The Sundance Film Festival was full of TV’s favourite personalities

SOME of TV’s most beloved personalities featured at the latest Sundance Film Festival starring in breakout roles. Here are a few of the best.

Actor Jason Segel at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney to promote his latest film 'The Muppets Movie'.

THE Sundance Film Festival provides independent film makers from around the world the chance to show off their work and gauge the industry’s reaction.

We all like the sight of a familiar face and this year a smattering of our favourite TV personalities showed up on the big screen during the festival. Although audiences will have a while to wait for the release of these films, here’s what to look forward to.

Nick Offerman arrives at the |On The Road| premiere during the 2012 AFI Fest presented by Audi at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl

Parks & Rec fans know Nick Offerman for his deadpan portrayal of Ron Swanson — a libertarian government employee who enjoys fine scotch, wooden canoes and silence. A character that bears a striking resemblance to his real life self. In his latest role, Offerman stars as the father of an aspiring filmmakers who befriends his high school classmate with cancer.

The film received rave reviews from festival goers, taking home the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award.

While Offerman’s role is a little more tender than his sitcom counterpart, the film has a strong current of humour running through it. According to the Sundance Institute, the movie will “tickle your funny bone and tug at your heart.”

Oscar contenders for best film, Boyhood and Whiplash, both premiered at last year’s Sundance and time will tell if The End of the Tour will be able to emulate their success.

The End of the Tour

How I Met Your Mother star, Jason Segel, has been applauded for his role in portraying famed author David Foster Wallace.

The late writer who took his own life in 2008 is a notoriously complex character which makes the actor’s efforts all the more impressive with a review by Vanity Fair calling the role “a huge breakthrough for Jason Segel.”

Another review at the festival called the film “very talky” which is fitting for the author who was renowned for his wordy and lengthy literary style — once going 1,182 words before employing a full stop.

Hollywood has seen an influx of biopics this season and with four of them being nominated for best picture at the upcoming Oscars, it’s no stretch to imagine this film following suit.

Alison Brie has earned herself a huge fanbase from shows Community and Mad Men.

Sleeping With Other People

Alison Brie has amassed a considerable fan base with her roles on the hugely popular Mad Men and Community. In both shows (for different reasons) she played a well-to-do, dainty, young woman but during the latest Sundance festival she starred in romantic comedy, Sleeping With Other People, in a comprehensively more lewd performance.

Brie and her on-screen counterpart, Jason Sudeikis, play sex addicted friends that attempt to keep romance out of their relationship.

The film was met with a very warm reception at the festival and has a rating of 7.7 on IMDB. But for those keen to see it, be prepared for some raunchy content, as the actress told Rolling Stone Magazine, “we’re bringing the clitoris back ... The butt has had its time.”

alexander skarsgard nude true blood

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Fans of True Blood will no doubt be keen to see Alexander Skarsgård in his latest role in a Diary of a Teenage Girl.

The film is based on a graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, and depicts the coming-of-age adventures of protagonist Minnie Goetze, as she grows up in the counter culture of 1970s San Francisco.

Skarsgård plays a morally bankrupt character that engages in a relationship with Minnie’s mum while simultaneously helping the 15-year-old to explore her own sexuality.

The True Blood star delivers a performance that the Sundance Institute has called “exquisite.”