* Heavy tanks-large, thickly armoured, powerfully gunned, but barely mobile tanks ; intended for the breakthrough role against fortified lines, particularly in support of infantry formations.

Schultz ' breakthrough role was the mentally unstable Captain " Howling Mad " Murdock on The A-Team.

Robinson's role remains similar in circumstance to Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest ( 1936 ), Bogart's initial breakthrough which the studio had originally earmarked for Robinson.

A prominent supporting role in the science-fiction / action movie Demolition Man ( 1993 ) led to her breakthrough performance in Speed the following year.

Curry first became well known with his breakthrough role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he played in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show, then later for his supporting roles as Rooster in the film adaption of Annie ( 1982 ), Lord of Darkness in the film Legend ( 1985 ), Wadsworth in the film Clue ( 1985 ) as well as a starring role as Pennywise the Clown in the horror TV miniseries It ( 1990 ), which is one of Curry's most acclaimed performances aside from Rocky Horror.

Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was given the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

This was soon followed by his breakthrough 1967 film role as Benjamin Braddock, the title character in The Graduate.

" A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar nominations, winning 4, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role.

Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business.

His first film appearance was a role in Tony Richardson's The Entertainer ( 1960 ), with Laurence Olivier, but he made his breakthrough with his portrayal of a disillusioned factory worker in Karel Reisz's film version of Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

After playing the lead role in Two Nights with Cleopatra ( 1953 ), her breakthrough role was in The Gold of Naples ( 1954 ), directed by Vittorio De Sica.

His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless ( 1960 ), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave.

DiCaprio made his big screen breakthrough in 1992, when he was handpicked by Robert De Niro out of 400 young actors to play the lead role in This Boy's Life, co-starring Ellen Barkin and De Niro himself.

Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role.

That same year, she landed her breakthrough role as rich girl Darlene Merriman on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class.

Later, as " Tony Curtis ", he cemented his reputation with breakthrough performances such as in the role of the scheming press agent Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success ( 1957 ) with Burt Lancaster ( who also starred in Criss Cross ) and an Oscar-nominated performance as a bigoted white escaped convict chained to the black Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones.

Keitel had the starring role in Scorsese's Mean Streets, which also proved to be Robert De Niro's breakthrough film.

McGann's breakthrough role was Give us a Break devised by Geoff McQueen who also created the long running ITV series, The Bill.

In the early 2000s, Astin experienced a career breakthrough with his role as Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, released in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

He was renowned for his affinity with the works of Verdi, notably his breakthrough role of Ford in Falstaff, Simon Boccanegra in Simon Boccanegra and Iago in Otello.

After appearing mostly in TV films, such as the Ian McEwan-scripted The Ploughman's Lunch, and Martin Luther, Heretic, he achieved a breakthrough with his role as the subdued protagonist Sam Lowry in Terry Gilliam's 1985 film, Brazil.

The beginnings of his acting career predate his commercial breakthrough as a musician.

Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in 1988 with the album Watermark, which featured the hit song " Orinoco Flow " ( sometimes incorrectly known as " Sail Away ").

Kelly's first career breakthrough was in the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Time of Your Life, which opened on October 25, 1939, where for the first time on Broadway he danced to his own choreography.

At this stage of his career, he had yet to perform consistently with bat and ball simultaneously, apart from his breakthrough series in the Caribbean.

This change of subject was a breakthrough in ukiyo-e and in Hokusai's career.

Kent briefly attempted an international career with English versions of the albums Isola and Hagnesta Hill and an accompanying American tour for the former, but they gave up after failing to achieve the breakthrough they had hoped for.

The program was a television breakthrough, with the first never-married, independent career woman as the central character: " As Mary Richards, a single woman in her thirties, Moore presented a character different from other single TV women of the time.

This film was a breakthrough commercial success, effectively launching Khan's career as a leading actor.

The Writing's on the Wall has been credited to as Destiny's Child's breakthrough album, spurring their career and introducing them to wider audience.

Nevertheless her career ascended swiftly thereafter and in 1932 she scored her breakthrough in Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise, where she proved her charm and wit as a beautiful and jealous pickpocket.

The career breakthrough for Barry was the BBC television series Drumbeat, when he appeared with the John Barry Seven.

Vandross finally made his long desired career breakthrough as a featured singer with the vaunted pop-dance act Change, a studio concept created by French-Italian businessman Jacques Fred Petrus.

Some considered the novel a milestone in Vonnegut's career ; Philadelphia Inquirer called it " Vonnegut at his edifying best ," and Chicago Tribune said it was " a major breakthrough for Vonnegut ," and " a new and vital phase in his career.

Two more albums – Invitations and Out of This World – were recorded in 1982 and 1983, resulting in several more chart hits, and paving the way for the next major breakthrough in the band's career.

Through the agency Carol achieved her breakthrough, when at the age of 27 she successfully auditioned for the hostess job on the Wheel of Fortune game show, launching her television career.

In 1990, Leigh made a significant career breakthrough when she was voted the year's Best Supporting Actress by both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics for her portrayals of two very different prostitutes: the tough streetwalker Tralala who submits to a brutal gang rape in Last Exit to Brooklyn, and Susie, a teenage prostitute who falls in love with ex-con Alec Baldwin in Miami Blues.

" Black Square " was painted in 1915 and was presented as a breakthrough in his career and in art in general.

Perkins made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night ... and had a career breakthrough co-starring with Tom Hanks in Big.

Her first major breakthrough came when her singing ability was recognized by Igor Stravinsky ; her operatic career began when he invited her to perform in the 1956 Venice festival.

His career breakthrough came in 1996 with his first Dead or Alive game, a game based on Sega Model 2 hardware ( Virtua Fighter ) created in response to Tecmo management's request.

Ganz made his film breakthrough in a major part in the 1976 film Sommergäste, launching a widely recognized film career in both Europe and the U. S. He has worked with directors Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Éric Rohmer, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others.

Control is widely considered to be the breakthrough of Jackson's career, establishing both her independence and dominance in the realm of popular music.