(It was remarkable, in the early nineteen-nineties, to watch members of Gigante's criminal and actual family provide rich, detailed testimony about his supposed mental incapacity; his mother and his brother a priest and onetime New York City councilman played particularly compelling roles).
Pedro Almodovar, who's casted Cruz in some of her most compelling roles, once said, she "belongs to the Mediterranean school of actors, a style characterized by its carnality, gutsiness, shamelessness, messy hair, generous cleavage and shouting as a natural form of communication".
You might assume that in turning his attention to playwriting, he would concoct a juicy, compelling role for himself.
The most compelling role belongs to Mr. Pace, who brings a stylish physical and vocal vocabulary to his postures of alienation.
But while the Internet has shaken up the recorded music business, it has not found a compelling role in live music.
This latest from Square Enix, the masterminds behind Final Fantasy, sticks to what they do best: creating a compelling role-playing game with interesting character development, endless customisation options and an expansive world to explore.
Yes, our last I.N.I.E. in 1990 concluded that after the collapse of communism, America was on track to become the world's sole superpower and most compelling role model for Muslim youth — including our own.
She is also the only black conductor most people know — though William Still's reputation may be on the rise, courtesy of his small but compelling role in the uneven but often excellent TV series "Underground".
Given the lack of compelling role models of adults in western media, it's no wonder that Peter Pan is seen as a figure of rebellion, or that a great writer's fondest wish for his newborn is that the child may stay for ever young.
But DNA matching also has a compelling role for the victims of crimes, which is why Thomas J. Dart, the sheriff of Cook County, is suddenly hopeful for revelations in the case of John Wayne Gacy, whose notorious serial killings took place more than 30 years ago.
Although the doctrine of last things in Judaism is not necessarily messianic, if that term is properly limited to an inauguration of a future era through the action of a human, suprahuman, or quasi-divine person, the messianic version of eschatology played a more compelling role in Rabbinic Judaism than other modes.
