Sentence examples for of small role from inspiring English sources

With it comes the news that Simon Pegg (presumably suitably cowed after the flap regarding his comments on the childishness of geek culture) will have some kind of small role as an alien, for which he has been given an actual alien suit, like it's 1985 or something.

Role is a combination of small "Role" and/or "Permission List".

For years, his career consisted of small roles in episodes of The Bill and Crimewatch.

A succession of small roles in films such as Super 8 and Now You See Me led to Outlander.

Over the past year, she had had a series of small roles in soap operas and on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent".

(Coincidentally, Sarah Jessica Parker, who starred in that HBO series, played a series of small roles in the original production of "The Heidi Chronicles").

After a string of small roles, Gandolfini made a major impact in True Romance, the Quentin Tarantino-scripted thriller directed by the late Tony Scott.

Silverman's early film work consisted mainly of small roles in such comedies as There's Something About Mary (1998), Heartbreakers (2001), and School of Rock (2003).

Ms. Corr is a member of the Irish musical group the Corrs; her previous movie acting experience has consisted of small roles in "Evita" (as Juan Perón's mistress) and "The Commitments".

After a handful of small roles in other people's films, Stallone took matters into his own hands and wrote the script to a boxing movie that he then shopped around to studios.

Seventy years ago, these actors would have been tested in a variety of small roles or in B movies — tested to see both whether they could act and whether the audience perked up when they came onscreen.