Sentences with phrase «roles in film from»

Washington is accompanied on screen by Viola Davis, who also won a Tony for that 2010 revival of the play, and got one of her first major roles in film from her director in Antwone Fisher, years before her cinematic breakout with her Oscar - nominated role in Doubt.

Rosenthal appeared in movies beginning in 1931, and he worked onscreen right up through The Big Clock in 1948, but most of his best work was concentrated in the early / mid -»40s in the films of writer / director Preston Sturges, who used the pianist / actor in various roles in his films from The Great McGinty (1940) through The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947).

Not exact matches

From singing show tunes in Grease to playing a ruthless hitman in Pulp Fiction, Travolta's talent has transcended many decades as he continues to take on A-list roles in blockbuster films.

It's called «Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon» and it refers to the fact that pretty much any actor or actress is most likely just a few roles away (or less) from having worked with Bacon, who has starred in more than 80 films and TV shows.

«The Mindy Project» creator generated her income from her popular series in addition to her two roles in the upcoming films, «Oceans 8» and «A Wrinkle in Time.»

The item got passed around from site to site, and a consensus began to form: The desperate not - quite - It Girl was Gretchen Mol, whose movie roles were starting to dry up; the new target was Blake Lively, beginning to transition from TV to film; and in the center of it all, between two beautiful young women whose careers he held in the palm of his hands, was Harvey Weinstein.

When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation «Emma.»

Astin, whose career includes roles in iconic films from «The Goonies» to «Lord of Rings,» said this film is the one people will appreciate most.

The film marks a transition for actor Andrew Garfield, from blockbuster superhero, to critical darling, in a starring role that is already being called one of the year's most powerful.

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

David Oyelowo, who plays the civil rights leader in the film, is everywhere this year — from roles in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar and J. C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year to his major role as King.

She also appeared to cast Ed Miliband in the role of Uncle Monty from Withnail and I, as she quoted a memorable line from the cult film.

«We are enjoying a starring role in Hollywood's featured films and successful television programs because of our incredible and diverse locations — from beautiful parks and shorelines, to historic Main Streets, charming neighborhoods and bustling urban sites.

«As in any society, the best goals emerge from the dreams of men and women together,» Wertheim concludes, asking, among other things, for more role models of scientific women in film and TV.

French mathematician Yves Meyer has won the 2017 Abel Prize for his «pivotal role» in establishing the theory of wavelets — data - analysis tools used in everything from pinpointing gravitational waves to compressing digital films.

From Ursula Andress and Jane Seymour to Halle Berry and Eva Green, landing a role as a «Bond girl» in the 007 series of films can be a huge...

Brandon Routh is an actor and former fashion model, and has appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, however you may know him best from his role portraying The Man of Steel in the 2006 blockbuster film, Superman Returns.

Already moving on from La La Land, the romantic musical which is picking up nominations and awards left right and centre this year, Emma needed to prepare for her role as tennis player Billie Jean King in Fox Searchlight's up - coming film Battle of the Sexes.

She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic

Beautiful and sexy Eva Green is a French actress who is best known from the role of Vesper Lynd in James Bond film Casino Royale.

From her memorable role in the made - for - television Alice in Wonderland (1999) to feature roles in Waterworld (1995) and Andre (1994), Tina Majorino has made a lasting impression in television and film with her youthful glow.

The film was less than a success, but it did nothing to prevent Kinnear from getting the lead role in the 1996 comedy Dear God.

That film brought her an invitation from director / producer William Dieterle for the role of Belle in The Devil and Daniel Webster.

The film follows its naive heroine, Tracy (Amanda Bauer), who drives across the country from Wisconsin to live with her boyfriend Mark (Jack DePew), who has booked a lead role in a major film.

That movie took a long time to get off the ground and before she ever appeared as Nova, Harrison served as a stand - in in the role of Dr. Zira (the part ultimately played by Kim Hunter) in the screen tests and extensive make - up tests through which the project evolved, even participating in a test for Edward G. Robinson in the role of Dr. Zaius (Robinson was forced to withdraw from the project because of a heart condition that prevented him from working under the heavy make - up and in the high altitude location where much of the film was to be made).

Aside from his memorable role on that children's television mainstay, Jeter could also be seen in a number of memorable film roles in such efforts as Miller's Crossing (1990) and The Fisher King (1991).

Working in relative anonymity through the»70s and early»80s, appearing in films ranging from Serpico (1973) to Slapshot (1977) to Blade Runner (1982), Walsh landed his meatiest and most memorable role in Joel and Ethan Coen's remarkable debut, Blood Simple (1984).

He occasionally took a leave of absence from films to accept a stage role; in 1937, he created the part of George in the original Broadway production of Of Mice and Men (1937).

As the film engagingly lifts the veil on Native Americans» role in several generations of pop music, it traces their involvement from the Delta blues and jazz eras up to present - day hip hop.

In this film, which began life as a multichannel video installation, Blanchett plays 13 roles, from a turbaned choreographer to a nuclear scientist, with all of her dialogue spliced together from nearly 60 artistic manifestos of the 20th Century.

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

He made his first appearance in an American film in Victor Halperin's grisly thriller Torture Ship, playing one of the criminals on whom well - intentioned (but quite mad) scientist Irving Pichel plans to perform glandular experiments, but he soon moved up to higher budgeted films from the major studios, although still almost inevitably in sinister roles.

Even as the case is progressing, the film's center of gravity switches from the trial to the progress of Beckett's disease, and we briefly meet his lover (Antonio Banderas) and his family, most especially his mother (Joanne Woodward), whose role is small but supplies two of the most powerful moments in the film.

In films from 1924, Mark played featured roles until his retirement 25 years later.

Luckily, he's riveting in the role: The film, about a novice British soldier cut off from his unit during a riot in Belfast, is less about words and more about the varieties of terror in a young man's eyes.

Once away from the Disney orbit, Munro radically altered her screen image with a string of sexy, fallen - woman roles; her final film assignment was as the fading alcoholic pop star in Sebastian (1968).

You hear the film in French or English; the latter includes Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands, Catherine Deneuve, and Chiari Mastroianni, with Deneuve and Mastroianni reprising their roles from the French track.

Throughout his Broadway years, he made infrequent film and TV appearances; he played supporting roles in such movies as All the President's Men (1976) and Pennies from Heaven (1980), was briefly a regular on Falcon Crest, guested as Shelley Fabares» father on the sitcom Coach, and was seen in the made - for - TV features Separate but Equal (1991) and Citizen Cohn (1992).

From his debut film Exit Smiling (1926) to his final appearance in The Story of Mankind (1957), Pangborn was relegated to almost nothing but comedy roles.

With her role in the The Hulk as well as with this film, Jennifer has proven that she can take on any role from any genre and inject the passion it needs to make it credible.

After being cast as Lorene Rogers in a TV remake of From Here to Eternity (a role she reprised in a subsequent series based upon the film), Basinger finally made her way to the big screen in the low - budget drama Hard Country.

From her start as a Tromette along side Troma founder and creator of «The Toxic Avenger» Lloyd Kaufman, to her starring roles in such films as «Tromeo and Juliet» and «Terror Firmer,» Debbie Rochon has endeared herself to film fans around the world.

I think the film is pretty good but doesn't really stand out because it's too polished - the gangsters have gentlemanly attributes, far from Cagney's more realistic portrayal, and for all their pre-Code banter, the romantic exchanges lack real passion, with the exception of Mae Clarke (in a minor role), whose reaction when she's jilted is quite good.

Some of his more notable work came from his collaboration with director Spike Lee; over the course of the 1990s, Washington starred in three of his films, playing a jazz trumpeter in Mo» Better Blues (1990), the title role in Lee's epic 1992 biopic Malcolm X (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and the convict father of a high - school basketball star in He Got Game (1998).

Keener graduated from Wheaton College in 1983 and in 1986 she landed her first film role, a small part in About Last Night.

Made with the full support and cooperation of the Royal Air Force, Battle for the Skies is the definitive film history of the RAF from the early days of the Air Battalion and the Royal Flying Corps right up to its role in the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars.

Her luck began to change for the better in the late 1990s, when she started garnering luminous reviews for her work both on Broadway — where she earned a Tony nomination for her role in 1998's A View from the Bridge — and onscreen in such films as Big Night (1996) and Mike Nichols» Primary Colors (1998).

We also get appearances from James Earl Jones (who gets to be atypical and silly), as well as a stand out, but all too brief cameo from Samuel L. Jackson (in his second ever film role) as a bum who tries to hold up a fast food joint.

A native of Trinidad (with East Indian ancestry), Bednob originally attended the University of Toronto as a sociology major — a field far removed from acting, though Bednob had naturally played the role of class clown in school for years, which seemed to predestine him for stage and film.

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.