| 单词 | character actor |
| 例句 | While the Austrian-born Berliner may moonlight as a European character actor, he spends most of his time writing. Robert Seethaler Talks About His New Book, Writing and Acting 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Davidson is less a character actor than a raconteur; most of his work on “Saturday Night Live” last season was drawn from his life, or was written for a character very similar to him. Pete Davidson Nuzzles Up to the Prickly Joke 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In the 1940 Hollywood film the role was taken by British character actor Melville Cooper, then aged 44. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Studios hire makeup-effects geniuses to transform character actors, stunt men or masses of pixels into supernatural killing machines. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema – from Oscar-winning strategies to 007’s debt to Hitchcock 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The only question might be whether the Inception star, who’s really a character actor with the looks of a leading man, wants to risk typecasting himself as Bond. Tom Hardy, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba … who should be the next James Bond? 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Michael Parks, a prolific character actor who found early fame in 1960s countercultural roles and later became a favorite of directors including Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith, died May 9 in Los Angeles. Michael Parks, character actor for Tarantino, dies at 77 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The story takes a lighter turn when the great character actor M. Emmet Walsh appears, playing a private eye who brings to mind his own character from “Blood Simple.” ‘Mr. Pickles’ and a New Tim & Eric Show, on Adult Swim 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk is a prime example of a character actor who jumped to a lead role. In the peak TV era, it might be time to banish the ‘character actor’ label 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Such is the lot of the character actor. Top 23 character actors in film 2013-04-12T15:00:00Z A: Last year, I noticed that when he saw these wonderful character actors that he had around him ... he wasn't comfortable having to be the leading man. A Minute With: Jon Voight on his second act, on smaller screen 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z He later appeared mainly as a character actor in shows including Kung Fu, Little House on the Prairie, Airwolf, Magnum PI and Dragnet, as well as the 1982 TV movie The Renegades opposite Patrick Swayze. Die Hard actor Shigeta dies aged 81 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z He was one of Mel Brooks' go-to character actors and starred in such Brooks classics as "Young Frankenstein," "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles." Gene Wilder, Star of 'Willy Wonka,' Is Dead at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z For the past 10 years or so, James Gandolfini established himself as an utterly distinctive presence in the movies – as a character actor in a supporting role. James Gandolfini's film career: much more than just another wiseguy 2013-06-20T17:00:00Z Mr. Wallach became one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood, with more than 150 credits in films and on television. Eli Wallach dies: Character actor known for ‘The Magnificent Seven’ was 98 The Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including “Deliverance,” “Network” and “Superman,” was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest parts. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Danny Aiello, the veteran character actor best known for roles in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Do the Right Thing and Moonstruck, has died aged 86. Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing star, dies aged 86 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z After saying he’s a character actor, Mr. Gaffigan paused, adding that is “secret code for ugly.” A 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Stand-Up Club ... 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In your opening monologue for “Saturday Night Live,” you made light of your work as a longstanding character actor. Sam Rockwell on His Secret Past as a Really Bad Break Dancer 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Thanks to the gritty aesthetic of the 1970s, would-be character actors such as Al Pacino and Gene Hackman became marquee names. Why did Brian Tarantina get so many shout-outs at the SAG Awards? He was a truly great character actor. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z "He'll be held up as an icon for character actors everywhere." Coogan inherits Hoffman TV role 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show 2010-03-18T23:15:00Z In Hollywood, the rotund character actor found steady work appearing in the occasional movie and as a regular on weekly TV shows starring Debbie Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sandy Duncan and others. 'Happy Days' dad Tom Bosley dead at 83 2010-10-19T19:15:00Z Not bad for a little-known character actor who'd been grinding at the Hollywood mill for the best part of 15 years. At last action hero 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z These were peerless character actors who would have scoffed at the idea of having no peers. The theater world's loss of Myra Carter, Brian Bedford and Alan Rickman resounds 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Morgan's gruff demeanor made him an in-demand character actor for nearly five decades. 'M*A*S*H' star Harry Morgan dies at 96 2011-12-07T17:54:00Z I’m starting to think that The Big Lebowski was a stroke of great bad fortune for Bridges; he kind of stopped being an actor and embraced the cartoon excesses of a character actor. R.I.P.D.: Too Awful to Review? 2013-07-19T10:56:32Z Attenborough started out the quintessential character actor: he was the baby-faced, sinister Pinkie in Brighton Rock in 1947, before that, a scared young naval rating in In Which We Serve in 1942. Richard Attenborough's death: a sad day for the British film industry 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The Australian character actor Ben Mendelsohn was at a slopeside hotel last weekend, lugging a large piece of orange luggage out the front door. Sundance 2015: The nervous charms of Ben Mendelsohn 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The reason it seems like so many is because I’m a character actor. Mark Strong: ‘I’ve seen people I know become very famous. It’s nothing I would recommend’ 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Since moving behind the camera, Sheridan has tried to make sure the character actors who followed him would get to play more complex tough guys and lawmen than he ever did. With ‘1883,’ Taylor Sheridan Expands His Western Empire 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z In New York City itself, buttered rolls are a perennial: Like a working character actor, they are everywhere you look without realizing it. Ode to the Buttered Roll, That New York Lifeline 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Michael Massee, a character actor who played villains on television and film and who fired the gun on the set of “The Crow” that accidentally killed Brandon Lee in 1993, died on Oct. Michael Massee, a Screen Villain Who Accidentally Killed Brandon Lee, Dies at 63 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z My sense of myself is that I’m a character actor, and character actors are ready, willing and able to do anything, to be totally different from themselves. John Lithgow?s Memoir ?Drama: An Actor?s Education? 2011-09-25T22:59:17Z “I’ll take that,” said Grant, though he would later muse to me that he was far too much of a character actor to play the part of a golden retriever. Who’s Better Suited for Award Season Than Richard E. Grant? 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z In the course of six episodes, heroes become villains, principals are killed off then resurrected, as all the while Mayhew stares goggle-eyed at a succession of British character actors having an absolute ball. Neverwhere: box set review 2013-05-02T15:22:25Z Pat Harrington Jr., an Emmy-winning character actor best known as Schneider, the building superintendent and would-be Lothario on the popular sitcom “One Day at a Time,” died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Pat Harrington, the Super on ‘One Day at a Time,’ Dies at 86 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z So the character actor, who also performs stand-up comedy on the side, is perhaps uniquely qualified to write a lighthearted book about death. “Death is how I make my living”: David Ury has died onscreen in almost every role he’s played 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z A versatile character actor whose television roles included a yuppie producer on “Newhart” and a closeted dad on “Girls” and who was on Broadway with longtime friend Tom Hanks in “Lucky Guy.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Beasley became an in-demand character actor in the 1990s and went on to appear in nearly 70 movies and television shows, often playing steady, dignified men of integrity. John Beasley, Late-Blooming Actor Known for Playing Sages, Dies at 79 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z It all began when Mr. Dixon, now a white-haired man with physical complaints, was a fresh-faced newbie cast in a production of “The Student Prince” alongside Rose, already a noted British character actor. Review: George Rose, From His Stage Life to His Unhappy End 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z And character actors are becoming stars in their own right. Why did Brian Tarantina get so many shout-outs at the SAG Awards? He was a truly great character actor. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z I was doing an interview the other day and they asked if this was the way my career is going to be going, playing more character actor roles. Q&A: Clooney on ‘Midnight Sky’ and his twilight as an actor 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z By Western stereotypes, she would be a character actor rather than a leading lady. Review: In ‘The Art of Abhinaya,’ Bragha Bessell Dances With Masterly Range 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “I once thought I was being placed in a lesser-than category by being called a character actor, which of course is absurd.” In the peak TV era, it might be time to banish the ‘character actor’ label 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z One of TV's great comedy character actors from one of the most wonderful sitcoms. Ain't Half Hot Mum's Hewlett dies 2011-06-05T13:30:45Z Photograph: ITV/Rex Features The character actor Bernard Horsfall, who has died aged 82, appeared in television, films and on the stage for more than half a century. Bernard Horsfall obituary 2013-01-30T18:14:17Z THE golden age of Hollywood may have passed, but these are boom times for great character actors. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z The baritone Timothy Nolen, a veteran character actor, knew just what to do to make Testy ever more despicable. Colonial Roots at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C. 2010-05-30T22:11:00Z He’s as versatile as any character actor and as durable as any great movie star. 50 shades of Shutterstock 2012-05-29T01:00:00Z The part came at a point when he might have been headed for a career as a character actor. Ray Liotta in ‘Goodfellas’: How the Right Actor Turned the Right Part Into a Classic 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z If the best character actors disappear into a role — submerging what is most recognizable about themselves beneath wigs, makeup, accents or other, less tangible attributes of personality — then Alan Rickman was terrible at his job. Alan Rickman never disappeared into a role. But that’s what made him great. 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The success of “The Sopranos” helped make HBO a dominant player in the competitive field of scripted television programming and transformed Mr. Gandolfini from a character actor into a star. James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; Tough-Talking Mob Boss in ‘Sopranos’ 2013-06-20T01:46:53Z But what he does best atop them isn’t anything specifically technical — he’s more character actor than rapper. Drake and DaBaby Join Lil Yachty’s Shtick, and 8 More New Songs 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z In season 2, the title character is revealed at last as a slightly crazed man named Hawthorne Abendsen, played by character actor Stephen Root. “The Man in the High Castle” season 2: an alternate “then” only slightly removed from our “now” 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Often performing in secondary roles to them conditioned Gosling, he says, to consider himself an ensemble player and character actor. Gosling at ease in every role except movie star 2013-03-20T16:53:12Z Yes, a character actor, so we were good with money, then not so good. Juliette Lewis' career reboot in full swing 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z It was a mien that foreordained a life as a character actor — in particular a life of portraying satisfyingly cantankerous older men. Tom Aldredge, Character Actor, Dies at 83 2011-07-26T04:54:34Z I really, I mean, essentially I'm a character actor and I'm looking for characters and they may be the lead. Eric Bana on making Aussie thriller "The Dry" in his hometown and escaping "the comedy straitjacket" 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Reality dating shows often draw from the aesthetics of beauty contests and sports, but this one is produced like prestige television, filming dates as if they were scenes between character actors. Netflix Finally Brings Romance to Reality TV 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Baldwin is a hot-tempered, maudlin, navel-gazing bozo, and one of the great character actors and improvisational comics alive. "The Hangover 2's" Mel Gibson hypocrisy 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z Primarily a character actor, Mr. Rickman won plaudits as the honorable Col. Alan Rickman, actor who brought dynamic menace to ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Harry Potter,’ dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “I’m thrilled that I turned into a character actor quite early on. I hated being a poncey leading man,” he told Vanity Fair in 2015. Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z His ideals: the great character actors Strother Martin and Warren Oates. Aw, geez, 'Fargo' is on TV with Billy Bob Thornton 2014-04-14T19:11:40Z As Taylor follows the rises and falls of Lucas and the “Star Wars” franchise over the ensuing decades, he spends alternating chapters profiling the fans and minor character actors who found their lives changed. Review: ‘How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,’ by Chris Taylor Not even the subdivision is safe when a F.B.I. counterintelligence agent, played by the veteran character actor Noah Emmerich, moves in across the street. ‘The Americans’ With Keri Russell as a K.G.B. Agent 2013-01-24T17:00:00Z I'm a character actor, always have been, and movies just don't pay supporting actors anything. TV: It's a living for Plimpton 2011-03-18T17:20:00Z Where more than a comedy do you need subtle character actors? ArtsBeat: The Animated Life of Seth MacFarlane, From 'Family Guy' to 'Ted' 2012-06-19T14:00:19Z But every character actor contends with a long string of ramen days. Game show “Paid Off” targets the student loan crisis: A subversive warning about a looming em... 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z So-called character actors usually have supporting roles, which means that you have less colours on the palette to paint a three-dimensional character. At last action hero 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z Comfort food for the young at heart, Richard Loncraine’s “Finding Your Feet” is as cozy as old slippers and as familiar as the British character actors who populate its London locations. Review: Two-Stepping to Happiness in ‘Finding Your Feet’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Pullman is not Harrison Ford, obviously, but he is a gifted character actor persuasive as a guilt-ridden husband who maintains that he is innocent of murder. The TV Watch: ?Scott Turow?s Innocent? on TNT 2011-11-28T18:47:35Z Harbour, a Tony-nominated character actor who had appeared in the James Bond franchise, brought soulful fatigue to the role of the alcoholic town police chief, Jim Hopper. Stories from the Set of Stranger Things, the TV Escape We Need Right Now 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z This year, Janney won two Emmys, one for a comedy, one for a drama, making her this year's patron saint of character actors. Character actors take center stage on TV in 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z "I'm more of a character actor in a way," says Theroux, 42, over a late lunch not far from the downtown apartment he keeps in the city. Justin Theroux is the main course in 'The Leftovers' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z That was the lightning-bolt excitement a great actor could apply to a supporting role, or what is sometimes attributed wrongly to the work of a “character actor.” Perspective | From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z When longtime character actor Stephen Tobolowsky first read the script to “Groundhog Day,” he thought it was just another comedy; nothing special. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky recalls how ‘Groundhog Day’ went from good to great 2013-02-01T18:18:05Z JHD – as his friends knew him – would confess in later years that he thought himself insufficiently gifted to be a character actor, and insufficiently good-looking to be a star. John Howard Davies obituary 2011-08-24T17:45:22Z McDormand and Harrelson are wonderful character actors, who, in my humble opinion, are much better than some of the big stars out there. Review: On Violence and the Pain of Others in ‘Three Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z A veteran character actor, Landesberg appeared in dozens of TV shows, including "Everybody Hates Chris," "Just Jordan" and "The Rockford Files." Veteran character actor Steve Landesberg dies 2010-12-21T02:30:11Z "I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics," Renner says. At last action hero 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z “Howard became kind of a character actor,” said Cronenberg, who suggested that the emotion Shore is especially gifted at evoking is “the strange and terrible sensuality of loss.” Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z In Thomas’ biography, based on news stories, show archives and interviews with Hartman’s closest family members, friends, co-workers, Thomas illuminates the private life of one of the greatest character actors of his generation. Phil Hartman biographer on the toxic marriage that killed the comedy legend 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z It is the face of a character actor. Kenneth Branagh: The star who forgot how to shine 2011-03-31T20:31:01Z It is a finely honed, understated performance certain to enhance Gleeson's global appeal beyond that of a gifted character actor. 'Calvary' could mark a signature role in Brendan Gleeson's career 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Here, a character actor can receive top billing, and the brightest stars often seem to be the ones with the least muscle tone and the biggest eccentricities. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z A performer of great unforced naturalism, she has always come across more like a character actor than a star, even when she has the lead. Review: On Violence and the Pain of Others in ‘Three Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z In another direction entirely, I remember hearing Donald Sutherland explain, more than 20 years ago, how he set a new gold standard for character actors in the 1989 movie “Lock Up.” Will Robert De Niro ever make another good movie? 2012-07-11T14:58:00Z Brian Dennehy, the prolific character actor who could easily jump between comedy and drama on stage and screen, died Wednesday from natural causes in Connecticut. Brian Dennehy, versatile performer in "Tommy Boy," "Death of a Salesman," dead at 81 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z I always wanted to be a character actor rather than the poster boy that they tried to make me 100 years ago. Johnny Depp: 'I killed my dogs and ate them' 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Best of all were the two sterling character actors who played the deputy chief’s present and past love interests. A Series Romance Comes Full Circle 2012-08-10T17:09:14Z Oscar voters adore a transformative performance, though balding, overweight and mottled character actors may resent Leto’s pretty-boy incursion into their ranks. The 2022 Oscar Race Has Begun. Here’s Who Is Already Ahead. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Jack Riley, a character actor who portrayed the grumpy, self-absorbed Mr. Carlin on “The Bob Newhart Show” and also voiced a character on Nickelodeon’s animated “Rugrats,” died Aug. 19 in Los Angeles. Jack Riley, character actor in TV and film comedies, dies at 80 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z It's no wonder, said his grandsons, that fast-talking, colorful Professor Harold Hill in "The Music Man" was the veteran character actor's favorite role. Bing Russell's grandsons explore his 'Battered Bastards of Baseball' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z That was a stillborn exercise compared with Gone Girl, which brings Nick and Amy to attractive, plausible life, and surrounds them with exemplary character actors. Gone Girl Plays a Fatal Game of Love and Marriage 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Playing a coked-to-the-gills restaurant manager named Pale, Mr. Malkovich seemed to morph overnight from quirky character actor into a leading man of dangerous sex appeal. Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z There are countless other great, lesser-known character actors who deserve the term for playing different characters, rather than being a character who appears in lots of different films. Who are the most chameleonic actors? 2010-12-08T12:12:00Z Carpenter manically orchestrates Plissken’s mission as a darkly funny free-for-all, loaded with slam-bang set pieces and memorable supporting turns by a rogues’ gallery of character actors. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “My journey has been that of a character actor,” he wrote in his autobiography. Harry Carey Jr., Boyish Sidekick to John Wayne, Dies at 91 2013-01-02T00:53:22Z But really, Hanks is a character actor who cannily turned himself into a superstar. Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Besides Lollobrigida, who was praised by Bogart as a woman who “makes Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple,” the cast included Italian character actors. ‘Beat the Devil,’ the Bogart Flop That Spawned a Cult 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Another Year is released in the UK on 5 November Looks familiar: 10 great British character actors 3 Aug 2010: Recognise the faces but can't place the names? Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin: three actors, one man 2010-11-21T06:00:00Z A durable star since the 1970s, Mr. Hoffman is essentially a character actor writ large, commanding attention by disappearing into his roles while also playing someone we recognize as a “Dustin Hoffman” type. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z Vincent D'Onofrio has played his share of bad guys in such films as "Men in Black," but the versatile character actor gets to be "Magnificent" in his next film project. Vincent D'Onofrio is saddling up for 'The Magnificent Seven' 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Goodman, arguably our most consistent character actor of the last several decades, has no such problem. The Conners: how does Roseanne survive without Roseanne Barr? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Mine begins with IMDb, where I like to click on the names of character actors and peruse their upcoming projects. Fran Drescher in “The Nanny” Is the Fashion Look This Fall 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z His name is Paul Dooley, and for decades he's been one of Hollywood's most reliable character actors. After playing on-screen dad to Molly, Helen and Julia, Paul Dooley gets to play himself 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z It's not for nothing that he's known as Britain's Robert De Niro – and with his 2011 directorial debut Tyrannosaur, he ably demonstrated he's more than just a talented character actor. Paddy Considine: five best moments 2013-07-19T11:41:37Z Are you prepared to countenance the idea of an epic fantasy take on the heroic Jack of many a folktale – especially one that features a slew of this country's best-loved character actors? Jack the Giant Slayer: big news or the height of nonsense? 2012-11-23T15:16:42Z After decades of stardom and interviews, Mr. Schell evolved into an international character actor — distinguished, gray-bearded and perhaps a bit world-weary. Maximilian Schell, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 83 2014-02-02T00:41:34Z Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, died on Friday. Jackie Brown star Robert Forster dies aged 78 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The film is a follow-up to a 2012 documentary about male character actors. Almost Famous Feels Like This 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z On that wide and colourful stage, beside leading men such as T-Bone Walker and Lowell Fulson, he played the role of an agreeable character actor, purveying jaunty boogie songs and contemplative blues anecdotes. Jimmy McCracklin 2012-12-28T17:39:19Z Brian was one of countless character actors for whom “The Sopranos” was a godsend. Why did Brian Tarantina get so many shout-outs at the SAG Awards? He was a truly great character actor. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z King’s casting choices are often inspired, and, like the Harry Potter films, with which “Paddington” shares a producer, David Heyman, the movie is studded with appearances by celebrated British character actors and comic performers. “Paddington” Perfectly Captures a Particular English Sensibility 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z For Reilly, a familiar character actor who rarely gets big lead roles, playing opposite Phoenix was daunting. Brothers called Sisters show no mercy in star-studded Western 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z One way to describe a guy like Brian is that he was a character actor — once a staple of classic cinema, now somewhat endangered. Why did Brian Tarantina get so many shout-outs at the SAG Awards? He was a truly great character actor. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z As a Pinkerton agent trying to help bring a train robber to justice, he calls back to the lived-in grit and gravitas of the old western character actors. Peter Fonda: 7 Great Movies to Stream 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z CL You'll have seen him in Animal Kingdom, The Dark Knight Rises Just last week in the Guardian, Australia's Ben Mendelsohn told us that being labelled a character actor was a great compliment. Top 23 character actors in film 2013-04-12T15:00:00Z Borgnine was considered one of Hollywood's leading character actors His TV series McHale's Navy was also a major success in the United States. Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine dies 2012-07-09T08:38:42Z Holden spent part of the time watching his director, Sam Peckinpah, badger two character actors into giving him more for a minor scene. Review | How ‘Wild Bunch’ director Sam Peckinpah made one of cinema’s great Westerns 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Its rhythms belong to television, but Mr. Gilman, a veteran character actor, knows just how to ride them for laughs. Review: Andrea McArdle and Kip Gilman Puzzle Out Love in ‘2 Across’ 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Countless movies and television series have been lifted, for a scene or two, by the indispensable character actors Shea Whigham and Michael Shannon. ‘Raw,’ ‘Monogamy’ and Other Streaming Gems 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z "That's been the spice of my career - that I didn't play the same role all the time. I'm a character actor. Even as a little girl I was always pretending to be somebody else." Angela Lansbury follows in mother's footsteps 2014-01-23T10:49:10Z Rickman found the sweet spot right between leading man and character actor, and it suited him. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Caan spent the ’90s easing into his new position as a respected character actor, with copious supporting roles both in film and on television. 9 James Caan Movies to Stream 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Q. After Stephen Tobolowsky’s great tribute in The Times to Maury Chaykin and other recently deceased character actors, I got to wondering: why isn’t “character actress” a part of our vernacular? Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann?s Movies 2011-04-22T13:31:51Z I had a great TV agent, but on the film side of things, for such a long time I was on a chubby character actor list. Scene Stealer Melanie Lynskey on Her First Leading Role and the Problem with Praise 2012-09-07T12:00:48Z Bill McKinney, a character actor whose most recognizable performance was as a menacing hillbilly in the 1972 film “Deliverance,” died on Thursday at a hospital near his home in Van Nuys, Calif. He was 80. Bill McKinney, Actor in ?Deliverance,? Dies at 80 2011-12-06T05:09:39Z It is an arresting turn from one of the great character actors. Willem Dafoe and director Paul Schrader are at it again. This time it’s murder and mayhem all ’round 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z McCann later moved to Los Angeles and worked as a character actor on shows including; “Little House on the Prairie”, “Bonanza”, and “Columbo.” Comic children's actor, voice for Cocoa Puff's cuckoo, dies 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z If he is indeed a character actor, he sure likes to stick to the same character — unselfconsciously virile, easy to imagine chewing on a toothpick. Should Brad Pitt really win an Oscar for acting? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z That registers as colorful projection, even if it speaks to how certain character actors, given the right roles and directors, develop a mythic aura of their own. Harry Dean Stanton: Fully Inhabiting Scenes, Not Stealing Them 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Capaldi is a consummate character actor, a quieter, more subtle performer. Peter Capaldi Makes His Debut as Doctor Who 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z At a certain point, Mr. Coppola wrote, it’s “hard to say the difference between leading men and great character actors.” Film: Robert Duvall, in ?Get Low,? Still a Hollywood Darling 2010-07-23T22:27:00Z It’s a chilling and unforgettable turn, and indicates the kind of third act he could’ve had as a character actor had he chosen that path. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z And in David Chase's casting in The Sopranos it's possible to see the influence of Lynch, who used almost forgotten character actors like Richard Beymer. Twin Peaks: 20 years on 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z A flock of first-rate character actors parades by in the heavy woolen plumage of the past. Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z I see it as the difference between a chorus member and a Broadway star, or a character actor and a lead. "So You Think You Can Dance": Looking for the oomph 2010-06-17T12:23:00Z Is there such a thing as a character actor anymore? Why did Brian Tarantina get so many shout-outs at the SAG Awards? He was a truly great character actor. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z I set out to be a character actor. You Won’t Have Andy Richter to Sidekick Around Anymore 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z By then, no matter what they were called, character actors and actresses like Andy Devine and Margaret Hamilton, with their distinctive voices, unforgettable faces and genius for stealing the show, were part of the system. Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann?s Movies 2011-04-22T13:31:51Z Among the wedding guests are character actors who make appearances in other Demme films, so there’s a family within a family on the screen. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z All sleek and tightly constructed, all packed to the hilt with quality character actors, all the type of films you’d happily watch for half an hour before realizing you’d already rented them before. The surprisingly durable second act of Liam Neeson 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The Australian character actor is not playing Grand Moff Tarkin from the original trilogy, but he might as well be, except for one vital difference. Rogue One: six things we learned about the Star Wars spinoff from EW's special 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z How else are the fiftysomething character actors of the world going to stay employed? Women's TV prison dramas: 10 vital ingredients 2013-07-10T12:04:00Z Mr. Blossom amassed a long string of theater credits before hitting his stride as a character actor in the movies in the 1970s. Roberts Blossom, Quirky Character Actor, Dies at 87 2011-07-12T22:27:05Z We have everything a disaster movie needs: tunnels for survivors, a skyline to smolder, plenty of character actors. Trash our city, please! 2011-04-06T23:41:00Z PALMDALE, Calif. — Hollywood character actor Paul Picerni, perhaps best-known as Robert Stack's FBI agent sidekick on television's "The Untouchables," has died. Actor Paul Picerni of TV's 'Untouchables' dies 2011-01-24T16:37:08Z You are a character actor in a leading man’s body. With his role as the baddie in “The Daughter,” Paul Schneider completes a hat trick of films: “In my teen years I was surrounded by older, crazy rednecks that I was desperate to impress” 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He eventually overcame those problems and transformed from leading man to character actor, taking roles on TV. Oscar-nominated Tony Curtis dies, age 85 2010-10-01T00:37:00Z The process of cajoling and coercing members of Congress to vote for passage of the amendment provides several estimable character actors with wonderfully showy roles. Review: Day-Lewis is tremendous in safe `Lincoln' 2012-11-07T00:19:14Z In the end the greatest difference between big stars and character actors may have more to do with fame than craft. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z Awards ceremonies are traditionally dominated by the young, or young-ish, and grey hairs appear on character actors or those getting lifetime achievement awards. Baftas 2011: Peter Bradshaw on the winners and losers 2011-02-14T14:57:24Z Mr. Storch had a long career as a nightclub comic and as a character actor on the stage and the big and small screens. Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for ‘F Troop,’ Dies at 99 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Scott Wilson was one of the finest character actors of all time. Scott Wilson, actor in The Walking Dead, dies aged 76 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Negan was again invoked by an oleaginous minion who, played by the quality character actor Christopher Berry, seemed like he might turn into a fixture. ‘The Walking Dead’ Midseason Premiere: Zombie Antietam 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The longtime character actor Ed Lauter died Wednesday at age 74 from a rare cancer, his publicist told . Ed Lauter, Familiar Character Actor, Dies 2013-10-17T12:57:24Z Demonstrating his diversity as a character actor and comedian, Morgan also starred in "The Richard Boone Show," "Kentucky Jones" and "Dragnet." 'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96 2011-12-07T18:08:32Z He's one of the most recognisable, memorable American character actors of the late 20th century. Christopher Lloyd: a reticent Hollywood icon speaks 2010-04-01T20:30:00Z The character actor then took the proof even further, leaving his mark on a mirror to show he was still among the living. Watch Abe Vigoda Prove He Was Still Alive on a 1980's Letterman Episode 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Richardson has occasionally been spoken as if she’s accidentally ended up as a character actor or a supporting actor, rather than the A-list leading lady she might have been. Miranda Richardson: ‘The Weinstein offices reeked of after-hours sex’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a rare chance to see a popular character actor make a splash in a lead role. Giancarlo Esposito Plays Other People So He Can Know Himself 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The valuable character actor's latest role in "A Dark Foe" has Greene playing a serial killer named The Cradle, who scalps and skins women. Actor Graham Greene on how fear & golf relate: "It's a game where you get to play against yourself" 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The vast majority of actors that I have worked with like to think of themselves as character actors. J.K. Simmons on the Art of Being the Bad Guy 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Instead, Kiel chose to become one of the most identifiable character actors in cinema history, as well as a writer and producer. Richard Kiel, the towering actor who played 007's 'Jaws,' has died 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “You try out a couple of things, hopefully in private, so that your wife doesn’t glare at you,” said the veteran character actor, best known as Ben Linus on “Lost.” Getting the Joker’s Laugh Just Right 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z A leading man with the verve and range of the most expert character actor, he’s more than comfortable in the mode of a big-screen alchemist, creating brooding, economical titans of cinema from limited raw materials. Tom Hardy's casting as Venom is a masterstroke for Sony's superhero universe 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The movie, which would go on to become a critical and commercial failure, contains a who’s who of character actors, as well as once- and soon-to-be notable stars. Analysis | The delightfully bonkers film that turned the Rock into Dwayne Johnson 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z For the 2017 live-action indie “The Joker,” the British character actor Martin Challinor took several minutes of quiet time in a separate room to recover from the hyperventilating takes he had just put himself through. Getting the Joker’s Laugh Just Right 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z AS: It's like he was a character actor and a leading man combined. From "The Wire" to "John Wick," we trusted Lance Reddick as a voice of authority, empathy and comedy 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Such is the fate of the great character actors, who, role after role, are called on to add shading – a line reading, a swaggering gait, a jaw that leads, quivers, retreats – to lesser pictures. ArtsBeat: James Gandolfini on Film: Emotional Textures in a Deceptive Face 2013-06-20T22:25:58Z Lewis no doubt inherited some of her acting chops from late father Geoffrey Lewis, a well-known character actor. Juliette Lewis on acting: "I'm able to tap into very primal or dark ranges of emotion" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton has died at age 91. Character Actor Harry Dean Stanton Dies at 91 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Ron Moody, a British character actor who rose to prominence in the role of Fagin, Dickens’s guru of thievery, in “Oliver!” Ron Moody, Actor Best Known as Fagin in ‘Oliver!’, Dies at 91 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z One of the great gifts of classic Hollywood movies is the wealth of character actors playing secondary, tertiary, even fleeting but memorable roles. The Odd Factual Gaps in Michael Grandage’s “Genius” 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He has the presence of a leading man, and the eccentricities of a character actor. I watched Nicolas Cage movies for 14 hours straight, and I'm sold 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Period dramas like "Mad Men," "Boardwalk Empire," "Hatfields and McCoys," "The Americans," "Masters of Sex," "American Horror Story" and "Downton Abbey" leaned even more heavily on character actors, with their ability to transcend time. Character actors take center stage on TV in 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z He had also, up until been a sober and solid character actor, mostly on television, sometimes playing heavies, sometimes figures of bland authority. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z British character actor David Ryall, known most recently for his roles in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Mr. Turner, died on Thursday at 79, according to reports. 'Harry Potter' Actor David Ryall Dies at 79 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z George Coe, a veteran character actor with a comedic touch that he brought to the early days of “Saturday Night Live,” died July 18 at a Santa Monica, Calif., convalescent facility. George Coe, character actor and veteran of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ dies at 86 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Like most of us, the character actor seldom if ever gets the girl or saves the world. 2 actors we loved knowing, who seemed to know us 2012-12-25T14:15:12Z A character actor, by contrast, transforms a well-known type into an individual. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z It turned him from a journeyman character actor, mostly known for his stage appearances and made-for-TV movies, into an Internet heartthrob pursued by an enormous posse of female followers who call themselves Cumberbitches. Benedict Cumberbatch Acts Clever Again in ‘The Imitation Game’ 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Today, gifted character actors are just as likely to swing between leading and supporting roles. Why did Brian Tarantina get so many shout-outs at the SAG Awards? He was a truly great character actor. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z For the star to truly shine, the character actor must be standing somewhere nearby. Michael Sheen, Passengers and why Hollywood's hottest leads need a quirky Brit 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The 60-year-old character actor wins for the performance and the perseverance. Predictions for the 2015 Oscar winners for acting 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Lee was an unknown character actor when he booked the role of Frankenstein's monster in this 1957 movie from horror purveyor Hammer Films. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He doesn’t ask for it, and Mr. Isaac, a versatile character actor here ascending to the highest levels of his craft, refuses the easy road of charm. Movie Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen 2013-12-05T13:00:01Z After an Oscar nod for Moneyball transformed Jonah Hill, fat one from Superbad, into Jonah Hill, esteemed character actor, his career suffered an identity crisis. Oscars 2013: six memorable cameo performances 2013-02-22T07:00:00Z And it has the cast: Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman as the title characters, supported by a small army of distinguished character actors playing assorted historical figures. Television Review: ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’ Has Its Premiere on HBO 2012-05-27T22:40:54Z The influence of “Alien” was unmistakable, although Carpenter’s all-male cast lacked the diversity and distinctive personalities of Scott’s co-ed crew; these skilled character actors were little more than grist for the proverbial mill. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Viewers often turn to TV to see a reflection of themselves, and character actors are well-equipped to play the part. In the peak TV era, it might be time to banish the ‘character actor’ label 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Beginning Dec. 14 the dependable character actor Paul C. Vogt is scheduled to return from another performing assignment to retake the role, and his strong comic instincts no doubt will rev things up. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “A character actor even then,” she told People magazine. Rue McClanahan, 76, Actress and Golden Girl, Dies 2010-06-04T00:55:00Z Do you see this film as a shift in your career that may turn you from the reliable character actor to leading man? "I believe him": Jesse Garcia on playing the man who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos – or did he? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z By his forties, Attenborough was a respected character actor with an adventurous taste in roles. Remembering Richard Attenborough, the Man Behind Gandhi 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z He had previously been in the running to play Iron Man, which would surely have made him a marquee draw, and yet he evidently cherishes his status as a character actor. Sam Rockwell – last of the goofballs 2012-12-06T12:55:03Z He went on to have a prolific career as a character actor, with bit parts in dozens of television dramas and science fiction shows. Joe E. Tata, Peach Pit Owner in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ Dies at 85 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Still, in the years since, she has built a sturdy résumé as a recognizable character actor on TV and in films. Octavia Spencer Cracks a Few Hollywood Equations 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Stout direction and experienced character actors at the height of their powers provide thespian flesh that still effectively clothes the bones of a weakening skeleton. 'A dumbed down, shark-jumping mess': you review Game of Thrones 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Nunn became a popular character actor after “Do the Right Thing” and appeared in a variety of films, including “New Jack City,” “Sister Act” and the “Spider-Man” trilogy by the director Sam Raimi. Bill Nunn, Who Played Radio Raheem in ‘Do the Right Thing,’ Dies at 63 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z An excellent character actor, he made us believe he carried the weight of a dynasty on his shoulders. Misty Copeland packs Wolf Trap with the power of love 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Of this longtime character actor, people often say, “He’s always good.” Review: Whiplash Moves to the Beat of a Driven Drummer 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “I went in wanting to be a character actor and left primed to be a quirky leading lady.” Being ‘Fleabag,’ From Stage to TV and Back Again 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z A god is not what a character actor is. Philip Baker Hall is your favorite actor whose name you can’t quite place 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The veteran character actor, best known to U.S. audiences for his 12-year stint in Star Trek franchises, plays a down-on-his-luck Irishman who ends up living in his car. Irish actor explores homelessness in 'Parked' 2011-09-18T17:04:11Z Despite being one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood, Smith had to audition for “Resurrection.” Kurtwood Smith adds a little life to ‘Resurrection’ 2014-03-28T18:59:33Z But the home owner and middle-aged father of three is also a gifted storyteller, musician and character actor. From "Happy Endings" to "FUBAR," Adam Pally's goal is to "find the unexpected" chaos in each role 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z “Everyone had to be pretty; in movies, that was the deal. That was why they were boring. I thought: ‘There’s a hole in the market for proper character actors again.’” Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The African-American character actor Bernie Casey, who said he left the group because of the imbalance, told The Los Angeles Times that “people of color are always peripheral” in Hollywood. The Carpetbagger: Inside the Academy, Where White Men Are the Clear Majority 2012-02-20T22:34:37Z You seem to be positioned as a character actor. “Collisions” star Jesse Garcia: Deportation family stories have “always been relevant” 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z My standard joke is that character actors are just actors who are not particularly good-looking. J.K. Simmons on the Art of Being the Bad Guy 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z He has the enviable career of a Hollywood character actor, managing to fly relatively under the radar while booking steady, distinct projects helmed by the likes of Jarmusch, David Lynch, Martin McDonagh and Jordan Peele. Caleb Landry Jones is known for playing weird, kind of creepy characters. His new album is also weird and kind of creepy. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z I realized I wasn’t a juvenile lead, I was a character actor. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z Jack Thompson, later a character actor in many a US film, plays the coach while the superstar signing was in the chasing pack in Mad Max: Fury Road. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z A character actor wearing a mask, she felt quite inconspicuous. Police drama ‘Line of Duty’ is unlike your usual cop show 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z If any of the hordes of tourists visiting the museum over the Easter holiday knew they were standing a few feet away from one of Britain’s great character actors, they didn’t let on. In ‘The Duke,’ Jim Broadbent Puts an Eccentric at the Center 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the lot of the character actor – fascinating parts that end with a bang. Jared Harris: My wife can't believe how I keep getting bumped off! 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z This strain of the show inspires the sharpest writing, and, in the pilot, also encompasses the too-short appearance of the prolific character actor Stephen Root as Gene’s dad, inventor of a hybrid sports car. Review: ‘Idiotsitter,’ on Comedy Central, Skewers the Rich 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Spradlin, a former lawyer and oil producer who found a second act as a prolific character actor, playing authority figures in such films as "Apocalypse Now" and "The Godfather: Part II," has died. Character actor G.D. Spradlin dies in CA at 90 2011-07-26T07:16:04Z He hated being called a drag act, much preferring to be described as a “character actor” or “illusionist.” Jim Bailey, cabaret entertainer who impersonated Garland, Streisand, dies 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He headed out to Hollywood where he became a hardworking character actor starting in the 1950s. Bing Russell's grandsons explore his 'Battered Bastards of Baseball' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The film cements Mr. Brolin’s unlikely rise from character actor to an anchor of three franchises, following his villain turns in “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Deadpool 2.” ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Earns $19 Million, Beating Expectations 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z He’s a character actor’s character actor, promoted from the mass of his constantly auditioning peers into a complicated kind of stardom at a time when he was able to handle it. ‘Every country has its fearmongers’ – Bryan Cranston on Trumbo and Hollywood’s blacklist 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Best was in demand as a character actor from the 1950s through the ’80s; by his count he appeared in more than 600 television show episodes and 85 films. James Best, Bumbling Sheriff of ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 88 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Nobody’s a name, and everybody’s terrific, a heartening reminder of the city’s deep, too often underused field of fine character actors. | 'Alphabetical Order': The Withering Heights and Depths of a Dying British Paper 2010-09-29T02:02:00Z "But I'm a great believer that, if you are a character actor, acting seriously is the same as acting funnily," he tells presenter Mark Lawson. Atkinson play wins critics' praise 2013-01-30T11:10:42Z At least there is one thing on board their spacecraft that will assuage any intergalactic disorientation: an offbeat British character actor. Michael Sheen, Passengers and why Hollywood's hottest leads need a quirky Brit 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Of the few late bloomers in the motion-picture industry, most made their mark as character actors, not as leading men or women. Hollywood's late bloomers 2010-08-26T22:00:00Z A character actor with a stunning monologue or a stand-up comic in a bit part might just run away with the whole movie. Tiffany Haddish and Mary J. Blige are among nine movie scene-stealers from 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z So far, none of the 1,200 character actors at Walt Disney World have faced any disciplinary action, said Donna-Lynne Dalton, recording secretary for the Teamsters local. Disney World characters complain after park warns not to reveal identities 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z A lot of people probably imagine that character actors are just waiting around for that lead role. ‘Barry’ Star Stephen Root Went From ‘That Guy’ to Emmy Nominee 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Joe was always a good character actor, but in those days he was also a unique cabaret and revue performer whom everyone remembered and wanted to see. Letter: Joe Melia, zany star of the Cambridge Footlights 2012-11-11T12:33:51Z Curtis struggled against drug and alcohol abuse as starring roles became fewer, but then bounced back in film and television as a character actor. Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home 2010-09-30T13:20:00Z Underlying it all, however, is the most satisfying and continuing development of them all: the rise of the character actor. Character actors take center stage on TV in 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The most vivid scene, though, doesn’t belong to Mr. Caine but to another character actor, Sean Harris, who recently burned through the “Red Riding” trilogy playing a corrupt cop. | 'Harry Brown': Michael Caine as Gangster-Shooting Vigilante 2010-04-29T23:04:00Z Just how miscast the actor is in this part is obvious in a single scene with veteran character actor Armand Assante, who demonstrates how a mob boss carries himself and sounds. Swedish touch doesn’t save ‘Dead Man Down’ 2013-03-08T20:23:26Z In "M-A-S-H," "Dragnet" and so many other TV shows and movies, the veteran character actor proved as indispensable as any marquee name. Harry Morgan made small roles big in TV, movies 2011-12-08T11:01:06Z Now he is in his prime as a character actor. Meet the Rev 2010-07-22T19:30:00Z Not every character actor breaks into the majors, moving from the sidelines to the center as the camera, filmmakers and audiences take note. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z I noted that Grant would probably spend the next three months delivering variations on the same answer, and only a consummate character actor could find new line readings to last that long. Who’s Better Suited for Award Season Than Richard E. Grant? 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Peterson very much presents as the third sibling that Mother Gruber kept at home because he was “chesty” – though without the self-knowledge to accept he is a character actor rather than a leading man. Pity Jordan Peterson. Can a giant lobster analogy ever replace a sense of humour? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z I mean, I think that what I'm doing and what other character actors are doing is really key. Eric Bogosian breaks down "Uncut Gems" and Adam Sandler's "amazing" performance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z When you were growing up, were there comedians or character actors you admired? Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Broadbent, Leigh said, “is a consummate character actor. He doesn’t play himself.” In ‘The Duke,’ Jim Broadbent Puts an Eccentric at the Center 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Cage's new film, The Frozen Ground Link to video: The Frozen Ground In different circumstances, Cage might have been a character actor in the style of Steve Buscemi. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z The girls live in a modest apartment in Manhattan’s West Sixties with their father, Hosmer DeVere, a dignified character actor of the New York stage. The 1914 Y.A. Novel That Provides a Fascinating Look at the Movie Industry 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, I wrote a piece about how tough it was for character actors to find work. Character actors take center stage on TV in 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z It’s a meaty, cigar-chomping role, the kind that usually goes to great character actors, not a former hotty like Han Solo, and Ford treats it like a gift, unwrapping it with obvious delight. 42: The Jackie Robinson Biopic Is a Solid Hit 2013-04-12T09:45:25Z Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H,” died Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. Harry Morgan, ?M*A*S*H? and ?Dragnet? Actor, Dies at 96 2011-12-07T16:47:35Z An apparent lunatic played by Boris Karloff, one of the many character actors on hand, does give her character a fright, but Ball’s hard-boiled sass upstages Sanders throughout. ‘Lured’ and ‘A Scandal in Paris’: Douglas Sirk’s Costume Capers 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “Film has sort of died for actors, especially character actors,” said DJ Qualls, who is delivering the strongest work of his career as a young man fighting muscular dystrophy on FXX’s dark comedy “Legit.” Standouts on ‘Grimm,’ ‘Legit,’ ‘Blue Bloods’ and Other Shows 2014-03-21T20:16:42Z The 53-year old director, who began his career as a character actor, had been warned years earlier that this would happen. After the Oscar Glare, These Filmmakers Went Their Own Way 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z As a young acting student, my mother was following her mother – Isabel Thornton, the leading female character actor of the interwar period – into the Station Street theatre. David Edgar: Birmingham Rep and me 2013-02-12T19:12:01Z Photograph: Pathé Guy Pearce started out, like all good Australian actors, in Neighbours, but has since gone on to make his name as one of Hollywood's most reliable character actors. Guy Pearce: five best moments 2013-07-05T09:00:00Z A gaggle of first-rate character actors trails Mr. Eastwood from Turner Field in Atlanta to the rural bars and ballparks, and the star knows how to step aside and let them work. Movie Review: ‘Trouble With the Curve,’ With Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams 2012-09-20T21:56:24Z In Julius Drake they were joined by a character actor at the piano, who slipped into the many roles assigned to him with great dexterity and dramatic instinct. Music Review: Angelika Kirchschlager and Ian Bostridge at Lincoln Center 2013-02-05T22:13:38Z Moss, the dimwitted gas station attendant who became a criminal accomplice, and went on to a long career as a Hollywood character actor, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles. Michael J. Pollard, Character Actor in ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ Dies at 80 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z And they filled out the production with sturdy, unglamorous character actors, including Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Leslie Nielsen, who would build a second career out of playing clueless, comic creators of mayhem. Film: Surely It?s 30 (Don?t Call Me Shirley!) 2010-06-26T12:47:00Z Even with a certain "always-a-bridesmaid-never-a-bride" taint attached to it, the term "character actor" commands respect and affection among audiences, even audience members who may not quite realize their level of investment in such artistry. 2 actors we loved knowing, who seemed to know us 2012-12-25T14:15:12Z You are shifting from being a character actor to being a lead. Cliff Curtis on his "slow burn" Maori cop thriller "Muru" and how it's like "Avatar" 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z A versatile character actor capable of menace, quiet poignancy and Cockney charm, London-raised Hoskins appeared in some of the most acclaimed British films of the past few decades, including gangster classic "The Long Good Friday." British actor Bob Hoskins dies at 71 2014-04-30T13:07:10Z The result is a stew of bikinied babes, venerable character actors and cartoonish kills, culminating in a literal blood bath on the beach. ‘Goat,’ ‘Dope’ and More Streaming Gems 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z On a sitcom where a character actor with Pedrad’s chops gets more screen time and more lines, you might assume that Pedrad would finally break out, too. “Mulaney” doesn’t know what to do with Nasim Pedrad 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z I want to try my hand at new things, I want to be a character actor, I'd like to think of myself as a chameleon. A Minute With: Sam Claflin on horror, heroes and 'Hunger Games' 2014-04-23T21:41:59Z “We barely know these films, but there is no reason to look away,” says the narrator, the character actor Udo Kier. Review: ‘Hitler’s Hollywood’ Unearths the Cinema of the Third Reich 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Yet what chance do they have against a row of bewhiskered British character actors and a rather odd horse? Keeping Up with the Germans by Philip Oltermann ? review 2012-02-09T09:00:01Z When you think of a Hollywood "character actor", he's usually the fat best friend, the odd-looking serial killer, or the surprise turncoat – he provides a foil for comedy, pathos and action. At last action hero 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z Simmons, a longtime character actor who gets the role of a lifetime here. So, when do those big-buzz movies come to town? 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This was unfair for many reasons, but especially because from early in his career Pitt had established he was a character actor in the body of a leading man. Quentin Tarantino's artful pulp: On alchemy, fantasy and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z She grew up around Los Angeles; her father was a character actor, often in Westerns. Juliette Lewis, an ‘Imagination Freak Fairy,’ Knows Her Worth 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z This hints at a problem that runs throughout his work: his figures often feel more like glosses, types or character actors playing parts than like real people. Art Review: ‘George Bellows,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-11-15T23:23:38Z Jagger intended to use the experience to “focus on being a character actor”, but gone is any hint of the naturalism or dark charisma he showcased in his previous role. Rolling back: why we should welcome Mick Jagger's big screen return 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z He started his career in the 1950s as a character actor, playing villains most of the time, but he was able to reinvent himself later on as a director. The Carpetbagger: A Coming-Out Story Starring the Filipino Clint Eastwood 2012-12-06T19:30:56Z It's OK to swap out a superstar for a character actor, or replace an acclaimed movie actress who's a passable singer with a Broadway star who can belt. Fixing Hollywood's casting mistakes 2010-11-20T02:01:00Z By 1982, when he landed a regular role in the TV series “Star of the Family,” The Associated Press was calling him “one of Hollywood’s busiest character actors.” Brian Dennehy, Tony Award-Winning Actor, Dies at 81 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z I always wanted to be a character actor, and I’m not. Ryan Reynolds on Self/less, Parenthood, and Why He's Trying Comic-Book Movies Again 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But, ultimately, the choice of instruments is like casting in theater: a dream lineup of character actors still needs a director with vision in order to tell the story. Music Review: John Eliot Gardiner Leads Ensembles at Carnegie Hall 2012-11-19T22:57:38Z Not that character actors don't yearn occasionally for a larger slice of pie. Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show 2010-03-18T23:15:00Z I enjoy that kind of foil role, and coming at comedy from a character actor position rather than something more comedic. Tobias Menzies on playing Prince Philip: "I didn't feel I was ever going to get a call from him" 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Unusually for a character actor, Rockwell has a trademark that crops up in much of his work: the witty, boastful, elegantly frenzied dance sequence. Sam Rockwell – last of the goofballs 2012-12-06T12:55:03Z A peerless cast – Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are matched by an impressive array of supporting character actors – work with a precisely crafted masterpiece of a screenplay. The nine greatest best picture winners at the Oscars 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Allen Garfield was a character actor who managed to capture the attention of some of cinema’s great directors. Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z I hope that the most egregiously squandered — the co-stars Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick, as well as the character actors Stephen Root and Sam Richardson — were well paid. Review: ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,’ Antics to Not Love nor Cherish 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z When the immensely scurrilous low-level gangster played by veteran character actor Mark Pellegrino starts speculating how “someone with a goatee and a Ph.D.” might analyze his relationship with teenage protégé B.J. “Bad Turn Worse”: Texas teen noir infused with “Blood Simple” 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z It would have been totally wrong to have a screen beauty – we needed a good character actor. Inside The Shining 2012-10-29T17:15:40Z Built like a tank, and with twinkling eyes set in a doughy face, he is one of the world's finest character actors – a man capable of investing the most fleeting cameo part with instant vitality. Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show 2010-03-18T23:15:00Z After a decade toiling as a character actor in dozens of films and TV shows, he became famous for playing Ron Swanson, the gruff but lovable city bureaucrat on “Parks & Recreation.” Nick Offerman Becomes a Roadie for His Wife, Megan Mullally 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z It included all types: method actors from New York, punks from the LA hardcore scene, disgruntled Hollywood character actors and refugees from the theatre, but only one star, as I soon discovered. Vonetta McGee obituary 2010-07-20T17:08:00Z Kinnear is considered a top character actor who has shown a range of skills in film comedies and dramas, from art house fare like "Auto Focus" to major studio release "Baby Mama." Katie Holmes to play Jacqueline Kennedy on TV 2010-04-29T00:25:00Z T: The New York Times Style Magazine recently included you in a roundup of outstanding character actors. J.K. Simmons on the Art of Being the Bad Guy 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The versatile character actor, who was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1930s, died at age 93 on Sunday from natural causes. Mickey Rooney's wife, estate tussle over actor's remains 2014-04-09T21:12:55Z With it he was a star with a character actor’s spirit, which he later would attribute his longevity to. Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z I feel like I am a character actor. “Collisions” star Jesse Garcia: Deportation family stories have “always been relevant” 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z "I hated school," said the gregarious character actor, now 75. Lance Henriksen's 'oddball' film picks speak to his creative nature 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z A few years ago the Los Angeles repertory cinema Cinefamily ran a screening series, “That Guy!,” devoted to character actors. Review: ‘That Guy Dick Miller’ Pays Tribute to a Character Actor 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Sunday with a 10-episode first season, “The Musketeers” is a lush, rousing iteration of the classic Alexandre Dumas story featuring a dream cast of newcomers and seasoned character actors. Have a swashbuckling summer with rousing ‘Musketeers’ 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z A character actor who eventually played leading roles, Mr. Holm had a kind of magical malleability, with a range that went from the sweet-tempered to the psychotic. Ian Holm, Malleable Actor Who Played Lear and a Hobbit, Dies at 88 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z People like to have labels for actors, and the truth is, every actor is a character actor. Sam Rockwell on His Secret Past as a Really Bad Break Dancer 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z And they’ve served him well in the 20 years since, as he transformed from a stoner actor to a romantic comedy star to a character actor. The Carpetbagger: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Take Top Honors at the 2014 Golden Globes 2014-01-13T05:14:45Z He manages to work as a movie star, a character actor and some kind of leading man. A Different Brand of Leading Man 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z "I think I could become one of the great character actors like Jonah Hill." Extra special 2011-04-01T23:04:00Z By the normal rules of Hollywood, an oddball character actor such Stanfield would be relegated to a “kooky best friend” role, but in Riley’s universe he’s the lead. Sorry to Bother You: why Boots Riley’s surreal race allegory is this year’s Get Out 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z And then me and my pals, other actors, character actors, started kind of fooling around. Eric Bogosian breaks down "Uncut Gems" and Adam Sandler's "amazing" performance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Even character actors are typecast to be character actors. Jonathan Rhys Meyers on being a bold boy playing amoral men: "Nobility can be a little bit tedious" 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z After becoming sober in the 1980s, Mr. Hopper began taking on roles in several films a year, becoming one of the most recognizable character actors of the day. Dennis Hopper, an ?Easy Rider? Misfit, Dies at 74 2010-05-29T22:17:00Z Cottage cheese was once a reliable character actor, standing in for meat during two world wars, filling in for ricotta and starring on diet plates. Is America Ready to Love Cottage Cheese Again? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z By then, Griffiths had become noticed as a distinctive character actor with a peculiar mix of grace and solemnity, and throughout the 1980s he was busy in TV and film. Richard Griffiths obituary 2013-03-29T16:52:59Z "I always thought of myself as a character actor," he said. In 'November Man' Pierce Brosnan gets tougher with age 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z I think I survived because I see myself and approach this business as a character actor. Susan Sarandon on life, career and politics: "It is getting pretty biblical out there" 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z She became the operatic equivalent of a character actor, using the aging of her voice to theatrical advantage. A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z His role as a shambling, tragicomic mess of an impoverished patriarch in the now-ended series was just one more of the character actor’s indelible creations. AP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z To those who know the British Spall primarily as a character actor — he has been in several other Leigh works, including award-season hit “Secrets & Lies” — this will cast him in a new light. Cannes: Timothy Spall a grunt no more in Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Some indie films act like magnets for veteran character actors who don't mind playing cameo roles. 'Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best': Half of duo steals this gig 2012-09-27T20:23:07Z Michael Gough, the lithe, angular-faced British character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s trusted butler, in four “Batman” movies, died on Thursday at his home in England. Michael Gough, Known as Butler in ?Batman,? Dies at 94 2011-03-18T04:32:44Z That subtle difference can be evident even as the character actor is doing his bit and making the stars seem more glamorous. Michael Sheen, Passengers and why Hollywood's hottest leads need a quirky Brit 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z How dare those Disney+ execs forbid us from watching Pedro Pascal’s bucket-headed bounty hunter saunter through a space western full of eccentric character actors! Killing Eve to Game of Thrones: the biggest TV disappointments of 2019 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Shannon is a great character actor, but he can’t overcome this confoundingly bad casting, despite the gleaming gold belt buckle, tinted glasses, high-collared shirt and flashing rings. Screen Kings of Rock ’n’ Roll: The Best and Worst Actors to Play Elvis 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Mark Strong is one of the UK’s most successful cinema character actors, with almost 60 film credits in 25 years, including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Zero Dark Thirty and the Kingsman series. Mark Strong: ‘I’ve seen people I know become very famous. It’s nothing I would recommend’ 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z However, one of his most singular aspects was his voice, which announced itself with as much gravitas as his physical presence, which is a rare combo for most character actors. From "The Wire" to "John Wick," we trusted Lance Reddick as a voice of authority, empathy and comedy 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z "I always wanted to be a character actor, even when I was stuck inside a corset playing innocent girls," she explains. Helena Bonham Carter on 'witty' David Cameron, 'weirdo' Lars von Trier and why Tim Burton won't watch a romcom 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The veteran character actors Keith Allen and Ken Stott are both excellent as dangerous characters, Mr. Allen playing the excitable gang boss and Mr. Stott the quietly menacing owner of a drag club. Television Review: ‘The Runaway,’ a British Mini-Series on Ovation 2012-06-08T22:19:34Z A late-career renaissance as a star character actor and indie auteur beckoned, but Hopper, in entirely typical fashion, just didn't seem to care about that, or even to think about himself in conventional, careerist terms. Dennis Hopper's strange, brilliant career 2010-05-29T18:04:00Z That was by Jonathan Pryce, hitherto known as a British character actor of the eccentric stripe, who was playing the Engineer, a vicious and ambitious denizen of Saigon’s underbelly and the show’s liveliest figure. Review: Return of the Little Copter That Wowed in ‘Miss Saigon’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z With his chiseled physique, long hair and handlebar mustache, Danny Trejo is one of the most recognizable character actors working today. Machete Star Danny Trejo 2010-09-02T16:25:00Z In these two recent conflicts, you see similar friction — between a character actor and a literalist, between people who understand hip-hop as high theater and those whose celebrity is premised on something far less varnished. Hip-Hop Rivalries Aren’t New. But the Battlefields Have Changed. 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z It is an especially good thing that his matinee idol looks have faded enough to allow him to become the character actor he always wanted to be. The Gentlemen trailer – how ridiculous can Guy Ritchie's new movie get? 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The veteran character actor Ray Wise is on hand as the resident curmudgeon raging against modernity, the effect reminiscent less of Andy Rooney than of a demented codger shouting on the subway. | Mather Zickel: Mather Zickel ‘Reports’ the News for Adult Swim 2013-01-17T15:40:14Z While some people will likely call Hoffman an “actor’s actor” or a great “character actor,” I think he was something more. What we can learn from Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T23:58:00Z In any case, he doesn’t ask for it, and Mr. Isaac, a versatile character actor here ascending to the highest levels of his craft, refuses the easy road of charm. Movie Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen 2013-12-05T13:00:01Z Yet every day, I feel like I’m moving one degree further away from looking like a character actor on an English soap opera. "You want a rich lady mouth": Could fixing my teeth fix my life? 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z A few years into his career, someone said he was a character actor trapped in a leading man’s body. The Carpetbagger: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Puts McConaughey on Oscar Track 2014-02-05T22:57:52Z You went from being a teen heartthrob to an Oscar-nominated character actor to this — Matt Dillon on playing Lars von Trier’s psychopath in controversial “The House That Jack Buil... 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The distinction between character actor and conventional leading man isn't always rigid. Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show 2010-03-18T23:15:00Z Penny doubled over laughing, even though she had no idea what “character actor” meant. A 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Stand-Up Club ... 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Atkinson is essentially a comic character actor, with two characters to choose from. Comedy gold – Rowan Atkinson Live 2013-02-28T16:26:02Z James Rebhorn, a character actor who appeared in dozens of popular movies and television shows and recently starred on the Showtime hit “Homeland,” died on Friday at his home in South Orange, N.J. James Rebhorn, Familiar Character Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies at 65 2014-03-23T20:54:33Z There is more freedom to being a character actor, he says; more scope to surprise. Peter Gallagher: 'One of the most toxic things in the world is success' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z For three decades, Farina was a character actor who displayed remarkable dexterity, charm and, when called for, toughness, making effective use of his craggy face, steel-gray hair, ivory smile and ample mustache. Dennis Farina, star of 'Law & Order,' dead at 69 2013-07-22T17:59:09Z “When reality TV showed up, it was like, O.K., that’s it — game over, character actors, bye,” she said. With ‘Lost in Space,’ Parker Posey Finds an Unlikely Home in Serial TV 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z With time, cinema also became an option as she developed a following as a character actor in projects involving top local talent. The Power Player of ‘Triangle of Sadness’: Dolly de Leon 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Erwin worked as a character actor on several programs, including "The Twilight Zone," "Gunsmoke," "The Golden Girls," "Who's the Boss?" and "Growing Pains." Character actor Bill Erwin dies at 96 2011-01-04T06:00:00Z I feel like even though she’s a contemplative nun and I’m a Buddhist character actor, we have a lot in common. Suzy Nakamura Informs Herself With ‘The Dollop,’ Sister Wendy and Her Mother’s Diary 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z And as played by veteran character actor Dean Norris, you know Big Jim is one serious — and scary — dude. Dean Norris' Big Jim does what it takes in 'Under the Dome' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Rudetsky has a character actor’s looks, not a leading man’s; his face is long, rubbery and a little mournful. Seth Rudetsky, Broadway’s Go-To Guy, Flirts With ‘Disaster!’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z These character actors toiled for decades in cheap two-reel shorts, which lasted 15 to 18 minutes. The Three Stooges Used a Lot of Second Fiddles 2012-04-13T14:26:24Z I suspect it's a breakthrough performance in that it releases Law from the tyranny of always being seen as the good-looking lead man and allows him to become a character actor. Anna Christie ? review 2011-08-09T22:12:00Z Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation’s most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Walsh, a stage actor who seemed to have materialised out of nowhere, started making movies in his 40th year and quickly established himself as one of the finest character actors in the business. Hollywood's late bloomers 2010-08-26T22:00:00Z He still seems like the handsomest kid in the drama club, taking on a character actor’s role in the school play because it’s senior year and it’s his turn as the star no matter what. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 2: Memory Loss 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Mann is particularly effective, a kind of old school character actor with his droopy dog appearance and sly twinkle. A blowhard lawyer? That's the joke in 'The Dock Brief' in Venice 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Richard Moll, 80, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, died Oct. This week’s passages 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z “I am recognizable with the cheekbones and stuff, but if you’re a character actor, it’s really costly. ... They just can use you.” Striking actors hold massive rally in Los Angeles as negotiations progress closer to a deal 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z He is not so much Hollywood’s biggest movie star as its best-paid character actor. 'Titanic' made Leonardo DiCaprio a Hollywood heartthrob. He's been avoiding it ever since 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, McCallum was an experienced character actor who could use an accent or an odd piece of clothing to give depth to a role. This week’s passages 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Many critics have dubbed Michael Gambon as one of the great character actors but it's an epithet he dismissed. Obituary: Sir Michael Gambon, star of The Singing Detective and Harry Potter 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z A rare autograph of Al Lettieri, a character actor who appeared in “The Godfather,” was worth about $7,500, Wentink said. The weird and wonderful life of L.A.’s most bizarre celebrity photographer 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The variety of comedies, dramas, musicals, documentaries and tidbits about character actors who were the foundation for a truly classic film. Calendar Feedback: Is 'Oppenheimer' missing something? Plus TCM and Kevin Spacey 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Brent Sexton, a character actor who has steadily worked in Hollywood over the last two decades but is far from a household name, described the paradox in a recent interview. Sharp partisan divide over sympathy with striking writers and actors, poll finds 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Alan Arkin, who had a long career as a character actor who specialized in comedy but was equally adept at drama, died at 89. A Mini Challenge 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “I always considered myself a character actor,” he told The Times in 1991. Oscar winner Alan Arkin, seasoned trouper of 'Little Miss Sunshine,' 'Argo' and 'The Russians Are Coming,' dies 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Arkin once joked to The Associated Press that the beauty of being a character actor was not having to take his clothes off for a role. Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor, dies at 89 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Film stars and character actors known to millions of fans took to social media to condemn the move. Column: How profit-driven turmoil at Turner Classic Movies placed a vast cultural heritage at risk 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He said he was content to be known as a character actor — “every role is a character role,” he once remarked — and developed a reputation as a reliable scene-stealer, even when his scenes were brief. Michael Lerner, Oscar-nominated character actor, dies at 81 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z And he never felt cheated by being known as a “character actor” rather than a leading man. Michael Lerner, ‘Barton Fink’ Oscar nominee, dies at 81 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z There are a few stars and a lot of character actors. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Worker wants success but has ‘no desire to hustle’ 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Many of those who worked on the film wore blue ribbons to honor Reddick, who was a prolific character actor with prominent roles in “The Wire,” “Oz” and the “John Wick” film franchise. ‘John Wick’ stars honor late co-star Lance Reddick 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z In this narrative, real historical figures were reduced to character actors in the larger conspiracy, which was infused throughout with QAnon references and blatantly antisemitic tropes. Kari Lake, Steve Bannon and a side of Orwell: My adventures at CPAC 2023 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Dafoe, 67, is an unusual celebrity, perhaps the world’s most famous character actor — one who came up through New York experimental theater, who never intended to appeal to the masses. Why Willem Dafoe Can’t Slow Down 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z But mental preparation — I spent my career as a comedic character actor where I do everything in character. Eugene Levy doesn’t like to travel. So he’s hosting a travel show. 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Family friends urged Slim to get into movies “because he was such a character,” Clark said, “so in the early ’20s, he hitchhiked to Hollywood” and became a Keystone Kop and then a character actor. This tiny, quirky garden is an endearing remnant of old Palm Springs 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A fellow named Yukon Jake — who was of course a wrestler and character actor himself — heard the zing of bullets and realized, “This is no picture. This is real.” Guns have been in motion pictures since the start. 'Rust' is only the latest to have a gun death 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z But here the focus remains primarily on the cat-and-mouse dynamic between Barhom’s increasingly cynical Adam and always effective character actor Fares’ deceptive intelligence agent. Review: 'Cairo Conspiracy' mixes religion and politics in a compelling thriller 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z As a character actor, Dooley has enjoyed the kinds of scene-stealing roles that are denied to movie stars whose names are above the title. Review | How Paul Dooley became a beloved movie dad 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z A prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z A character actor on sitcoms, among them the 1980s “Night Court,” Diamond’s TV roots were in writing and included “Your Show of Shows.” ‘My Favorite Year,’ comic salute to TV’s golden age, hits 40 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z With the announcement that Craig had been chosen as Bond in 2005, the relatively little-known character actor suddenly became one of the world’s most famous leading men. Daniel Craig's Bond had to die so he could move on: 'I don't want to go back' 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Gleeson may edge out Dano since the academy is always mindful of body of work and he’s a greatly respected veteran character actor.” Here comes the 2023 Oscars BuzzMeter: Behold the buzz! 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z During his last “Masked Singer” outing, the beloved character actor correctly guessed that the vocalist dressed as a Venus Flytrap was a boxer before the contestant was revealed to be George Foreman. 'Masked Singer' dedicates Leslie Jordan's final episode to the frequent guest star 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The late Leslie Jordan was many things to many people: a comedian, a character actor, an amateur musician, an Instagram sensation, a gay icon. Speaking to the L.A. Times, Leslie Jordan was always good for a sassy one-liner 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z She was as much a character actor as she was a star. Appreciation: Angela Lansbury, an instantly recognizable and readily transformable talent 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z In a career spanning five decades, Mr. Silva became one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood, with more than 130 credits in films and on television. Henry Silva, versatile Hollywood villain, dies at 95 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z To Lipton, that character actor’s mentality is exactly what makes Smith right for the role. Bobby Smith faced unemployment. Now he’s singing about it. 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “Look at how I look. I get really fun character actor parts, but you don’t put Dwight Frye or Warren Oates as the lead to your big budget film,” he said. A filmmaker was catfished by his own father. Then he cast Patton Oswalt in a movie about it 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Dowse’s sister, Tracey Dowse, shared last week on social media that the character actor had fallen into a coma induced by “a virulent form of meningitis.” Denise Dowse, 'Insecure' and 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actor, dies at 64 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z I admire someone that people don’t usually think of as a character actor, which is Harry Belafonte Jr. He was very much that character actor wrapped in a leading man’s body. Hollywood almost turned Colman Domingo 'bitter.' An unexpected role changed his life 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z She has mixed feelings about the term “character actor,” which means “you never make any real money.” Jennifer Coolidge has been a big deal for years; with an Emmy nod, she's starting to believe it 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z A warm, avuncular character actor, Cribbins was a childhood presence for several generations of Britons. Bernard Cribbins, actor who delighted UK kids, dies at 93 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Firmly established as a versatile character actor, he appeared alongside Jenny Agutter in what became a classic: The Railway Children, in 1970. Obituary: Bernard Cribbins 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z In “A Love Song,” a tender indie drama starring another long-pigeonholed character actor, Dale Dickey, Studi is for the first time cast as a romantic co-star. For once, Cherokee actor Wes Studi cast as romantic co-star 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The people, they always think that I’m different because I’m like, yeah, because I’m a character actor. Hollywood almost turned Colman Domingo 'bitter.' An unexpected role changed his life 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z She is often classified as a “character actor,” a term that can have a lot of subtext in the entertainment business but almost always means “rarely if ever the lead.” Jennifer Coolidge has been a big deal for years; with an Emmy nod, she's starting to believe it 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He pursued a career as an author, radio talk-show host and occasional character actor, playing villains. Bannon contempt of Congress trial echoes Nixon burglar Liddy’s 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “The question of who should play the main character has been a vexed one from the beginning because what we needed was a character actor who was also a leading lady,” Fabian says. Lesley Manville is on a mission to prove women's lives, and sexuality, aren't over after 60 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z But it was all going to hinge on who would play Mrs. Ada Harris and Manville was, for him, the perfect combination of character actor and leading lady. ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ with dreams of owning Dior gown 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z In the 90s, he returned to the limelight as a grizzled character actor capable of lending both gravitas and menace to a wide range of roles. James Caan: 10 memorable roles 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Those guys are character actors that are so brilliant, they took on these iconic roles and that lifted them to leading-man status. An agent told this 'Stranger Things' star he wouldn't work until 50. 'She was wrong' 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z ‘Hard Eight’ A salute to Philip Baker Hall includes the late, great character actor opposite John C. Reilly in Paul Thomas Anderson’s moody 1996 crime drama about a veteran gambler and his young protégé. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Aguirre,’ ‘Hedwig,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Return of the Jedi’ and more 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Philip Baker Hall, 90, the gravelly voiced character actor who radiated equal amounts of quiet authority, unshakable confidence and effortless unflappability on screen for five decades, died June 12 at his home in Glendale, California. This week’s passages 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z His long career as a character actor speaks to a skill for turning small parts into meatier roles with depth and wit and imbuing roles with main character energy, almost defiantly so. With nearly 700 credits at age 93, legendary actor James Hong isn't done yet 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Lives Lived: Philip Baker Hall, a gravelly-voiced character actor, radiated quiet authority in films and shows like “Secret Honor” and “M*A*S*H.” Inflation and Price Gouging 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z I mean, not about being a character actor. An agent told this 'Stranger Things' star he wouldn't work until 50. 'She was wrong' 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Philip Baker Hall, the US character actor who had a much-loved guest role in the sitcom Seinfeld, has died at the age of 90. Seinfeld actor Philip Baker Hall dies age 90 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Although his television and film appearances were often too fleeting to merit mention in reviews, Mr. Hall became one of the most reliable and welcome character actors of his era. Philip Baker Hall, master of gruff and gruffly silly character roles, dies at 90 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Acclaimed character actor Philip Baker Hall, whose prolific career ranged from collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson, including “Magnolia” and “Boogie Nights,” to a scene-stealing turn as hard-bitten library cop Lt. From 'Seinfeld' to 'Magnolia,' journeyman character actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z For over 50 years and across more than 100 parts in film and TV, Mexican American character actor Pepe Serna became a Hollywood staple long before the current battle for inclusion on screen. 5 movies to see at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “You know what my plan is? I’m going to become a character actor at Disney.” Thomas Murphy, media executive who engineered ABC takeover, dies at 96 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Hall had a long and impressive career as one of Hollywood's top character actors. Seinfeld actor Philip Baker Hall dies age 90 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z As Lugosi stews and weighs his options, a workaday character actor named Boris Karloff sees the dramatic possibilities of the Monster, the pathos of a stitched-together undead man not made for this world. How a father-son battle spawned Hollywood's classic monsters 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “I have a particular fascination with character actors, with wanting to turn them into lead actors,” Anderson told The Times in 1998. From 'Seinfeld' to 'Magnolia,' journeyman character actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Caught somewhere between romantic lead and character actor, Goode has become one of those reliable, ubiquitous performers whose quiet force often allows others to shine more brightly. Robert Evans wouldn't approve of the man playing him on TV. He would be wrong 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z He played the squawky parrot Iago in the 1992 animated hit film “Aladdin” and appeared in dozens of other movie and television shows as a character actor or voice-over artist. Gilbert Gottfried, comedian with voice for controversy, dies at 67 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Hall had a long and impressive career as one of Hollywood's top character actors. Seinfeld actor Philip Baker Hall dies age 90 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But Pine is never better than when he’s opposite magnetic character actor Foster. Review: Chris Pine and 'The Contractor' tautly explore the dark world of private security 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z You will notice the same character actors popping up in supporting roles. How scammers and con artists became TV's laziest way to hook viewers 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Ned Eisenberg, 65, character actor known for his work on popular shows including “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Mare of Easttown,” died Feb. 27 at home in the New York City borough of Queens. This week’s passages 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Frank Pesce, a character actor who appeared in both "Beverly Hills Cop" movies, "Top Gun," "Midnight Run" and "Miami Vice," died on Feb. 6 due to dementia complications. Frank Pesce, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and ‘Top Gun’ actor, dead at 75 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Little on this celebrated character actor’s résumé would suggest he’d be so well-suited to play the ailing but nurturing patriarch of an impoverished Protestant family in 1969 Belfast, the Troubles brewing all around them. Ciarán Hinds taps his own memories to play 'Belfast's' Pop 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z After a car accident left his face scarred, he found a new niche as a character actor playing gangsters. Lily James hoped to 'disappear' into Pamela Anderson. Instead, she saw herself 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z A prolific character actor, Mr. Hesseman’s credits included appearances on “The Bob Newhart Show,” “That 70′s Show,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “House” and “Boston Legal.” Howard Hesseman, comic DJ on ‘WKRP,’ dies at 81 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z For Collins, who has been a reliable character actor for years — he played murderer Perry Smith in 2005’s “Capote” — “Jockey” is a nothing less than a career breakout. Review | In the visually poetic ‘Jockey,’ Clifton Collins Jr. finally gets the canvas he deserves 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z And for the first three decades of his career, the veteran character actor has done a credible job of living up to that non-destiny. How Tim Blake Nelson stepped up for the lead role in the western 'Old Henry' 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s helped make Jenkins one of the most vulnerable and human of character actors — someone you feel like you know because, in a way, you do. The Human: Richard Jenkins’ real, lived-in performances 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Raised in a family of actors and entertainers, he transitioned from child star to sensitive young-adult lead, and then from Hollywood dropout to scene-stealing character actor. Dean Stockwell, child actor who later starred in TV’s ‘Quantum Leap,’ dies at 85 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z In ‘The Boys,’ Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and longtime character actor Clint Howard write the book of their family in distinctly different voices. 8 things that might surprise you about growing up in 1960s Hollywood 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z That may be one reason the names of many of those charged in the scheme prompted recognition, and even nostalgia, from dedicated N.B.A. fans — for whom they were like memorable, if minor, character actors. 18 Former N.B.A. Players Are Charged in $4 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Pleasantly handsome, he could play both leads and character parts, though his leads usually had a bit of the character actor, and his secondary roles tended to make a bigger impression than the headliners. How Tommy Kirk and Sam Riddle helped define '60s Hollywood 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Speaking of that particular devil, “Copshop” also gives longtime character actor Toby Huss one of his most memorable appearances in 150 or so credits. Review: 'Copshop' has fun with a bunch of bad men and one good woman 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Born to Greek immigrants himself, the role of an eccentric Greek family man was not a stretch for the accomplished character actor. Michael Constantine of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' fame dead at 94 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z An everyman who didn’t look like everybody, he was physically formed to be a character actor. Why Lou Grant best captured Ed Asner's genius 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z "I just knew that between his incredible action skills and his incredible charisma ... he's also this amazing character actor," Joy said. Water baby Hugh Jackman get soaking in sci-fi thriller 'Reminiscence' 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “I just knew that between his incredible action skills and his incredible charisma ... he’s also this amazing character actor,” Joy said. Water baby Hugh Jackman gets a soaking in 'Reminiscence' 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The character actor, who now has more than 380 credits to his name, has also been sober for more than 50 years. Danny Trejo on getting sober, finding God: ‘I never thought I was getting out of prison’ 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Casting Titus Welliver in the title role was another risk — although the veteran character actor had appeared in numerous films and TV series, he had never played the lead. TV's hero cops are under scrutiny. In 'Bosch,' the system was always broken 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z "I was always a funny looking character actor with the lead man inside me and it's taken me a long time to do that as well," he says. Timothy Spall: 'I was crying, swearing and chucking paint' 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Then he paired the sound with a video of a Spider-Man character actor walking through a New York City subway station, clearly annoyed that he’s being recorded. They stayed up late for Adult Swim. Now they've gone viral with TikTok's newest trend 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Here, the typically mild-mannered character actor and comedian flexes his everyman persona to portray a somber action hero weary of hiding his true identity. Review: In 'Nobody,' Bob Odenkirk transforms into an action star. It suits him 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But it’s a wonderful thing, being asked to be a character actor. David Strathairn finds connection — and disconnection — in nomad lifestyle 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z With it he was a star with a character actor’s spirit, which he later would attribute his longevity to. Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Mostly, he stays out of the way while Henriksen — a reliable character actor too often relegated to supporting roles — inhabits Willis with irascible, uncompromising ferocity. Review | Film’s portrayal of a father with dementia is painfully truthful 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Although playing Twain threatened to engulf the lot, Mr. Holbook maintained a hectic career as a Hollywood character actor known for delivering taut and intelligent performances. Actor Hal Holbrook, indelible portrayer of Mark Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Bruce Kirby, a character actor known for appearing in movies like "Stand by Me" and TV shows like "The West Wing," has died. Bruce Kirby, 'Stand by Me' and 'Muppet Movie' actor, dead at 95 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Basically, I’m either a character actor, or I’m a clown. At 80, Peter Gerety gets a first film starring role with 'Working Man' 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z “I’m thrilled that I turned into a character actor quite early on. I hated being a poncey leading man,” he told Vanity Fair in 2015. Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Early on in his career, Jordan settled into his role as a character actor. Leslie Jordan, ‘Instagram maven,’ is having the time of his life 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose movies included “Moonstruck” and “Do the Right Thing,” died at the age of 86. Today in History 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z A veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India’s best-known exports to Hollywood. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z You seem to wear that character actor badge with pride. At 80, Peter Gerety gets a first film starring role with 'Working Man' 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z I’ve returned really to where I began, as a character actor. Hugh Grant never wanted to be Hollywood's 'romantic Englishman' 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z "Just kind of a rubber-faced character actor and he was brilliant and so I'm named after him." Michael J. Fox reflects on sitting next to Princess Diana at ‘Back to the Future’ premiere 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Law, entering his prime as a character actor — which he probably was all along, but those golden good looks in his youth got in the way — makes Rory both faintly slimy and touchingly vulnerable. ‘The Nest’ movie review: Performances by Jude Law, Carrie Coon make this drama eerily riveting 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon,” “The Natural” and “The Firm.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z He cut his teeth on the stage before launching a career as a character actor in a variety of roles in film and TV. Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Some celebrities, like character actor Nick Searcy, said they would outright ignore the rules. Celebrities rip California's Gov. Newsom over coronavirus Thanksgiving rules 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Ferrell was a character actor, the old-fashioned kind, who with her large and small roles in countless television series — from “Maude” to “Grace and Frankie” — and the occasional film, burrowed deep into my cultural psyche. Appreciation: Conchata Ferrell was the kind of actor you wanted to see in everything 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z He’s a little white around the muzzle and has the weathered face of a veteran character actor. Perspective | Archie and me: Meet the newest Kelly, a skinny rescue dog with a tennis ball habit 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Having been a series-stealing character actor for much of his career, last year, at 40, Mays was suddenly inundated with leading roles – many all at once. Daniel Mays: 'You leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of truthful, believable characters' 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z He was still much in demand as a character actor. Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Behind Door No. 1 is the model sustaining most prolific character actors: With vanity left at the door, he can fully disappear into singular roles. The endless intrigue of Jesse Plemons 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Holm was primarily a character actor, known for exploring roles that drew on his verbal precision and subtle psychological insights. Ian Holm, actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Middle-earth, dies at 88 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Lee has cast some of the best character actors in Hollywood to play his title characters; Lindo especially commands the screen with a scenery-chewing performance that has madness and music at its core. Review | Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ may not be perfect, but it arrives at a time when it feels necessary 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Not a character actor so much as a character who acted, he was always in some essential way himself. Appreciation: Fred Willard, beloved American weirdo, was the special sauce in satire comedy 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z He always thought of himself as a character actor. What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Khan lacked the looks for a traditional Bollywood romantic lead but made his name as a character actor in Hindi cinema and in Hollywood productions like Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World. Obituary: Irrfan Khan 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Dennehy was celebrated for his work as a character actor in Hollywood and on television, where he earned six Emmy nominations. Brian Dennehy, gruff character actor and Tony-winning Broadway star, dies at 81 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “Maybe that’s the definition of a movie star, which is what he is, as opposed to a character actor, which is what I am,” he muses. From Withnail to Marvel: the late blooming of Richard E Grant 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Allen Garfield, a stocky character actor who lent an intense naturalism to celebrated 1970s films such as “The Conversation” and “Nashville,” died April 7 in Los Angeles. Allen Garfield, character actor in ‘Nashville’ and ‘The Conversation,’ dies at 80 of coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z According to the Washington Blade, “The appealing and diverse ensemble cast blends together seamlessly. It’s an effective and inclusive combination of veteran character actors, rising stars and fresh new faces.” New movies to stream this week: ‘Slay the Dragon,’ ‘The Other Lamb’ and more 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Supporting actors, who are sometimes but not always “character actors,” make up the ranks of best friends, colorful sidekicks, strange relations, eccentric co-workers, superior officers, crazy neighbors and service workers. Supporting actors are TV's secret weapon. Let us count the ways 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Filmmakers will capture the character actors and guests stars on the route. ‘Andy Griffith’-inspired movie to be shot in central Indiana 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Dern is a character actor who is also a star, a very rare breed. Column: Laura Dern has always been worthy of celebrating. Hollywood is just catching up 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The handsome and omnipresent character actor got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown.” Passages: Remembering those we lost in 2019 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as the long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur’s unyielding feminist on the daring 1970s sitcom “Maude.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Big stars sometimes take small roles, and character actors will sometimes be cast in the lead e.g., Supporting actors are TV's secret weapon. Let us count the ways 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The character actor was already on a comedic streak after goofing off with his hair and makeup artist while waiting for his costar to show. 'Jumanji' stars Danny DeVito and Danny Glover take friendship to 'The Next Level' 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z She is also a character actor who never appears to be playing a character, a breed rarer still. Column: Laura Dern has always been worthy of celebrating. Hollywood is just catching up 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Moss, the dimwitted gas station attendant who became a criminal accomplice, and went on to a long career as a Hollywood character actor, died Nov. 20 at a Los Angeles hospital. This week’s passages 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Bill Macy, the character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as husband and long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur’s unyielding feminist in the daring 1970s sitcom “Maude,” died Oct. Bill Macy, long-suffering husband on ‘Maude,’ dies at 97 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The bluntly profane patriarch — last seen smirking elusively in the closing shot of the season — has made the 73-year-old character actor into an unlikely social media darling, the subject of myriad GIFs and memes. Brian Cox knows why 'Succession' reminds you of the Trumps: 'It's about entitlement' 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z In other words, you wouldn’t know from meeting Jesse Plemons that he’s one of the finest character actors of his generation. Being one of TV’s best character actors suits Jesse Plemons just fine 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He prides himself on wearing different skins, has always seen himself as a character actor. Aaron Paul: ‘Breaking Bad changed my life’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s always a pleasure to watch Kind, a character actor with a knack for playing relatable sad-sacks. Review: Jim Gaffigan breaks out in 'American Dreamers’; and more 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Tartt loves her East Coast élite types, here offering character actors some deliciously, maliciously observed variants. The Goldfinch: can a film solve Donna Tartt's most divisive book? 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z I’m a character actor, and that in itself is a very difficult thing to shoot for. Kevin Bacon on his shockingly corrupt 'City on a Hill' FBI man and heroes vs. bad guys 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z A versatile character actor, he appeared in shows by ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Public Theater, Strawberry Theatre Workshop and other companies over the years. Longtime Seattle actor Joseph P. McCarthy dies at age 64 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z He’s this type of character actor that doesn’t exist anymore, and he kept living with respect, and there was no hatchet-job piece taking him down.” Rip Torn’s fan account ‘Rip Torn Outlives’ still has something to live for 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z He’s this type of character actor that doesn’t exist anymore and he kept living with respect and there was no hatchet-job piece taking him down.” Rip Torn’s fan account ‘Rip Torn Outlives’ still has something to live for 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Fox News: It’s been reported one of your favorite character actors happens to be the late Jack Carson, a name that not too many people would recognize. Bruce Campbell says it feels good to retire as Ash from ‘Evil Dead’: ‘Get out before it’s time for the walker’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Luke Perry was a character actor in the body of a heartthrob. Luke Perry remembered: ‘a character actor in the body of a heartthrob’ 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z But so would an Oscar for Richard E. Grant, a brilliant character actor who has enjoyed the Oscar spotlight more than anyone. AP Oscar predictions: What will win, what should win 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z From his early days as a strikingly handsome and magnetic screen presence to his closing acts as a brilliant character actor, Finney was a British treasure known for charismatic work on both stage and screen. Albert Finney, star of ‘Tom Jones’ and ‘Erin Brockovich,’ dies at 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Rip Torn was, without question, one of the finest character actors ever to grace the screen. Rip Torn’s fan account ‘Rip Torn Outlives’ still has something to live for 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Director Edgar Wright remembered him as “the king of character actors.” 'Gremlins' star Dick Miller dead at 90 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The veteran character actor delivered a powerful performance as Jackson Maine’s brother in “A Star Is Born,” which many still think will earn the 74-year-old his first ever Oscar nomination. No Sam Elliott and more Golden Globes nomination shockers 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The bedtime slot already had a pretty stellar roll call before character actor Hardy got involved in 2016. How Tom Hardy saved bedtime 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z James Karen, 94, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “The Return of the Living Dead,” died Tuesdayat his home in Los Angeles. This week’s passages 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Michael Kelly is one of those character actors whose face you recognize even if you don’t know his name. Review: Michael Kelly is taking bets in comedy-drama 'All Square' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Supporting himself as a commercial painter, he sometimes went years without acting, leading film critic Glenn Lovell to describe him in 1996 as “one of Hollywood’s most respected but least utilized character actors.” Scott Wilson, star of ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘The Walking Dead,’ dies at 76 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Reilly, an accomplished character actor with a long résumé, has the most prominent and resonant role. ‘The Sisters Brothers’: Western moseys along, striking gold with rich characters 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z In films, he was a character actor who was always the most interesting figure on the screen. Charles Aznavour obituary 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Many of their faces looked like those of character actors from the 1930s and ’40s. Opinion | ‘Advise & Consent’ Meets ‘Rashomon’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Nimoy was already an established character actor when he was approached to play Spock in the original pilot for Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek series. Spock of ages: Meet Star Trek's new Vulcan 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z In a cast full of young newcomers and civilised character actors, Jean-Claude Van Damme stood out as the archetypal movie star, with an ego to match. 'I punched him so hard he cried': inside the Street Fighter movie 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z |
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