Sentences with phrase «more versatile actor»

Paul Dano's Jimmy Tree is in a very similar spot actually, as he wants to venture off and become a more versatile actor but is only recognized by fans for playing a robot on a TV show.

Harrelson is excellent as well, proving once again that he is one of the more versatile actors working today.

Not exact matches

Natalie Portman has hinted at being a versatile actress, willing to go deep to access the emotional soil for a part, but never has she committed this fully and completely, giving herself over as actors sometimes do — Robert DeNiro is Raging Bull, Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Names Desire, Charlize Theron in Monster, Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose, Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy (Tootsie, Rain Man, etc.) These are those rare occasions when the actor is eclipsed by the character, the performance that then reaches something more than likable, believable; it becomes moving art.

A versatile performer whose patrician features and keen intelligence have distinguished him in both leading and supporting roles, Colm Feore spent 13 seasons as a classical actor at the Stratford Festival before embarking on a successful screen career that has encompassed both art films and more populist fare.

Making the most of the sidekick position, he shines, hopefully encouraging Hollywood to invest more in this most versatile of actors.

Perennially underrated by most critics (the late Roger Ebert was one of the exceptions) and boxed into a «king of the romcom» niche by audiences, Grant has always been a far more versatile, complex and adventurous actor than he's usually given credit for.

Though he'll always be best known for the baddies he's portrayed, Rickman has proven himself an extremely versatile actor over the years, which makes it all the more perplexing that he has been left out in the cold when it comes to the Oscars.

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I'm excited to see how DiCaprio works with the director but even more thrilled to see Hardy and Gleeson — two of the most interesting and versatile actors out there — not only working with Iñárritu but also working with each other.

You'd be hard pressed to find an actor of his generation more versatile and more willing to push himself than Jake Gyllenhaal.