Sentences with phrase «supporting roles in a movie»

Great example is Lupita Nyong, a new face in Hollywood that just got an Oscar as support role in movie «12 years as a slave».

He had many supporting roles in movies.

He rose the ranks with supporting roles in movies like Erin Brockovich, Nurse Betty, and The Pledge.

But from the very beginning, when they cast Jeff Bridges in the first Iron Man, they've also been terrific at luring A-list talent to fill out the supporting roles in their movies.

She took supporting roles in movies like Mia Hansen - Love's Eden, Pablo Larrain's Jackie, and Mike Mills's 20th Century Women, all great films with good - to - great roles to suit Gerwig's talents.

Under «Diary of a Pirate» (9:40), Lee Arenberg, who plays a supporting role in the movie, displays footage from a camcorder he carried around on location.

His early career on «Saturday Night Live» and supporting roles in movies always suffered from a case of showboat syndrome.

Wish she'd do more supporting roles in movies as the last few were awesome) Towleroad I'm not one for bathroom humor but Anderson Cooper is the world's cutest giggler - totally loses it when discussing Gerard Depardieu's urination incident.

She soon started booking TV guest spots and supporting roles in movies.

Affleck turned his attention to supporting roles in movies for the next four years, as well as writing and directing.

He struck me as arrogant, and good only for playing obnoxious supporting roles in movies like Weird Science and Back to School.

However, her work has also earned another distinction: supporting roles in a movie.

Not exact matches

Amidst allegations of abuse and decades of denials, Allen still continues to work in film, tapping big names for starring roles in his movies and still garnering support for fans and audiences.

12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the film, while the movie's lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.

Actor, John Dumelo who was called to present the Best Actress and Actor In a Supporting Role at the 2015 Ghana Movie Awards seized the opportunity to campaign for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Ever notice how famous actors (when you watch old movies or TV shows) were the extras or minor supporting roles in the cast?

Kal Penn has several claims to fame: the infamous Harold and Kumar movie series, a supporting role for several years on House, an acclaimed appearance in

Pathos, fear, anger, hopelessness and heartache are all captured in this final movie's Snape and I'm calling a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Rickman based on the power and scope he achieves in this relatively small role.

She starred with Olympic champ Tara Lipinski in the made - for - TV movie Ice Angel and has turned in supporting roles in Panic and The Princess Diaries.

Occasional starring and supporting roles in made - for - tv movies were also part of his repertoire during the 1990s and 2000s.

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).

Having appeared in one film (1913's Shylock), in 1933 he began taking film roles to support his theatrical work; his subtle, forceful, witty performances redeemed poor movies and intensified high - quality work.

The same goes for the fact that the Black Panther is the only character that the MCU seems to think needed a test - run introduction (via a supporting role in 2016's Captain America: Civil War) before getting a movie with his name in the title.

Supporting roles followed, as an accused rapist in Just Cause, a well - to - do love interest in Set It Off, and baseball legend Jackie Robinson in the HBO original movie Soul of the Game.

Taking a step back from leading roles, the actor then poked fun at the movie industry with a cameo in director Kevin Smith's satire Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back before playing a supporting part opposite Christina Ricci in the big - screen adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir, Prozac Nation.

In 2000, he starred in the CBS medical drama City of Angels, followed by supporting roles in the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's Most WanteIn 2000, he starred in the CBS medical drama City of Angels, followed by supporting roles in the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's Most Wantein the CBS medical drama City of Angels, followed by supporting roles in the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's Most Wantein the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's Most Wanted.

Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller have a real and good chemistry and we can feel it.The movie is funny, action packed and really well made.Even Vince Vaughn was actually pretty good and we can't forget Snoop Dog and Jason Bateman.They were really good in their supporting role.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

Kuzyk made her feature debut in 1984's He's Hired, She's Fired, but went on to spend the bulk of her career playing supporting roles and occasional leads in television movies such as Family Sins (1987) and The Lifeforce Experiment (1995).

Almost none of that is visible here, with Taylor and Wilson being consistently annoying, and Zeta - Jones and Neeson relegated to totally superfluous supporting roles (although, to be frank, all the roles in this movie are quite superfluous).

The actress / singer dropped off the movie scene for several years in order to pursue her musical career and other ventures, then came back with a bang for a supporting role in Whip It, a comedy drama following an ex-pageant queen's experiences on a roller derby team.

Anthony has been nominated for 13 awards, 3 of which he won: Acapulco Black Film Festival's «Rising Star» in 2001, Black Movie Awards «Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role» in 2005 for Hustle and Flow and National Board of Review, USA's «Best Ensemble» for The Departed.

For the rest of his movie career, Ring would be confined to microscopic bit parts and extra roles, with the occasional supporting parts in 2 - reel comedies (he's the fugitive crook who demands a shave from W.C. Fields in 1933's The Barber Shop).

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Winner: Allison Janney in I, Tonya (MPAA: R) This movie is based on the life of the infamous US figure skater, Tonya Harding (played by Margot RobbieIN A SUPPORTING ROLE Winner: Allison Janney in I, Tonya (MPAA: R) This movie is based on the life of the infamous US figure skater, Tonya Harding (played by Margot Robbiein I, Tonya (MPAA: R) This movie is based on the life of the infamous US figure skater, Tonya Harding (played by Margot Robbie).

The bulk of the movie's emotional heft revolves around these key players, with various supporting roles showing up in the latter half of the film to offer support and their condolences to the shattered man.

Blunt won a Golden Globe for her Supporting Role in the TV movie «Gideon's Daughter» in 2005.

Instead of using his newfound clout to take a starring role in another prestige picture, an action vehicle, or a superhero movie, his next gig will see him play a supporting role in a twisted comedy from the mind of Taika Waititi, the director of films like Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

The movie comes out in a week and we would like to support him in his role!

TCM Movie Database, < http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82394/Magnificent-Obsession/articles.html > The website also notes that, before up - and - coming new star Robert Taylor was borrowed from MGM for his first big leading role, unsuccessful overtures had been made to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., to play Bobby Merrick.Coincidentally, Taylor's first feature role was as a supporting player in Too Late for Love, aka There's Always Tomorrow (1934), based on an unpublished novel by Ursula Parrott, directed by Edward Sloman, and remade by Douglas Sirk in 1956.

You're getting no more or no less than you'd expect from a movie like The Movie Never Stopped, but I was glad to see Simmons get a chance to help carry a film rather than simply move around the edges of the main story in a supporting movie like The Movie Never Stopped, but I was glad to see Simmons get a chance to help carry a film rather than simply move around the edges of the main story in a supporting Movie Never Stopped, but I was glad to see Simmons get a chance to help carry a film rather than simply move around the edges of the main story in a supporting role.

As we get closer to Ender's Game and more people hear about the movie, it wouldn't surprise me if people see Abigail Breslin's name and immediately picture a Valentine the same age as Breslin's character in Little Miss Sunshine, the role that got her a Best Supporting Actress nomination in the 2007 Academy Awards.

And Rebecca Ferguson and Keala Settle, playing songbirds of distinctly different class strata and mustache capacity, make the most of their supporting roles; in two of the movie's best scenes, each explores the psychic pain of a lifetime spent feeling like the Other in almost every room they enter.

Both have been chosen because of their hopes for a brighter future, but over the decades, Frank (now played by George Clooney) has become disillusioned, and it's up to Casey and Athena to bring him around and in the process save the world from... Well, I won't spoil it, but let's just say this is the sort of movie in which a discussion of global warming plays a supporting role and the senselessness of Hollywood movies and video games receives its obligatory culture - war spanking.

Recognised: The mother - of - four received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie Lion

The movie also features some great supporting performances — especially Kyle Chandler in a short but effective cameo — but without Teller and Woodley in the lead roles, it wouldn't be quite so, well, spectacular.

Were it not for the Netflix label, a movie with a 93 % Rotten Tomatoes score, directed by an Oscar nominee and starring two Oscar winners (Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson) in supporting roles would absolutely be in the awards discussion.

Thankfully, the cast is filled with some really great comedians, particularly star Aubrey Plaza, who proves that she has what it takes to headline her own movie, and Bill Hader in a hilarious supporting role as her boss.

Finally, Johnny Whitworth, who played the lead alongside Liv Tyler and Anthony LaPaglia in Empire Records, one of the «guilty pleasure» movies of my younger days, has fun in a short but important supporting role.

After scoring several lead roles in forgettable movies («Annapolis,» «Tristan + Isolde»), Franco took a supporting role in «Milk» and delivered the first star turn of his career, stealing the movie from Sean Penn in the process.

These stories exist in the same universe and feature the same cast of characters (with most of the supporting players of the first movie taking on ancillary roles in this one).