Sentences with phrase «television roles before»

Ed Helms started with smaller film and television roles before landing the part of Andy Bernard on «The Office.»

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The main cast members were familiar to television viewers before their roles on Friends, but were not considered to be stars.

Fiction: chandler had The main cast members were familiar to television viewers before their roles on Friends, but were not considered to be stars.

The aspiring actor honed his craft at the University of Western Australia before making an impression on television audiences with a role in the popular small - screen drama Sons and Daughters in the mid -»80s.

The actress also found a great deal of success on the small screen — Ivey starred in television productions of The Long, Hot Summer (1985), Dixie: Changing Habits (1985), We Are the Children (1987), and Decoration Day (1990) before landing several prominent sitcom roles.

McAdams made a move to weekly television in 2003 with a supporting role in Slings and Arrows before once again returning to torment the unpopular crowd in 2004's Mean Girls.

Charles Tyner went back to the stage in 1977, occasionally stepping before the cameras for such TV movies as The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel (1979), theatrical features like Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1985) and Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1991), and his recurring role as Howard Rodman on the weekly television drama Father Murphy (1981).

WIth subsequent small screen roles in Kingpin and OZ that same year, the up and coming actor would become a familiar face to television viewers before once again returning to the silver screen for supporting roles in Shall We Dance?

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.

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.

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

Steve Forrest, in his last starring role before moving permanently to series television with S.W.A.T., plays James Devlin, a once - notorious gunman who is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

With a career that spans nearly 40 years in film and television, Nighy established a solid reputation in his native England long before his international breakthrough role in the Golden Globe nominated rock comedy Still Crazy in 1998.

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

A graduate of Queensland University of Technology, Thwaites began his acting career on the Australian television series «SLiDE» and «Home and Away» before his breakout role in the telefilm «Blue Lagoon: The Awakening.»

She began appearing in commercials on Australian television at the age of nine, before going on to win roles in popular children's television shows Bay City and Paradise Beach.

The actor would make his on - screen debut in Tomahawk Trail in 1957 before appearing in numerous roles in both film and television in the 1950s and 1960s.

Though Franco has over 100 film and television acting credits to his name, he has never before played two roles — identical twin brothers — in the same project.

But in the early 1990s, Paul found work on television before his first substantial role in «Clueless» several years later.

In addition to her thriving theater and film career, Ms. Fisher played notable real - people television roles: Lucille Ball in Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter; Audrey Hepburn's mother in The Audrey Hepburn Story (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, Emmy Rossum and Sarah Hyland in the three stages of Ms. Hepburn's life); and Jackie O's mother, Janet Bouvier in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (played by Joanne Whalley).