Jared Leto is an American entertainer who has had an extensive career in film, music, and television.
 He made his debut with minor roles in the television shows "Camp Wilder" (1992) and "Almost Home" (1993).
 He achieved recognition in 1994 for his role as Jordan Catalano in the teen drama television series "My So-Called Life".
 The show was praised for its portrayal of adolescence and gained a cult following, despite being canceled after only one season.
 The same year, he made his television film debut starring alongside Alicia Silverstone in "Cool and the Crazy".
 Leto's first film role was in the 1995 drama "How to Make an American Quilt".
 He later co-starred with Christina Ricci in "The Last of the High Kings" (1996) and received a supporting role in "Switchback" (1997).
 In 1997, Leto starred in the biopic "Prefontaine" in which he played the role of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine.
 His portrayal received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role.
 The following year, Leto starred together with Alicia Witt in the horror "Urban Legend".
 He then acted alongside Sean Penn and Adrien Brody in the war film "The Thin Red Line" (1998).
 After playing supporting roles in "Black and White" and "Girl, Interrupted", Leto portrayed Angel Face in "Fight Club" (1999), which has since became a cult film.
James Anthony Sturgess (born 16 May 1981) is an English actor and singer-songwriter.
 His breakthrough role was appearing as Jude in the musical romance drama film "Across the Universe" (2007).
 In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in "21".
 In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama "Crossing Over", appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd.
 In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film, "The Way Back", directed by Peter Weir.
 Sturgess co-starred in the epic science fiction film "Cloud Atlas", which began filming in September 2011 and was released in October 2012.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai, credited as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after her marriage, has appeared in over 40 films in five languages, predominantly Hindi, Tamil and English.
 She made her acting debut in 1997 with a dual role in Mani Ratnam's Tamil political drama film "Iruvar", and her Bollywood debut that same year in the romantic comedy "Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya" opposite Bobby Deol.
 Rai followed it with a leading role in "Jeans" (1998), a high-profile Tamil film that was submitted as India's official entry to the Academy Awards.
 She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic drama "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" (1999).
 Rai then starred as a singer in her second successful film of 1999the musical drama "Taal".
Roxanne Roxanne is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Michael Larnell.
 It stars Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips and Shenell Edmonds.
 The film revolves around the life of rapper Roxanne Shanté.
Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali Gilmore ( ; "né" Gilmore; February 16, 1974) is an American actor and rapper.
 Ali began his career as a regular on series such as "Crossing Jordan" and "Threat Matrix" before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science-fiction series "The 4400".
 His first major film release was in the 2008 David Fincher-directed romantic fantasy drama film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", and his other notable films include "Predators", "The Place Beyond the Pines", "Free State of Jones", "Hidden Figures" and as Boggs in "The Hunger Games series".
 Ali is also known for his roles in the Netflix series "House of Cards" as Remy Danton and as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in "Luke Cage".
William Albert Burke (born November 25, 1966) is an American actor.
 He is known for his role as Charlie Swan in "Twilight" and its sequels.
 In 2011, he played Cesaire in "Red Riding Hood".
 In 2012, he was cast as the lead character, Miles Matheson, in the NBC science-fiction series "Revolution".
 He currently stars in "Zoo".
 He has also appeared in the supernatural horror film "Lights Out" (2016).
Rod Steiger was an American actor who had an extensive career in film, television, and stage.
 He made his stage debut in 1946 with Civic Repertory Theatre's production of the melodrama "Curse you, Jack Dalton!"
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 Four years later, he played onstage in a production of "An Enemy of the People" at the Music Box Theatre.
 A small role in Fred Zinnemann's "Teresa" (1951) marked his film debut.
 In 1953, he played the title role in the teleplay "Marty" (two years before the film starring Ernest Borgnine) to critical praise.
 His breakthrough role came with the crime drama "On the Waterfront" (1954), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination, and subsequent appearance in Fred Zinnemann's musical "Oklahoma!
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Tom Hanks is an American actor and producer who has had an extensive career in films, television and on the stage.
 Hanks made his professional acting debut on the stage playing Grumio, in the Great Lakes Theater production of "The Taming of the Shrew" (1977).
 He made his film debut with a minor role in the horror film "He Knows You're Alone" (1980).
 In the same year, Hanks appeared in the television series "Bosom Buddies".
 His role in the show led to guest appearances on a variety of long running television shows including "Happy Days".
 Hanks' appearance on the show led film director Ron Howard to cast him in his first leading role in the fantasy romantic comedy "Splash" (1984).
 He went on to host "Saturday Night Live" for the first time in 1985 (a show he has since hosted nine times as of 2016), star in films such as "Nothing in Common" (1986) and "Dragnet" (1987) before playing his breakthrough role in the age-changing comedy "Big" (1988).
 For his performance in the film, Hanks garnered his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Mel Gibson, AO, is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who made his acting debut on the Australian television drama series "The Sullivans" (1976– 1983).
 While a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, he was given an uncredited role in "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and subsequently appeared as a leading actor in the micro budget surf drama "Summer City" (both in 1977).
 Gibson rose to prominence during the Australian New Wave cinema movement in the early 1980s, having appeared in his breakthrough role in George Miller's dystopian action film "Mad Max" (1979), portraying the eponymous hero.
 He reprised the role in its sequels, "Mad Max 2" (1981) and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985).
 He appeared in Peter Weir's war drama "Gallipoli" (1981) and the romantic drama "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982).
 Five years later he played Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action comedy "Lethal Weapon" alongside Danny Glovera role he later reprised in its sequels "Lethal Weapon 2" (1989), "Lethal Weapon 3" (1992), and "Lethal Weapon 4" (1998).
Teyonah Parris (born September 22, 1987) is an American actress.
 She began her career playing a recurring role as Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series, "Mad Men" (2012–15), before landing her breakthrough role in the 2014 independent film "Dear White People".
 In 2015, Parris went to star in the satirical drama film "Chi-Raq" directed by Spike Lee.

Question: Who was the director of the 2017 American drama film in which the actor who played the role of Richard Tyler, in the science-fiction series "The 4400", had his breakthrough role?
Answer: Michael Larnell