an actor who is seen as the image of everyman
despite his superstar status, in his movies the actor is able to play the role of an everyman quite convincingly
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In a world full of cutthroat competitors with questionable morals, this likable and generous everyman struggling with how to react to over-the-top reality TV behavior had viewers rooting him on every step of the way.—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025 Across a 45-year career in cinema, Yakusho has worked with every major Japanese director of his generation and inhabited over 80 characters, spanning salarymen, samurai, gangsters, cops, seducers and everymen of all stripes.—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2025 But over the next 50-odd years, Hackman would become the greatest, coolest, earthiest star of what’s now known as New Hollywood: an everyman who defined a generation of moviemaking better than anyone else.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025 In a world full of cutthroat competitors with questionable morals, this likable and generous everyman struggling with how to react to over-the-top reality TV behavior had viewers rooting him on every step of the way.—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for everyman
Word History
Etymology
Everyman, allegorical character in The Summoning of Everyman, 15th century English morality play
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