Sentences with phrase «smaller roles in films»

Like his most acclaimed contemporary, Daniel Day - Lewis, Gary Oldman got his start in British theater before taking smaller roles in films and television.

Byrne made her screen debut in 1992 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll.

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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.

Julie first began acting in 1990 with the small role in the film Due occhi diabolici.

Franco has also recruited a strong cast of actors for the many small roles in the film, including Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Sharon Stone, Melanie Griffith, Megan Mullally, Hannibal Buress, Judd Apatow, Bryan Cranston, Zac Efron and Ari Graynor.

Actor Ben Best has a small role in the film and, while he couldn't reveal much, he did let out this funny story about Rogen's adversary in the film: the man, the legend Mr. Ray Liotta...

It's no wonder so many good actors — Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, Željko Ivanek among them — signed up for small roles in this film; at the very least, they're allowed to act.

Nichols elects to bring back the lead from his previous thriller (Take Shelter) Michael Shannon, but gives him a much smaller role in this film.

Matthew Lillard has a small role in this film also, which begs the question «why god why»?

However, it is soon clear that Waititi (who also has a small role in the film) is getting his actors to talk, talk, and then talk some more, and letting us laugh once in a while, to only prolong what is inevitable.

Now it has been lovingly remastered from the negatives and Janus films (a partner with Criterion) has applied digital technology to create a new digital restoration for the U.S., which is the source of Criterion's special edition, which features commentary by film scholar James Naremore and new interviews with Keith Baxter, Welles's daughter Beatrice Welles (who has a small role in the film), and Welles historians Simon Callow and Joseph McBride among the supplements.

He had a small role in a film called Arbitrage, but it was one of the best performances of the fest.

When Scott Cooper also suggested Bingham for a small role in the film as a back - up band member for Blake at a bowling alley gig, Burnett finally threw his hands up and decided to give the youngster a listen.

There are also good performances from supporting characters Miranda Richardson (The Bachelor, Merlin), Lisa Marie (Burton's wife, who has a habit of showing up in small roles in his films), Michael Gough (Alfred from the Batman movies), Ian McDiarmid (Restoration), Christopher Walken (Blast From the Past, The Rose Hotel), an unbilled cameo by Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones (Ravenous, Stuart Little), and a surprising decent Caspar Van Dien (The Omega Code, Starship Troopers), probably because the amount of spoken time allotted to his character was kept at a minimum.

The actresses playing the cheerleaders are all good and Anne Archer has a small role in the film.

He has a small role in the film as a hired assassin by Ed Harris.

While Shuriplayed a relatively small role in the film, largely trying to separate Vision from the Mind Stone, her presence in the «Battle of Wakanda» is still an interesting one — particularly with how the film ends.

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For example, it emerged this week that Michael Sheen and Amanda Peet both have small roles in the film; how do they figure into the picture?

After working on the stand - up comedy circuit and scoring small roles in films and television shows, the actress broke out in a huge way with her performance in Girls Trip last year.

We previously reported that Jolie was in talks to take a small role in the film, but Deadline says there are rumors that she might take on the female lead (though they do note that her involvement is «less solidified»).

After starring in a number of United Kingdom and United States television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro and the 1999 crime thriller film Entrapment.

In addition, Raimi also revealed that his brother, Ted, and Bruce Campbell both have small roles in the film.

Now that her failure has been cemented is she passing her curse onto Jason Bateman, who, apart from small roles in films like Juno and Up in the Air, has yet to find a cinematic project worthy of his considerable comedic talent?

Despite sterling work on Saturday Night Live, she's not received the cinematic screen time that, say, Kate McKinnon has managed, and usually wasted in small roles in films like Trainwreck and Office Christmas Party.

The rest of the supporting cast have such small roles in the film that they're hardly worth mentioning, save for a very young Forest Whitaker as Cronauer's right - hand man, Pfc. Edward Garlick.

Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll.

In 1984, he accepted a small role in the film Choose Me directed by his friend Alan Rudolph, and in 2010, he starred in Doug Aitken's film Sleepwalkers.

, Halliburton does some acting, having played a small role in the film We Are Marshall, and promotes some boxing events.

This sample resume is of such an actor who did some Theater shows and since then has been doing some small roles in films.

Not exact matches

The pair recently worked together on the Allen film Blue Jasmine (which, awesomely, stars Andrew Dice Clay), in which C.K. also has a small role.

Airdrieonians Football Club goalkeeper John Martin had a small role in the Robert Duvall film, A Shot at Glory.

His acting career started with a small education film, which lead to starring roles in memorable movies and television shows, including the 1993 Disney classic, Cool Runnings, and the hit Fox television series New York Undercover.

So influential are these stars that, when news spread recently a major Nollywood star had been cast in a small role in a Hollywood film, Marvel's «Avengers: Infinity War», Nigerians went wild.

Prior to American Beauty, Bentley's film experience had been limited to roles in independent films such as Three Below Zero and Halfway to Pleasantville, and a small part in Jonathan Demme's Beloved.

Despite winning critical acclaim for her performance, it would be four years, save for a cameo in the Coens» Raising Arizona (1987) and various small roles, before she would be featured in another major film production.

He showed up in roles both large and small in feature films, and was prominently cast in several of MGM's Crime Does Not Pay short subjects.

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.

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.

Although his film roles were steady — albeit small — TV was where he was most recognizable, particularly thanks to his work in the popular Irish series Bracken.

While serving with the Royal Navy during World War II, Macnee made his first film appearance with a small role in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943).

The actors did a fine job: Crudup, Angarano, Miller, Tye Sheridan, Thomas Mann (although Olivia Thirlby in a small role had literally one of the worst performances I have ever seen in a feature film).

With success on the small screen soon prompting James to try his talent in feature films, a supporting role in 50 First Dates and a co-starring role opposite Will Smith in Hitch found the television favorite's amiable humor translating well to the big screen.

Oscar Isaac is predictably reliable in a smaller role, but it is really the women who get to show off throughout the film.

A peppery gentleman with steel - rimmed glasses and an executive air, Vogan appeared in hundreds of films in a variety of small «take charge» roles.

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

During Green's MTV tenure, he moved to films with a small role in the Saturday Night Live - based comedy Superstar (1999).

He won a part in the disastrous film Myra Breckinridge (1970), his screen debut, then appeared in small roles in a handful of films during the»70s.

Though he had actually begun appearing in films in 1990, he had, thus far, played only small roles.