While a police procedural show like Law & Order (and its many spinoffs) has a core cast, the nature of the show often requires dozens of guest stars per episode as victims, suspects, witnesses, and villains
Don’t worry — Chris Rock is still funny. Sundance film 2 Days in New York — a sequel to actor/writer/director Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in Paris — finds Rock’s character dating Delpy’s character and surrounded by the insanity that often comes with family.
Though best known at the moment as the actor on How I Met Your Mother who isn’t Jason Segal or Neil Patrick Harris (and I mean no slight by that), Josh Radnor has also directed (the 2010 Sundance film happythankyoumoreplease) and starred in films, including this year’s Sundance movie Liberal Arts, which he also wrote and directed.
Finding out that you’ve been nominated for an acting award in the same category as Glenn Close and Meryl Streep must be like finding out you’re running the 100 meter dash against the gold medal and the silver medal winners of that event at the last Olympics.
Possibly the most popular animal actor in Hollywood right now, Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier that is part of the reason why audiences have fallen in love with the Oscar-nominated silent film The Artist, is retiring.
Ralph Fiennes might be known to millions of moviegoers as Lord Voldemort, but the Oscar-nominated actor began his career as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Rebecca Hall has appeared in a number of award winning movies, including Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon, The Town, and The Prestige. While those credits are impressive enough for the twenty-nine year old actress, Hall had not starred in any comedies.
Even though he was drawn to the role, Neeson had concerns about his physical ability for the role.
It’s difficult to look at actor Kurtwood Smith — even if you don’t initially recognize his name — and not say “Dumbass.” Of course, that has less to do with Smith than it does with Red Forman, the character that Smith portrayed on That’s 70’s Show from 1998-2006. But Smith
Believe it or not, Twilight star Peter Facinelli has much bigger ambitions than starring in one of the biggest blockbuster film series of the last several years. Now that he’s finished filming his role in the series — the final film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 will be released in November — Facinelli is tackling his own projects.
Craig Roberts isn’t a household name, but the twenty-one year old actor has appeared and several acclaimed films in his growing career. Though he’ll be appearing in three films in 2012, including Red Lights with Robert DeNiro, Cillian Murphy, and Sigourney Weaver.
As probably most Daily Actor readers know, getting Screen Actors Guild (SAG) membership — and all its inherent benefits — is a major goal for any up-and-coming actor. American Federation of Television and Radio Arts (AFTRA) membership, however, has been open to anyone willing to pay the initiation fee.
Harold Perrineau, best known for his roles in movies like Romeo + Juliet and The Matrix trilogy and television shows like Oz and Lost. Perrineau talked about voicing the half-vampire to MTV, and pointed out that just because it’s an animated role it doesn’t mean he doesn’t act.
Dujardin confesses that he was initially hesitant about starring in a silent film in the twenty-first century, especially since he would have to adapt to an expressive acting style that he hadn’t had training in.
Though Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar didn’t do the business — or get the critical acclaim — as many of the director’s recent films, there was significant praise for Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as the enigmatic J. Edgar Hoover.
Though Rob Lowe might not be the guy to go to for sports news with his recent tweets about Peyton Manning retiring proving to be inaccurate, the forty-seven year old actor has been a hard-working actor since the early 1980s. But Lowe might have taken on the most difficult role
Dermot Mulroney has never seemed to have a truly breakthrough role, but chances are you have seen him before: he’s been in such varied films as Zodiac, Young Guns, J. Edgar, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and the upcoming The Grey — though he actually hopes you don’t recognize him!
Broadway has had good years and bad, and big hits and misses — especially over the last decade. But what about twenty years from now? How will the centuries-old traditions of theater on the Great White Way be different in 2032?
Brooks has received praise for doing something completely different in his role in last year’s Drive.
Though Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar has gotten praise for some impressive performances, there has been some criticism about the quality of the movie’s makeup.
