While many actors long for a franchise like Marvel’s Thor, Chris Hemsworth knew that there was more to his career during the promotional tour of The Avengers. After doing some soul-searching, he came across the script for Rush. That’s when everything changed for the Australian actor. “I remember doing the […]
I don’t think any actor could ever replicate the career path of Clark Gregg. After acting regularly in small roles since the 1988s (including a recurring role on The West Wing), Gregg played S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson in Iron Man. When the massive box office success of Iron Man launched
Spoilers Below! Sunday not only marked the 65th Annual Emmy Awards, it was also the series finale of Showtime‘s groundbreaking show Dexter. Jennifer Carpenter spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the conclusion of her storyline and what lies ahead. [Warning: This article contains spoilers about the show’s finale.] For any
You probably don’t know who Brett Dalton is, but there’s a good chance you’ll recognize the name in a month. That’s because the actor is playing a lead role on one of the most anticipated television series of the season, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Dalton has few credits outside of
Pursing a career in the arts is a challenging endeavor. For some actors, like Ray Donovan‘s Dash Mihok, it’s even more demanding compared to the average artist. Mihok was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome at the age of 6. His symptoms include violent tics and sometimes compulsive thoughts. He talked with
For True Blood fans, Joe Manganiello is known for his portrayal of Alcide Heveaux, the leader of a werewolf pack on the HBO show. The primal role was the big break in his career, but he’s using his hiatus from the show to go back to where he started, the
Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Anna Deavere Smith has never been one to wait for her career to happen. She knew early on that she was going to have to make opportunities for herself in the entertainment industry. Her first agent never knew how to submit her for
Considering that Michael J. Fox began to scale back his acting roles after revealing that he had Parkinson’s disease in 1998, one would expect that the disease — which causes involuntary movement — would have had major detrimental effects on his acting. However, in an interview with Rolling Stone Fox
Michael C. Hall has had a prolific television career with two back-to-back series, Six Feet Under and Dexter. With the  Dexter series finale coming up on Sept. 22, Hall looks back on the two shows that have defined his career thus far. In an interview with Indiewire at the Toronto
This fall marks a return to television for one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Robin Williams. After gaining fame in Mork & Mindy over three decades ago, he’s headed to CBS for a David E. Kelley sitcom with Sarah Michelle Gellar called The Crazy Ones. The actors play a father-daughter duo
Transitioning from one of late night’s most iconic shows to an entertainment career outside the hallowed halls of 30 Rockefeller Plaza can be a bumpy one. For longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg, he decided to take a look at the successful career blueprints from other famous SNL
It’s probably hard enough for a famous actor to make his or her debut on Broadway. It doesn’t make it any easier if the play is one of the most famous in history and has been read by probably every kid in middle school. But Orlando Bloom is well aware
Daniel Bruhl is absolutely fantastic in the new Ron Howard film, Rush. The film is great and a lot of that can be credited to Bruhl who portrays Formula 1 superstar Niki Lauda. To play Lauda, Bruhl says in the video that he read Lauda’s biography, watched documentaries to get
Here’s a couple videos featuring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto talking about their new film, Dallas Buyers Club. I am really looking forward to this. McConaughey is on a spectacular roll the past couple of years and this will only add to it. In the first video, McConaughey, Leto and
Though Dean Norris‘ Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad might be one of the least “evil” characters on the show in terms of the law, that might not be saying much considering the show’s lead character is Bryan Cranston‘s Walter White, a meth-dealing high school chemistry teacher. Â He spoke to
Who wouldn’t want to wake up from surgery and find out you’re married to the beautiful “nurse” feeding you? That’s the premise behind a new viral video hit starring Jason Mortensen, who wakes up groggily after hernia surgery to discover a beautiful woman is feeding him a cracker and making
Some actors get so associated with iconic roles that it’s hard to accept them in any other movie. Christopher Reeve, for example, had problems getting people to see him as anything other than Superman despite starring in a myriad of other films. However, despite the fact that Hugh Jackman will
In the upcoming Ron Howard film, Rush, the casting of the role of  Formula One race car driver Niki Lauda was crucial. German investors had their heart set on a big American star to take on the role, but Howard went with his gut and cast the right actor for
I don’t often write things like this on Daily Actor, but I recently got to see Michelle Pfeiffer in person at a press conference for The Family, a new mafia comedy film she stars in alongside Robert De Niro, and she is a remarkably beautiful woman. Normally I’d focus on
There are few actors I like as much on screen as Robert Duvall. One could go on and on about the problems of The Godfather Part III, but as far as I’m concerned that film was doomed the minute they wouldn’t pay Duvall to come back to play Tom Hagen.Â
