Sentence examples for name playing from inspiring English sources

He made his name playing insufferable public school toffs.

As an actor, Kumar made his name playing villains and rowdies.

Although I do love that Danny Strong made his name playing one of the geek boys.

That doesn't apply to Laurie, who made his name playing it cheerful and vacantly stupid.

Evgeny Kissin first made his name playing Chopin at 12, receiving acclaim for a Chopin concert recorded live in Moscow.

The half-time show always has a huge name playing – last night it was "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen.

He made his name playing lovable stoner types in comedy fare such as Knocked Up and Pineapple Express.

He was inspired in part by Italian commedia dell'arte, with the name playing off Pip in Dickens's "Great Expectations".

This, after all, is an actor who has made his name playing a succession of complex and profoundly villainous characters.

KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN, a brilliant Polish pianist, made his name playing Chopin, winning the 1975 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

He made his name playing point guard at Duke before transferring to Syracuse for his final season of eligibility.