Sentences with phrase «memorable supporting roles»

After memorable supporting roles in film classics such as The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen, Charles Bronson was well on his way up to the top of the action movie game in the 1960's.

There are also brief but memorable supporting roles from Kathryn Morris (as the Sheriff's wife), Michael Pare» (as a self - centered stable owner), James Tolkan (as an uninspired piano player), and Fred Melamed (as the barkeeper).

By this point there was little doubt as to Washington's talent, and despite the fact that she would be overshadowed by such big names as Anthony Hopkins and Meg Ryan in such subsequent efforts as Bad Company, The Human Stain, and Against the Ropes, she still managed to make an impression with a series of memorable supporting roles.

Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen has been popping up in memorable supporting roles on television a lot lately, including the first season of HBO's «Togetherness» and now a regular spot on Fox's postapocalyptic comedy «The Last Man on Earth,» on which she plays a woman who finds solace from loneliness with a CPR dummy.

Jason Segel, John Lithgow, Albert Brooks and Megan Fox all score with memorable supporting roles.

Yet, in reality, the Golden Globe - winning actor — responsible for bringing sharp - witted Tyrion Lannister to life on the HBO fantasy series — has been making a name for himself for more than a decade now, between leading turns in indie fare like The Station Agent and scene - stealing appearances in films like Elf and both versions of Death at a Funeral (not to mention, his previous memorable supporting roles on TV shows like Threshold and Nip / Tuck).

Hot off a particularly memorable supporting role in «Sinister,» Ransone is filling the recently vacated spot and joining the «Oldboy» cast as a doctor who works alongside Elizabeth Olsen's character, a social worker who strikes up a relationship with Josh Brolin's advertising executive who was held captive for 20 years and then inexplicably released.

It's had a long and winding path to release, but the movie quickly conferred «made man» status upon McBride, helping him land memorable supporting roles in Andy Samberg's Hot Rod, Ben Stiller's The Heartbreak Kid, Owen Wilson's Drillbit Taylor and two of this summer's most highly anticipated comedies, Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder.

But the most memorable supporting role goes to an uncredited Jason Bateman as the bully from Robbie's past who helped orchestrate a cruel prank incorporating nudity and a pep rally.

From there, Giamatti got memorable supporting roles in a wide range of projects in Hollywood and the indies, including Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show, The Negotiator, Cradle Will Rock, Man On The Moon, Storytelling, and a scrappy little comedy called Big Momma's House.

Doe has since played a number of memorable supporting roles, often as musicians, in films running the gamut from Pure Country and Wyatt Earp to Georgia and Boogie Nights.

Though he turned in memorable supporting roles in Ed Zwick's The Last Samurai and Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, Japanese actor Hiroshi Watanabe scored his biggest role to date thanks to a brief appearance in a little - seen independent film, Big Dreams Little Tokyo.

Lively performances abound, with some very choice roles for Pfeiffer (perhaps even more alluring in her late 40s than ever) and a memorable supporting role for Robert De Niro (Hide and Seek, Meet the Fockers) as a ruthless pirate that has more than one quirk up his sleeve — in fact, he has a closet full of surprises.

These two exercises in subpar parody lead to a much more inspired riff on blockbuster formula: Ben Stiller's smart - ass Hollywood satire Tropic Thunder, featuring a charming young Canadian named Jay Baruchel in a small but memorable supporting role.

Director Antonio Pietrangeli combines earthy humor with hard - hitting, slice - of - life social realism, while Mastroianni, in a memorable supporting role, displays his trademark charismatic insouciance as a smooth - talking car salesman.

Channing Tatum sang and danced his way through a memorable supporting role as a 1950s era big screen star in the Coen Brothers» comedy «Hail Caesar!»

The film does have some memorable supporting roles, too.

There is also a memorable supporting role from Nick Frost, who plays the only important adult of the film.