character actor

noun

1. an actor who specializes in playing odd or eccentric characters

Example Sentences

When he added that, I thought, “This guy is a character actor hidden in this gorgeous body.”

From The Daily Beast

The outspoken Oscar-nominated character actor plays a washed-up music manager in the lovely musical Begin Again.

From The Daily Beast

CAPOTE (2005) This is the role that propelled Hoffman from ace character actor to leading man.

From The Daily Beast

As the fiery despot, the fine character actor Simmons has never been given a role this juicy, and knocks it out of the park.

From The Daily Beast

Eddie Marsan, a British character actor, is superb as a sweet, nervous friend.

From The Daily Beast

The manager, Mr. John A. Ellsler, was an excellent character-actor as well as a first old man.

From Project Gutenberg

I will engage you as ballet master and character actor and offer you a hundred soldi a month.

From Project Gutenberg

Not the best character actor unhung could have simulated the owlish ignorance in Cashs face.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. DeVere was a clever character actor, and had created a number of parts that had won favor.

From Project Gutenberg

"You missed your vocation as a character actor," was his parting shot at McCausland.

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