Sentences with phrase «role as detective»

The film is now currently in production in the UK, with Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) directing a cast that includes Ryan Reynolds in the title role as Detective Pikachu alongside Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies), Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch), Ken Watanabe (Godzilla), Bill Nighy (The Limehouse Golem) and Chris Geere (Modern Family).

He knows the ins and outs of local watering holes, one of which sets the scene for a tense conflict between him and the locals, who aren't appreciative of his attempts to garner information, and is fueled more by class distinctions than Kenzie's role as a detective.

Hoping for a one - two punch at the box office, Jackie Chan returns in the Rush Hour franchise as Hong Kong Police Detective Lee along with comedic sidekick Chris Tucker reprising his role as Detective Carter from the LAPD.

The film, which is being directed by Rob Letterman (Goosebumps), sees Ryan Reynolds in the title role as Detective Pikachu, portraying the character via -LSB-...]

A successful Mexican actor, Bichir has become famous in the U.S. for his role as Detective Marco Ruiz in the FX series, The Bridge and appearances in The Heat alongside Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy and Machete Kills.

Christopher Meloni is swapping Law And Order for True Blood after landing a role as a vampire in the hit TV show.The actor quit his role as Detective...

Although Poitier did not receive a nomination, he reprised his role as Detective Tibbs in two other films, They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!

This is why we love Simon Pegg; not only is the man hilarious but he even fooled Cumberbatch (perhaps most well - known for his role as detective Sherlock Holmes on British TV - guess none of that rubbed off on him, eh?).

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is taking on the title role as Detective Pikachu.

Surprisingly, the one celebrity appearance that actually works is that of Johnny Depp, reprising his role as detective Guy Lapointe.

Best known for her starring role as Detective Kima Greggs on all five seasons of the renowned drama series, THE WIRE, Sonja Sohn is the daughter of a Korean mother and African - American father.

According to the site, Donner is keen to direct, with Gibson and Glover reprising their roles as detectives Riggs -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Some of his roles include Sirius Black in the Harry Potter Series as well as Detective James Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Batman series.

Bo Dietl, 66 Party: Independent Current role: Private investigator, business owner and former NYPD detective Brief bio: Dietl worked as an officer and detective in the city from 1969 through 1985.

In his role as commanding officer of the Detective Division and later, the countywide Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team, Matthews stole cash that had been seized as evidence in police investigations and «buy money» for undercover narcotics purchases.

Ford moved beyond popular acclaim with his role as a big - city police detective who finds himself masquerading as an Amish farmer to protect a young murder witness in Witness (1984), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work, as well as the praise of critics who had previously ignored his acting ability.

Within a year, she made her television debut as a female police detective in the pilot for a short - lived crime drama entitled Dog and Cat; in 1978, she landed the starring role in the made - for - TV movie Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold, appropriately playing a beautiful Southern girl who comes to Los Angeles in search of stardom.

In Blood Simple (1984), he got the opportunity to play a leading role as Marty, the jealous husband who hires a creepy detective to kill his faithless wife.

Best known for his role as Warrick Brown, the detective with a marked predilection for risk (and an ongoing gambling addiction), on CBS's blockbuster series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the easygoing, congenial, and memorably handsome African - American actor Gary Dourdan has built his life and his public image around uniqueness and originality.

A pulse-less, predictable thriller which seats Denzel Washington in a thankless role as a decorated Philadelphia cop who is tormented by a demon who once possessed a serial killer (Elias Koteas) that the detective helped put to death.

Super Sleuth stars Jack Oakie as an egotistical movie actor who specializes in detective roles.

Lets See Boris Karloff as an Asian Detective, humm, no I liked him better in his horror roles, maybe its me.

Samuel L. Jackson is the obvious choice for the role, but the character comes off more as a parody than a principled detective on a mission.

As Boston private detective Patrick Kenzie, taking on small - time cases with his girlfriend, Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), Casey — just off a standout turn gunning down Brad Pitt's Jesse James — grabs his breakthrough role and runs with it.

Richard Roundtree fills the central role nicely, making it completely his own as the untouchable but charismatic private detective from Harlem.

Mark Ruffalo is quite disturbingly repulsive as the seedy detective (and almost unrecognisable from his turn in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind), Jennifer Jason Leigh is great as a well meaning but f*cked up sister, and Kevin Bacon is fantastic in a much smaller role than usual.

The new 10 - episode mystery series Gracepoint (airing Thursdays) at least has a solid pedigree, remaking last summer's acclaimed eight - part Broadchurch from BBC America, even starring David Tennant in the same role (albeit with an off - putting attempt at an American accent) as a detective newly arrived in a coastal California town, where the murder of a young boy rocks the local residents to the core — including his resentful partner (Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn)-- turning neighbor against neighbor until a shattering denouement.

Nesbitt has also starred in Murphy's Law (2001 — 2007) as undercover detective Tommy Murphy — a role that was created for him by writer Colin Bateman.

Doctor Strange is set for release on October 25th in the UK and November 4th in the US, with Scott Derrickson (Sinister) directing a cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) as Stephen Strange, Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer) as The Ancient One, Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) as Baron Mordo, Benedict Wong (The Martian) as Wong, Rachel McAdams (True Detective) as Christine Palmer, Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) as Kaecilius and Benjamin Bratt (The Infiltrator) in an as - yet - unrevealed role.

Joaquin Phoenix will star in a role once earmarked for Robert Downey Jr., as a pot - smoking detective in 1960s Los Angeles who finds himself wrapped up in a labyrinthine crime plot.

She has played roles in some amazing box office hits such as «True Detective (2015)», «Southpaw (2015) ``, «The Notebook (2004)» and latest Doctor Strange (2016).

Bruce Willis is set to reprise his role as John McClane for a new «Die Hard» movie.The 62 - year - old actor starred as the wisecracking police detective...

Sherlock Holmes has, of course, been everywhere on big and small screens within the last several years — «The Judge» actor Robert Downey Jr. portrayed the detective, with actor Jude Law as his sidekick Watson, in the 2009 movie «Sherlock Holmes» and the 2011 sequel «Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,» while actor Benedict Cumberbatch took on the role for the BBC TV series, which is still running, with «Fargo» actor Martin Freeman as Watson.

In his final acting role, legendary auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder (clad in an iconic leopard skin suit) stars as hardboiled detective Jansen.

Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, the «consulting detective» called upon for challenging police cases, is a tetchy, borderline Asperger syndrome genius more interested in a challenge than dispensing justice while Martin Freeman's Watson, an army surgeon home from Afghanistan, is a warm, loyal and often critical assistant to his eccentric roommate as he slips into his role as assistant.

The Grammy - winning singer will reprise his role as Police Detective Nick Renata on TNT's popular drama series.

John Hillerman has a recurring role as radio detective Simon Brimmer always attempting to match wits with Ellery (and always getting it wrong) and Ken Swofford is a hard - boiled reporter who also tries (and fails) to beat Ellery at his game in numerous episodes.

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law - who starred in the first and second films - will reprise their roles as suave detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson respectively.

Davis took the title role as a glamorous 1920 private detective in the show, which has aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2012.

Saturday brings a pair of classics named after the dames that haunt our heroes: Gilda (1946), starring Rita Hayworth in her most iconic screen siren role as a sex kitten who digs her claws into the bodyguard (tough guy Glenn Ford) of her crippled sugar daddy husband (George Macready), and Laura (1944), with Gene Tierney as the beauty in a painting who obsesses homicide detective Dana Andrews.

It's directed by Robert Siodmak, who made more film noirs than any other director, and it is one of his darkest, a gangster drama seeped in shadows, corruption, and psychosis, with Victor Mature (in what I believe is his best noir role) a as Lt. Candella, an Italian - American police detective who takes the pursuit of small - time gangster Martin Rome (Richard Conte) personally.

According to THR, Union is set to reprise her role as DEA agent Syd Burnett (from Bad Boys II), sister to Martin Lawrence's character, Marcus Burnett, who is getting a fresh start in her new job as an LAPD detective.

So far, her work on True Detective has received mixed reviews; nevertheless, her role as the tough, yet vulnerable Ani Bezzerides is a fitting parallel to McAdams» own efforts to distinguish herself as an actress with broad appeal and a reservoir of talent.

Branagh not only has the starring role, as «probably the greatest detective in the world» — a title Poirot gives to himself — but he's also the director of this remake.

Perry has the title role here (based on James Patterson's character, but on no particular book) as a brainiac detective whose legendary profiling powers have made him the go - to guy in Detroit for lurid homicides.

The ensemble cast includes Matt Le Nevez, who made a calculated career turn away from his most popular role as Offspring's loved - and - lost Dr Patrick Reid — this time impressive as sinister senior detective Brian Dutch.

And then there is Hugh Jackman, who rejected the role of the special MI6 detective because of a reason that maybe taken as something «unbelievable».

John Cazale (who played Pacino's brother in the Godfather films) plays his accomplice here, Charles Durning is the police detective trying to keep the situation under control as crowds start cheering for the robbers, and Chris Sarandon earned an Academy Award nomination in a small but memorable role as Pacino's lover.

As Ambrose Hilliard, the star of a pre-war detective series, Nighy is never less than splendid, whether cozying up to Catrin so she plumps up his self - sacrificing role as drunken Uncle Frank, patiently coaching the real - life Audie Murphy - style American war hero in the cast (Jake Lacy, leadenness personified) used as bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a puAs Ambrose Hilliard, the star of a pre-war detective series, Nighy is never less than splendid, whether cozying up to Catrin so she plumps up his self - sacrificing role as drunken Uncle Frank, patiently coaching the real - life Audie Murphy - style American war hero in the cast (Jake Lacy, leadenness personified) used as bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a puas drunken Uncle Frank, patiently coaching the real - life Audie Murphy - style American war hero in the cast (Jake Lacy, leadenness personified) used as bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a puas bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a pub.

Rüdiger Vogler reprises his role as private detective Philipp Winter from Until the End of the World, which reunites him with a much older Yella Rottländer as his guardian angel.