Sentences with phrase «with roles in films»

He began performing stand - up in Los Angeles comedy clubs in the 1980s and continued to perform through the rest of the decade and throughout the 1990s when he would also branch off into some acting work (with roles in films like Ski Patrol and Fatal Instinct).

Crews proved his motion big name bonafides years in the past with roles in films like Get Smart, Gamer, and The Expendables trilogy, and has spent 5 seasons additional refining his option to mixing motion and comedy at the TV collection Brooklyn Nine - Nine.

Yes, his career was on the mend, with roles in films by the likes of George Clooney, David Fincher, and Richard Linklater.

His daughter, Amanda Plummer (b 23 March 1957), has also had a successful acting career with roles in films such as The Fisher King (1991) and Pulp Fiction (1994), and in The Lark (2005) at Canada's Stratford Festival.

Even Kevin Corrigan — who's been having a great year with roles in films like Results and Wild Canaries — shows up at one point, in what amounts to a glorified cameo.

Chris Parnell is here as a fellow emasculated grad - student - partner, padding out the number of NBC sitcom actors with roles in the film, which was produced by Universal, which owns NBC, yada yada.

Since the inception of a career that took off in earnest in 1996 with her role in the film África (Alfonso Ungría) she has starred in a number of...

Not exact matches

This may be the first time that DiCaprio was genuinely free to be the most energetic and commanding character in a film, not left to share his spotlight with a veteran actor in a flashier role.

As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.

It's called «Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon» and it refers to the fact that pretty much any actor or actress is most likely just a few roles away (or less) from having worked with Bacon, who has starred in more than 80 films and TV shows.

And only 32 % of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles (compared to 79 % with 10 or more such male roles).

Seth Rogen, one of the film's writers and stars, shared how he convinced Tatum to play the role in an interview with Andy Cohen.

32:05 - 33:38: Jason exposes his dissatisfaction with Daniel Craig for turning down the role to play James Bond in the next film.

The story of these marches is told in the film, which is directed by Ava DuVernay with production credits for Oprah Winfrey, who has a supporting acting role, and for Brad Pitt.

Any doubts of whether the 34 - year - old was ready to handle directing solo — a role that often comes much later in the film industry — have been silenced by early buzz around the film mixed with Lady Bird's current score of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

She was memorable in early roles on Funny People and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, two films stuffed with memorable actors, but Parks and Rec — no slouch in the memorable cast department itself — is where she made a name for herself as an unparalleled master of deadpan delivery.

Omitting these female roles would leave us with nothing but males fighting males in an all - male film.

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

Butterfly is probably best known as the maid «Prissy» in the epic film «Gone with the Wind,» but has played many other roles as well.

American actor Jim Caviezel has revealed a conversation he had with film director Mel Gibson, in which he was told he may never act again if he played the role of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ.

In the meantime, Ms Marsh, who played a starring role in Mr Smith's controversial Australia Day television advertisement which was filmed at the Cowra cannery, can now only join her former co-workers in looking to the first creditors meeting at the bowling club next Tuesday to provide them with some explanation as to why the company of one of the town's largest employers shut up shop without warninIn the meantime, Ms Marsh, who played a starring role in Mr Smith's controversial Australia Day television advertisement which was filmed at the Cowra cannery, can now only join her former co-workers in looking to the first creditors meeting at the bowling club next Tuesday to provide them with some explanation as to why the company of one of the town's largest employers shut up shop without warninin Mr Smith's controversial Australia Day television advertisement which was filmed at the Cowra cannery, can now only join her former co-workers in looking to the first creditors meeting at the bowling club next Tuesday to provide them with some explanation as to why the company of one of the town's largest employers shut up shop without warninin looking to the first creditors meeting at the bowling club next Tuesday to provide them with some explanation as to why the company of one of the town's largest employers shut up shop without warning.

The report states that Ancelotti was put forward for the role due to his friendship with actress Zoe Saldana, who is also in the film as Nyota Uhura.

With just under two months to go until this year's Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon, London 2012 champions Mo Farah and David Weir are among the athletes to feature in a short film highlighting the event's role in inspiring young athletes.

He eventually won two Ligue 1 titles with Lyon, but his most lasting legacy will be the film «Substitute», documenting his peripheral role in France's 2006 World Cup campaign.

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.

At this new exhibition, you are invited to step into Cameron's role as director and film scenes in 3 - D with a camera just like the ones used in the making of the movie.

Three weeks before filming, Woodley and her costar Theo James arrived in Chicago for an intense boot camp with Perry, a 5th - degree black belt and Army vet who helped beef up Hugh Jackman for his role in Wolverine.

Meanwhile, Emily's professional life continues to soar with a role in the upcoming film We Are Your Friends, which focuses on an up - and - coming DJ's early start in the music world.

With high - profile film roles on the horizon and appearances in the Band of Outsiders spring look book, the new face of Bulgari fragrance is making a big comeback.

But Trump steals the show in a supporting role: 59 % of 18 - 19 year olds would rather see a film with him.

I don't suppose Adam Lambert was ever considered for the role of Freddie Mercury in the troubled biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (on which filming was It's hard for me to be happy with things, says Adam Lambert.

Choi Min - sik (b. 1963) first made a name for himself in theater before breaking into the film world with roles in Park Chong - won's early films Kuro Arirang Shin Min - a (born Yang Min - a on April 5, 1984) is a South Korean model and actress.

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

And can someone explain to me whenever these «musicians» are cast in films the end credits always seem to role with a lame rap song?

From her memorable role in the made - for - television Alice in Wonderland (1999) to feature roles in Waterworld (1995) and Andre (1994), Tina Majorino has made a lasting impression in television and film with her youthful glow.

Despite an interesting premise and excellent cast, the film flopped, but Arquette continued to work steadily the following year, with lead roles in the black comedy Goodbye Lover; Stigmata, in which she starred opposite Gabriel Byrne as the unwitting target of a supernatural phenomenon; and Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, a film starring Arquette's then - husband Cage as a burnt - out paramedic.Following the weightiness of the creepy Stigmata and the disturbing Bringing Out the Dead, Arquette took things in a decidedly lighter direction with her next two projects.

Taking on minor film roles beginning with 1979's Hairspray, the burgeoning young actor would subsequently appear in such films as Milos Foreman's Ragtime (1981) and Woody Allen's Zelig (1983), though early struggles with alcohol and substance abuse threatened to sideline his screen career in the mid -»80s.

She also posed for a well - publicized layout in Playboy which, coinciding with the film's release, certainly didn't hurt her growing popularity.While Basinger's career took off after Never Say Never Again, and she appeared in several major hits (including The Natural, 9 1/2 Weeks, and Batman, the latter of which led to a brief romance with pop star Prince), quality roles tended to elude her.

Rodgers and Hammerstein returned to Hollywood in 1955 with their own production company, overseeing the movie adaptations of Oklahoma (1955) and South Pacific (1958); three years earlier, R and H played cameo roles in the New York - filmed Main Street to Broadway, for which they contributed one forgettable number.

Her more popular films include Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) with MikeNichole Hiltz is an American film and television actress probably most known for her role as Brandi Shannon on USA Network's drama In Plain Sighin Goldmember (2002) with MikeNichole Hiltz is an American film and television actress probably most known for her role as Brandi Shannon on USA Network's drama In Plain SighIn Plain Sight.

A humorous bit - part as a conservative 12 - year - old facing the wrath of a group of lethal liberals in 1995's The Last Supper dropped a dollop of humor in the mix before Moss returned to more dramatic roles in Separate Lives (1995) and A Thousand Acres (1997), and the talented young actress continued her winning streak with roles in such diverse films as The Joy Riders and Mumford (both 1999).

The film follows its naive heroine, Tracy (Amanda Bauer), who drives across the country from Wisconsin to live with her boyfriend Mark (Jack DePew), who has booked a lead role in a major film.

Freeman (director Jackson's first choice for the title role) is inspired casting as Bilbo Baggins, and makes for a more likeable protagonist than Wood's rather other - worldly Frodo (who, along with Holm as the older Bilbo, makes an appearance in the film's opening framing story).

As with Eli Roth's Hostel films, the context should be clear to anyone aware of the role America plays in the developing world and the festering anti-American hostilities out there... or to anyone interested in the politics of horror and / or familiar with the genre conventions in this regard.

Daniela Sea broke into film with a supporting role in John Cameron Mitchell's SHORTBUS, as well as appearing in several music videos that include Bright Eyes» «First Day of My Life» and Scissor Sisters» «Filthy Gorgeous.»

The film wastes such formidable laugh - getters as Patton Oswalt (virtually his entire role is in the trailer) and Rob Corddry, while ladling on the schmaltz in a climactic sequence with Martin Sheen as Dodge's long - estranged father.

In his first film role, «Haircut,» Peter can be seen rocking a full - on mullet and mesmerizing the ladies with his air guitar skills.

If subsequent roles in the films Layer Cake and Alfie weren't enough to get people talking about Miller, her sometime relationship with the latter film's star, Jude Law, certainly helped keep gossip columnists in business.

Langella made his film debut in 1970 with a supporting role in Diary of a Mad Housewife, and later that same year, scored a larger part in The Twelve Chairs, written and directed by Mel Brooks.

He went on to play wisecracking leading roles in such «B «s as Night of Terror (1933), The Nut Farm (1935) and The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1935); the critics paid no heed to these minor efforts, though they always showered Ford with praise for his supporting roles in films like John Ford's The Informer (1935) and Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943).