Sentences with phrase «roles on television series»

He also had recurring roles on the television series Mad About You and Friends and starred in the drama Huff (2004 - 2006), playing the titular character, to critical acclaim, as well as appearing in the popular stage musical Spamalot.

Since moving, Taylor has become a very successful actor, getting roles on television series such as My Wife and Kids, Summerland, and The Bernie Mac Show.

Sarandon hasn't really had a significant role on a television series before, so her involvement is pretty big.

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Stillerman headed up programming at AMC since 2008, taking on the role early in the TV runs of shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, two popular and critically acclaimed series that helped transform AMC from a channel running movies to a destination for premier television.

A best - selling author and radio host, his role in popular culture was cemented with the 2014 broadcast of a revitalized «Cosmos» series on the Fox television network, a combination homage and update to the 13 - epsiode PBS series hosted by Carl Sagan in the 1980s.

Thanks to her role on the acclaimed Netflix series «House of Cards,» Wright has become one of the top female earners in television.

The appearance of Johnson's rhinestone - studded bustiers on the Pilates - toned Sarah Jessica Parker in her role on the hit HBO television series Sex and the City in the early 2000s won the label a new generation of young devotees.

He appears frequently in print and television and was recently nominated for a daytime Emmy for his role as host of the Emmy - winning series, Mind of Chef on PBS.

For decades, he was «America's Dad,» loved by millions for his role as an affable obstetrician and benevolent father on «The Cosby Show,» one of the most popular series in the history of US television.

Leighton Meester is probably best known for her role as Blair Waldorf on the television series Gossip Girl, especially since the actress's looks were so similar to the character's in the original book series.

He is adored by women across the globe for his role as the shirtless vigilante on the television series Arrow.

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She is best known for her leading roles in the Reply 1997 (Hangul: 응답하라 1997; RR: Eungdapara 1997) is a 2012 South Korean television series that centers on the lives of six friends in Busan, as

Her feature debut in the 2002 drama Joy Rider found the emerging actress caught in the middle of a heated love triangle, and after essaying a role in a BBC television drama Bedtime in 2001, Miller crossed the pond to appear on the stateside series Keen Eddie.

Kirshner is also known to television audiences for her role on the popular Fox series 24, where she portrayed a mysterious would - be presidential assassin.

Other TV shows followed, including guest starring roles on «Hill StreetWell known for his seamless and varied characterizations, Oscar nominated actor David Paymer has starred or co-starred in more than 40 motion pictures, several television movies and countless television series.

Continuing through the mid -»90s with numerous television roles (including a stint on the popular series Picket Fences), Moss» early film roles range from both lightly comical (Suburban Commando [1991]-RRB- to increasingly dramatic (Imaginary Crimes [1994]-RRB-.

His television credits include guest - starring roles on such British series as Cracker.

A talented and attractive actress who has managed to wrangle a remarkable number of affecting roles despite her youthful age, Elisabeth Moss may be best known to television viewers as the President's daughter on the acclaimed series The West Wing, though thoughtful characterizations in such features as Girl, Interrupted and Imaginary Crimes have been a testament to an actress not afraid to court more challenging and emotionally demanding roles unusual for an actress of her age.Born to music manager and a mother who specialized in the blues harp in 1983, Moss spent her childhood in Los Angeles and was inspired to pursue acting at an early age by screen idol Bette Davis.

In the»90s, she made a few appearances on U.K. television series, including reoccurring roles on Runaway Bay and The Tomorrow People.

Still, the lure of Hollywood was great and Schwimmer returned to guest star and play recurring roles on several television series.

The popular radio series made it's debut on television in 1949 with Jackie Gleason in the starring role of Chester Riley in postwar Los Angeles.

Taking sarcasm to a new level with his role as the shaggy - side - burned Steven Hyde, Masterson has become a familiar face to millions of television viewers with his popular character on the enduring retro series.

His television resumé includes the part of Alex Haley's father in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generation and the title roles in the made - for - TV movies The Jessie Owens Story (1984) and Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987); he has also played recurring roles on such series as Glitter, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and Viper.

Following the series» demise in 1991, Helgenberger returned to television guest - star status on ER, where she had a four - episode - long recurring role, and in the miniseries The Tommyknockers.A presence on the big screen since 1989, when she made her feature - film debut in Steven Spielberg's romantic fantasy Always, Helgenberger has played a wide variety of roles in films ranging from Species (1995) to the moody The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) to Steven Soderbergh's widely acclaimed Erin Brockovich (2000).

Later alternating between television and film with features such as Trapped and roles on such high - profile series as Spin City and Malcolm in the Middle, her part opposite Brittany Murphy in the 2003 comedy Uptown Girls found the precocious youngster playing well off of her older co-star.

Williams moved into television in the late»90s, with a guest spot on the series drama In the Heat of the Night and a small role in the Schwarzenegger thriller End of Days (1999).

Biography: Initially, Owen carved out a career in television: in 1988 Owen starred as Gideon Sarn in a BBC television production of Precious Bane and the Channel 4 film Vroom before the 1990s saw him become a regular on stage and television in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of Lotelevision: in 1988 Owen starred as Gideon Sarn in a BBC television production of Precious Bane and the Channel 4 film Vroom before the 1990s saw him become a regular on stage and television in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of Lotelevision production of Precious Bane and the Channel 4 film Vroom before the 1990s saw him become a regular on stage and television in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of Lotelevision in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of LoTelevision production of Lorna Doone.

He also starred in the critically acclaimed FX series LUCKY and he will always be remembered for his role on the hit television series NORTHERN EXPOSURE, for which he received Emmy ® and Golden Globe ® nominations.

In the television venue, guest roles followed on series including ER and NYPD Blue, as well as a recurring parts on Murder One, Party of Five, and on the Friday - night ABC sitcom Boy Meets World as high school senior Griff Hawkins.

More recently, Whalley starred in Francis Ford Coppola's TWIXT, CHALLENGER: FINAL FLIGHT with William Hurt, and had a recurring role on the hit television series, GOSSIP GIRL.

Rifkin has no better luck with Decker, until his protégé lands a guest role on the popular television series Baywatch.

Fans of the extraterrestrial comedy series ALF will also remember him as the curiously named Whizzer Deaver.Though his feature roles through the 1990s largely consisted of such B - grade fare as My Boyfriend's Back (1993) and Error in Judgment (1998), Dooley managed to stay on top thanks to parts in such popular television series as Mad About You, Dream On, Grace Under Fire, and The Practicon top thanks to parts in such popular television series as Mad About You, Dream On, Grace Under Fire, and The PracticOn, Grace Under Fire, and The Practice.

He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as D - Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.

He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy - comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison.

Before landing the role of Don's doomed love interest, Spencer had starred on «All My Children,» had a few guest spots on television shows, and even led a short - lived Lifetime series.

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Biography: His many television appearances span such hit series as «The Practice,» «Homicide: Life on the Street,» «Law and Order,» «The Jamie Foxx Show,» as well as a recurring role on the NBC drama «ER.»

He continues to be seen on television and on the big screen in a variety of projects including an episode of Battlestar Galactica (2006), the film Changeling (2008) with Angelina Jolie, recurring roles in the series 24 (2009) and The Listener (2009), and in the miniseries The Borgias (2011) as a 15th - century cardinal.

Some of her television appearances include STARZ original series Camelot playing Queen Igraine, The Pentagon Papers, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, and she has had recurring roles on NCIS: Los Angeles and CSI: NY.

Apparently, «I Spy,» directed by Betty Thomas, is based on a 60s TV series that starred Billy Cosby in one of the first big roles for an African - American actor in television.

On the night she won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in the hit HBO series Big LittleSeries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in the hit HBO series Big Littleseries Big Little Lies.

Harris garnered multiple Emmy ® and Golden Globe award nominations for his role as Barney Stinson on the hit television series, «How I Met Your Mother,» and he won an Emmy for his guest - starring role on «Glee» in 2010.

Responding to reports that Marvel is considering a television series based on the «Agent Carter» one - shot, actress Hayley Atwell admits she'd love to reprise the role, saying, «I'd be interested to show different sides of Peggy.»

Kill Bill star Uma Thurman recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her role in the television series Imposters, but was also asked about the specifics regarding turning down the role of Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings.

Colin Hanks, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, «Fargo» «Working on «Fargo,» with such an immensely talented group of artists, was a dream come true.

One of them is Gillian Jacobs, who is best known for playing the role of Britta on the television series, Community created by Dan Harmon.

Best known for her roles as Quiet Ann in TNT's Claws and Carla in the iconic television show Scrubs, she also starred on Lifetime's hit show Devious Maids, guest stars as Dina in the CW's Jane the Virgin and will be recurring on the upcoming Netflix series One Day at a Time.

Janney is best known for her role as White House Press Secretary (and later Chief of Staff) C.J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing.

French actor Olivier Martinez is heading to U.S. television in a recurring role on drama series Revenge.