Sentences with phrase «screen role as»

This latest installment, with a very Apatow - approved schlub, includes Rogen taking on a new on - screen role as a baseball cap - wearing patriarch, albeit to an Australian wife (played by a hilarious Rose Byrne) and their young baby Stella.

It's always a treat to watch Carey Mulligan tackle any role, and although I consider rock singer Mary J. Blige a raspy and annoying musical aberration, her first screen role as the dignified, long - suffering Florence is mesmerizing.

By this point winning more notice for her off - screen role as an arbiter of fashion and old - school Hollywood glamour than for her on - screen acting work, Stone next lent her voice to the animated Antz in 1998.

Not exact matches

On - screen, actor Johnny Depp is best known for his role as Jack Sparrow in the highly successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Before his breakout role as Aaron Samuels in the hit movie, Mean Girls, Jonathan Bennett launched his career on the small screen.

Designed by William J. Dodd, whose portfolio included such landmark buildings as the Los Angeles Herald - Examiner and The Pacific Center, this once private home sheltered famed New York attorney Samuel Untermyer as well as silent screen star Marion Davies, remembered as much for her 30 year affair with William Randolph Hearst as her movie roles and business savvy.

He is not Coquelin though in a sense that he isn't as extremely fast and mobile, and for that reason he needs somebody like Rambo, who covers a lot of ground and does his share of running, while Chambers does his Arteta role of screening the defence and passing out of it.

He's excelled in his role as a floor - spacer, running off of screens, pulling up off the dribble comfortably and finding ways to get to the line.

«Our data indicate that head trauma events can be effectively identified by K - D test time scores, and that analyses of this new measure in future studies can establish its role as a rapid sideline screening test for concussion,» she writes.

In his role as wellness director, Burkhardt has written grants to provide biometric screenings, flu shots, and health and wellness assessments for district employees.

The role of now regular surveillance, screening and monitoring processes as recorded by the Health Protection Agency has also contributed greatly to a significant reduction in key infection rates of MRSA bacteraemia, a 75 per cent reduction since 2003/04, when more patients were dying from what are largely avoidable infections.

Cherkasky is retiring to end the risk of conflicts with his role as CEO of Altegrity, a screening and security firm that has acquired Kroll, another security company.

Lauren Theilen, M.D. one of the primary researchers of the study and the presenter of the research at the upcoming SMFM annual meeting, explained, «Importantly, we are unable to say whether the hypertensive disease of pregnancy plays a causal role here, but we feel that further study is warranted to determine whether interventions such as early screening for chronic disease may improve long - term health outcomes among these women.»

In countries where prenatal screening is offered as a public health service, governments and public health authorities should take a more active role in this regard.»

By pairing engineered cell lines containing disease - specific mutations with high throughput screening, we can investigate the role of given mutations in the biology of disease as well as identify potential druggable targets.

Dr. Bernard plays a critical role in the analysis of the high - throughput drug and siRNA screens as well as in drug target prioritization based on TCGA.

The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) has been using the supplements to get ready for movie roles such as Hercules and Jumanji where he rocks the entertainment screens of every viewer who follows him.

Reese Witherspoon, the big screen's sweetheart, has left us stunned in her latest role as Cheryl Strayed in WILD.

Emily Eve Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English stage and screen actress and director, known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the TinyMiner - Eve Online Mining Bot, Undetectable Eve Bot Macro Miner makes billions of ISK for you totally on AutoPilot!

Taking on minor film roles beginning with 1979's Hairspray, the burgeoning young actor would subsequently appear in such films as Milos Foreman's Ragtime (1981) and Woody Allen's Zelig (1983), though early struggles with alcohol and substance abuse threatened to sideline his screen career in the mid -»80s.

Much of the action seems grafted on almost as an afterthought, and Batman (Keaton) plays far too small a role in the proceedings; Burton clearly identified more with the Joker (Jack Nicholson) and apportioned screen time as such.

D'Arcy's best English - speaking screen role of the»30s was as Irene Dunne's amorous music teacher in The Awful Truth (1937), in which he was hilariously beaten to a pulp by jealous husband Cary Grant.

Despite her recent onscreen success, Washington remains true to her stage roots by remaining active in theater and has also begun to branch out by attempting to make a name for herself as a writer and producer as well.Still, it was on the screen that Washington truly earned her keep, and following roles in Sexual Life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fantastic Four, Washington took a trip to the courtroom for a supporting role on David E. Kelley's Emmy - winning television comedy Boston Legal.

Hitting our screens as the current White House incumbent raves about news media being «the enemy of the American people», The Post offers a reminder that «the founding fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfil its essential role... to serve the governed, not the governors».

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).

Back on the small screen, a recurring role as a pregnant mother suffering from amnesia following an intense ferry accident in Grey's Anatomy found Reaser anchoring one of the show's most memorable storylines.

Emily Blunt is delightful to watch on screen as she's quite believable in the role and delivers quite a few laughs.

It was also in 1994 that he had his first big - screen role, as — wait for it — a talk show host in the Damon Wayans comedy Blankman.

From the perfected subtleties he has portrayed in supporting roles, to his command of the screen as a star, Sutherland has covered abundant ground.

In 1996, he found critical acclaim when he transferred his role as a pyromaniac in Cosi from stage to screen.

Abandoning the screen for a career as a legal secretary the same year that Zelig was released, fate guided Jeter back into his true calling when a producer, recalling his role in television's Designing Women, asked that he take a supporting role on the Burt Reynolds» sitcom Evening Shade.

Meeker switched from stage to screen in the silent era, playing leading roles in such important features as Four Sons (1928).

Even this was an offbeat lead role and unfortunately, as a result of a lawsuit, The Ghost Ship (and with it Knaggs» most interesting and fully realized screen performance) was withdrawn from distribution soon after release in 1944 and suppressed for 50 years, until the mid -»90s.

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).

Numerous television roles were quick to follow, and in addition to such small - screen efforts as The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993) and The Invaders (1995) Rupp's feature career continued to gain momentum with roles in Death Becomes Her (1992) and Sgt. Bilko (1996).

However, Langella maintained a busy schedule of stage work, and in the 1990s, finally scored a breakthrough screen role in the comedy Dave as the deceitful political puppet master Bob Alexander.

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.

An asset as a thesp for two decades now, from youthful leads («The Faculty,» «The Slaughter Rule») to more recent character roles on big screen («Argo») and small («Heroes,» «American Horror Story»), DuVall demonstrates a deft hand guiding her cast here.

She first appeared on the big screen in 2006 with a small role in the film ACCEPTED and later had a starring role as Brooke Crawford in the primetime soap opera WICKED WICKED GAMES, which was her first appearance on the small screen.

However, until that happens, I'm content to watch this multi-talented actor / performer in whatever screen roles he chooses — Wolverine, an Australian drover, a deceitful partner — or, as in Real Steel, a struggling boxing promoter whose many character flaws include a willingness to sell his 11 - year - old son.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully with this long - delayed big - screen continuation that revives the series six years after it headed off the air in 2002.

Also: Winston Duke as a rival Wakandan leader, Danai Gurira as T'Challa's chief bodyguard, and breakout Letitia Wright as a spin on Ian Fleming's gadget guru Q. Oh, and Michael B. Jordan, the dynamo who made his bones with Coogler's Fruitvale and Creed and here brings a burning intensity to the role of T'Challa's main nemesis Killmonger, a mercenary who deserves far more screen time than he receives.

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.

A young Jack Lemmon also does a great job as does William Powell in his final screen role.

Shortly afterward, Henry made his screen bow as filmdom's 14th Tarzan in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966); he starred in two subsequent Tarzan epics before relinquishing the role to Ron Ely.

She played a similar character the same year on the small screen, taking a memorable turn as ex-pep queen turned good - time girl Connie Bradshaw in PBS» Tales of the City (she would later reprise the role for More Tales of the City in 1998).

Though McAdams» early screen roles found her specializing in the bitchy teen princess to maximum effect, closer inspection reveals a skilled dramatic actress who no doubt has the talent to move beyond the high - school trappings of such comedies as The Hot Chick and Mean Girls.Born to a truck driver and a nurse in London, Ontario, Canada, McAdams warmed to the spotlight early on by taking up competitive skating at just four years old.

Harris» feature films for 2004 include the live - action remake Thunderbirds and the thriller Trauma, starring Colin Firth.Though her star was steadily rising in Hollywood, it wasn't until 2006 that Harris would really make a splash on stateside screens; and after supporting roles in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Harris took to the high seas for her role as Tia Dalma in the eagerly anticipated summer sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

He showed his darker side as an actor in Faster (2010) and Snitch (2013), starring in both, but it was his supporting role in Fast Five that helped elevate him higher in his status as a screen hero and since then he's rarely looked back.

He is best known to audiences for his starring roles in the films HOT TUB TIME MACHINE and HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2, as well series regular roles in GREEK and THE OFFICE, for which he and the cast received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.