character actor

noun

: an actor who is known for playing many different and unusual characters

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The ornery character actor Richard Kind is his announcer, barking non sequiturs from behind a podium. David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025 The British character actor who started his career working with gangster-mythmakers Guy Ritchie and Martin Scorsese can be relied upon for a certain amount of machismo. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025 The British series stars burly character actor Steven Graham, who gives an Emmy-worthy performance as a working-class father trying to do better than his parents ever did, but must now face the idea that his 13-year-old son may have killed a fellow student. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025 The stand-up comic has been a prolific character actor for decades, stealing scenes in Pretty Woman (1990) and The Princess Diaries (2001) while carving out a role in Christopher Guest’s mockumentary troupe, including Waiting For Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), and A Mighty Wind (2003). Danny Horn, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for character actor

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“Character actor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character%20actor. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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