Sentences with phrase «major supporting role»

Black Panther doesn't quite have an actor who fits that profile (Forest Whitaker comes closest, but his role within the film is probably too minor, while Lupita Nyong» o's role might be too quiet to attract Academy voters), but it does have an up - and - coming movie star, in a major supporting role, who gives the kind of flashy - but - deep performance that actors love.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt, who last month played a major supporting role in The Dark Knight Rises (TDKR), returns to theaters in the new thriller Premium Rush.

In 1987, she won the leading role in the fact - based comedy Personal Services, as well as a major supporting role in the Joe Orton biopic Prick up Your Ears, and the following year she starred opposite pop star Phil Collins in another comedy - drama drawn from real life, Buster.

Ask her mother, Allison Janney in a major supporting role as LaVona Golden, a cussing, cigarillo smoking, matriarch who might sometimes bash her daughter but who spends every dime of the money she earns as a coffee shop waitress on coaches for her daughter's skating career.

But the city's architecture plays a major supporting role, too, and the generous tax credits offered by the state didn't hurt, either.

Jack Davis, the self - made millionaire gunning for Tom Reynolds's congressional seat, has released his first ad since Le Affaire Foley, an ever - widening debacle in which upstate representative Reynolds plays a major supporting role as the Man Who Knew Too Much, Did Too Little, and Blamed It All on His Boss.

That same year, he played major supporting roles in The Texans and The Buccaneer, and delighted younger audiences with his moving portrayal of Muff Potter, the man wrongfully accused of murder in Norman Taurog's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Felicity Jones as Jane Wilde, Hawking's first wife, and David Thewlis as Dennis Sciama, his doctoral tutor, play major supporting roles.

Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet, Dooley Wilson, SZ Sakall, Leonid Kinskey and John Qualen are simply overkill in a film that already features Paul Henreid and Claude Rains in the major supporting roles.

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Jimmie Johnson also said great things about Alex. Rick Hendrick talked about how sponsor considerations would play a role, and the fact that Nationwide and Axalta will continue to be major sponsors is proof of their support...)

Fortescue Metals Group has announced major changes to its leadership, with a new chief executive taking the reins and its directors taking a hands - on role to support an updated strategy that focuses on producing more higher - grade iron ore.

They are great ambassadors for Ontario and play a major role in supporting the start - up tech community here.»

The rituals are just religious theatre, complete with costumes, major actors, supporting roles, choreography, music, and an audience.

Garlow, an outspoken evangelical who played a major role in organizing Christian groups in support of California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, spoke plainly: He would not be supporting the Republican in this race.

CNN: Pew survey: Middle East Muslims support democracy, Islam in politics Just as an Islamist president takes office in Egypt, a major survey shows that most Muslims in nations in or close to the Middle East want both democracy and a strong role for Islam in politics and government.

As a major liquor company, Casa Cuervo takes its role seriously in supporting its employees, its surrounding communities and its consumers.

Health experts agree that antioxidants play an important role in helping to support the immune system and fight off major diseases like cancer and heart disease.

One other major ingredient for this smoothie is kale, which is recognized as providing comprehensive support for the body's detoxification system.Researchers can now identify over 45 different flavanoids in kale, combining both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits in way that gives kale a leading dietary role.

Grace Boyle, chair of the student union's Love Veggie society, played a key role in Ulster's adoption of MFM by starting a petition to gather support for the move, because of a lack of meat free and vegan options at Ulster, and because the university does not formally acknowledge that the meat and dairy industries are major contributors to climate change.

Since joining the company in 2013, he has offered support, training and inspiration to major food management companies as well as operators within hospitals and senior living facilities where he keenly recognizes the important role food plays in patient satisfaction and a guest's «total experience.»

A number of top chefs and restaurateurs in the U.S. capital and other major cities have closed today to support «A Day Without Immigrants,» which urges immigrants to strike in protest of the President Trump's anti-immigrant policies and to raise awareness of the vital role that immigrants play in American society.

One major aspect that got Thierry over the line was support role played by other players especially Dennis Bergkamp.

Francis Coquelin will have a major role to play next year in big games supporting the Arsenal defence, and currently has no like for like replacement in the team.

but he needs major support i think to modernize the way we do transfers, as for director of football not to sure who could do that role atm, to me it would have to be someone who already has experience in that admin type of role.

It's a well - known fact at this point that Mike Smith has carried the Phoenix Coyotes to the Conference Final, and he's been a major factor in their success all season, but it's impossible to advance this far without players contributing in supporting roles.

Hospital practices also play a major role in either supporting or creating barriers to a woman's decision to breastfeed.

Age doesn't play a very major role amongst Republicans - support was 23 % in 18 to 45 year olds, and 32 % in people older than 65.

Total of France is already a major player in Libya, and given the prominent role that French President Sarkozy has played in supporting the NTC they will hope to gain further lucrative contracts.

The focus on Abu Dhabi is part of the CIOB's strategic plan which will allow the Institute to play a major role in supporting industry, professionalism and key development projects in the Middle East as well as creating a link with the Indian Sub Continent, another key strategic area of interest for the Institute.

With Cuomo already accumulating substantial institutional support, such as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and the major health care workers union 1199SEIU, the Working Families Party could play a pivotal role in Nixon's candidacy.

Other observers suggested the verdict could put a damper on his national political ambitions, which include playing a major role supporting Democratic candidates in their efforts to flip New York's Republican House seats this fall, and a rumored potential run for president in two years.

«Jerry's civic and community contributions to northeast Queens over the years have played a major role in shaping the neighborhoods we live in today, which is why I could not be more proud to have his support.»

I've just started a new role providing support for BP's major projects and to help them start up safely and efficiently.

«Adjacent woodland seems to play a major role in supporting a diversity of bee species.

Although faculty members should play a major role in supporting these students, they are not as helpful as they could be.

«Therefore, findings support — adds the researcher — the idea that genetic factors play a major role in these diseases.»

They are considered biodiversity hotspots and play a major role in supporting commercially important fisheries.

The citation read, in part: «Through your steadfast support of Brown's ambitions to expand its reach through excellence in teaching and research in particular, you have played a major role in bolstering its reputation as a world - class learning institution.»

In addition to its own major scientific discoveries and continuing studies of the planet, the Odyssey mission has played important roles in supporting the missions of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and the Phoenix Mars Lander.

Besides being a major contributor to the growth and repair of tissues all around the body, vitamin C supports protein metabolism and helps keep testosterone levels high by reducing cortisol production, while vitamin E plays an important role in preventing muscle loss and glycogen storage.

Eggs are an excellent source of protein and therefore can play a major role in supporting natural weight loss.

Due to the major role of the intestines in the immune system, glutamine may benefit your overall immune health by supporting the intestinal cells (19, 26).

Health experts agree that antioxidants play an important role in helping to support the immune system and fight off major diseases like cancer and heart disease.

Substituting zucchini also adds fiber and nutrients to the meal, including folate, which supports metabolism; and magnesium, which plays a major role in muscle contraction.

Knaggs» career reached a peak in the mid -»40s, when he worked in supporting roles in ambitious major studio films such as None but the Lonely Heart (a fascinating but failed attempt at a serious drama by Cary Grant) and unusual independently made features like Douglas Sirk's early Hollywood effort Thieves» Holiday, while also making the rounds of such popular medium - budget Universal Pictures productions as House of Dracula, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Terror By Night.

After having his first major Broadway success with A Shot in the Dark, Matthau began working on the screen, usually in small supporting roles that cast him as thugs, villains, and louts in such films as The Kentuckian (1955) and King Creole (1958).

In between pictures like that, and an important supporting role in one installment of Man Into Space, he played much smaller parts in the major Universal releases Man Of A Thousand Faces and My Man Godfrey (both 1957).

No one expected that he would be able to take a lead in a major film after really doing nothing but supporting roles.

After a scant few supporting turns, Purcell's first major starring role arrived with his lead portrayal in the series John Doe (2002), a kind of cross between Coronet Blue and The Bourne Identity about a supremely intelligent fellow with knowledge about everything in the world except for his own identity.

While Kate Mara does a lovely job and the addition of some pretty heavy hitting stars in each supporting role was a treat, the single major action sequence left me wanting more.