Sentence examples for actor ahead of from inspiring English sources

Zac Efron took favourite dramatic movie actor ahead of Liam Neeson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bradley Cooper and Channing Tatum.

This year, he won the Golden Globe for best actor ahead of Hugh Laurie (House) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors).

Asked if he was disappointed not to have picked up a nomination for best actor ahead of next month's ceremony, Oyelowo told Esquire the decision had upset him for a number of reasons.

Sideways' Thomas Haden Church is the marginal frontrunner in the best supporting actor category, ahead of Clive Owen (for Closer) and Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby).

Bradley Cooper (usually a smart and talented actor) was, frankly, not particularly well cast or well directed in this ho-hum picture and the idea of him getting a best actor nomination ahead of Oyelowo or Spall or Ralph Fiennes is pretty silly.

Barrowland, Glasgow (0800 988 4440), 23 Nov; Troxy, London (0844 888 0440), 24 Nov. ■ A View from the Bridge "It's going to be stark and bare and brutal," said lead actor Mark Strong ahead of Ivo van Hove's extraordinary take on Arthur Miller's classic.

"He was, he believed, a serious theater actor, way ahead of those frivolous filmi types," Chopra writes.

"That is how we plan to play in this tournament," said the Katine Actors defender ahead of his team's opening game.

But his actors are ahead of the game; people like Samuel L. Jackson and Maria de Medeiros, and even a nicely troubled Bruce Willis, fight to flesh the movie out with warm-blooded gestures of feeling.

There are a couple dozen actors there ahead of you, but that is just part of the deal, so you put your name on the waiting list and find a space on the floor to sit.

In the show's most recent season Marla Maples, Trump's ex-wife, finished 10th behind former NFL player Doug Flutie and ahead of actor Mischa Barton.