He initially gained popularity for recreating the role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a Tennessee Williams play that had established him as a Broadway star during its 1947-49 stage run ; and for his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), as well as for his iconic portrayal of the rebel motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One ( 1953 ), which is considered to be one of the most famous images in pop culture.

It is famed for Marlon Brando's iconic portrayal of the gang leader Johnny Strabler.

The Mexican Mafia was allegedly displeased with the portrayal of the murder of Rodolfo Cadena ( who was the basis for Olmos ' character Santana ) as being committed by his fellow gang members.

His newest film, The Interrupters, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago, who now intervene in violent conflicts, was released in January 2011, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.

Barely a year after his debut in On the Edge-Mr Personality, Tay won the " Best Supporting Actor " award at the 1999 Star Awards for his realistic and stellar portrayal of a gang leader in Stepping Out.

In preparing to play Kirk, Pine decided to embrace the character's key traits – " charming, funny, leader of men " – rather than try to fit the " predigested image " of Shatner's portrayal.

Falling in line with the rest of the twelve prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible ( the Nevi ’ im ), the book of Zechariah describes a hope for a future king, beyond the current leader Zerubbabel, and further establishes a portrayal of this future king.

Most of the criticism was over Taylor's arguments for appeasement as a rational political strategy, his mechanistic portrayal of a world destined for another world war by post-war settlement of 1918 – 1919, his depiction of the Second World War as an " accident " caused by diplomatic blunders, his portrayal of Hitler as a " normal leader " and what many considered his flippant dismissal of Nazi ideology as a motivating force.

Kember was regularly described in the music papers, incorrectly, as the " leader " of Spacemen 3, although he had not helped in this portrayal: in the Melody Maker article referred to above, Kember had stated: " This band is my design and the rest are totally into it.

He was accused of being anti-British by British tabloids for his portrayal of the British Army and the Empire in the 2002 movie The Four Feathers ; this perception was strengthened by the fact that during an interview for the DVD release of The Four Feathers, he spoke favourably of the Mahdi, a fanatical religious leader depicted in the film.

") has top billing with his portrayal of Strike Team leader Vic Mackey.

His nuanced portrayal of what could have been a stereotypical " noble leader " character won him critical praise ; as the A. V.

Boothe's portrayal of the crazed cult leader received critical acclaim.

The 1998 film Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa ( Mother of 1084 ), based on the novel, Hazar Churashir Maa by Mahasweta Devi, starring Jaya Bachchan gives a very sympathetic portrayal of a Naxalbari student leader killed by the state.

With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins.

His portrayal of NOI leader Elijah Muhammad in the film Malcolm X earned him the 1995 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

Only John Waters, among the previous year's eighteen nominees, was renominated, as his contribution to Wallace Beery's portrayal of Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa won against two Claudette Colbert-Warren William titles represented by assistant directors Scott Beal ( Imitation of Life ) and Cullen Tate ( Cleopatra ).

" And although he credited Shaw with providing an " intellectual stimulant " and " dramatic delight ", he took issue with his portrayal of the heroine: " his Joan of Arc is perhaps the greatest sacrilege of all Joans: for instead of the saint or the strumpet of the legends to which he objects, he has turned her into a great middle-class reformer, and her place is a little higher than Mrs. Pankhurst ", a militant leader of the British suffragettes.

Despite his persecution at the hand of Mao however, Qi criticised Li's portrayal of the Chinese leader, claiming that " aside from his account of the support-the-left activities ( zhi zuo ) in which he personally participated, most of the Cultural Revolution part of his memoirs consists of stuff gleaned from newspapers, journals and other people's writings.

Johnny Depp renewed aspects of the fop in his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Brando's portrayal of Johnny has become an iconic image.

His portrayal of " Leadville Johnny " was a resounding success and he reprised the role in the 1964 film version of the musical, winning a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal.

Greystoke rejected the common film portrayal of Tarzan as a simpleton that was established by Johnny Weissmuller's 1930s renditions, reasserting Burroughs ' characterization of an articulate and intelligent human being, not unlike the so-called " new look " films that Sy Weintraub produced in the 1960s.

* Johnny Weismuller was a five-time Olympic gold medal winning swimmer who later became an actor, best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the MGM film series 1932 – 42.

Richards, who partially inspired Johnny Depp's portrayal of Sparrow, was meant to appear in Dead Man's Chest, but there was no room for him in the story, as well as his being tied up with a Rolling Stones tour.

His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award – winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend ( 1945 ), a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind ( 1942 ), the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder ( 1954 ), and as Oliver Barrett III in Love Story ( 1970 ).

In 1987, he earned his first Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of volatile ex-con Ray Sinclair in Jonathan Demme's film Something Wild ( 1986 ).

Järegård was since 1962 an actor in Sweden's prominent Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he came to perform a number of much celebrated parts: his eccentric Hitler in Schweik in the Second World War by Bertolt Brecht ( 1963 ), Estragon in the legendary 1966 Dramaten-staging of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Thersites in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida 1967, Orgon in Molière's Tartuffe 1971, Hjalmar Ekdahl in Ingmar Bergman's 1972 production of Ibsen's The Wild Duck, Nero in Jean Racine's Britannicus ( 1974 ), a spot-on portrayal of August Strindberg in play Tribadernas natt ( The Night of the Tribades ) by Per Olov Enquist, the title role in Richard III by Shakespeare ( 1980 ) and the extremely creepy-and slightly perverted-boss Sven in VD (" CEO ") by Stig Larsson in 1985, among others.

Savage received critical recognition for his portrayal of " Coty Wyckoff ", an angel-faced boy with the soul of a killer, in the ABC Event Series, Wild Palms ( 1993 ).

He is best known for his work as a regular cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, his portrayal of Kel Kimble on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel, his role as Ed in the film and All That sketch Good Burger, as the voice of Dutch in the Disney XD cartoon Motorcity, and as the voice of Jay Jay in the Nicktoons cartoon Wild Grinders.

Notable exceptions to the urban ethnic portrayal include films such as The Wild One ( 1953 ) and Rebel Without a Cause ( 1955 ) and The Outsiders ( 1983 ), which portrayed a more rural, southern United States variant of the greaser subculture.

One criticism leveled at Gone with the Wind is for its portrayal of African Americans in the 19th century South.

One recent academic survey that does attempt this, by Thomas Green, identifies three key strands to the portrayal of Arthur in this earliest material.

The most famous example is It Happened One Night ; some critics believe that this portrayal of the upper class was brought about by the Great Depression, and the poor moviegoing public's desire to see the rich upper class taught a lesson in humanity.

One filmmaker was sentenced to ten years imprisonment because his portrayal of British soldiers in a movie about the American Revolution impugned the good faith of an American ally, the United Kingdom.

A damning portrayal of the procedure is found in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and its 1975 movie adaptation.

" Under One Roof " ( 1976 ) was a portrayal of a gay man disowned and later murdered by his father ; along with Rod Stewart's " The Killing of Georgie ", it was one of the few songs that tackled the topic of homophobia.

One of the most dramatic such readings brought the poet Virgil to the attention of the imperial family, when Virgil read from his work-in-progress the Aeneid, and flattered the imperial family by his portrayal of Aeneas, whom the Julii Caesares believed to be their direct patrilineal ancestor.

Another notable portrayal of the profession was the series Murder One which featured a group of lawyers as central characters.

One key to the portrayal is a producer's decision to keep or remove the brief scene with his servant, Reynaldo, which comes after his scene of genial, fatherly advice to Laertes.

One example would be Viggo Mortensen's use of a Russian accent in his portrayal of Nikolai in the movie Eastern Promises.

Ra. One received negative reactions from film critics in India and abroad, while Khan received mixed comments for his portrayal of a dual role in the film.

However, in 2011, she earned praise for her portrayal of a headstrong, independent woman in the semi-biographic thriller No One Killed Jessica.

" While other critics praised her performance, with Daily News and Analysis describing it as " one of her best performances till date ," several critics were less positive, including Anupama Chopra of NDTV, who called her role, " the fatal, false note in No One Killed Jessica ," arguing that " The character is written superficially and Rani ’ s portrayal of her is equally banal.

One example is the voice and laugh of WGN-TV Chicago's Bob Bell, who also wore a red costume throughout the first decade of his portrayal.

One of the series main features is the portrayal of alternate versions of many figures from popular culture, such as Godzilla, Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, and Doc Savage.

One major theme is the portrayal of the homosexual man as masculine.

Unlike the film portrayal of Riley in One Man's Hero it can be surmised that the circumstance of Riley's life after the war were not very pleasant.

Bradford Claude " Brad " Dourif (; born March 18, 1950 ) is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles.

One notable exception to his perennial portrayal of Charley Weaver was his characterization of Mrs. Butterworth of syrup fame.

Zimmer's career began with stage work ; an early television role was her portrayal of the character of Bonnie Harmon on One Life to Live in 1978.

One should not, however, think that Tacitus ' portrayal of Germanic customs is entirely favorable ; he notes a tendency in the Germanic people for what he saw as their habitual drunkenness, laziness, and barbarism, among other traits.

Many critics, and writer David S. Goyer, have noted that Oldman's portrayal of Gordon bears a strong resemblance to the way the character was drawn by David Mazzucchelli in Batman: Year One.

One of her more high-profile roles to date is her portrayal of Helen of Sparta in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy.