Sentences with phrase «leading role of»

I recently had the opportunity to play the leading role of Henry Higgins in the play My Fair Lady.

The leading role of the Supreme Court of Canada is no longer in dispute, but there was a time when it had to struggle to establish its authority.

Your rhetoric of «not even Republicans...» reflects a false narrative, as it fails to reflect the leading role of Republicans in ethanol policy development and implementation.

Rockefeller and Snowe's effort would also reassert the leading role of the United States in addressing important global issues that demand the world's collective attention.

The catalogue consists of a series of essays by British and American scholars who consider such themes as the critical reception of the Vorticists» exhibitions, the impact of World War I on the cultural politics of the movement, the reception of Vorticism in the United States, and the leading role of Ezra Pound in shaping the movement.

After a few seasons on TV, Enzo landed the leading role of Skip alongside one of the biggest child stars of our time, Frankie Muniz.

From autocrossing in an abandoned shopping center that often doubles as a movie set to blasting along Los Angeles» famous Mulholland Drive, our time with the 370Z had a definite Hollywood theme, and Nissan's sports car was perfectly cast in the leading role of this movie.

* Market launch in the year 2012 and integration into the manufacturing process in Sindelfingen * Dr. Dieter Zetsche: «The decision to build the CLS Shooting Brake underscores the leading role of Mercedes - Benz in regards of innovative passenger car concepts and design.»

Thus the leading role of women in educational leadership is rarely recognized.

As preparation for the first leading role of her career, Rachel Brosnahan looked to an unlikely place for guidance: amateurs.

Olivia Williams deserves praise for her work in The Ghost Writer, and easily should have been in the mix over the leading role of Hailee Steinfeld.

«Vacation,» a sequel, if you will, to a series that includes «National Lampoon's Vacation» (voted the 46th greatest comedy film of all time by Total Film magazine in 2000), features Ed Helms in the leading role of a pilot on a low - rent airline shuttling people from South Bend, Indiana to Chicago in eighteen minutes.

You can finally watch Daniel Radcliffe's audition tape for the leading role of Harry Potter.

It's easy to forget that part of his success in the leading role of Breaking Bad came from the viewer's preconception of Cranston as a lovable oaf from the hit comedy, Malcolm in the Middle, and its jarring discrepancy with his amorality in the beloved crime thriller.

Another unexpected hit this summer was the Sundance Film Festival drama «I'll See You in My Dreams,» which, shockingly, provided Blythe Danner, 72, with the first motion picture leading role of her career.

Despite repeatedly insisting that the lack of any non-white Oscar nominees was in no way a sign that the industry might have a race issue, Paramount and DreamWorks recently went ahead and announced that Scarlett Johansson would be cast in the leading role of Major Motoko Kusanagi in the live - action remake of legendary anime, Ghost in the Shell.

He more likely was going for the leading role of Kirk.

Timothée Chalamet would be the youngest Best Actor in a Leading Role of all time, while Best Documentary Feature director Agnès Varda (Faces Places) is the oldest - ever nominee.

Deadline has confirmed that New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis (Whale Rider, Training Day, Sunshine, Fear The Walking Dead) has landed a leading role of Tonowari in all four of James Cameron's Avatar sequels.

Perry — famous for cross-dressing into the leading role of his huge - grossing «Madea» films — recruits a powerhouse cast that includes Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Janet Jackson and Macy Gray.

Helen Mirren is perfect in the leading role of Maria Altmann, the Austrian refugee who sues her homeland for the return of Gustav Klimt paintings the Nazis took from her family at the outset of World War Two.

It's no surprise, then, that the writer - director behind that film, Alex Ross Perry, would elevate Moss to the leading role of his latest film, Queen of Earth, and the result is an earth - shattering performance in a film that solidifies Perry's place among the most exciting filmmakers working in American cinema today.

Carell holds the leading role of Dan Burns, an advice columnist and widowed father of three adolescent girls.

Director Kenneth Branagh («Thor») has procured the leading role of famous literary inspector Hercule Poirot for himself.

Now, it looks like Harry Potter and The Woman in Black star Daniel Radcliffe is interested in playing the leading role of Hunchback in McGuigan's newest take on Frankenstein.

For Shelter, his first film as a writer - director, Paul Bettany cast his wife Jennifer Connelly in the demanding leading role of a homeless junkie.

Furthermore, it has Emmy favorite Julia Louis - Dreyfus in her first big - screen role in fifteen years, and, perhaps most importantly, has the final leading role of the late James Gandolfini.

In 2011, she starred in the leading role of Estella in Mike Newell's film adaptation of GREAT EXPECTATIONS followed by one of the female leads in THE RIOT CLUB.

Although she has had little acting training, she was cast in the leading role of Pocahontas in 2005's Academy Award - nominated motion picture, The New World.

The film stars British - born Academy Award (R) nominated actress Naomi Watts (J. EDGAR, FAIR GAME, 21 GRAMS) who assumes the leading role of the eponymous and iconic princess.

In 1999, Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, cast him as real - life adult filmmaker Artie Mitchell in the made - for - cable feature Rated X — a daring role, given Mitchell's drug abuse and sexual promiscuity — and the following year, Sheen became Hollywood's comeback kid when he was cast in the leading role of the popular situation comedy Spin City after the departure of actor Michael J.

In 1977, Langella was cast in the leading role of a Broadway revival of Dracula, and his con brio performance as the bloodthirsty count earned rave reviews, turning the production into an unexpected hit.

In 2002, Oedekerk found himself in the leading role of a feature film again when he cast himself in a pet project, a parody of low - budget martial arts films entitled Kung Pow!

He said, «with my global outreach initiative which is creating a new epic movement, I have been travelling out of my kingdom to visit other nations around the world to share our own stories, delivering academic lectures, re-charting the leading role of Yoruba nation in the world and to reignite the immortal Yoruba spirit of enlightenment as the glowing fountain of knowledge that gave birth to the world civilisation».

Theories contrary to hard genetic determinism — putting centre stage the malleability of inheritance, the leading role of experience and choice — also emerged and flourished in popularity.

Our two groups have been in the midst of a reconciliation in the time period that he has been in a leading role of Mission and Revitalization of the CofC (beginning around 2003).

The irony of the film was that Vanessa Redgrave, a sympathizer with the Palestine Liberation Organization, played the lead role of the French - Jewish cabaret singer, Fania Fenelon.

Another actor name boosted by El Señor de los Cielos is that of Rafael Amaya (in the lead role of the Lord of the Skies).

Alexis Armstrong, 28, of Chicago, who plays the lead role of Annie Oakley, said she was drawn to the production by the music.

According to Buhari, this is with a view to restore education to its lead role of human development game - changer.

It's an amusing portrait of frustration that inadvertently epitomizes The Hero, a film that generously gives Elliott one of the few lead roles of his lengthy career, but mostly asks him to embody clichés, without providing any sense of how he might improve upon them.

Trying hard to play against expectations, writer - director Michael O'Shea casts a black teenager in the lead role of an urban vampire film.

Bobby the policeman plays the lead role of Robin Hood, while Sarah plays Maid Marion.

In 1978, he starred in Kleiser's film adaptation of Grease, this time essaying the lead role of 1950s greaser Danny Zuko.

In the animated world, Schwartz voices the lead role of Randy Cunningham on Disney XD's RANDY CUNNINGHAM: 9th GRADE NINJA.

Carlos plays the lead role of Aladdin and Bobby plays the genie of the lamp.

Green played the lead role of Artemisia in 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, the prequel to the epic 300.

Billie Piper starred for four seasons as the lead role of Belle de Jour in the hit SHOWTIME series SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL, which delved inside the life of a legal secretary moonlighting as a high - end call girl.

In 2005, Lindhardt took Danish cinema audience and critics by storm in the lead role of ANGELS IN FAST MOTION, for which he received the Danish Robert / Academy Award, Best Lead Role.

The actor also played the lead role of a blinded Vietnam vet in the Joseph Papp - produced CBS drama special Sticks and Bones (1973) which was blacked out by many affiliates due to its vitriolic antiwar stance.