How to Use character actor in a Sentence

character actor

noun
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  • Then you’re pretty screwed in terms of referring to yourself as a character actor.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Kemp, the character actor, said that the unions’ fight should serve as a warning that AI tools are destined to challenge workers in every sector of the economy.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Walsh, a character actor known for his wry delivery and gruff yet slippery persona, had over 200 acting credits to his name.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
  • And for real film buffs, character actor Santa Claus, most famous for playing Detective Crashmore, is in the mix as well.
    — Vulture, 24 May 2023
  • The veteran character actor has been magnetic on the trail, and now looks set for his first career nomination — a sign of how a well-run campaign can overcome a so-so film.
    — Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Brent Sexton, a character actor who has steadily worked in Hollywood over the last two decades but is far from a household name, described the paradox in a recent interview.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The gay German character actor Udo Kier puts his spin on a sinister Cabaret-style emcee in a tuxedo, a cigarette holder hanging from his lips.
    — Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
  • Killer effects and inventive direction paired with a tight script and all-time character actor ensemble.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • While best known for scene-stealing appearances as a supporting player, Mr. Norman was always more than a character actor.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • What starts off as a press conference about this strange scourge quickly morphs into a necessary taxonomy of the broader character actor landscape.
    — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 May 2024
  • Dafoe, 67, is an unusual celebrity, perhaps the world’s most famous character actor — one who came up through New York experimental theater, who never intended to appeal to the masses.
    — Susan Dominus Collier Schorr Jay Massacret, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Veteran character actor Wright makes Teddy a lovable father figure and the least music sleazy producer ever.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The character actor had some hard times, checking into alcohol rehab in the 1970s after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Melbourne, according to AP News.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The character actor died after a two-year journey with pancreatic cancer, his representatives confirmed in a press release.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But his upward trajectory as indie darling and sardonic character actor has a shadow time line: the undulating mental-health struggle that has plagued him since childhood.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The multi-talented Humphries was also a respected character actor with many stage and screen credits, an author of novels and an autobiography, and an accomplished landscape painter.
    — Rod McGuirk, al, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The great Dabney Coleman literally created, or defined, really – in a uniquely singular way — an archetype as a character actor.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
  • Playing the famous concert pianist and character actor required Hayes to adapt his voice and mannerisms to believably embody Levant, who battled depression and addiction.
    — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
  • Inside the album’s minute-long songs, Whack introduced a fun-loving and audacious persona capable of tongue-twisting lyricism, bubbly displays of melody, and bite-size storytelling, all with the theatricality and presence of a character actor.
    — The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Advertisement Although he was seldom cast in leading roles, Mr. Forrest found critical acclaim as a character actor, including in several films by Coppola.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • Dafoe’s an inventive and agile character actor, handsome and appealing but also possessing distinctive malleable features.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Contented as a character actor and always game to subvert his beefcake stature, Marino excels at playing mostly likable putzes who teeter precariously between sympathetic earnestness and manic self-absorption.
    — Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 2 June 2023

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