Sentences with phrase «memorable screen role»

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Back on the small screen, a recurring role as a pregnant mother suffering from amnesia following an intense ferry accident in Grey's Anatomy found Reaser anchoring one of the show's most memorable storylines.

She played a similar character the same year on the small screen, taking a memorable turn as ex-pep queen turned good - time girl Connie Bradshaw in PBS» Tales of the City (she would later reprise the role for More Tales of the City in 1998).

Note that many of Ferrell's most memorable big - screen appearances have come in cameo roles (including in Austin Powers and Wedding Crashers) that are not included in the stats.

Riesco's big screen performances include memorable roles in ADULT WORLD, GARDEN STATE, NATIONAL TREASURE, FEVER PITCH, CHE PART ONE & TWO, Oliver Stone's WORLD TRADE CENTER and Toronto Film Festival Audience Award winner BELLA.

As I noted earlier this year in my review of The Grand Budapest Hotel, it is one of the great mysteries (and minor tragedies) of Hollywood that Abraham has had so few memorable big screen roles since his mid-1980s semi-stardom in Amadeus and The Name of the Rose.

Four years ago, Venezuelan actor Édgar Ramírez, who'd previously made a brief but memorable appearance as an assassin in The Bourne Ultimatum, held the screen for five solid hours in the title role of Carlos, one of the most galvanizing biopics in recent memory.

And Olympia Dukakis (rarely seen on screen since her Oscar - winning performance in «Moonstruck») is memorable as Bob's Aunt Vicky, who gets to play a small, but important role in undercover charade.

Yet, even with an Oscar nomination for his turn in Revolutionary Road, and a Screen Actors Guild award as part of the ensemble cast for HBO's Boardwalk Empire, one of Shannon's most memorable roles on his diverse resume came in 2007, in Jeff Nichols» family drama Shotgun Stories.

After her memorable role as Samantha Thomas in 1989's Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, she took a lengthy break from acting to concentrate on her family, returning to the screen in 2015 in Patrick Rea's award winning short film Howl of a Good Time.

Davis, of course, has been a familiar on - screen face since her small but memorable early roles in eventual classics like «Tootsie» and «Fletch,» continuing through star turns in enduring iconic films including «Beetlejuice,» «The Fly,» «A League of Their Own,» «The Long Kiss Goodnight,» «Stuart Little» and career high points like her Oscar - nominated turn in «Thelma & Louise» and her Oscar - winning performance in «The Accidental Tourist.»

With his supporting role as Hollywood agent Ari Gold on HBO's hit comedy series «Entourage,» Jeremy has created one of the most memorable small screen characters of the past 20 years.

From desperate housewife to Broadway diva to cartoon witch, the screen legend's roles were varied and memorable

Many familiar faces such as Gabrielle Union, Cedric the Entertainer, Kevin Hart, Romany Malco, Jerry Seinfeld, Taraji P. Henson, and Tracy Morgan turn up in roles ranging from cameos to more full - fledged supporting roles, and everyone makes sure to not waste whatever screen time they have and make memorable impressions, also in varied ways, from riotous (most notably, Cedric) to unexpectedly cutting (Union, as Andre's reality TV star fiancée).

Legendary stand - up comedian, actor and rapper Katt Williams has enjoyed an impressive career seeded with thousands of stage shows in sold - out arenas, a laundry list of starring roles on the small screen and memorable performances in major box office hits.

Even with the brief screen time of Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper's characters, they somehow become lodged in your mind as memorable cinematic roles.

To some, Rickman will be most remembered as one of the greatest screen villains of all time Hans Gruber in Die Hard, for younger audiences he'll be most remembered as Professor Severus Snape, and for others any one of dozens of other memorable roles.

The duo return to the Berlinale this year with competition film «In Order Of Disappearance» (aka «Kraftidioten «-RRB-, which marks a deliciously mean - spirited step up from «Gentle Man» — pretty much bringing the house down at our public screening — though that might be partly due to home crowd advantage, as the film also features regional favorite Bruno Ganz in a small, memorable role.