Sentences with phrase «memorable supporting roles in»

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.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

He began to branch into comedy during his supporting stint as obstetrician Leon Bessemer on the Marlo Thomas sitcom That Girl, but his most memorable role would come in 1980 as the nasty, chauvinistic boss in 9 to 5.

Linn was memorable as the rogue treasury agent who assists terrorist John Lithgow in the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Cliffhanger (1993), which brought the actor the recognition he so persistently sought and led to a series of supporting roles in dozens of feature films.

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.

Judith Anderson (Laura) and George Sanders (A Shot in the Dark) are also memorable in their supporting roles as the «heavies» who refuse to let anyone take the place of their beloved former mistress.

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.

Andy Garcia, Craig T. Nelson, Don Johnson, and Richard Dreyfuss all play supporting roles that rightfully never overshadow the females, nevertheless; they are fairly memorable in their own right — especially Garcia — a delight as a sarcastic and debonair pilot.

It helps that there are greats comedians in supporting roles here and there are few memorable running gags outside of the main storyline.

After delivering a memorable Bond villain in Casino Royale (he was Le Chiffre, of the bleeding tear ducts) he graduated to supporting, but still essentially minor, roles in the Hollywood blockbusters Rogue One and Doctor Strange (in the latter he sported intergalactic eyeshadow — something about the eyes).

The great character actors of the Warner Bros. stock company fill in the supporting roles, with Ginger Rogers in a memorable role as the gold - digging chorine known as «Anytime Annie,» Una Merkel as her chorus girl buddy, and Ned Sparks as a wise guy investor dropping wry remarks with a cynical sneer.

Ben Foster has a memorable cameo and Adam Beach is strong in his supporting role as Yellow Hawk's son.

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).

He's a great supporting character actor that adds just enough in any given role to be memorable but not steal the complete movie.

Sadly, the only things this film really has in common with the original are similar creature effects and the return of the least memorable supporting character, now in the lead role.

Supporting characters come and go, however Elizabeth Moss is memorable in a small role.