Complex sentence: He began appearing on TV and films in 1977, making his film debut in 1978 in "An Unmarried Woman", directed by Paul Mazursky; the following year, he had a small part in Woody Allen's celebrated comedy "Manhattan".
Split into simpler sentences: He began appearing on TV and films in 1977, making his film debut in 1978 in "An Unmarried Woman", directed by Paul Mazursky. The following year, he had a small part in Woody Allen's celebrated comedy "Manhattan".