Sentences with phrase «pompous professor»

Those legendary roles have endured with legions of filmgoers while new fans have been won over by his tyrannical Soran (the destroyer of Capt. Kirk) in Star Trek: Generations; his Machiavellian Mr. Roarke in «Fantasy Island» and his comically - pompous professor Steve Pynchon in the critically - hailed CBS television series, «Pearl,» starring opposite Rhea Perlman.

One could be forgiven, however, for confusing him for the older, squatter version of a different character: Bernard Berkman, Jeff Daniels» breathlessly pompous professor from The Squid And The Whale, who Baumbach not so loosely (or secretly) modeled on his own father.

Not exact matches

What a total pompous idiot that professor was.

Additional guest voice cast includes celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Alton Brown as cooking competition participant Bolton Gramercy and host Yum Laboughé, respectively; Daniel Henney («Criminal Minds») and James Cromwell («The Young Pope») reprise their feature film roles as Hiro's brother Tadashi and Professor Callaghan, respectively; Susan Sullivan («Castle») as Fred's mother; John Michael Higgins («Pitch Perfect») as Fred's sidekick robot Mini-Max; Diedrich Bader («American Housewife») as pompous local TV reporter Bluff Dunder; Sean Giambrone («The Goldbergs») as Fred's geeky archrival Richardson Mole; Naoko Mori («Mamma Mia!

Dennis Quaid plays Lawrence Wetherhold, a miserable and pompous college professor who suffers a head trauma while trying to jump the fence at a car impound lot.

Here is the plot synopsis from my early review: Dennis Quaid plays Lawrence Wetherhold, a miserable and pompous college professor who suffers a head trauma while trying to jump the fence at a car impound lot.

His counterparts are equally uninteresting, as the French captain is simply a pompous caricature and Professor Ivarsson's everyman resorts to nonchalant narration, monotonously spouting out his wisdom about ancient cultures without the tiniest bit of enthusiasm.

John Houseman deservedly won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the pompous, prickish and powerful Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr..