through Pell grants and student loans.

This leads to mass publicity, public sympathy, and often release without charge (Frances Olsen, «Legal Responses to Mass Protest Action: The Dramatic Role of Solidarity in Obtaining Plea Bargains» (2003) 41 Osgoode Hall LJ 363).