Sentences with phrase «took roles in movies»

As well the actor has taken roles in the movies Lincoln and J. Edgar.

Not exact matches

He often plays ridiculous roles in movies that you won't even take him seriously!

He's taken on small roles in TV shows like «Law & Order» and «Stitchers» as well as larger parts in movies like «The Thinning,» which The Verge called «a mess.»

Still trying to find his footing post - «ER,» Clooney was jumping back and forth between romantic comedies and action movies when he took the Batman role after Val Kilmer was one - and - done in «Batman Forever.»

Stillerman headed up programming at AMC since 2008, taking on the role early in the TV runs of shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, two popular and critically acclaimed series that helped transform AMC from a channel running movies to a destination for premier television.

Through Harpo, Winfrey has also taken an active role in a variety of movie and theatre productions including Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Beloved, which Winfrey also starred in.

Emmy award - winning actor and writer Bob Odenkirk speaks with CNBC about his role in the new movie «The Post», why being not «that famous» is a good thing, and his take on the streaming media landscape.

The lack of emphasis on a single religion does not stop Disney from taking up a catechizing role, Pinsky notes, «In the Western world in particular, the number of hours children spend receiving moral instruction in houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successfuIn the Western world in particular, the number of hours children spend receiving moral instruction in houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successfuin particular, the number of hours children spend receiving moral instruction in houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successfuin houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successfuin front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successful.

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

He has already taken a few roles in off - seasons, appearing in six movies and doing six episodes of the HBO prison series Oz.

The Western New York region and many of its landmarks are taking a leading role in a made - for - television movie, airing Saturday night on the Lifetime Movie Netmovie, airing Saturday night on the Lifetime Movie NetMovie Network.

Tarantulas, the hairy spiders that stole movie scenes and won hearts in popular films like «Home Alone,» «Raiders of the Lost Ark,» and «Dr. No,» take a starring role in a new study that reorganizes their group, reclassifying the majority of 55 known tarantula species and adding 14 new ones, including the creepy - crawly named for Cash.

Once you brought on director Mark Levinson, who also has a doctorate in particle physics, and acclaimed film editor Walter Murch, who took home Oscars for both Apocalypse Now and The English Patient, was your role in the movie strictly on - screen?

The final chapter of that boat's life is a number of men who apparently had title character roles in the movie «Deliverance» showed up and took the boat off my friend's hands.

Both Carell and Bale were recently nominated for Golden Globes, and their roles are — give or take a hot girl in a bathtub — the showiest in the movie.

Years ago, television and movies depicted women to be housewives, working in the kitchen and having and taking care of the children, which was true, but also shunned and was uncapping for anything outside of married women dating sites this role.

Kidman took refuge in the theater, and landed her first professional role at the age of 14, when she starred in Bush Christmas (1983), a TV movie about a group of kids who band together with an Aborigine to find their stolen horse.

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).

Sammy sees Max as his ticket to the top, gets him a warrior role in the adventure movie, and takes him back to the U.S. where Max hopes to win back a long - ago girlfriend Lillianna (Joanna Pacula), living in Gallup, New Mexico.

I'm well aware that to mock an actress for doing a lousy movie is, in effect, to punish her for the sins of Hollywood (i.e., there are too few good roles for women), but didn't Jolie realize that» Taking Lives» makes her look like a sap?

He takes annoyingly stupid to new heights and he takes an otherwise forgettable role and makes it pretty much the only bright spot in this otherwise bland movie.

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.

There's perhaps no simpler, or better, explanation for why anyone who worked on The Room took part in the production — maybe not out of faith in Wiseau's vision, or even the promise of a good role, but for the joy of making movies.

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.

Taking her acting a step further, Katee made her way to the small screen when she took on the role of a teenage mother in the Lifetime original movie Fifteen and Pregnant with Kirsten Dunst.

The film Creation, which some people take to refer to both the creation of the Origins book and the creation / evolution controversy, stars Paul Bettany, who is best known for his roles in popular movies such as «The Da Vinci Code,» «Master and Commander,» and «A Beautiful Mind» (in which he won the London Film Critics» Award for Best British Actor).

After Heroes went off the air in 2010, Panettiere seemed determined to show her versatility by taking on the role of a convicted murderess in the made - for - TV movie Amanda Knox; Murder on Trial in Italy, returning to vocal work as Little Red Riding Hood in Hoodwinked Too!

There's also a little bit of sex, a few moments of levity provided by Miles Teller as a quipster whose allegiances are forever shifting (some levity is also provided by Elgort, though sort of accidentally), and game appearances by Octavia Spencer and Naomi Watts, who seems poised to take on a bigger role in the third and, ugh, fourth movies.

Davis, meanwhile, plays Nona, one of the school's few remaining conscientious members of staff, a ground - down teacher who still wants to take pride in her role as an educator, which in the reductive world of this movie makes her the teaching drama equivalent of the «Good German» in an old - school war movie.

Continuing to take smaller roles in big movies between her stage work, Jones followed Erin Brockovich with a turn as one of the residents on land forced to come to grips with the tragic effects of The Perfect Storm (2000).

He also took on occasional roles in more notable films, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Clockwatchers (1997), Happy, Texas (1999), and Runaway Bride (also 1999), which served to remind movie buffs just how funny the talented comic actor could be when given the opportunity.

So thank you, to everyone who has played a role in helping take this from an idea in Veronica Roth's head to a movie on the big screen.

Her own solution, she said, has been to take on a new role, in a movie called «Very Good Girls,» that she believes avoids both cliches.

For another, it's not in the nature of movies to reflect the times so quickly: it took 15 years of development and rewriting as well as the invention of new technologies to make Benjamin Button possible, and although Milk came together with remarkable speed and focus under its producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, the idea of making a biopic about Harvey Milk, who was killed in 1978, has been around for so long that at one point, Dustin Hoffman, now 71, was touted to play the role that eventually went to Sean Penn (who is 48).

P.S. I suspect that Dunst was in the throes of her multi-picture commitment to Sony for the Spider - Man movies when Lost in Translation went into production, so promitional duties or other scheduling conflicts may have prevented her from taking part (that is, if she was considered for Johansson's role at all).

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 high - profile Marvel movie, which will see Brie Larson (Room) take the lead role, will hit cinemas in March 2019, so quite a ways off yet.

In the first movie, it's as much about Dr. Alan Grant taking on a paternal role as it is about running and screaming from dinosaurs.

At the height of her fame, Maria is asked to take part in a revival of the movie that shot her to stardom; not in her original role as ingenue, however, but as the story's duped matron.

So far in 2017, Woody Harrelson has taken - on the villain role in «War for the Planet of the Apes», the lead in the quirky indie comedy «Wilson», and he made history by writing, directing and starring in the first - ever «live» movie, «Lost in London».

Jauja takes Alonso's contemplative portraits of men on the outskirts of civilization and adds professional actors (Viggo Mortensen in the Viggo Mortensen role, a multilingual yet taciturn historical military man), a period setting, a fully fictional story, and maybe even some magic to achieve his biggest minimalist movie yet.

Director reveals both films will «collide» in the new movie titled Glass, with Unbreakable's Samuel L Jackson taking a lead role alongside Bruce Willis and Split's James McAvoy

With the movie due to premiere at Sundance, Wain has also released a typically witty director's statement: «After having already made world - changing cinematic statements on adolescence (Wet Hot American Summer), religion (The Ten), service (Role Models), and community (Wanderlust), I teamed up with Michael Showalter to take on a topic that (to our knowledge) has yet been seen in the movies: ROMANCE — particularly heterosexual romance between two white people.

At 19, she met her future husband, the director Alberto Lattuada, 11 years her senior, who chose her for a role in a movie taken from the renowned novel «Gli indifferenti», by Alberto Moravia.

Actors aren't Navy SEALs, I know, but Johansson was, in fact, brave to take on this role: brave in that it's a sharp left turn from what audiences expect or even like; brave in that she embraced an artistically bold method of building a movie when most other movie stars would have said no thanks to the idea of chatting up random Scotsmen in a van.

2010: JGL officially became a movie star after taking on the dapper role of Leonardo DiCaprio's best - dressed partner in Christopher Nolan's sci - fi action blockbuster «Inception.»

Now that he's been officially confirmed for Captain America: Civil War, we can all look forward to our first glimpse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Spider - Man, and Tom Holland has been speaking to Collider about his excitement for taking on the role of the wall - crawler, and what he'd like to see explored in the 2017 solo movie and beyond.

The Mystic River star takes on a more action - packed role in new movie The Gunman, which is directed by Pierre Morel - the man who relaunched Neeson...

He takes over the role of Tommy Doyle who was played Brian Andrews in the original movie.

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.