Sentences with phrase «smaller roles as»

In smaller roles as Peter's family and friends, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden and Glynis Johns are all deliciously batty and loose.

The indie film is still seeking to fill smaller roles as it gears up for production in mid-July.

Tim Roth almost walks away with the whole thing in his small role as governor George Wallace.

Following a small role as Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon's mother in the reflexive fantasy Pleasantville (1998), Kaczmarek was ready to settle down to raise her family.

Relative newcomer Jonathan Majors in particular stands out with his small role as Corporal Henry Woodson, a Buffalo Soldier who has long served under Joe and accompanies him as he escorts Yellow Hawk.

By the time the nigh endless climax rolls around, Fright Night has certainly established itself as just another in a long line of needless horror remakes - with the movie's failure especially disappointing given the strength of Farrell's engaging performance (and it's also worth noting that David Tennant does manage to inject some life into the proceedings with his small role as a Vegas vampire hunter).

He played dozens of small roles as gunmen, posse leaders and the like, and also served as stunt double for some of the biggest stars in the shoot -»em - up genre.

(Similarly, Jeremy Irons and Ciaran Hinds help bolster the strong cast in small roles as top Russian officials.)

Best known as a big - band leader, Leighton Noble also occassionally acted in feature films, beginning with a small role as an orchestra leader in the musical Gift of Gab (1934).

The real Mr. Stahl, who has a small role as a stern doctor, supervised the wardrobe verisimilitude and other small, scarily authentic details.

Catherine Keener has a small role as Dot Woods, Tobin's partner.

In what feels like a surprise cameo, John Krasinski has a small role as an attorney representing the police, Attorney Auerbach.

Gavin Hood not only directed EYE IN THE SKY, the erstwhile actor also took a small role as a military officer overseeing drone pilots.

Marisa Tomei has a criminally small role as Haller's ex-wife, who is also a prosecuting attorney.

(Mark Andrus wrote the script as if he'd been binge - watching the Hallmark Channel, and Rob Reiner directs without flair or imagination, but is amusing in a small role as a piano accompanist with a bad toupee.)

Amy Ryan is marvelous in a small role as the unruffled Miss Charley, who slowly warms to his humor and his code.

And Kelly Preston has a small role as the girl spurned by the popular jock.

Michael Shannon (who's now been in all five of Nichols's movies) has a small role as a LIFE magazine photographer.

But it's not just Streep, everyone from the young Breslin to Dermott Mulroney in a small role as a sleazebag fiancee of one of the Weston girls is fantastic — creating.

Robert Patrick and the unrecognisable Sharon Stone are also solid in the small roles as Linda's parents.

Sterling Hayden stars as the mastermind and familiar film noir faces Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Marie Windsor and Ted De Corsia co-star, with stand - out supporting performances by Elisha Cook Jr. (perfectly pathetic as a mousy cuckold manipulated by the scheming Windsor) and Timothy Carey (in a small role as a sharpshooter with a different kind of assignment).

David Oyelowo is a cop on the case, and Alexia Fast has a small role as a local girl with a tangential role in the story.

Rob Delaney has a delightful small role as the least gifted but most relatable member of X-Force.

Character actor Bryan Probets is particularly memorable in a small role as a major whose brain has been short - circuited by the prison camp.

Disney has already invested in Emily Blunt with a small role as Miss Piggy's assistant in The Muppets and one of the lead roles in the Broadway musical adaptation of Into the Woods.

John Goodman is reportedly joining THE HANGOVER PART III in «a small role as an antagonist» according to Variety.

Zach Galifianakis (whom I recognised from the Fiona Apple clip «It's Not About Love») has a small role as Dave, but doesn't really get to shine.

Also notably effective in his smaller role as famed attorney Melvin Belli is Brian Cox, whose voice and on - screen demeanor constantly command attention.

Lee himself has a small role as a bystander, putting him in the same space as his audience: dumbfounded, mesmerized witnesses to a crime.

Twenty - year - old Kathryn Newton, who played Reese Witherspoon's similarly rebellious daughter in HBO mega-hit Big Little Lies and who is slated to star as youngest sister Amy in BBC One and Masterpiece's forthcoming Little Women adaptation, was elated when she snagged a small role as a lovable high - school nerd in Lady Bird.

The film is littered with solid Australian actors and performances from Leah Purcell's small role as Farmer's receptionist to Rex's Broken Hill drinking buddies played by John Howard, Alan Dukes and David Field.

Despite her second billing, Lauren Graham (of the undying WB drama «Gilmore Girls») has a rather small role as school principal and potential love interest, which she pulls off fine.

Victor Garber plays the Vice President with aplomb whilst Jim Broadbent is excellent in a small role as a former CIA field agent, Herbert.

Murray plays his Business Manager, with Plaza in a small role as colleague of Charlie's who works at the same company.

Any successes arise from Bateman's deft hand at both comedy and nuanced feeling, Driver's charisma and, in a too - small role as Phillip's girlfriend, Connie Britton proving she should get starring parts too.

And most recently, it appears to have adjusted its marketing campaign, with new posters that replace John Hawkes with character actor Clarke Peters, who is African - American, and who has a small role as the film's replacement police chief.

Thus his small role as a Communications Officer aboard the Excelsior.

We also get a quick scene from Harry Dean Stanton and Rodrigo Santoro has a small role as a former war hero — turned town drunk who gets his shot at redemption.

Comedian Katt Williams, in a small role as a chipper hitchhiker, injects about 15 minutes» worth of fun into «Father Figures,» an otherwise mostly dreadful road comedy in which Ed Helms and Owen Wilson play twins searching for a man to call dad.

Plus Jenna Fischer costars in a small role as Scott's wife, and she's always a welcome sight, let's face it.

Bashir Salahuddin shines in a small role as a state department official whose interactions with Emily's momma's - boy brother Jeffrey (Ike Barinholtz) are among the highlights.

Anthony LoCascio's small role as the producer is reliable, being polite but firm in equal measure.

In fact, it feels like he was cast (in a small role as a department store salesman) because the movie reads like a who's who of British talent.

Upright Citizens Brigade alum Veronica Osorio stands out in a small role as Carlotta Valdez, a Carmen Miranda figure.

Michael Gambon (Professor Dumbledor himself) gives it a touch of mocking class as the narrator and Lord of the Rings co-star John Rhys - Davies has a small role as a wizard.

Bobby Moynihan, recently departed from «SNL», has a very small role as Susan's diner boss.

Rudolph («Away We Go») in a small role as the jealous best friend, initiates some of her best quirks during scenes that need a boost.

In Captain America: The Winter Solider, we saw Danny Pudi (Abed Nadir) in a small role as a S.H.I.E.L.D. communications officer named Moore.

Paper Towns actress Caitlin Carver plays a small role as Nancy Kerrigan in the film, a performance that peaks during a thrilling recreation of the well - documented knee - clubbing scandal (perpetrated by associates of Harding) that rocked the sports world — and nearly ruined Kerrigan's shot at competing in Lillehammer.

Essentially, the film is about Frank and Sarah getting accustomed to each other's lives in a relationship and learning to trust one another, especially in terms of past relationships (here personified by Catherine Zeta - Jones» smaller role as a Russian agent, curiously with no Russian accent).